Getcontact vs Should I Answer?

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.

Should I Answer? is a community-based service and mobile app for identifying and guarding against unwanted calls, telemarketing, and expensive outgoing calls. Its database combines community reviews with phone number ratings and is refreshed daily. On Android, the app can check a locally stored database without an internet connection and can optionally block unwanted calls automatically. The maker warns that automatic blocking may not work on every phone model. On iOS, number ratings appear in CallerID during calls or in Call History through the call blocking and identification extension. The service is also available on the web and as an extension. The Android app requires Android 4.1 or higher; Android 6 and newer require permissions for contacts, call information, and drawing over other apps. The Android manual says the local database stores phone numbers and statistics, while user reviews can be downloaded from the web service. The Android plan is free. An iOS automatic database updates plan has no listed price and includes a one-month trial period and free phone number information search.