I would say it's more ideal than Monica. Monica is a separate app from the ones you usually use, using a separate database, with more latency before first input, and more button presses before you can actually store anything. These are all bad features if you're trying to augment short-term memory. I'm not a fan.

(Moreover, Contacts is absolutely relational, in any sense that matters. There's a Relations field. It's stored in a sqlite db.)

Let me know when Contacts adds the ability to add spouses and children, and previous gifts at Christmas time. ;)

I'm on iOS 14, and "+ add related name" lets you add any relationship. I think that's been there for awhile.

For something like gifts, I'd probably just use the Notes field, or create that topic in the Notes app.

It's no Salesforce... but it seems to cover all the bases for personal relationships.

> and previous gifts at Christmas time. ;)

I'm working on a solution for that :P

https://superwishlists.com.au - it's not open to public registration yet, but it'll get there in the next few weeks. It solves the problem you've outlined and a bit more, whilst being free in every sense.

there is a "notes" field on the samsung contacts, should be good enough.