Getcontact vs Hiya Spam Blocker

Getcontact is a caller ID and spam-blocking app that identifies calls from numbers outside a user's contacts and alerts them to unwanted calls. Spam Protection can automatically guard against robocalls, telemarketers, and scam calls. Users can also report unwanted calls, contributing to the community-powered number lookup that helps identify callers and flag spam. The free mobile app provides standard functionality. Premium adds ad-free use, information about who viewed tags or queried a number, private mode, a Premium badge, and three-month phone-number search statistics. Other monthly tariffs set allowances for searches and tag views: listed plans range from 100 to 1,500 searches and 10 to 150 tag views. Getcontact is available on Android, iOS, and web. To use Getcontact Web from a computer, users open the phone app and scan a code; minimum app versions are listed for Android and iOS. The Privacy Management Centre lets subscribers and non-subscribers adjust profile visibility, edit profile information, or deactivate a profile. Getcontact says it does not sell personal information and offers 24/7 customer support.

Hiya Spam Blocker is an Android and iOS app for identifying unknown callers and screening or blocking unwanted spam, telemarketing, and robocalls. Its free version provides spam and fraud alerts, caller ID for known businesses and spam numbers, spoof protection settings, and blocking settings. Premium adds automatic call blocking, reverse number lookup, enhanced caller ID, Call Screener, and more frequent spam updates on iPhone. Premium costs $3.99 a month or $24 a year, and a 7-day trial is listed. Features vary between platforms: automated call screening is listed for iOS, while visual voicemail is listed for Android. Call Screener requires Premium and is available in the US and Canada on supported carriers; Android requires one active SIM. Individual non-business number identification is a Premium feature and is unavailable in Europe due to privacy regulations. Hiya also describes real-time voice analysis that warns about suspected deepfake voices during calls. It says newly emerging or spoofed spam numbers may initially go unflagged, and withheld numbers cannot be individually identified or blocked.