MarrowBeta

Which personal CRM app fits you

As of 15 October 2026, Dex, Mesh, Covve, folk, Monica and Orvo each lead somewhere: syncing, scanning, teams or self hosting. Marrow, in Beta, is built for capture from a voice note, card or screenshot, with lookups and research.

A personal CRM keeps the people you know, what you said to them and what you owe them. This post reads six apps on their own pages on 15 October 2026 and says where each is strongest. Marrow is the seventh.

Where each is strongest, and what it costs

App Strongest at Price as listed
Dex Email, calendar and messaging sync, with mobile, web and desktop apps1 Premium “$12/month billed annually” or “$20/month billed monthly”2; a 6-day trial that needs a card3
Mesh A plan listed as “Free” “with credit card” for up to 1000 contacts that imports from email and calendar and shows job changes45 Pro listed at “$10” “/ month” in the default view6; a 14-day trial of Pro7
Covve Business card and QR scanning, offline, in 60+ languages; badge scanning comes with Pro8 Essential “$12” “/seat/mo” or “$119” “/seat/yr”9; Pro “$20” “/seat/mo” or “$199” “/seat/yr”10; a free trial11
folk A CRM priced per member, with “Pipeline management”, enrichment, AI assistants and sync12 Standard “$24” per member a month billed yearly, “$30” billed monthly13; a 2 week trial, no card14
Monica Open source15, with unlimited contacts, notes and reminders16 Hosted “$9 USD per month or $90 USD per year”17; self hosting “$0”15; a 30 day trial18
Orvo Email and calendar sync with AI meeting preparation1920 Pro “$19/mo”, billing period not stated21; a 14 day trial, no card22

Prices change, and several apps price annual and monthly billing differently, so read each page before you pay.

Where Marrow fits

Marrow is an app on your phone. A voice note, a card photo, a screenshot or a document becomes a person, with the context and a dated follow up. On request it looks a person up from their public profile, and it can search for people you have not met and build a list you review. It works in English and Arabic. Which plan includes research and lookups is on the pricing page.

It does not sync email or calendar, has no shared workspace, and has no connection to a company CRM. Standard is $12 per month or $120 per year (save $24 a year). Free for 30 days, no card.

If you only need a list, a spreadsheet may be enough: see the guide to a personal CRM in a spreadsheet.

Choose them if

  • Choose Dex if you want email, calendar and messaging in one record1.
  • Choose Mesh if you want a free plan that shows job changes and imports from email and calendar5.
  • Choose Covve if scanning cards and QR codes, offline, is the job, with badge scanning on Pro8.
  • Choose folk if you want “Pipeline management”, enrichment and AI assistants in one CRM, priced per member12.
  • Choose Monica if you want open source or to host it yourself15. Its web application works on a phone today, and native apps come after v323.
  • Choose Orvo if you want meeting preparation from your inbox and calendar20, or a tier for groups24.

Choose Marrow if

  • You capture people on the move, by voice note, card photo or screenshot, and want each filed with a dated follow up.
  • You want lookups and research that you ask for, on a list you review.
  • You work in Arabic or English.

Get Marrow on your phone.

Install the app, sign in with your email, and send it the last business card you are still carrying. Marrow is in Beta.

Sources

  1. Dex Premium lists "Mobile, extension, web, desktop", a profile sync of up to 2,500 connections, "WhatsApp and Messaging sync", "Email & Calendar Integrations" and "Two-Way Contact Sync"; Professional adds "Voice mode", "Mail merge" and "API / Zapier Access" getdex.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  2. Dex Premium is "$12/month billed annually, $16/month billed quarterly, or $20/month billed monthly." getdex.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  3. Dex says Premium and Professional "start with a 6-day free trial" and that "A credit card is required to start it, but you won’t be charged until the trial ends" getdex.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  4. Mesh has a free Personal plan, shown as "Free" with the label "with credit card", for "Up to 1000 contacts" me.sh, verified 15 October 2026.
  5. Mesh's free Personal plan lists importing people from email, calendar and social accounts and "life updates: job changes, location changes, news mentions and more" me.sh, verified 15 October 2026.
  6. Mesh lists Pro at "$10" "/ month" with a "-50%" label and Team at "$40" "per seat / month" in the pricing page's default view; the page also offers "Pay monthly" and "Pay annually" toggles me.sh, verified 15 October 2026.
  7. Mesh's FAQ says "We let members start with a free 14-day trial of Pro to experience the full potential of the app." me.sh, verified 15 October 2026.
  8. Covve Essential lists "Unlimited business card and QR scanning", "Offline scanning", "60+ languages recognition", "Instant bios on leads", "Outlook integration" and "Google contacts integration"; Pro adds "Event badge scanning" and a "Web-based admin portal" covve.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  9. Covve Essential is "$12" "/seat/mo" or "$119" "/seat/yr" covve.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  10. Covve Pro is "$20" "/seat/mo" or "$199" "/seat/yr" covve.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  11. Covve's pricing page says "Start your free trial today. You won't be charged until it's over."; whether a card is needed to start is not stated, and no free plan is listed covve.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  12. folk's Standard plan lists "Pipeline management", "Contact enrichment", "AI Assistants" and "Email, calendar & WhatsApp sync" folk.app, verified 15 October 2026.
  13. folk Standard is "$24" per member per month billed yearly ("$288" a year) and "$30" per member per month billed monthly folk.app, verified 15 October 2026.
  14. folk offers a two week free trial with no credit card required folk.app, verified 15 October 2026.
  15. Self hosting costs "$0" from Monica monicahq.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  16. Hosted Monica lists "unlimited contacts;" "unlimited notes;" "unlimited reminders;" and "data export;" monicahq.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  17. Hosted Monica costs "$9 USD per month or $90 USD per year." monicahq.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  18. Monica has a 30 day trial with no credit card during the trial monicahq.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  19. Orvo's Pro plan lists "Full email & calendar sync" getorvo.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  20. Orvo's Pro plan lists "AI-powered meeting preparation" and its FAQ says the Assistant pulls together past notes, relationship context and open action items "to generate a preparation brief for any conversation or meeting." getorvo.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  21. Orvo Pro is listed at "$19/mo" (no billing period stated) getorvo.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  22. Orvo states "All plans include a 14-day free trial. No credit card required." getorvo.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  23. Monica says "The web application works on a phone today." and "Native iOS and Android applications come after v3." monicahq.com, verified 15 October 2026.
  24. Orvo's Business tier lists "Multi-team workspaces", "Real-time contact collaboration & task delegation" and "Unlimited voice transcription*" subject to a fair usage policy getorvo.com, verified 15 October 2026.

Last updated 15 October 2026. By Marrow team.