For macOS
Import contacts from Excel and CSV into Apple's Contacts app on your Mac, or convert them to vCards. Full privacy, no subscription.
Import Contacts to iPhone from a Spreadsheet
An iPhone cannot import an Excel or CSV file of contact data directly, but your Mac does it for you. Importer for Contacts transfers your CSV or Excel spreadsheet into Apple's Contacts app on the Mac, and iCloud syncs every contact straight to your iPhone. You don’t need a subscription. The app processes all data on your Mac and doesn’t send it to us or to third parties.
How to get spreadsheet contacts onto your iPhone
- On your Mac, make sure Contacts is signed in to the same iCloud account as your iPhone.
- Open Importer for Contacts and add your Excel or CSV file.
- Map the columns to contact fields and import into Apple's Contacts app.
- iCloud syncs the new contacts to your iPhone automatically, with no cable and no manual export.
Your Mac does the heavy lifting
Instead of wrestling with the iPhone's missing import feature, you import your data on your Mac. Because Apple's Contacts app syncs through iCloud, the result lands on every device signed in to the same account.
Everything maps correctly
Names, multiple phone numbers, emails, addresses and custom labels are all transferred, so the contacts arrive complete on your iPhone instead of as a handful of fields.
One place for all your contacts
Import contacts from any spreadsheet, any CRM export or an old database, and bring them together in your iCloud contacts.
Frequently asked questions
Which account do I import into?
Into the iCloud account your iPhone is signed in to. You choose the account in Importer for Contacts before the import. Contacts in On My Mac don’t sync to your iPhone through iCloud.
Does it work without iCloud?
Yes. Convert the spreadsheet to a vCard file in Importer for Contacts and send it to your iPhone with AirDrop. Your iPhone then offers to add the contacts.
And the other way round, from iPhone to a spreadsheet?
That’s what the iPhone app Export Contacts is for. It exports your contacts as Excel, CSV or vCard right on the iPhone, without a detour via the Mac.
What users say
"I made the mistake of not making my iCloud account the 'default' place to store contacts so for years I was storing contact with other internet account. It was beginning to get frustrating and I wanted all my contacts in one place, preferably my iCloud account! This fixed me right up!!!"
"The app worked very well for importing my CSV contacts from outlook to icloud. …"
"Works very well and app was done well! Worked on my first try.
I exported FileMaker Pro Advanced 17 contacts to Excel file and converted directly through the "Importer for Contacts" app. Instantly synced though iCloid on my iPhone! …"