Various Contact and Phone Tools

Call Confirm

2023-01-16

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

Call Confirmation (4.8@293) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Call Confirm (1.8@244) Ǥ 15 2 LastUpdate: 2020-05-22

Call Blocker

2023-01-20

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.

Call Blocker (4.6@254,486) 11 3 Test 1/2017
Calls Blacklist - Call Blocker (4.5@770,179) Ǥ 19 2 / Calls Blacklist PRO - Blocker (4.1@41,248; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 16 1 Test 2/2017; can block calls & SMS
Call Master (4.5@11) 15 LastUpdate: 2018-09-24
Truecaller: Caller ID & Block (4.4@18,530,769) Ǥ 48 20 Wikipedia; privacy warning 2015 EN | DE | 2018/2018; hands off / Finger weg
Showcaller: Caller ID & Block (4.4@168,904) Ǥ 30 5
Mr. Number - Caller ID & Spam (4.3@206,423) Ǥ 25 4
Call & SMS Blocker - Blacklist (4.2@142,105) Ǥ 24 10
Caller ID, Phone Dialer, Block (4.1@111,657) Ǥ 29 3
CallApp: Caller ID & Block (4@1,165,721) Ǥ 44 21
Call Control. Call Blocker (4@110,973) Ǥ 29 8
Sync.ME: Caller ID & Contacts (3.9@234,055) Ǥ 31 7 Privacy Warning (uploads your entire contact list to their servers)
Call Blocker - Blacklist (3.9@164,727) Ǥ 30 12
Whoscall - Caller ID & Block (3.6@742,912) Ǥ 45 15
Blacklist Blocker (3.6@137) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-02 Github
NoPhoneSpam (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-05-29 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) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Call Recorder

2023-01-19

Call Recorder (5@1) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
Showcaller: Caller ID & Block (4.4@168,904) Ǥ 30 5
Call Recorder - callX (4.1@438,544) Ǥ 28 8 / Automatic Call Recorder Pro (4.1@395,499) Ǥ 28 8
CallApp: Caller ID & Block (4@1,165,721) Ǥ 44 21
Call Recorder - Cube ACR (4@747,471) Ǥ 26 5 phone calls and VoIP conversations
Automatic Call Recorder (4@611,958) Ǥ 16 5 LastUpdate: 2019-08-12
Automatic Call Recorder (3.9@2,578,250) Ǥ 20 2 / Automatic Call Recorder Pro (3.9@59,455; ~EUR 8.50) Ǥ 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Call Recorder Automatic (3.8@488,752) Ǥ 20 10
Call Recorder (3.8@442,640) 15 2
Call Recorder (3.5@46,490) Ǥ 23 3 LastUpdate: 2020-10-12
Note Call Recorder, Call Recording (3.5@11,314) Ǥ 18 3 LastUpdate: 2021-02-20
Call recorder for Android (3.5@406) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-22
Call Recorder (3.3@284,734) Ǥ 15 4
Call Recorder - ACR (3.1@669,676) Ǥ 17 2
Auto call recorder (3.1@174,214) 15 2 LastUpdate: 2019-07-24
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

2023-01-16

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

Call prefixer

2023-01-26

Contacts Prefix Fixer (5@489) Ǥ 8 2
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

2023-01-13

Notes - Notepad and to do list (4.6@25,870) Ǥ 24 11
Call Notes Pro (4.4@2,200) 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 LastUpdate: 2021-06-23
Free CallerID with Notebook (3.3@1,438) Ǥ 16 11 LastUpdate: 2021-06-23
Call Reminder (3.3@133) Ǥ 23 7
Productive Call Assistant (0@0) Ǥ 22 2 record, transcribe and organize your phone calls

Fake Caller

2023-01-18

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@7,219) 11 1

Incoming Call Notifications

2023-01-24

Speak Who is Calling (4.4@29,600) Ǥ 10 1
Notification Reader: Shouter (4.2@38,417) Ǥ 8 1 LastUpdate: 2019-06-11 / Shouter Pro- The Announcer. (4.3@3,067; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2019-04-10 Announces notifications via TTS
Caller Name Announcer (4@28,462) Ǥ 23 9
Schlikk Calls (0@0) 3 LastUpdate: 2021-05-29 GitLab; increase volume (optionally for selected contacts) when the phone rings

Call Logs

2023-01-24

Advanced Contacts Manager (3.7@1,242) 10 11
TrimNot (0@0) LastUpdate: 2014-08-15 lifetime (unlimited) call log
Unlimited CallLog for Android 5.1 and higher (0@0) 2 LastUpdate: 2021-01-24

Various caller tools

2023-01-19

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@1,368) Ǥ 25 5 transcribe your calls
Raise To Answer (3.9@476) 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
Auto Redial | call timer (3.3@12,713) Ǥ 18 5 / Auto Redial | call timer Pro (3.8@120; ~EUR 2.50) 13 3 Intro 11/2017
Advanced Call Settings (3.3@1,218) Ǥ 7 2 LastUpdate: 2018-04-15
CallForwardingStatus (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Vibe (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; vibrate when your call is answered
Coma Phone (0@0) 4 LastUpdate: 2021-03-19 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 - 12/2021)
Here’s how spam blocking apps like Truecaller actually work (8/2017)
The Secret Life of SIM Cards (DEFCon 21, 2013), also see SimHacks.io

2023-01-26

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