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Ciao! vs Amicu
Contacts Address Book: Amicu, by Kai Oelfke
A contacts app with reminders to keep in touch and birthday reminders, made by one indie developer.
180 ratings in the App Store, October 2026. iPhone only, with a waitlist for Android. No update since September 2024.
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| What it costs | One payment $9.99 |
Free, with an optional Premium subscription ($3.99 or $29.99, periods not stated) |
| Free tier | 3 friends | Every feature except custom reminders, the time budget and some sorting |
| Account needed | None | None |
| Where it runs | iPhone | iPhone |
| Where your notes live | Your phone and your own iCloud | Your phone only. It works offline |
| A creature for each friend | 15 animals, 6 moods | No |
| A weekly swipe deck | Yes | No. A reminder for each person, and a daily goal |
Every row comes from Amicu’s own App Store listing or website, read on 2 October 2026. Nothing here is taken from another app’s reviews.
Sources: Amicu on the App Store · Amicu on AlternativeTo · Amicu’s website
Where Amicu wins
- •Nearly everything is free, with no limit on people. Premium only adds custom reminders, a time budget and some sorting.
- •It is a full contacts app too. It follows your address book and its groups, lets you edit contacts, and finds the ones missing a phone number or a birthday.
- •Siri and Shortcuts can mark someone as in touch, and you can mark many people at once at the end of the day.
Where Ciao! wins
- •One deck on Sunday with everyone who is due. Amicu works with a reminder for each person and a goal for every day.
- •An animal for each friend, so you can see at a glance who you have not talked to in a while.
- •Your own iCloud keeps a copy, so a new phone brings everything back. Amicu has no server and keeps it all on the one device.
Which one should you actually get?
On paper Amicu is the better deal: nearly every feature is free, and it doubles as a contacts manager. It has also had no update since September 2024. Pick Amicu if you want a free tool and a small daily habit. Pick Ciao! if you want one check a week, a backup in your own iCloud, and an app that is still being worked on.
