Managing an ever growing contact list on one’s phone is quite a daunting task. Flexibits, the company that makes the popular ‘Fantastical’ calendar app, launched Cardhop this week. Cardhop is interactive and is designed as a communications hub that allows the user to email, message and interface with contacts from one location.
This new app makes it easier for a user who manages hundreds of contacts. Users can interact with the app by clicking on the icon in the top bar for the macOS. It can also be opened with a keyboard shortcut. The main way to interact with the app is through the search field.
Cardhop imports all of the users’ contacts from their Mac and it provides an interface that makes it easy to search for an existing contact or add a new one. A search for a contact will bring up details such as phone number, date of birth, home address, email address, Twitter handles, Facebook name, etc. There are plenty of fields that can be added to a contact. Cardhop also supports iMessage, telegram, FaceTime, FaceTime audio, email, etc. Users can customise the shortcuts for each contact.
One of the interesting things about using Cardhop is ‘adding a new information’. If a user types in a phrase, which is an already existing name in the list, followed by a number, the app will automatically enter the number under that person’s contact card. A similar method can be used to quickly update or remove information under all contacts. If a user is typing in a name that is not already on the contact list, it will automatically be added as a new entry with information.
The app will basically figure out what to do when a lot of information is feeded at once. Groups of contacts are also supported. Therefore, users can create a group named ‘work’ through which emails or messages can be sent automatically to everyone the user works with.
Cardhop comes with a customisable quick action button. Call, copy, directions, email, FaceTime, FaceTime audio, message, telegram, Twitter, URL, and VoIP are the available quick actions.
There is also an option to place call on the user’s iPhone from Mac with a Bluetooth. The app also comes with the ‘Note’ feature, which can be used to add details about contacts.
Cardhop, which is priced at $19.99, is currently being offered at $14.99 as introductory sale offer.
