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
2021-01-12
- Cheap International Calls - FooCall (4.4@3,699) Ǥ 20
4
- toolani - Cheap international calls since 2008 (4.1@4,952) Ǥ 21
13
- International calling (4@6,583) Ǥ 23
LastUpdate: 2016-05-01
- Cheap Calls (4@1,896) Ǥ 13
1
LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
- Tariffic - cheap international phone calls (3.7@639) 8
LastUpdate: 2019-01-04
Save via VoIP
2021-01-13
Some of these apps also offer short-message services.
- Foxdial (5@1) 22
- Talkray - Free Calls & Texts (4.9@33) Ǥ 35
10
LastUpdate: 2019-01-18 incl. SMS; Phone & Tablet optimized
- Threema. Secure and private Messenger (4.6@63,847; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 26
2
/ Threema Work. Secure Enterprise Messaging (4@1,008) Ǥ 29
2
/ Threema QR Scanner Plugin (4.5@7,873) 2
LastUpdate: 2018-03-06 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
- Google Duo - High Quality Video Calls (4.5@6,974,124) Ǥ 35
1
Vorstellung 8/2016
- Viber Messenger - Free Video Calls & Group Chats (4.4@14,432,704) Ǥ 50
13
Security Check 3/2017
; Ausführlicher Test 4/2017 mit Privacy-Check
; Wikipedia DE | EN incl. SMS; Privacy- & Datenschutz? Totale Fehlanzeige!
- Tango - Live Video Broadcasts and Streaming Chats (4.4@3,854,577) Ǥ 36
12
Wikipedia; incl. SMS
- ICQ New Messenger App: Video Calls & Chat Rooms (4.4@785,036) Ǥ 36
6
- Skype - free IM & video calls (4.3@11,294,533) Ǥ 44
5
/ Skype Lite - Free Video Call & Chat (4.3@35,298) Ǥ 40
4
Vorstellung 3/2018
- ooVoo Video Calls, Messaging & Stories (4.3@1,152,121) Ǥ 16
16
LastUpdate: 2017-10-31 Wikipedia; clients available for Mac, Win, iOS as well
- satellite – mobile calls worldwide (4.3@3,064) Ǥ 17
4
Vorstellung 5/2019
- Orbitcall (4.3@71) 21
- Libon - International calls 🌍📞 (4.2@193,411) Ǥ 19
5
Wikipedia EN
- Cheap International Call (4.2@343) Ǥ 28
1
LastUpdate: 2017-08-03
- WiCall : VoIP call, Wifi call (4.2@12) 23
LastUpdate: 2018-08-04
- LINE: Free Calls & Messages (4.1@12,653,305) Ǥ 45
6
Screencast 3/2014; Wikipedia DE | EN
- KakaoTalk: Free Calls & Text (4.1@2,939,151) Ǥ 47
4
Vorstellung 3/2014; Wikipedia DE | EN
- Hangouts Dialer - Call Phones (4.1@129,110) 0
LastUpdate: 2017-07-20 requires Hangout
- Voxeet Conference Call (4.1@1,445) Ǥ 23 7
- MobileVOIP Cheap international Calls (4@59,050) Ǥ 19
4
- Vippie - free calls & messages (4@8,147) Ǥ 38
5
LastUpdate: 2017-10-10 incl. SMS
- Cellbry (4@292) Ǥ 26
4
- TiKL Touch Talk Walkie Talkie (3.9@162,986) Ǥ 16
7
LastUpdate: 2018-05-22 incl. SMS & Chat
- Tribair VOIP your phone (3.9@2,453) Ǥ 25
LastUpdate: 2017-06-30 / VOIP tablet: phone call & SMS (3.7@1,376) Ǥ 25
LastUpdate: 2016-04-03
- menetalk - Best International Calling App (3.9@107) Ǥ 11
2
- Video Chat by FriendCaller (3.9@18) Ǥ 30
3
LastUpdate: 2016-11-02 incl. SMS; also per browser
- VoipStunt - cheap voip (3.8@1,112) Ǥ 17
4
- VoipCheap Cheap travel calls (3.8@467) Ǥ 17
4
- Nextcloud Talk (3.7@870) Ǥ 30
1
Github
- Hi (3.7@15) Ǥ 35
4
LastUpdate: 2015-05-30
- Wire • Secure Messenger (3.6@33,275) Ǥ 16
2
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.
- Vaani - International Calling (3.5@225) Ǥ 22
3
- Jitsi Meet (3.3@38,290) Ǥ 18
1
Github; Anleitung 3/2020; Video Kurzanleitung 3/2020; Vorstellung 4/2020
- iEvaphone: Cheap international calls to mobile (2.4@332) Ǥ 19
5
LastUpdate: 2019-02-07
Open SIP clients
2021-01-07
- baresip (4.6@13) 15
/ baresip+ (0@0) 16
Github
- Zoiper IAX SIP VOIP Softphone (4.4@65,016) Ǥ 35
4
- Jami (4.1@1,036) Ǥ 19
Wikipedia EN; FAQ; background 9/2015 (EN) | 9/2015 (DE); Vorstellung 5/2020; desktop clients for Linux, Mac, Windows
- Simlar - free and secure calls (4.1@143) Ǥ 14
1
Github; encrypted calls, FOSS
- Sipco SoftPhone (4.1@58) 21
1
- Sipnetic (4@753) Ǥ 19
- Voip By Antisip (+Video) (4@447) Ǥ 15
1
- Antonia SIP Softphone - VoIP Mobile Dialer (4@106) 24
- ASTPP Dialer - VoIP Softphone (4@105) 19
1
- Siphone (3.9@639) Ǥ 29
3
- Telesis SIP VoIP Softphone (3.9@204) Ǥ 25
- MizuDroid SIP VOIP Softphone (3.8@2,951) Ǥ 29
1
- Denwa (3.6@98) 15
- Sipdroid (3.5@10,935) 28
Github; Wikipedia EN
- Linphone (3.4@4,427) Ǥ 26
1
Wikipedia DE | EN; Clients also available for Linux, Mac, Windows, iOS, WP8
- Lumicall (3.1@62) 24
LastUpdate: 2018-01-29 Github
- SIP Caller (0@0) 1
LastUpdate: 2016-09-13 Github
Roaming Control
2021-01-12
- Roaming Guard (3.6@87) Ǥ 9
2
- EU Roaming Data Watcher (3.5@23) 0
- InstaVoice ReachMe (3.2@238) Ǥ 37
13
- Roaming Control (0@0) LastUpdate: 2017-10-13 enable roaming for only the networks/countries of your choice
- Save on your roamingcosts (trial version) (0@0) 12
/ Save on your roamingcosts (4@8; ~EUR 1.50) 12
Various savings
2021-01-12
- Serval Mesh (4.2@1,928) 30
LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github; Mesh network of phones (no central server)
- handytarife.de: Tarifvergleich (3.7@157) 12
LastUpdate: 2018-08-09 Analysiert das Telefonieverhalten im Hintergrund, schlägt dann passende Tarife vor.
Further Readings:
- Category Provider Tools: Contract Management and more
- Category Messenger & Conferences
- Mit dem Smartphone im EU-Ausland: Wann fallen Kosten an? (6/2017 - 7/2019)
- Videotelefonie-Apps im Vergleich (9/2016)
- Voice over IP – Telefonieren über das Internet (6/2016 - 4/2017)
- Telefonieren über das Internet: So bleibt Ihr weltweit preiswert erreichbar (1/2016)
- Wifi-Calling: Mit dem Handy über WLAN telefonieren (7/2015)
- Die besten Skype-Alternativen für Android (11/2014 - 4/2015)
- Kostenlos telefonieren: Die besten Apps für gratis Anrufe (10/2014 - 4/2016)
- Five Best Mobile VoIP Apps (5/2014)
- Top 10 Android Apps To Make Unlimited Free Calls (4/2014)
- Top 15+ Video Call Apps for Android (2/2014)
2021-01-14