A contact management app for Mac that shows who can introduce you
Tapestry PRM is a contact manager and personal CRM for Mac. It fills itself in from your email, calendar, messages and contacts, so you can see who you know at a company, in a city or in your next meeting.
We make Tapestry PRM. Details about other apps on this page come from their official sites, checked 2 November 2026.
Priya Raman
VP Partnerships · last talked 12 days ago
Daniel Okafor
Engineering lead · met at a dinner in March
Lucia Moretti
Former colleague · LinkedIn
Priya Raman
VP Partnerships, Fieldstone · New York
- iMessage
Last talked
“Happy to intro you to our ops team once the pilot wraps.”
- Gmail
Waiting on you
Send the one-page pilot summary.
- Google Calendar
How you met
Dinner hosted by Sam Kim, March 14.
What a contact manager on a Mac does, and where it stops
Apple Contacts, Cardhop and BusyContacts keep names, numbers, emails and addresses tidy and in sync. They know what you type into a card. They do not know how you met someone, when you last talked or what you promised, unless you write it down yourself.
In your address book
A phone number, an email and a company. Useful for calling. Silent on the relationship.
Priya Raman
Fieldstone
- mobile
- (212) 555-0148
- work
- priya@fieldstone.example
- company
- Fieldstone
- note
- Empty
In Tapestry PRM
The same person, filled in from your calendar, messages, email and LinkedIn. Every detail shows where it came from.
Priya Raman
VP Partnerships, Fieldstone · New York
- Google Calendar
How you met
Dinner hosted by Sam Kim, March 14
- iMessage
Last talked
12 days ago, about the pilot
- Gmail
Waiting on you
One-page pilot summary
Also at Fieldstone
Daniel Okafor, Amara Obi
Ask who can introduce you, by company, city or meeting
A contact list answers “what is her number?” Tapestry PRM answers the questions that come before it.
Who do I know at this company?
See every organization you know and the people you know at each one, so a cold email can become a warm intro.
- F
Fieldstone
3 people you know
- M
Mosaic Health
2 people you know
- K
Kestrel Data
4 people you know
Who do I know in this city?
Before a trip, see the people you already know there and how you last talked, from texts, calls and calendar invites.
Chicago
9 people you know
- Google Calendar
Nadia Haddad
Mosaic Health · last met in June
Sam Kim
Investor · texted last week
Lucia Moretti
Kestrel Data · former colleague
Who is in my next meeting?
Meeting prep lists the people you know in each invite, what you owe them and what you discussed last time.
Fieldstone pilot review
Thursday, 2:00 to 2:30 PM
- Priya Raman
- Daniel Okafor
- From the invite
“Pilot results and next steps.”
Google Calendar
- Waiting on you
One-page pilot summary for Priya.
Gmail
- Last time
Daniel asked about the security review.
Granola
Every detail keeps its source
Pick the sources you want. Tapestry PRM connects the dots between them and shows where each detail came from.
- Gmail
- Google Calendar
- Google Contacts
- Apple Contacts
- iMessage
- Signal
- Android texts (experimental)
- FaceTime and phone calls
- Google Voice
- Granola
- Fathom
- Fireflies.ai
- Slack
- HubSpot
- Attio
Your contacts stay as they are.
Tapestry PRM reads Apple Contacts, Google Contacts and your other sources. It never writes back to them.
You press send.
It never sends messages, posts or contacts anyone for you.
It lives in a folder on your Mac.
It works offline. Unless you turn on Always-on, no Tapestry server stores or can read your data.
Your AI assistant only reads when you allow it.
An optional read-only MCP server is off until you turn it on, and every access is logged.
Tapestry PRM, Apple Contacts, Cardhop and BusyContacts
We make Tapestry PRM. Details about the other apps come from their official pages, checked 2 November 2026. Prices are as listed and can change.
Swipe the table sideways to see all 4 apps.
| Fact | Tapestry PRM | Apple Contacts | Cardhop | BusyContacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A personal CRM for Mac that builds relationship memory from the sources you choose | The address book that comes with your Mac | A Mac menu bar contacts app from Flexibits that you type to, in plain sentences | A native Mac contact manager from BusyMac |
| Where your contacts live | A folder on your Mac. No Tapestry server stores or can read it unless you turn on Always-on. | Your Mac and the accounts you add, such as iCloud, Google or Yahoo | Your existing Mac contact accounts. It can also search Google Contacts, Google Workspace and the Exchange Global Address List. | Your Mac, synced with iCloud, Google, Office 365, Exchange, Fastmail and other CardDAV accounts |
| Fills itself in from | Gmail, Google Calendar, Apple and Google Contacts, iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, calls, LinkedIn, Slack, meeting notes, HubSpot, Attio and more | What you or your accounts enter on each card | Your existing contacts, plus what you type in | Your contact accounts, with an activity list of emails from Apple Mail, events from BusyCal and posts from supported social networks |
| Edits your contacts | No. It reads your Apple and Google contacts and never writes back to them. | Yes. It is where you add and edit cards. | Yes. Add and edit cards with a sentence, then call, message, FaceTime or email from the app. | Yes. Tags, custom fields, smart filters, linking and merging. |
| On iPhone | Yes, a companion app that shows your Mac’s Tapestry live Needs Tapestry for Mac. | Yes, through the same accounts | Yes, with a Flexibits Premium subscription (iPhone and iPad) | No iPhone app listed; your iPhone’s Contacts app shows the same synced contacts |
| Price as listed | Local version free; Multi-device and Always-on available, Team in preview. Invite-only for now. | Comes with your Mac | Free on the Mac App Store, with in-app purchases; Flexibits Premium adds more | $49.99, 14-day free trial; also on Setapp |
Which one fits
Tapestry PRM
Choose Tapestry PRM when you want to know who you know at a company, in a city or in your next meeting, with the source of every detail. Keep your address book app for editing cards.
Apple Contacts
Keep Apple Contacts when you need names, numbers and addresses in one place, with Smart Lists and a map link for each address.
Cardhop
Choose Cardhop when you want a faster way to find, add and act on contacts you already have.
BusyContacts
Choose BusyContacts when you want a power-user address book with tags, custom fields and BusyCal links.
Looking at Dex, Mesh, Goodword and other personal CRMs too? Read the best personal CRM apps for Mac, where we compare eight of them.
Questions about contact management on a Mac
What is the best contact management app for Mac?
It depends on the job. Apple Contacts comes with your Mac and stores names, numbers and addresses. Cardhop and BusyContacts make that address book faster and more flexible. Tapestry PRM is different: it builds relationship memory from your email, calendar and messages, so you can see who you know at a company, in a city or in a meeting. You can use Tapestry PRM alongside your address book; it reads Apple and Google Contacts without changing them.
Is Tapestry PRM a CRM for Mac?
Yes. Tapestry PRM is a personal CRM built for the Mac. It is for one person’s relationships rather than a sales team’s pipeline, though it can also read HubSpot and Attio if you use them.
Does Tapestry PRM replace Apple Contacts?
No. Tapestry PRM reads Apple Contacts as one of its sources and never writes back to it, so your cards stay as they are. Keep using Apple Contacts, Cardhop or BusyContacts to edit cards, and use Tapestry PRM to see context: how you know someone, when you last talked and who can introduce you.
Will Tapestry PRM change my Apple or Google contacts?
No. Tapestry PRM only reads the sources you connect. It never edits your contacts, and it never sends messages, posts or contacts anyone for you. You press send.
Where does Tapestry PRM keep my contacts?
In a folder on your Mac. It works offline. A free account is needed to sign in, but unless you turn on Always-on, no Tapestry server stores or can read your data.
Is Tapestry PRM free?
The local version is free. Multi-device and Always-on are available now, and Team is in preview. Tapestry PRM is invite-only for now, so you request access first.
Is there an iPhone app?
Yes. Tapestry for iPhone is a companion to Tapestry for Mac. It shows your Mac’s Tapestry live and keeps no copy on the phone.
Can I ask Claude or ChatGPT about my contacts?
If you choose to. Tapestry PRM has an optional read-only MCP server for the AI assistant you pick. It is off until you turn it on, and every access is logged.
Who wrote this page?
The team that makes Tapestry PRM. We checked the official pages for Apple Contacts, Cardhop and BusyContacts on 2 November 2026. Prices and features change, so check each app’s site before you buy.
Sources
Apple Contacts User Guide for Mac, checked 2 November 2026
Cardhop by Flexibits, checked 2 November 2026
Cardhop on the Mac App Store, checked 2 November 2026
Flexibits Premium, checked 2 November 2026
BusyContacts by BusyMac, checked 2 November 2026
See who can introduce you before you write the cold email
Tapestry PRM builds relationship memory from the sources you choose and keeps it on your Mac. The local version is free.
Invite-only for now.