vCardOrganizer

vCardOrganizer is a tiny and portable piece of software designed for managing vCard files (VCF format). It comprises an intuitive set of options for creating, deleting, splitting and merging vCards, making it accessible to those less experienced with computer software.

Since installation is not required, you can put the program files in any location on the disk and run the executable immediately. Alternatively, vCardOrganizer can be saved to a removable storage unit (like a USB flash disk), and run on any PC that has .NET Framework installed. More importantly, the app does not modify Windows registry settings.

The GUI is simple to work with. The main window automatically loads some preset vCards at startup, showing the name, file name, phone number and email address for each contact.

New vCards can be created by specifying names, formatted names, phone numbers and comments. Additional fields can be attached into the VCF item, such as birth dates, role categories, URLs, photos and logos, along with custom-defined properties. vCardOrganizer does not integrate any advanced settings to tinker with here.

Merging two or more selected vCards creates a separate file with the combined properties. The original items remain intact, so there is no risk of losing the initial data. The same rule applies to the splitting process, where the vCards are created below the original and unmodified file.

All entries in the list can be filtered by any property name. Apart from the obvious viewing purposes, this feature also comes in handy for exporting all filtered vCards (instead of only selected ones) to text tab-delimited (UTF-8) or XML (Excel) format.

The application implements extra tools for helping users locate vCards using a simple search function, find vCards with duplicate names, addresses, phone numbers or emails, add the Formatted Name property to all vCards, rename vCards, as well as create backups and restore data. It is possible to handpick the columns to display, preview images, modify the default working folders and new vCard template, as well as to print information.

The app does not put a strain on PC performance, as it uses low CPU and RAM. We have not come across any kind of issues throughout our evaluation, since it did not hang, crash or display error messages. However, although vCardOrganizer is very easy to use by anyone, its feature-set does not account for its price.