Various Contact and Phone Tools

Call Confirm

2021-10-07

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

Call Confirmation (4.2@176) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Call Confirm (3.8@16) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2011-06-30
Call Confirm (2@217) Ǥ 15 2

Call Blocker

2021-10-07

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@726,534) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-03-30 / Calls Blacklist PRO - Call Blocker (4.1@38,019; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 20 2 LastUpdate: 2019-12-12 Test 2/2017; can block calls & SMS
Call Master (4.5@11) 15 LastUpdate: 2018-09-24
Truecaller: Phone Caller ID, Spam Blocking & Chat (4.4@16,000,281) Ǥ 51 21 Wikipedia; privacy warning 2015 EN | DE | 2018/2018; hands off / Finger weg
Whoscall – The caller ID and block App (4.4@680,250) Ǥ 46 15
Call Blocker (4.4@241,060) 11 3 Test 1/2017
CallApp: Caller ID & Recording (4.3@873,121) Ǥ 44 21
Showcaller: Caller ID, Call Recorder & Blocker (4.3@149,455) Ǥ 30 4
Call Control - SMS/Call Blocker. Block Spam Calls! (4.3@107,552) Ǥ 27 19
Sync.ME - Caller ID, Spam Call Blocker & Contacts (4.2@229,529) Ǥ 30 6 Privacy Warning (uploads your entire contact list to their servers)
AntiNuisance - Call Blocker and SMS Blocker (4.2@60,780) Ǥ 22 12
Call Blocker Free - Blacklist and Whitelist (4.1@164,251) Ǥ 30 10
Caller ID - Phone Dialer, Call Blocker (4.1@88,783) Ǥ 29 2
Mr. Number - Caller ID & Spam Protection (3.7@204,220) Ǥ 22 5
Blacklist Blocker (3.6@137) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-02 Github
NoPhoneSpam (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
CallShield (0@0) Gitlab; requires root & Xposed
Xposed Call Blocker (0@0) LastUpdate: 2014-05-10 / Xposed Call Blocker Unlock Key (3.9@111; ~EUR 2.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-04-08 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) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Call Recorder

2021-10-07

Call Recorder (5@1) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
CallApp: Caller ID & Recording (4.3@873,121) Ǥ 44 21
Automatic Call Recorder (4.3@542,050) Ǥ 18 4 LastUpdate: 2019-07-30
Showcaller: Caller ID, Call Recorder & Blocker (4.3@149,455) Ǥ 30 4
Call Recorder - Automatic Call Recorder - callX (4.2@418,964) Ǥ 27 5 / Call Recorder S9 - Automatic Call Recorder Pro (4.3@359,924) Ǥ 27 5
Auto call recorder (4.2@40,740) 16 1
Call Recorder - Cube ACR (4.1@631,387) Ǥ 25 4 phone calls and VoIP conversations
Call Recorder (4@429,293) 15 3
Auto call recorder (4@159,910) 15 2 LastUpdate: 2019-07-24
Call Recorder Automatic (3.9@449,698) Ǥ 19 10
Automatic Call Recorder (3.8@2,427,622) Ǥ 21 1 / Automatic Call Recorder Pro (3@56,527; ~EUR 8.50) Ǥ 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Call Recorder (3.8@284,215) Ǥ 16 3 LastUpdate: 2019-05-13
Note Call Recorder, Call Recording (3.8@9,548) Ǥ 19 4
Call recorder for Android (3.5@406) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-22
Call Recorder - ACR (3.4@663,516) Ǥ 19 2
Call Recorder (3.3@46,023) Ǥ 23 4
SW Call Recorder (no ads) (3@21) Ǥ 13 2 Github
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

2021-10-08

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! (4.5@162; ~EUR 0.75) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-20 per contact

Call prefixer

2021-10-15

Contacts Prefix Fixer (4.8@479) 6 2
IDD Prefix Dialer (IDD/ISD) (4.2@18) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-03
Company Prefix (3.6@2,332) Ǥ 8 3
Edit Prefix Number (3.1@140) 4 4 LastUpdate: 2017-05-08

Call Notes

2021-10-04

Ahaaa (4.7@56) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-04-08 displays notes during a call
Call Notes Pro - check out who is calling (4.3@2,103; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 13 1
Notes (4.1@6,506) Ǥ 23 15
Call Writer (4.1@1,147) 14 3 LastUpdate: 2018-03-10
My Notes And Notifications (3.9@11) Ǥ 14 2
Call Reminder (3.6@136) Ǥ 22 15
Notebook with Caller ID (3.5@1,438) Ǥ 20 11
Call Reminder (3.3@133) Ǥ 22 9
Notas (3.2@589) Ǥ 15 12
Productive Call Assistant (0@0) Ǥ 19 2 record, transcribe and organize your phone calls

Fake Caller

2021-10-21

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@7,106) 11 1

Incoming Call Notifications

2021-10-04

Notification Reader: Shouter (4.4@30,567) Ǥ 8 1 LastUpdate: 2019-06-11 / Shouter Pro- The Announcer. (4.2@2,679; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2019-04-10 Announces notifications via TTS
Speak Who is Calling (4.4@19,281) Ǥ 9 1
Caller Name Announcer (4@27,286) Ǥ 22 3
CallHeads - phone call app (3.9@1,576) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-03-05 discrete announcement of incoming calls
Call PopOut (3.2@3,906) Ǥ 14 3 LastUpdate: 2014-10-06
Schlikk Calls (0@0) 3 GitLab; increase volume (optionally for selected contacts) when the phone rings

Call Logs

2021-10-21

Advanced Contacts Manager - Backup & Restore (3.7@1,237) Ǥ 15 13
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

2021-10-08

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!
Auto Redial | call timer (4.4@12,657) Ǥ 16 4 / Auto Redial | call timer Pro (3.7@105; ~EUR 2.50) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Intro 11/2017
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)
Advanced Call Settings (4.2@1,188) Ǥ 7 2 LastUpdate: 2018-04-15
Rogervoice (4@1,126) Ǥ 23 4 transcribe your calls
Raise To Answer (3.9@173) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; simply hold your phone to your ear to answer an incoming call
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
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

2021-10-21

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