Various Contact and Phone Tools

Call Confirm

2022-08-16

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

Call Confirmation (4.7@244) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Call Confirm (1.8@236) Ǥ 15 2 LastUpdate: 2020-05-22

Call Blocker

2022-08-09

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@757,767) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-03-30 / Calls Blacklist PRO - Call Blocker (4.1@40,335; ~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@17,904,440) Ǥ 48 13 Wikipedia; privacy warning 2015 EN | DE | 2018/2018; hands off / Finger weg
Call Blocker (4.4@249,971) 11 3 LastUpdate: 2021-01-20 Test 1/2017
Showcaller: Caller ID & Block (4.4@163,733) Ǥ 30 5
Mr. Number - Caller ID & Spam Protection (4.3@206,160) Ǥ 22 4
Call Control. Call Blocker (4.2@110,088) Ǥ 29 8
Caller ID, Phone Dialer, Block (4.2@105,187) Ǥ 29 4
Call & SMS Blocker - Blacklist (4.2@96,385) Ǥ 24 10
CallApp: Caller ID & Recording (4@1,063,571) Ǥ 44 22
Sync.ME: Caller ID & Contacts (4@232,909) Ǥ 31 6 Privacy Warning (uploads your entire contact list to their servers)
Call Blocker - Blacklist (3.9@164,712) 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@731,459) Ǥ 45 10
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) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Call Recorder

2022-08-09

Call Recorder (5@1) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
Showcaller: Caller ID & Block (4.4@163,733) Ǥ 30 5
Auto call recorder (4.4@41,813) 16 1
CallApp: Caller ID & Recording (4@1,063,571) Ǥ 44 22
Call Recorder - Cube ACR (4@716,410) Ǥ 26 5 phone calls and VoIP conversations
Automatic Call Recorder (4@595,090) Ǥ 16 5 LastUpdate: 2019-08-12
Call Recorder Automatic (4@478,494) Ǥ 19 14
Call Recorder - callX (4@433,057) Ǥ 27 8 / Automatic Call Recorder Pro (4.1@385,689) Ǥ 27 8
Automatic Call Recorder (3.8@2,537,511) Ǥ 20 2 / Automatic Call Recorder Pro (3.6@58,661; ~EUR 8.50) Ǥ 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Call Recorder (3.8@439,564) 15 2
Call Recorder (3.5@46,368) 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@11,189) Ǥ 19 3
Call Recorder (3.3@284,682) Ǥ 16 3 LastUpdate: 2019-05-13
Call Recorder - ACR (3.1@668,583) Ǥ 17 2
Auto call recorder (3.1@170,260) 15 2 LastUpdate: 2019-07-24
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

2022-08-16

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

Call prefixer

2022-08-09

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

2022-08-13

Notes - Note Taking and Memos (4.4@22,400) Ǥ 23 12
Call Notes Pro (4.4@2,193; ~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 16 11
Call Reminder (3.3@133) Ǥ 23 8
Productive Call Assistant (0@0) Ǥ 21 2 record, transcribe and organize your phone calls

Fake Caller

2022-08-18

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@7,200) 11 1 LastUpdate: 2020-11-25

Incoming Call Notifications

2022-08-09

Speak Who is Calling (4.4@26,188) Ǥ 10 1
Notification Reader: Shouter (4.3@36,814) Ǥ 8 1 LastUpdate: 2019-06-11 / Shouter Pro- The Announcer. (4.3@2,964; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2019-04-10 Announces notifications via TTS
Caller Name Announcer (4@28,036) Ǥ 23 13
Schlikk Calls (0@0) 3 GitLab; increase volume (optionally for selected contacts) when the phone rings

Call Logs

2022-08-09

Advanced Contacts Manager (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 LastUpdate: 2021-01-24

Various caller tools

2022-08-09

Raise To Answer (4.6@327) 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@1,286) 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 (3.3@12,610) Ǥ 16 4 / Auto Redial | call timer Pro (3.8@117; ~EUR 2.50) 13 3 Intro 11/2017
Advanced Call Settings (3.3@1,211) 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 - 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

2022-08-18

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