Know who calls me with a hidden number is one of the questions that users have asked ourselves on more than one occasion, especially when we have not had the opportunity to pick up the call or when we do not stop receiving calls to offer us commercial promotions.
Surely you have also wondered on occasion how it is possible that you receive so many calls to offer you promotions. The answer is very simple: sale of business data. The sale of business data is unregulated and many are the companies that share / sell business data of their customers for extra income.
The only option we have available in Spain to avoid receiving this type of calls is to register in the Robinson list, a directory created to help individuals to get rid of advertising harassment through phone calls, text messages and regular mail (although its use has been greatly reduced in recent years).
The problem is that not all companies respect the wishes of users and they skip this list as may be the case of Vodafone in Spain, although it is likely that after having condemned it to pay more than 8 million euros in fines, it is likely that they will think twice and stop in case of skipping the desire to the users.
Truecaller
With more than 14 million reviews and a rating of 4,5 stars out of 5 possible and more than 500 million downloads on the Google Play Store, we find Truecaller, one of the best applications available on both iOS and Android to identify phone numbers that we do not know with more than 250 million users.
Unlike other applications, with Truecaller we can block series of telephone numbers (something quite common in many telemarketing operators) in order to cut off at once with calls from the same promoter.
Truecaller offers us a free version and a paid version. However, both versions allow us to identify all the phone numbers in its gigantic database in addition to blocking them directly so that they do not ring on our terminal.
It also allows us to block SMS numbers that are in its database, it supports dual SIM phones, chat with our friends through the integrated messaging application and record the phone calls we receive on the terminal itself, although to be able to use this function it is necessary that we make use of the paid version.
The application is located Spanish, so the language will not be an impediment to enjoy one of the best apps to block calls.
Hiya
A fairly simple application, without messaging applications and that is dedicated to blocking calls from unknown phone numbers (quite effectively, by the way). It not only blocks incoming calls but also shows us a sign in red the phone number and who it belongs to, according to the information that users have provided.
Once we install the application, it will automatically block both calls and text messages that we receive from telemarketers. It allows create whitelists to delete phone numbers considered spam by the application's database.
The application is available for download completely free of charge but includes in-app purchases to unlock the database updates feature automatically on a daily basis, instead of having to do them manually.
CallApp
This application, which we already had time to analyze in Androidsis, one of the most complete applications that not only allows us to identify any phone number or SMS that we receive, but also also allows us to record phone calls that we do or receive.
With over 100 million users worldwide, it is, alongside Trucaller, one of the best apps for identifying unknown phone numbers and ending marketing calls. CallApp shows us the image of the contact through the main social networks, so it is also a good method to find out who is calling us if it is not a commercial call.
This application, which is translated into Spanish, offers us a speed dial agenda, it is available for download completely free of charge but if we want to get the most out of it, we have to make use of the monthly subscription, whose price is 2.09 euros.
Clever dialer
One of the applications that offers us a simpler interface when it comes to knowing who the unknown numbers that call us correspond to is Clever Dialer, an application that we can download for free and that includes in-app purchases for unblock some of the functions that it offers us.
Clever Dialer allows us to identify unknown numbers in real time, identify numbers stored in the call logYou do not need an internet connection to use the application, but if the database is to be updated regularly, it blocks calls from consecutive numbers and by prefixes.
Caller ID
With this descriptive name, we found an application that allows us to search for phone numbers to identify numbers of strangers. In addition, it also allows us identify them directly when we receive a call, giving us the option to block that phone number so that you do not contact us again.
It is also capable of identifying phone numbers from text messages we receive. This is one of the lightest apps with the functionality of identify unknown phone numbers currently available on the Google Play Store. It incorporates a chat application to chat with our friends and family who also use the application.
Tracker Caller ID is available in spanish (in addition to other languages) and its download is completely free and does not include any type of in-app purchase. To financially maintain the application, the developer has chosen to integrate ads into the application, ads that can sometimes be very annoying, but considering that it is free, you cannot ask for more.
In the Google Play Store we can find a large number of applications that allow us to identify the phone number that calls us. However, in this article I have shown you top 6 apps, based on downloads and user ratings. If none of these applications offers you what you are looking for, no other will.
Whoscall
Whoscall allows us to identify any phone number through its extensive database of more than 600 million phone numbers. As a good call manager, it allows us to block phone numbers directly so that they do not ring again on our phone, as well as the text messages that they can send us.
Like other apps, it works no need for an internet connectionhowever, you have to connect regularly in order to update the database. Whoscall is available for download for free, is in Spanish and offers purchases within it to unlock special features.
Google phone app
La google phone app it also allows us to automatically identify who owns the phone numbers of the calls we receive. This application is available for download completely free of charge and is compatible with most phones on the market.
Obviously, like the rest of dedicated applications, it allows us block phone numbers so that they cannot contact us again, as well as allowing us to silence all these types of calls automatically.
Bonuses: WhatsApp
We cannot always receive calls from telephone numbers of marketing companies, collections of bad debts, insurance companies ... We can also receive calls from people's phone numbers or companies that do not want to sell us anything. If the number that calls us is not shown in the application's database, we can check it with other applications.
However, we can also resort to the little trick of WhatsApp. Currently, WhatsApp is not only used at the user level, but also little by little it is also being used by companies to maintain contact with users, which allows them to concentrate all doubts and questions in one place without having to go through emails or phone calls.
To know who a phone number corresponds to through WhatsApp, we just have to store it in the memory of our terminal, open the application and find the name with which we have stored the contact. If this is displayed in the WhatsApp application, it will be displayed next to an image.
Thanks to that image, we can know if it is a person or company (These usually show your logo). In addition, it allows us to establish a conversation and quickly block if we like what it offers us. Of course, remember that you also have to block the phone number through the smartphone, since blocking a phone number in WhatsApp is only blocked in the application, not on the phone.
