Cheap Calls

Where and how you can save some bucks on calls and messages?

:warn: 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

2019-10-07

toolani - Cheap international calls since 2008 (4.1@4,379) Ǥ 25
Cheap International Calls - FooCall (4.1@3,514) Ǥ 23
International calling (4@6,583) Ǥ 23 LastUpdate: 2016-05-01
Cheap Calls (4@1,896) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2016-02-04 Vorstellung 8/2013; Testbericht 7/2012
Tariffic - cheap international phone calls (3.7@637) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Testbericht 9/2012 (mit Video); Video Review 8/2012

Save via VoIP

2019-10-08

Some of these apps also offer short-message services.

Foxdial (5@1) 22 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
iEvaphone: Free international calls to mobile (4.6@63,172) Ǥ 18
Threema (4.6@57,537; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 26 / Threema QR Scanner Plugin (4.5@7,873) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-06 Video Review 12/2013 (EN) | 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 2/2014 | 2/2014 | 2/2014 | 8/2018 | 11/2018; Wikipedia DE|EN; Audit 11/2015 | 3/2019; Tipps & Tricks 12/2015; Anrufe 9/2017; Backup Tipps 10/2017; FAQ; messenger with end-to-end encryption
Google Duo - High Quality Video Calls (4.5@4,338,074) Ǥ 33 Vorstellung 8/2016
ICQ: Messages, Group chats & Video Calls (4.5@736,513) Ǥ 34 Review 5/2012; Testbericht 5/2012; Video Review 6/2013
Viber Messenger - Messages, Group Chats & Calls (4.4@13,015,197) Ǥ 46 Video Review 6/2013; Security Check 3/2017 ; Ausführlicher Test 4/2017 mit Privacy-Check ; Wikipedia DE | EN incl. SMS; Privacy- & Datenschutz? Totale Fehlanzeige!
Tango - Live Video Broadcasts (4.4@3,811,874) Ǥ 36 Testbericht 2/2013; Intro 12/2013; Wikipedia; incl. SMS
Skype - free IM & video calls (4.3@10,713,515) Ǥ 48 / Skype Lite - Free Video Call & Chat (4.3@35,298) Ǥ 39 Video Review 7/2013; Review 7/2013 / Vorstellung 3/2018
ooVoo Video Calls, Messaging & Stories (4.3@1,149,493) Ǥ 16 LastUpdate: 2017-10-31 Video Review 6/2013; Vorstellung 10/2013; Review 10/2013; Wikipedia; clients available for Mac, Win, iOS as well
satellite – weltweit mobil telefonieren (4.3@1,811) Ǥ 21 Vorstellung 5/2019
Orbitcall (4.3@68) 22 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Hangouts Dialer - Call Phones (4.2@124,091) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-20 requires Hangout
Cheap International Call (4.2@343) Ǥ 28 LastUpdate: 2017-08-03
Cellbry (4.2@234) Ǥ 25
WiCall : VoIP call, Wifi call (4.2@12) 23 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Video Demo 8/2013
LINE: Free Calls & Messages (4.1@11,693,800) Ǥ 35 Screencast 3/2014; Wikipedia DE | EN
KakaoTalk: Free Calls & Text (4.1@2,805,285) Ǥ 41 Vorstellung 3/2014; Wikipedia DE | EN
Libon - International calls ???????? (4.1@184,938) Ǥ 16 Video Review 11/2013; Wikipedia EN
Voxeet Conference Call (4.1@1,445) Ǥ 23 Intro 12/2012
MobileVOIP Cheap international Calls (4@56,451) Ǥ 18
Vippie - free calls & messages (4@8,147) Ǥ 38 LastUpdate: 2017-10-10 Promo Video 7/2012; Testbericht 4/2013; Review 4/2013; incl. SMS
Nextcloud Talk (4@436) Ǥ 22 Github
TiKL Touch Talk Walkie Talkie (3.9@162,794) Ǥ 16 incl. SMS & Chat
Tribair VOIP your phone (3.9@2,453) Ǥ 25 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-30 / VOIP tablet: phone call & SMS (3.7@1,376) Ǥ 25 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-03
VoipCheap Cheap travel calls (3.9@452) Ǥ 16
Vaani - Free International Calling (3.9@181) Ǥ 21
mene talk- Cheap International calling app (3.9@107) Ǥ 10
Video Chat by FriendCaller (3.9@18) Ǥ 29 LastUpdate: 2016-11-02 incl. SMS; also per browser
VoipStunt - cheap voip (3.8@1,088) Ǥ 16
Lifesize ClearSea (3.8@537) 14 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-08-22
Wire • Secure Messenger (3.7@30,675) Ǥ 16 Testberichte 4/2017; Privacy-Warnung 7/2018; Vorstellung 8/2018; free/gratis, encrypted communication: voice, video and group chats; cross platform: Android, iOS, Mac, Windows. Or in the web browser.
Hi (3.7@15) Ǥ 35 LastUpdate: 2015-05-30 Vorstellung 4/2014
Talkray - Free Calls & Texts (0@33) Ǥ 29 Video Demo 11/2012; Test 5/2013; incl. SMS; Phone & Tablet optimized
UppTalk (0@32) Ǥ 36 LastUpdate: 2017-02-24 incl. SMS

Open SIP clients

2019-10-21

baresip (4.7@3) 15 Github
Zoiper IAX SIP VOIP Softphone (4.5@54,279) Ǥ 30
CSipSimple (4.5@11) 24 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-11-05 / Codec Pack for CSipSimple (4.1@1,089) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-08 Intro 5/2012; Vorstellung 7/2013; Video Setup Tutorial 9/2018; Wikipedia EN
Sipnetic (4.4@217) 15
MizuDroid SIP VOIP Softphone (4.3@1,376) Ǥ 26 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Voip By Antisip (+Video) (4.2@405) Ǥ 14
Telesis SIP VoIP Softphone (4.2@92) 22 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Sipco SoftPhone (4.2@53) 21
Antonia SIP Softphone - VoIP Mobile Dialer (4.2@17) 24 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
ASTPP Dialer - VoIP Softphone (4.1@85) 17 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Siphone (4@596) Ǥ 30
Simlar - free and secure calls (4@126) Ǥ 16 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; encrypted calls, FOSS
Jami (3.9@641) Ǥ 17 FAQ; background 9/2015 (EN) | 9/2015 (DE); desktop clients for Linux, Mac, Windows
Denwa Phone (3.9@80) 15 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Linphone (3.2@3,845) Ǥ 27 Wikipedia DE | EN; Clients also available for Linux, Mac, Windows, iOS, WP8
Sipdroid (3.1@10,449) 27 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Wikipedia EN
Lumicall (3.1@62) 24 LastUpdate: 2018-01-29 Github
SIP Caller (0@0) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-13 Github

Roaming Control

2019-10-08

Save Roaming Costs - InstaVoice ReachMe (4.2@133) Ǥ 33
EU Roaming Data Watcher (3.7@23) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-27
Roaming Guard (3.4@74) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-03-04
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) 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Save on your roamingcosts (4@8; ~EUR 1.50) 11

Various savings

2019-10-08

Serval Mesh (4.2@1,928) 30 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github; Mesh network of phones (no central server)
handytarife.de: Tarifvergleich (3.7@157) 12 Vorstellung 3/2013; Testbericht 4/2013. Analysiert das Telefonieverhalten im Hintergrund, schlägt dann passende Tarife vor.

Further Readings:

Category Provider Tools: Contract Management and more
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)

2019-10-21

IzzyOnDroid

Cheap Calls

Save on Landline

Save via VoIP

Open SIP clients

Roaming Control

Various savings