Various Contact and Phone Tools

Call Confirm

2019-09-03

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

Call Confirm (4.3@5,396) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-12-14
Parrot Call Confirm (3.9@129) Ǥ 11
Call Confirm (3.9@123) Ǥ 15 LastUpdate: 2017-12-16
Confirm 2 Call (Drag2Call) (3.8@122) 7 LastUpdate: 2016-02-18
Call Confirm (3.8@16) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2011-06-30

Call Blocker

2019-09-03

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.

Truecaller: Caller ID, spam blocking & call record (4.5@10,849,423) Ǥ 52 Video Review 6/2012; Test 8/2012; Review 10/2013; Wikipedia; privacy warning 2015 EN | DE | 2018/2018; hands off / Finger weg
Calls Blacklist - Call Blocker (4.5@585,105) Ǥ 18 / Calls Blacklist PRO - Call Blocker (4@28,635; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 16 Vorstellung 10/2012; Video Vorstellung 6/2013; Test 2/2017; can block calls & SMS
Call blocker (4.5@2,079) 19 LastUpdate: 2017-03-26
Call Master (4.5@11) 20
Call Control - SMS/Call Blocker. Block Spam Calls! (4.4@100,027) Ǥ 36
Block call and block sms (4.4@65,312) 20 LastUpdate: 2017-08-06
Whoscall – The best caller ID and block App (4.3@594,621) Ǥ 46 Vorstellung 1/2014
Call Blocker (4.3@217,057) 10 Test 1/2017
Complete Call Blocker (4.3@2,928) Ǥ 12
Sync.ME - Caller ID, Spam Call Blocker & Contacts (4.2@216,723) Ǥ 29 Privacy Warning (uploads your entire contact list to their servers)
Call Blocker Free - Blacklist and Whitelist (4.2@161,678) Ǥ 26 Vorstellung 4/2013
Android Blacklist (ABlacklist) (4.2@868) 18 LastUpdate: 2017-08-03
Root Call Blocker (3.7@2,522) Ǥ 22 Review 4/2012
Mr. Number - Caller ID & Spam Protection (3.6@199,293) Ǥ 25 Video Review 6/2013; Review 10/2013
Blacklist Blocker (3.6@137) 13 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
CallShield (0@0) Gitlab; requires root & Xposed
Xposed Call Blocker (0@0) LastUpdate: 2014-05-10 / Xposed Call Blocker Unlock Key (3.8@113; ~EUR 2.00) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-04-08 Video Review 4/2014; Howto 4/2014

Call Recorder

2019-09-03

Cube Call Recorder ACR (4.6@288,471) Ǥ 20 phone calls and VoIP conversations
Call recorder (4.6@20,939) Ǥ 27 Review 1/2017
Call Recorder (4.5@365,637) 12
Call Recorder - Automatic Call Recorder - callX (4.3@303,278) Ǥ 25 / Call Recorder S9 - Automatic Call Recorder Pro (4.4@187,957) Ǥ 25
Auto call recorder (4.3@90,318) 15
Call Recorder (4.3@13,230) Ǥ 35 LastUpdate: 2017-10-30
Call Recorder Free (4.3@12,129) 10 LastUpdate: 2017-08-31
Call Recorder (4.3@9,918) 16
Call Recorder (4.2@229) Ǥ 25 LastUpdate: 2017-06-26
Call Recorder (3.9@282,282) Ǥ 16
Note Call Recorder, Call Recording (3.9@5,837) Ǥ 15
Call Record+ (3.9@481) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2017-03-04
Call Recorder (3.8@98) 6 LastUpdate: 2014-11-15
Automatic Call Recorder (3.7@2,055,478) Ǥ 17 / Automatic Call Recorder Pro (2.6@47,931; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 16 Vorstellung 2/2014
TapeACall - Record Calls (3.7@1,458) Ǥ 10
Call Recorder (3.6@43,348) Ǥ 21 Beware the trackers!
Call recorder for android (3.5@406) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-22
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

2019-09-03

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! (4.7@125; ~EUR 0.75) 2 LastUpdate: 2013-12-20 per contact
CallerID Blocker (3.9@602) Ǥ 7
Caller ID - Hide your number (3.3@428) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-03-25
Simple Anonymous Call -Hidden Call (3.2@5) 9
Hide Phone Number Caller ID (2.9@5,570) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2016-11-09

Call prefixer

2019-08-29

Contacts Prefix Fixer (4.5@171) 5
IntlPrefix (4.4@123) 4
IDD Prefix Dialer (IDD/ISD) (4.3@14) Ǥ 7
Telefonate free (4.1@319) 5 LastUpdate: 2016-07-13
Prefixer (4@1,516) Ǥ 19 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-07-05
Edit Prefix Number (3.3@131) 4 LastUpdate: 2017-02-15

Call Notes

2019-09-15

Call Notes Pro - check out who is calling (4.7@1,829; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 15 Intro 8/2014
Ahaaa (4.7@52) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ displays notes during a call
Caller Notes (4.4@427) Ǥ 15 LastUpdate: 2017-05-04 Review 8/2014
FloatNote - phone call notes (4.3@3,094) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2014-12-26 Intro 11/2014; Review 10/2014
Callizer (4.2@104) Ǥ 15
Calltask - contact notes (4.2@55) Ǥ 18 LastUpdate: 2018-02-28
My Call Log Notes (4.2@5) Ǥ 14
Call Writer (4.1@1,147) 8 LastUpdate: 2018-03-10
Call Reminder (4.1@93) Ǥ 18
Call Reminder (4@91) Ǥ 16
Call Note (4@85) 8 LastUpdate: 2017-04-21
Free CallerID with Notebook (3.8@1,416) Ǥ 14
Notas (3.8@533) Ǥ 14
Notes with Caller ID (3.7@2,147) Ǥ 20
Call Notes (3.5@11) Ǥ 14

Fake Caller

2019-09-14

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 (4.6@48,223) 18 LastUpdate: 2018-02-17
Fake Call (4.4@714) 13 LastUpdate: 2017-11-13
Fake Call and SMS (4.4@245) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-07-07
Fake Call & SMS (4.3@19,249) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2016-11-17
Fake Call (4.3@7,567) 11 LastUpdate: 2016-04-28
Fake Me A Call (4.2@6,589) 8
Excuser (4.2@13) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-12-08 Github; shake your Android Wear watch to receive a fake call
Fake Call - Fake Caller ID (4@13) 19
Fake Call (3.9@4,273) 18 LastUpdate: 2016-02-18

Incoming Call Notifications

2019-09-15

Caller Name Announcer (4.4@25,304) Ǥ 14
Caller Name Reader: Shouter (4.4@19,587) Ǥ 8 Announces notifications via TTS
Caller Name Speaker (4.4@366) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-07-31
Caller Name Announcer (4.3@816) 8
Speak Who is Calling Ringtone (4.2@8,025) 9
VOICE Caller Name Announcer (4.2@599) 7
Lollipop Style Call Screen (4.1@5,167) Ǥ 18 LastUpdate: 2017-08-09 Beware the trackers!
Intelligent Transparent Caller (4.1@223) 13 LastUpdate: 2017-08-03
CallHeads - phone call app (3.9@1,576) 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-03-05 Introduction 7/2013; Video Intro 8/2013; discrete announcement of incoming calls
Call PopOut (3.2@3,887) Ǥ 14 LastUpdate: 2014-10-06

Call Logs

2019-09-14

CallTrack (4.5@5,410) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-01-25 Review 4/2012; Stores your call logs into your Google calendar
Call History Manager (4.3@12,442) Ǥ 16
Smart Call Logs (4.2@2,641) Ǥ 10
My Call Duration (4@1,095) 9 LastUpdate: 2015-05-09
Smart Contacts Manager (3.8@242) Ǥ 11
Advanced Contacts Manager - Backup & Restore (3.5@1,142) Ǥ 15
TrimNot (0@0) LastUpdate: 2014-08-15 lifetime (unlimited) call log
Unlimited CallLog for LP/MM/N (0@0) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-11-05

Various caller tools

2019-09-03

TempoCon - Temporary Contacts (4.9@20) 12 LastUpdate: 2017-12-20 reminds you to delete temporary contacts
Harass Me (4.5@231) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-29 Github; Never miss important calls when in silent mode!
Ril Control (4.4@16) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ GitLab; stop or start the ril-daemon (requires root)
Air Call Receiver (4.1@2,380) 10 LastUpdate: 2017-07-28
Temporary Contacts (4.1@10) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-11-14 automatically deletes a temp contact on a date you set
SMS and Call Tracker (4@1,228) 12 track locations from where you made/received calls/SMS;
Advanced Call Settings (4@1,174) Ǥ 6
Call Actions: Caller ID Finder & Calls Organizer (3.9@202) Ǥ 27 Testbericht 3/2012
Sanity (3.8@4,875) 25 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-09-10 Review 1/2013; Intro 1/2013; phone assistant, including audio recording, caller anouncement, call blocking and much more; Github
Auto Redial | call timer (3.7@10,790) Ǥ 13 / Auto Redial | call timer Pro (4@76; ~EUR 1.00) 9 Intro 11/2017

Further Readings:

CallerID & Call Blocker
- Here’s how spam blocking apps like Truecaller actually work (8/2017)
- Top Best Call Blocker Android App Free Download (3/2014)
- Featured: Top 10 Best Android Caller ID / Block Apps (2/2014)
- How to block phone calls on your Android phone (12/2013)
- Top 10+ Call Blocking Apps for Android (9/2013)
- 5 Best Call Blocker Apps for Android Phones (8/2013)
Call Recorder
- Call recording apps for android (4/2014)
- Top Best Voice Call Recorder (Auto) Android App Free Download (3/2014)
- 10 FREE Call Recording Android Apps Works During Phone Calls (7/2013)
Call History
- Infinite Call History on Android (4/2014)

2019-09-15

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