Covve vs folk

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

folk

• Small sales teams, agencies and founders who prospect on LinkedIn
• Teams that manage relationships across email and WhatsApp
• People who want enrichment and outreach inside the CRM rather than in separate tools

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.

folk

• There is no free plan; the 14-day trial is followed by a paid subscription.
• Deals, email sequences, dashboards and API access are only on Premium and Enterprise.
• Enrichments, AI magic fields and messages are capped each month on Standard and Premium.
• The terms of use state that all fees are non-refundable.

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.

folk

folkX Chrome extension

Saves people and companies from LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and other social sites into folk from the browser, so contacts do not have to be typed in by hand.

Email, calendar and WhatsApp sync

Gmail or Outlook mail, calendars and WhatsApp conversations are synced to each contact. Standard allows 1 synced account per member and Premium allows 5.

Contact enrichment

Looks up missing email addresses and phone numbers for contacts. Standard includes 500 enrichments a month and Premium 1,000; Enterprise limits are custom.

Pipelines and deals

Customizable pipelines track contacts and companies through each stage on every plan. Deals, custom objects and dashboards are added on Premium.

Campaigns and sequences

Personalized email campaigns can be sent from folk, with 2,000 messages per member a month on Standard and 5,000 on Premium. Multi-step email sequences need Premium.

AI assistants

Four assistants suggest follow-ups for stalled conversations, summarize a relationship, research companies and run trigger-based outreach workflows.

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.

folk

• Standard$24

  per member / month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)

  Pipelines, email campaigns, the LinkedIn extension, 500 enrichments and 2,000 AI magic fields a month, and 2,000 messages per member a month.

• Premium$48

  per member / month, billed annually ($60 billed monthly)

  Adds deals and custom objects, email sequences, dashboards, workspace roles and API access, with 1,000 enrichments and 5,000 messages per member a month.

• EnterpriseFrom $80

  per member / month, billed annually ($100 billed monthly)

  Custom limits for enrichment, messages and syncs, security controls, group-level permissions and a dedicated account manager.

Covve

No public discounts listed.

folk

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  folk's pricing page lists Standard at $24 per member a month billed annually instead of $30 monthly, and Premium at $48 instead of $60.