Cheap Calls
Where and how you can save some bucks on calls and messages?
Though this category is titled „Cheap Calls“, and the apps are intended to save you some bucks – be aware you often pay by other means. This category turns up second place for „average permissions requested per app“ (more than 20), even before remote device management and the so-called anti-virus apps, only topped by the „personal assistants“ (Google Now / Siri competitors) requesting 30 permissions per app on average.
Save on Landline
2022-05-22
- toolani - Cheap international calls since 2008 (3.9@5,381) Ǥ 21
12
- Tariffic (3.7@646) 8
- Cheap International Calls - FooCall (2.7@3,779) Ǥ 20
4
Save via VoIP
2022-05-23
Some of these apps also offer short-message services.
- Talkray - Free Calls and Text (4.9@33) Ǥ 20
10
LastUpdate: 2019-01-18 incl. SMS; Phone & Tablet optimized
- VoipCheap Cheap travel calls (4.7@471) Ǥ 17
4
- Orbitcall (4.6@73) 21
- Threema (4.5@69,672; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 26
2
/ Threema Work (3.7@1,443) Ǥ 29
Github; Video Review 4/2016 (DE) | 3/2019 (DE); Video Backup & Restore (3/2019); Video Threema Webchat Howto 2/2017 (DE); Threema Video Tutorials; Test 4/2016; Vorstellung 8/2018 | 11/2018-1/2021; Wikipedia DE|EN; Audit 11/2015 | 3/2019; (Datenschutz-) Testbericht 2/2020
; FAQ; messenger with end-to-end encryption
- Viber - Safe Chats And Calls (4.3@15,823,204) Ǥ 54
10
Security Check 3/2017
; Ausführlicher Test 4/2017 mit Privacy-Check
; Wikipedia DE | EN incl. SMS; Privacy- & Datenschutz? Totale Fehlanzeige!
- Tango-Live Stream & Video Chat (4.2@4,083,836) Ǥ 42
11
Wikipedia; incl. SMS
- ICQ Video Calls & Chat Rooms (4.2@811,632) Ǥ 34
9
- satellite (4.2@4,025) Ǥ 22
4
Vorstellung 5/2019
- Google Duo (4.2@29) Ǥ 36
Vorstellung 8/2016
- Skype (4.1@11,454,619) Ǥ 43
4
- VoipStunt - cheap voip (4@1,133) Ǥ 17
4
- LINE: Calls & Messages (3.9@13,473,033) Ǥ 43
5
Wikipedia DE | EN
- TiKL - Touch To Talk (3.9@162,976) 12
7
LastUpdate: 2018-05-22 incl. SMS & Chat
- menetalk - Best International Calling App (3.9@107) Ǥ 11
4
- KakaoTalk : Messenger (3.8@3,128,180) Ǥ 48
3
Wikipedia DE | EN
- Libon - International calls (3.8@202,213) Ǥ 19
5
Wikipedia EN
- MobileVOIP (3.8@60,338) Ǥ 19
4
- Jitsi Meet (3.8@49,802) Ǥ 18
2
Github; Anleitung 3/2020; Video Kurzanleitung 3/2020; Vorstellung 4/2020
- Cellbry (3.8@309) Ǥ 26
4
LastUpdate: 2020-04-22
- ooVoo Video Calls, Messaging & Stories (3.6@1,152,431) Ǥ 16
16
LastUpdate: 2017-10-31 Wikipedia; clients available for Mac, Win, iOS as well
- Nextcloud Talk (3.6@1,165) Ǥ 32
2
Github
- Vaani - International Calling (3.5@225) Ǥ 26
3
- Wire - Secure Messenger (2.7@34,781) Ǥ 20
1 Testberichte 4/2017 | 3/2020;
Privacy-Warnung 7/2018; Vorstellung 8/2018 - 4/2020; free/gratis, encrypted communication: voice, video and group chats; cross platform: Android, iOS, Mac, Windows. Or in the web browser.
- Red (0@0) 4
Github; redirect outgoing calls to Signal/Telegram/Threema
- WebCall (0@0) 17
Github
Open SIP clients
2022-05-23
- Telesis SIP VoIP Softphone (5@230) Ǥ 25
LastUpdate: 2020-09-24
- Voip By Antisip (+Video) (4.3@466) Ǥ 15
- Simlar - secure calls (4.3@157) Ǥ 20
Github; encrypted calls, FOSS
- Zoiper IAX SIP VOIP Softphone (4.1@70,092) Ǥ 35
3
- MizuDroid SIP VOIP Softphone (4@3,800) Ǥ 28
- baresip (3.9@25) 21
/ baresip+ (5@6) 20
Github
- Jami (3.6@1,405) Ǥ 20
Wikipedia EN; FAQ; background 9/2015 (EN) | 9/2015 (DE); Vorstellung 12/2019 | 5/2020; Testbericht 3/2020; Review 1/2021; desktop clients for Linux, Mac, Windows
- Denwa (3.5@103) 15
LastUpdate: 2020-06-24
- Linphone (3.4@5,133) Ǥ 29
Wikipedia DE | EN; Anleitung für Sipgate; Clients also available for Linux, Mac, Windows, iOS, WP8
- Sipnetic (3.4@1,245) Ǥ 20
Testbericht 2/2020; Anleitung für Sipgate
- Sipdroid (3.2@10,979) 29
Github; Wikipedia EN
- Lumicall (3.1@62) 24
Github
- ASTPP Dialer - VoIP Softphone (1.7@122) Ǥ 28
2
- Antonia SIP Softphone - VoIP Mobile Dialer (1@118) 24
LastUpdate: 2020-02-24
- Sipco SoftPhone (1@62) Ǥ 26 1
- SIP Caller (0@0) 1
LastUpdate: 2016-09-13 Github
Roaming Control
2022-05-22
- EU Roaming Data Watcher (3.6@31) 0
LastUpdate: 2020-05-31
- Roaming Guard (2.6@106) 7
2
- Roaming Control (0@0)
LastUpdate: 2017-10-13 enable roaming for only the networks/countries of your choice
Various savings
2022-05-22
- Serval Mesh (4.2@1,928) 30
LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github; Mesh network of phones (no central server)
Further Readings:
- Category Provider Tools: Contract Management and more
- Category Messenger & Conferences
- The 7 Best Free Calling Apps (Unlimited Calls With Wi-Fi) (6/2021)
- The 5 Best Free Calling Apps for Making Free Phone Calls (4/2021)
- Mit dem Smartphone im EU-Ausland: Wann fallen Kosten an? (6/2017 - 7/2019)
- Videotelefonie-Apps im Vergleich (8/2016)
- Voice over IP – Telefonieren über das Internet (6/2016 - 4/2017)
- Telefonieren über das Internet: So bleibt Ihr weltweit preiswert erreichbar (1/2016 - 4/2017)
- Die besten Skype-Alternativen für Android (11/2014 - 4/2020)
- Kostenlos telefonieren: Die besten Apps für gratis Anrufe (10/2014 - 4/2016)
2022-05-24