Show HN: I built a personal CRM that lives inside Apple's Contacts app

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Post by poolie » Sun, Aug 02, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC

Hey HN, I built a personal CRM that stores everything in the native iPhone Contacts app instead of another database. The goal was to make the Contacts app I’ve used for years actually useful.

I’d love to hear what you think. Especially whether you prefer extending native apps over adopting entirely new tools. Since this is one of the first releases, i would love to get any feedback you have!

Alex

Show HN: I built a personal CRM that lives inside Apple's Contacts app
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Re: Show HN: I built a personal CRM that lives inside Apple's Contacts app

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Post by jugglerjer » Mon, Aug 03, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC

It's super clever to leverage the Contacts app as your database. How do you handle storing the timeline of interactions, which I would think needs more structure than a raw notes field?

Full disclosure: I make Queue, which is also a personal CRM with deep Contacts app integration. That said I'm just genuinely curious.

Re: Show HN: I built a personal CRM that lives inside Apple's Contacts app

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Post by poolie » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 3:42 AM UTC

jugglerjer wrote: post #2

It's super clever to leverage the Contacts app as your database. How do you handle storing the timeline of interactions, which I would think needs more structure than a raw notes field? Full disclosure: I make Queue, which is also a personal CRM with deep Contacts app integration. That said I'm just genuinely curious.

@jugglerjer hey there. of course i know queue, nice to meet you! it actually doesn‘t need more strcture because i save it »very raw« in the notes field like

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