Various Contact and Phone Tools

Call Confirm

2022-05-24

Have your phone asking you for confirmation before calling out (to prevent accidental calls)

Call Confirmation (4.7@227) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Call Confirm (1.8@232) Ǥ 15 2 LastUpdate: 2020-05-22

Call Blocker

2022-05-24

Chose wisely. As e.g. Phandroid reveals, some of those apps are mainly after your data – and sell your phone number to even more spam callers.

Calls Blacklist - Call Blocker (4.5@748,802) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-03-30 / Calls Blacklist PRO - Call Blocker (4.1@39,796; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 17 2 LastUpdate: 2019-12-12 Test 2/2017; can block calls & SMS
Call Master (4.5@11) 15 LastUpdate: 2018-09-24
Truecaller: Caller ID & Block (4.4@17,525,136) Ǥ 48 19 Wikipedia; privacy warning 2015 EN | DE | 2018/2018; hands off / Finger weg
Call Blocker (4.4@247,801) 11 3 Test 1/2017
Showcaller: Caller ID & Block (4.4@160,078) Ǥ 29 5
Mr. Number - Caller ID & Spam Protection (4.3@205,909) Ǥ 22 4
Caller ID, Phone Dialer, Block (4.2@101,845) Ǥ 29 5
Call & SMS Blocker - Blacklist (4.2@83,559) Ǥ 24 10
Call Control - SMS/Call Blocker. Block Spam Calls! (4.1@109,700) Ǥ 29 8
CallApp: Caller ID & Recording (4@1,015,163) Ǥ 44 22
Sync.ME - Caller ID, Spam Call Blocker & Contacts (4@232,160) Ǥ 31 6 Privacy Warning (uploads your entire contact list to their servers)
Call Blocker - Blacklist (4@164,699) Ǥ 30 11
Blacklist Blocker (3.6@137) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-02 Github
Whoscall - Caller ID & Block (3.5@722,341) Ǥ 45 15
NoPhoneSpam (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
CallShield (0@0) LastUpdate: 2020-03-25 Gitlab; requires root & Xposed
Xposed Call Blocker (0@0) LastUpdate: 2014-05-10 Video Review 4/2014; Howto 4/2014
Yet Another Call Blocker (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
Silence (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Call Recorder

2022-05-24

Call Recorder (5@1) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
Call Recorder Automatic (4.6@11) Ǥ 19 10
Showcaller: Caller ID & Block (4.4@160,078) Ǥ 29 5
Auto call recorder (4.4@41,813) 16 1
Call Recorder (4.3@31) 15 2
Call Recorder - Cube ACR (4.1@693,260) Ǥ 26 5 phone calls and VoIP conversations
Automatic Call Recorder (4.1@583,379) Ǥ 16 5 LastUpdate: 2019-08-12
CallApp: Caller ID & Recording (4@1,015,163) Ǥ 44 22
Call Recorder - callX (4@430,374) Ǥ 27 8 / Automatic Call Recorder Pro (4.2@381,130) Ǥ 27 9
Automatic Call Recorder (3.7@2,513,521) Ǥ 20 2 / Automatic Call Recorder Pro (3.5@57,920; ~EUR 8.50) Ǥ 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Call Recorder (3.5@46,325) Ǥ 23 3 LastUpdate: 2020-10-12
Call recorder for Android (3.5@406) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-22
Note Call Recorder (3.4@10,939) Ǥ 19 3
Call Recorder (3.3@284,690) Ǥ 16 3 LastUpdate: 2019-05-13
Auto call recorder (3.2@168,071) 15 2 LastUpdate: 2019-07-24
Call Recorder - ACR (3.1@667,799) Ǥ 17 2
Cube ACR - Call Recorder (0@0) 4 5
CM CallRecord (0@0) LastUpdate: 2015-10-16 for CyanogenMod 11/12/12.1
XCallRecordingSettings (0@0) Github; CM 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 13.0

Call anonymously

2022-05-24

If you don't want to use an app for that, simply prefix the called number with the disabling code (usually *31#, but might vary with country and provider).

Ghost Call - Phone Anomously! (4.6@165; ~EUR 0.75) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-20 per contact

Call prefixer

2022-05-23

Contacts Prefix Fixer (5@489) Ǥ 8 3
Edit Prefix Number (5@142) 4 4 LastUpdate: 2017-05-08
IDD Prefix Dialer (IDD/ISD) (4.2@18) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-03
Company Prefix (3.6@2,337) Ǥ 8 3

Call Notes

2022-05-28

Notes - Note Taking and Memos (4.6@18,337) Ǥ 26 14
Call Notes Pro (4.4@2,179; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 13 1
Call Writer (4.1@1,147) 14 3 LastUpdate: 2018-03-10
My Notes And Notifications (3.9@11) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2020-11-03
Call Reminder (3.6@136) Ǥ 18 15
Free CallerID with Notebook (3.3@1,438) Ǥ 18 11
Call Reminder (3.3@133) Ǥ 23 8
Notas (3.2@590) Ǥ 15 12
Productive Call Assistant (0@0) Ǥ 21 2 record, transcribe and organize your phone calls

Fake Caller

2022-05-23

Need some rescue from a boring meeting, horrible date, or to end your visit at great-aunt Marble? An incoming, ultra-urgent call might help you out!

Fake Call & SMS (4@13) 14 6 LastUpdate: 2018-08-08
Fake Me A Call (3.9@7,164) 11 1

Incoming Call Notifications

2022-05-12

Speak Who is Calling (4.4@24,065) Ǥ 9 1
Notification Reader: Shouter (4.3@34,742) Ǥ 8 1 LastUpdate: 2019-06-11 / Shouter Pro- The Announcer. (4.3@2,902; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2019-04-10 Announces notifications via TTS
Caller Name Announcer (4@27,944) Ǥ 25 14
Schlikk Calls (0@0) 3 GitLab; increase volume (optionally for selected contacts) when the phone rings

Call Logs

2022-05-22

Advanced Contacts Manager - Backup & Restore (3.7@1,242) Ǥ 14 12
TrimNot (0@0) LastUpdate: 2014-08-15 lifetime (unlimited) call log
Unlimited CallLog for Android 5.1 and higher (0@0) 2

Various caller tools

2022-05-24

Raise To Answer (4.6@293) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; simply hold your phone to your ear to answer an incoming call
Harass Me (4.5@231) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-29 Github; Never miss important calls when in silent mode!
Ril Control (4.4@16) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-11 GitLab; stop or start the ril-daemon (requires root)
Rogervoice (4@1,247) Ǥ 25 5 transcribe your calls
Sanity (3.8@4,875) 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-09-10 phone assistant, including audio recording, caller anouncement, call blocking and much more; Github
Auto Redial | call timer (3.4@12,557) Ǥ 16 4 / Auto Redial | call timer Pro (4@115; ~EUR 2.50) 13 3 Intro 11/2017
Advanced Call Settings (3.2@1,208) Ǥ 7 2 LastUpdate: 2018-04-15
Vibe (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; vibrate when your call is answered
Coma Phone (0@0) 4 Github; auto-answer calls in speaker-mode (even when in coma)

Further Readings:

The 5 Best Truecaller Alternatives for Caller ID and Spam Blocking (8/2021)
Best Android Call Blocker Apps to Block Unwanted Calls (10/2020)
Here’s how spam blocking apps like Truecaller actually work (8/2017)
Call recording apps for android (4/2014)
Infinite Call History on Android (4/2014)
The Secret Life of SIM Cards (DEFCon 21, 2013), also see SimHacks.io

2022-05-28

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