What Features to Include While Developing Caller ID App like Truecaller

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What Features to Include While Developing Caller
ID App like Truecaller
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Like millions of people, are you also tired from
receiving endless spam calls and SMS? Do you wish
to develop a Caller ID App to combat this
problem? If the answer is yes, you need to first
understand the complex algorithm behind these
apps and the expectations of the
users! Introduction Unwanted calls and
messages can be very annoying. Especially when
you are in the middle of an urgent meeting or
something like that. According to the stats, in
the year 2018, India is the 2nd most spam plagued
nation in the world. Brazil is taking the lead
with over 37.5 spam calls in a month, with an
increase of 81 from last year. Interestingly,
telecom operators are the major source of spam
calls and SMS in India. They are solely
responsible for 91 spam calls in the country.
Telecom customers were literally fed up of these
calls and SMS and started demanding a solution to
this issue. It was high time when the app
developers started searching for applications
that can filter these unwanted incomings.
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Some revolutionary apps like Truecaller, PRANK
DIAL, Call Spoofer, and many more were introduced
to the world. A caller ID App can help you in
many ways. Unfortunately, spammers too have
turned smart and started using computer generated
numbers to spoof the actual numbers they are
calling from. They generally have the first few
digits of phone number similar to yours, to make
it look familiar to you. Important Note There
is a difference between scammers and spammers.
Remember not all the spam messages contain scams.
Scams are sent to trick the user to disclose your
personal information. It is more into stealing
and frauds. What is a Caller ID app? A caller
ID app is mobile app solutions designed
exclusively to identify and control unwanted or
spam calls and SMS. According to a report
published by Truecaller, one of the best caller
ID app, spam calls in India has doubled since the
last year. Despite various regulations issued by
TRAI, Indians are yet to receive respite from
these spam calls and messages. Caller ID app
offers various advanced features that identify
and trace unknown and spam numbers and categorize
them for you. For instance, you can get spam SMS
in a different section of your message box
labeled as spam to enable you to save your time
in filtering them.
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How does a Caller ID App Work? Caller ID apps
derive their powers from its own user community.
When a user signs in the app for the first time,
the app seeks permission to access his/her
contact list and other data stored in the
smartphone. The app then merges the uploaded
contact list with its existing phone detail
database. On a successful signing up process, the
user can easily search phone numbers on the app
and can look at their current location and other
details. All the caller ID apps come with a live
caller identification feature. This enables the
user to see the identity and location of an
incoming call. Answering or rejecting the call is
at the discretion of the user thereafter. Cal
ler ID apps receive this information in a
two-fold approach. They store a list of top
spammers in the users mobile phone to enable the
users in identifying spam calls and SMS even
without an internet connection. If you find an
incoming call from a non-listed number, live
lookup feature comes for the rescue. The user can
see the details on his main screen. Live caller
identification requires an active internet or
Wi-Fi connection.
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• Note You might receive certain calls even after
  marked as spam from the companies you have
  earlier dealt with. For instance, receiving
  verification calls on the purchase of a new SIM
  card from spam marked numbers is quite common.
• The best alternative to Apps like Truecaller for
  Android and iPhone
• In the market, there are various alternative
  presents to the Truecaller application. These
  applications are offering features equivalent to
  Truecaller. Here is the list of alternative apps
  or competitors of Truecaller that are offering
  either equivalent or advanced features than
  Truecaller.
• Showcaller
• CallApp
• Whoscall
• Mr. Number
• Hiya
• Caller ID
• Callblock
• The above-mentioned applications have gained a
  fairly good users review as they dont collect
  much of user data at the same time provides
  accurate caller information. If you are looking
  for designing your own Truecaller clone app, you
  need to be aware of these alternative
  applications as they might be your potential
  competitors.

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Factors that should be kept in mind during
Developing a Caller ID App
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Concept Proofing The first question you need to
ask yourself before initiating the development
process is Is this important and will it solve
the problems of the users? Make your analysis
crisp and short to get the best answers in a
short period of time. Target Audience Make sure
that you know your audience before you start your
Caller ID App development process and can
successfully tap them. Focus on the expectations
of the users and try to incorporate them into
your app. Plan and design your app according to
user preferences. Mobile Platform There are two
major mobile platforms in the world iOS and
Android. You must be clear in your planning which
platform you will be choosing to launch your app.
iOS apps include Objective-C or Swift coding
language. Whereas, Andriod applications include
Kotlin or Java coding language. Though you can
also go for a combined app for both platforms
with the help of Xamarin, Ionic, etc.
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Database Millennials wont have enough time to
bear any lags in the modern day apps. They will
not think twice before uninstalling unresponsive
apps. So you must make sure you have a speedy
database to ensure an efficient app performance.
Considers factors like size of data required to
be stored, data structure, accessibility,
security, and scalability of data to make this
happen. Payments We live in a virtual world
where artificial intelligence is no more a new
concept. You must develop an advanced app that
accepts payments from various online modes as
most of the users prefer to pay through online
modes. Security This is one of the most
important factors that should be kept in mind
while designing a mobile app. Smartphones have a
lot of personal information like bank details,
pictures, passwords, etc. Broken cryptography,
poor authentication, data leakages, and so on are
some common security challenges in an inefficient
app. You need to be extra vigilant with this one
in your caller ID app development
process! Future Prospects Last but not least!
Design an app that holds strong future prospects
for your company. Making an app for short term
gains is not a good idea. You need to analyze its
future before starting the project. Taking
inspiration from apps like Truecaller can be a
great help.
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What should be the Essential Features in your
Caller ID App?
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Record Phone Calls A modern-day caller ID app
should be efficient enough to enable the users to
record important phone calls. This will save
their mobile space from downloading a different
call recording app. Identify Spam and Unknown
Numbers Needless to mention that your mobile
app solutions should have advanced coding so as
to trace unwanted and spam numbers. The higher
efficiency displayed here, higher will be your
reputation in the market. Call history and
Contact Backup This is a new feature introduced
recently by some of the best caller ID apps.
Users can rest assured about their data and
contacts if they have an option to take its
backup. Integration with other Apps You must
have witnessed that some advanced caller ID apps
have integration with other apps as well. For
instance, you can find WhatsApp contact option
when you click on any contact. Similarly,
integrating with a video calling app is also a
good idea.
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