Cardhop For Mac

The macOS Contacts app is definitely in need of an upgrade. It is very basic, and managing your contacts gets quite difficult if you have more than a few entries. Until Apple decides to improve it, third-party alternatives will have to do.

Cardhop is an excellent option, and it now also offers integration with Flexibits' popular Fantastical app, as well as a single subscription to unlock the Premium edition of both services. It does everything Contacts should do, and more.

"Commands" is probably the wrong term, as you essentially just have to type whatever you want to do. Write a contact's name and the program will show you all matching entries. Write an action, such as "call John", and the app will bring up the contact with a button to call them instantly.

There are many more actions you can perform, and the great thing is you don't even have to remember them. Just start typing, and the app will figure out what you want. For instance, if a contact isn't found, it will start filling out a new entry automatically, allowing you to add them with no extra steps.

Once you use the macOS or iOS version of the app, you'll have no problem getting the hang of all the others. They are more or less identical, and your contacts are synchronized automatically.

You can create widgets for common actions and add them to the Notification Center or home screen, and Cardhop also offers full support for the Shorcuts app, letting you automate actions or just make them more convenient.

If you use Fantastical, grabbing Cardhop makes even more sense. You can create meetings directly from your Contacts list, as well as perform various other group actions.

The feature list goes on. The app shows upcoming birthdays, allows you to create business cards and scan them, displays relationships between contacts, and lets you group them directly in Cardhop.

Even without a premium subscription, this app is far ahead of Apple's offering in pretty much every way. If you have trouble keeping your Contacts organized, Cardhop is most certainly worth a try.