Call Insider vs Callblock
Call Insider
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| Figure | Call Insider | Callblock |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $1.67/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Call blocker apps | 8.0 (#13) | 7.4 (#27) |
| Spec score · Spam Call Blocking Apps | 8.0 (#13) | 8.1 (#10) |
| Privacy | The site says the app cannot access the user’s phone number and does not send it anywhere; when requesting a rating, it sends the queried phone number in anonymized form without call history, contacts, names, or timestamps. | The maker says Callblock does not need Contacts access and does not collect or sell Contacts data. |
| Purpose | Call Insider is a free service for identifying unknown phone numbers and sharing experiences about nuisance and useful callers. | Callblock blocks unwanted telephone calls and iMessage, SMS, and MMS messages. |
| Support | The app listing provides [email protected] as its support email. | The maker provides support by email at [email protected] and through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. |
Plans
In their own words
Call Insider
Call Insider is a free caller-identification service available on Android and the web. It helps people assess unknown phone numbers by showing ratings during calls or in a pop-up. The mobile app uses a database with more than 300 million identified numbers, drawing data from more than 100 websites. A downloadable database covering more than 100 countries supports lookups without an internet connection. Users can rate numbers, read other users’ ratings, see yearly interest in a number, and sometimes view a landline location. The service is intended for calls such as telemarketing, surveys, courier contacts, and office calls. Free registration provides fewer ads, editable rating history, reply notifications, more daily comments, and easier reporting of harmful comments. Call blocking for potentially harmful and unsaved numbers is described as in development. The service was created in the Czech Republic in 2011.
Callblock
Callblock has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.