Covve vs Dex

Covve

• Professionals who want reminders to stay in touch with their network
• People who manage their contacts mainly from a phone
• Users who want notes about contacts encrypted end to end

Dex

• Individuals who want to stay in touch with a large personal network
• Founders, investors and job seekers who network heavily on LinkedIn
• Students: there is a 50% discount with a school email

Covve

• Mobile only: there is no web app, and Mac access means installing the iPhone and iPad app on a Mac with an Apple M-series chip.
• The App Store lists several Covve Pro prices ($4.99 and $12.99 monthly; $49.99 to $119.99 annually) without saying which applies to new subscribers.
• Contacts cannot be imported directly; they come from an address book synced with the phone, a scanned card or manual entry.
• The plans on covve.com/pricing are for Covve's separate business card scanner, not for the personal CRM app.

Dex

• No free plan is listed on the pricing page, and the 7-day trial requires a credit card.
• Dex has no deals or pipelines; its makers say it is not a sales CRM.
• Outlook integration, mail merge, multiple email accounts and API or Zapier access need Professional.
• LinkedIn sync stops at 2,500 connections on Premium and 9,000 on Professional and Enterprise.

Covve

Smart reminders

Automatic reminders prompt you to contact someone at a frequency you set per contact, alongside birthdays and other special dates. Missed reminders can be actioned or rescheduled.

Notes and interaction log

Calls, texts and emails started from the app are logged with date and time under the contact, and Covve prompts you to add a note after each call.

Contact news

Add a contact's company, hobbies or favorite team and the News tab shows recent headlines on those topics to read before you reach out.

Business card scanner

Scans paper business cards straight into contacts, and lets you create a digital business card of your own to share, including through a widget.

AI assistant by email

Email or forward a conversation to the assistant and it adds contacts, logs interactions, writes notes and sets follow-up reminders in your account.

End-to-end encryption

Notes, interactions, reminders and family information are encrypted on the device with a 9-word key that only the user holds. Covve says it cannot read or recover them.

Dex

LinkedIn sync and job-change alerts

The browser extension syncs your LinkedIn connections in the background and tells you when a contact changes title. Plans cap the number of synced connections.

Keep-in-touch reminders

Dex reminds you to keep in touch with people, notifies you of upcoming birthdays and important dates, and shows where the last conversation left off.

Email, calendar and messaging sync

Connects Gmail, Google Calendar, WhatsApp, Instagram and iMessage so recent interactions and meeting attendees appear on each contact. Outlook needs Professional.

Notes and custom fields

Store how you met, work and education history, important dates, family details and gift ideas on each person, with custom fields for anything else.

Dex Research

Builds a briefing on a contact covering background, current role and what has changed since you last spoke, using monthly credits: 10 on Premium, 20 on Professional.

MCP server for AI assistants

An MCP server lets assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini read your contacts, notes and follow-ups from your Dex account.

Covve

• Free$0

  Free download with in-app purchases. The pages read do not state where the free version stops.

• Covve Pro (monthly)$4.99 to $12.99

  per month; the App Store lists two monthly amounts

  In-app subscription billed monthly. The US App Store lists monthly purchases at $4.99 and $12.99 without saying which a new subscriber pays.

• Covve Pro (annual)$49.99 to $119.99

  per year; the App Store lists three annual amounts

  In-app subscription billed yearly. The US App Store lists annual purchases at $49.99, $79.99 and $119.99.

Dex

• Premium$12

  per month, billed annually ($16 quarterly, $20 monthly)

  Web, desktop, mobile and extension access, LinkedIn sync for up to 2,500 connections, 10 research credits a month, and email and calendar integrations.

• Professional$20

  per month, billed annually ($27 quarterly, $34 monthly)

  LinkedIn sync for up to 9,000 connections, 20 research credits a month, mail merge, voice mode, Outlook integration, and API and Zapier access.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds 50 research credits a month, CRM and notetaker integrations, SAML SSO, a SOC 2 report, and team billing on one invoice.

Covve

No public discounts listed.

Dex

• Annual discount

  Up to 40% off with annual billing

  Premium is $12 a month billed annually against $20 billed monthly, and Professional is $20 against $34. Quarterly billing is about 20% off, at $16 and $27.

• Education

  50% off for students for one year

  Students with a .edu email can claim a code for 50% off for one year. The pricing FAQ says MBA students get 50% off for two years.

• Nonprofit

  Non-profit discounts on request

  The pricing FAQ says non-profit discounts are available by contacting Dex support. No percentage is published.