Epistolaire vs My Contacts
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Epistolaire
Epistolaire dumps SMSes AND MMSes AND their photos to a JSON file on the phone storage (so you can copy it whatever way you like, rsync, Syncthing, ownCloud - you name it). There's a tool to convert it to pretty HTML pages if you want to without effort. And if you know a little know a tiny bit of development, the JSON format is straightforward to use.
My Contacts
Recent Contacts lets you see your recently and most called contacts in one overview, and it lets you make direct phone calls straight from the widget itself without launching the dialer app first. As with any widget, if you don't like using it, it can easily be removed.
| Feature | Epistolaire | My Contacts |
|---|---|---|
| License | Unlicense | Apache-2.0 |
| Install sources | F-Droid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivitySMSMessaging | ProductivitySMSMessaging |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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