People expect a call from relatives, friends, or workplaces. Telemarketing companies find phone numbers of people with good salaries or people who are in need of loans, jobs, etc, and call them any time of the day. To block calls from such people, many developers have launched spam blocker apps.
A few years back, Truecaller was the most popular reverse phone number lookup and spam blocker application. Why TC is not very popular right now? In the last two years, True Software, its developer, experimented with new TC features. For example, Truecaller got the UPI payment module in 2019. Due to some reason, the firm got rid of this feature in 2021. TC also shows advertisements and forces you to replace the default dialer on your smartphone with its dialer. TC is a great reverse phone lookup service but if you’re looking for an app like Truecaller because of the two reasons or any other reason, install and use one of the following tools:
Best apps like Truecaller
Google Phone
Google Phone has a caller ID built-in. This feature is inactive by default. If your phone has this Google application, open its settings interface and enable this feature to let GP handle spam calls. GP can not only block telemarketing calls but can also display the name of the person who is calling. Another useful feature of GP is that it can reject calls from numbers not in your contact list. Google Phone works great its caller ID database is not as vast as that of TC.
DND service
DND aka Do Not Disturb is a free spam call-blocking service offered by all telecom operators. It may or may not be active by default for your phone number. If the service is inactive, you must ask the telecom service provider to activate it. If the operator has published their app on Play Store or iTunes, install the same on your mobile device and check out its features. If you find a DND option in the application, turn it on. The telecom company may take up to 48 hours to activate the Do No Disturb service for your mobile number.
Eyecon
Truecaller has more than 100 million installations. Eyecon has about 50 million users. It is thus a great alternative to TC. Registration of an account is mandatory to use Eyecon. The application shows the caller ID on the screen when it is active. It can also fetch the photo of the caller from its database and display the same on the caller ID interface. It ships with a contact page module and enables you to mark a contact as “favorite”. Like its counterpart, it will work only if you replace your existing phone dialer with Eyecon.
Caller ID & True Spam Blocker
CITSB is lighter than Eyecon. It is similar to Google Phone and doesn’t require the “draw over apps” permission to work. It has an SMS module built-in. Thus, you don’t have to open the “messages” utility on the phone to see or send SMSes.
CITSB can identify and block top spammers, hidden numbers, international calls, and numbers that aren’t in your phonebook. It supports these two blocking methods – ring silently, and reject the call. By default, it displays a notification each time an incoming call is rejected. You can turn off the CITSB notifications if you find them annoying. CITSB shows full-screen ads when you open it. It also shows a banner advertisement on the dialer interface.
Easy Phone: Dialer and Caller ID
Easy Phone is a two-in-one application. It has a “Contacts Enricher” feature that will automatically update the contacts with relevant information such as job title, company name, etc. Its caller ID feature is customizable. Users can configure it to show unknown callers, details of the person, etc.
EP can show phone numbers from a SIM card of your choice. It can sort the contacts in the contact book by their first or last name in ascending order. EP’s dialer module can make the phone vibrate or play a tone when you press its key. The application can show missed calls in the notification area of the phone. It can block spam calls only if you sign into it.
CallApp
CallApp is a powerful app like Truecaller. It is a bit more complex than Easy Phone, EyeCon, and CITSB but doesn’t require any configuration. It groups recent calls by day and displays the name of the user automatically. CallApp shows new SMS in a beautiful popup and displays the list of frequent spam callers in a separate section. It lets you bulk delete entries from recent calls. CallApp can hang up on calls received from international/private/hidden numbers, and common spammers. It can reject incoming calls from phone numbers starting, containing, or ending with certain numbers.
You can download the Truecaller alternative applications I have shared above from the Play Store and iTunes.
