Better than the native contacts app

Update:
Couldnt backup/restore my groups when I transferred to a new device (at least not without using the cloud - and then if I wanted to turn the cloud off afterwards, it would lose all of my pictures because it would no longer store them on my device (so if I happened to be somewhere that didnt have internet, I was screwed)). I did better just restoring to the generic address book using a different app. At least that one saved all of my contact photos and data without me having to store it permanently in a cloud. In Contaqs, all of my groups (and group header photos) were lost. I had to recreate all of them from scratch (by looking at what I had in my old device).

Previous Review:
I use this on my iPad to set my contacts up into groups. I also like that I can press a button and filter to see all my contacts upcoming birthdays, all contacts whose addresses are near me on the map, all contacts that I havent put email addresses or contact photos in for, and other data that would be hard to find in a normal address book. Over time I have accumulated 1800+ contacts and today I thought about backing them up in case of an accident. I found the export function in Settings and the app generated a file that I could email to myself. I had a bit of a problem though because my file was so big. It finally emailed over wifi though. My only concern is that the file was .vcf (which isnt really a concern except that if I ever *do* have to restore from this file, Ill lose all my contact photos and custom group icons I created). Id like a way to backup the file and just transfer it over iTunes though since Im sure the bigger it gets, the more problems Im going to have transferring it through email. Other than that, I think its a great app!

Jendayi781 about Contaqs - The Contact Manager, v2.8.2