Make unknown number calls a thing of the past with caller ID apps

People around the world are getting an increasing number of calls from spammers and automated bots. It’s not only a waste of your time, it potentially costs you money accepting their calls. If you don’t want to be pestered by spam calls any longer, there’s a simple solution for your mobile device.

You can now download a caller ID app that monitors the details of all incoming calls to your smartphone, identifying ones that look like spam calls and stopping them from even ringing out on your device.

We’ve taken a look at ten of the best caller ID app solutions on the market for Android users to help you identify fake callers and block the calls you don’t want to take forever.

Simpler Contacts Simpler Caller ID

Available in 15 different languages, Simpler Caller ID is designed to stop spam and unsolicited calling in all four corners of the world. It allows you to create and update your own block list of scam callers, whilst identifying unknown phone numbers and reporting spam calls.

Simple, uncomplicated spam detection from the Simpler app developers

Main Features

It’s also a dual-purpose app in so much as you can use Simpler Caller ID to back up your contacts book too with a single tap, ready to restore from the Simpler cloud whenever you need it.

Pros

  • Easy caller ID and spam detection
  • Block unwanted calls with ease
  • One-tap backup of phone contacts
  • 40+ beautiful caller ID themes available to suit your device

Cons

  • Unable to erase erroneous phone numbers
  • Can’t add photos to profiles

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CIA – Caller ID & Call Blocker CIA – Caller ID & Call Blocker

The CIA app features 1.5 billion+ contact numbers in its worldwide database to help you spot spam or scam calls and identify anonymous callers on personal and business phones.

Choose what you want to do with every unsolicited call

Main Features

CIA is designed to help uncover the identity of unscrupulous callers worldwide. With real-time caller ID, the CIA app can help you see the origin of the phone call to help you decide whether or not you wish to accept it. You can also automate the service by setting CIA to mute or block spoof calls and send back predefined text messages as a response.

Pros

  • Smart call functionality blocks, mutes and rejects calls automatically without you having to touch a button
  • Get regular updates of one million active spam number worldwide
  • Block calls from telemarketers and other spam callers

Cons

  • App settings sometimes change on their own
  • Ad-free version still often guilty of showing ads

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Whoscall Whoscall

This well-regarded caller identification app helps monitor incoming calls and text messages, helping to prevent malicious unsolicited calls that threaten your sensitive information.

Keep a close eye on unknown phone numbers

Main Features

Whoscall is designed to be an all-in-one app to manage calls and text messages with an anti-spam functionality built-in. With the ability to identify phone calls that are attempting to be unidentifiable, you can see who is truly calling. The app also allows you to block spam calls automatically to stop them from disturbing you at work or during your free time.

Pros

  • All-in-one Whoscall interface for managing incoming and outgoing calls
  • Block spam messages as well as spam calls by setting Whoscall as your default app to block erroneous SMS and calls

Cons

  • Has been known to drain battery when operational in the background

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Caller ID & Call Blocker Free Caller ID & Call Blocker Free

Caller ID operates as a contacts widget on your device, tracking caller numbers and number locators. It can even identify a caller’s location that’s normally displayed as an 'Unknown' call.

Get real-time alerts on the type of unsolicited calls to your device

Main Features

This dual-purpose app is not only designed to identify caller IDs, but it will also block numbers from its global database from being able to call you. The Caller ID widget operates just like the conventional 'Phone' app, allowing you to make and take calls in-app, just like the original dialer.

Pros

  • Comprehensive caller ID functionality
  • Call blocker adds spam numbers to your call blacklist
  • Stop spam SMS from clogging up your storage

Cons

  • Users must give the app all permissions
  • Familiar numbers have been known to be blocked, i.e. family members or friends

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truecaller Truecaller

The Truecaller caller ID app is designed to filter out unwanted, unsolicited phone calls and let you connect only with those contacts that matter most to you.

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Main Features

Truecaller operates a community-based spam list that is updated by its own users to maintain awareness of all active spam numbers. The app also features an in-built smart messaging function to message family and friends away from social media. The dialer is designed to automatically identify telemarketing calls and spam callers. You can also back up your phone’s call history, contacts and messages to Google Drive, although this is more of a long-winded process than backing up using Simpler Caller ID.

Pros

  • Flash messaging function
  • View names of unknown numbers in your call history
  • Dual-SIM support

Cons

  • Regular notifications about upgrading to Premium or Gold package can be tiresome

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Hiya – Caller ID & Block Hiya – Caller ID & Block

This app used to be known as Whitepages Caller ID. Hiya, as it’s now known, is free and ad-free, which will catch the eye of several users fed up with annoying ads.

Report spam calls to the Hiya user community

Main Features

The Hiya caller identification app is powered by a database featuring tens of millions of active phone numbers, which are updated regularly to identify the calls you want to take and those you want to avoid. The Hiya app allows you to blacklist unsolicited callers and prohibit regular nuisance or scam callers by directing them to your voicemail.

Pros

  • Automatic call blocker blacklists nuisance callers
  • Real-time identification of unknown numbers
  • Reverse phone lookup function available

Cons

  • Many callers now complaining that free functions are now moved to the paid-for version of the app

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callapp CallApp

CallApp is designed to act as an all-in-one package to block calls, monitor caller IDs, store contacts and record calls whenever necessary.

Call recording functionality for important communications

Main Features

The biggest talking point about the CallApp software is the Automatic Call Recorder functionality. You can record incoming and outgoing calls and send recordings via social media to others. You’ll also get a genuine caller ID from every call log, with CallApp displaying caller identity using profiles on Facebook via phone number lookup.

Pros

  • Automatic Call Recorder (ACR) function ensures high-quality recording for incoming and outgoing calls
  • Phone number lookup and reverse phone number search available
  • Blacklist numbers and contacts from your contacts book

Cons

  • Another caller identification app that’s started to go a little over the top with ads
  • Call recording function unavailable for Android 9 devices

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Showcaller Showcaller

The Showcaller app is designed to work on identifying spam, scam, telemarketing and robocalls even when offline, giving you an accurate, reliable service.

Real-time info on calls from unsolicited phone numbers

Main Features

Showcaller benefits from a global database of more than a billion phone numbers, which helps to identify caller IDs based on region, name, carrier and more. The app also provides spam reports during incoming calls suggesting which numbers should be blocked, putting a stop to telemarketing, fraudulent and harassment calls once and for all. The app’s dialer replaces your phone’s stock widget, refining your call and contacts experience too.

Pros

  • App just 4MB in size, requiring very little space to run
  • Caller database accessible offline

Cons

  • Default setting blocks numbers that other Showcaller users have blocked, which can be annoying
  • Somewhat overkill with ads in the free app version

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Mr. Number

The Mr. Number app is a dialer widget that identifies and blocks scam, spam and fraudulent calls from unsolicited people.

Potential nuisance calls flagged up by the Mr. Number app

Main Features

It has previously featured on PCMag’s Top 100 Android Apps feature, with its ability to intercept calls from unknown or private numbers and direct them immediately to voicemail; saving you time and effort when at work or enjoying leisure time. The widget also allows you to block calls from specific people, as well as specific area codes or even entire countries. You can report new potential spam calls through the app to warn other Mr. Number users for future calls.

Pros

  • Choose to block calls from specific people, area codes and countries
  • Auto caller lookup finds numbers to block from your phone’s history

Cons

  • Recent paywall has put off existing free users from using the app
  • Number database built using user submissions, no input from the developer

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clever dialer Clever Dialer

Clever Dialer is our tenth and final caller ID app that offers real-time identification of unknown callers via online searches and telephone directories.

Put unsolicited callers onto a blocklist immediately

Main Features

Clever Dialer, like several other apps featured, has an extensive spam caller database, with all incoming calls double-checked against it. Users can also report new spam numbers to the Clever Dialer community, although this does feel like users are doing the dirty work for the app developer. The app continues to work even if a user has no internet connectivity. That’s because all spam numbers are saved within the app and the database is once again updated when you return online.

Pros

  • Real-time identification of unknown phone numbers and callers
  • Call manager functionality is 100% free

Cons

  • The app doesn’t alert you who is calling until after the call ends
  • Only the paid-for app version prevents calls rated as spam by other Clever Dialer users

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