Comparison

Phone vs NetSafety Device

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Phone

This app consolidates all your calling needs, including standard phone calls, FaceTime audio, and video calls. It offers advanced features like voicemail transcription, call recording, and intelligent call screening to manage your communications efficiently.

Highlights
  • Unified calls (phone, FaceTime audio/video)
  • Voicemail transcription and summaries
  • Live call recording
  • Customizable contact posters
  • Intelligent call screening
  • Wi-Fi calling
  • Automatic mic modes
Features
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Make and receive calls with the Phone app. • Phone calls, FaceTime audio calls and FaceTime video calls all in one place. • Choose a new unified layout that brings together your Favorites, Recents, and Voicemails • Favorites offers one-tap shortcuts for calls and messages to your most important contacts. • Recents displays recent conversations and missed calls. Search for previous calls, transcribed voicemails, and contacts using a broad range of search criteria. • Voicemail Summaries powered by Apple Intelligence appear in-line with missed calls and help surface the most important information. • Keypad search lets you quickly find and call existing contacts by typing in their name or number with the alphanumeric keypad. • Contact Posters let you customize exactly how you appear when you give someone a call. Choose from various treatments for photos, Memoji and your name. • Record live calls or FaceTime audio calls from the Phone app and review the transcripts in the Notes app. When you start a recording, the Phone app automatically announces that the call is being recorded. • Visual Voicemail offers a written transcript of your voicemails. Save Visual Voicemail messages as notes, voice memos, or share them using Messages, Mail or AirDrop.* • Live Voicemail lets you see a real-time transcription as someone is leaving you a message, and you can pick up the call if it’s something you want to address in the moment. • Automatic Mic Mode picks the right Mic Mode for you. Voice Isolation blocks out ambient noise and spotlights your voice. Wide Spectrum will leave ambient noises unfiltered, allowing your voice and all the sounds around you to be heard. • Text responses make it easy to send a response in a single tap when you can’t pick up a call. Use suggested replies, or create your own custom text responses. • Remind Me Later helps you remember to return calls that you can’t pick up in the moment. • Hold Assist lets the Phone app wait on hold for you and alerts you once a live agent is available. • Call Screening lets you screen incoming calls from unknown numbers. Your phone will pick up the call for you and ask for a name and reason for the call before the phone even rings. • Call Context uses Apple Intelligence to help surface relevant information — like a confirmation code — when you call a business. • Silence Unknown Callers gives you the option to automatically send unknown numbers to voicemail. Your phone will only ring for people in your contacts, recent outgoing calls, and Siri Suggestions. • Blocked Contacts allows you to identify unwanted callers and blocks phone and FaceTime calls from those numbers. • A range of ringtones and vibrations allow you to choose distinct alerts for certain people. • Wi-Fi Calling lets you make or receive a phone call on a Wi-Fi connection, so you can stay connected in areas with little or no cellular coverage.* • Dial Assist automatically determines the correct international or local prefix when dialing. • Call Waiting allows someone to call you while you’re already on another call.* • Call Forwarding relays calls made to your number to another number that you specify.* Apple Watch Features: • Make and answer phone calls right from your wrist. • When you hear or feel the call, send the call to voicemail, answer using your iPhone or send a message. • While you’re on a call, adjust the call volume, use the keypad or even switch the call to your iPhone. • Listen to voicemails. • Ask Siri to call someone in your contacts. *Requires carrier support

About

NetSafety Device

This app safeguards your devices from malicious websites and files. It blocks harmful content and detects malware, providing effortless web and antimalware protection across your devices.

Highlights
  • Blocks harmful websites
  • Detects malware files
  • Cross-device protection
  • Compatible with major iOS browsers
  • Effortless setup
Features
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Protect yourself from websites and files used by cybercriminals to commit phishing, fraud and other malicious activity. NetSafety Device keeps you and your device(s) safe by: blocking harmful websites; and detecting files that contain malware. Install SafeCentral on all your devices and get effortless web and antimalware protection. NetSafety Device's web protection service is compatible with all major iOS browsers.

Screenshots

Phone2 screens
NetSafety Device4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Phone at 4.0 against NetSafety Device's 1.0. Phone also leads on review sentiment (28% vs 0%) and ratings volume (10K vs 1). NetSafety Device's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Phone holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phone has 10K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Phone's written reviews are positive against 0% of NetSafety Device's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phone ships an update every 8 months, NetSafety Device every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Phone versus NetSafety Device: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoneNetSafety Device
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (10K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews28.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppleWontok (Software) Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Phone

All ratings10,372 ratings
Positive72.0%
Neutral6.2%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews2,164 reviews
Positive28.3%
Neutral10.5%
Negative61.2%

NetSafety Device

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Phone

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Voicemail notification issues
  • Disappearing contact photos and information
  • Inability to make outgoing calls after updates
  • Inconsistent behavior with call log and missed call notifications

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow editing of mistyped numbers
  • Add search option in Recents tab
  • Provide option to delete/change voicemail greeting
  • Enable bulk contact deletion
  • Integrate more customization options (e.g., ringtones, backgrounds)

NetSafety Device

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Phone

No in-app purchases

None

NetSafety Device

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Phone free?
Phone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NetSafety Device free?
NetSafety Device is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Phone or NetSafety Device?
Phone is rated higher. Phone averages 4.0 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while NetSafety Device averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Phone or NetSafety Device have ads?
Neither Phone nor NetSafety Device shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phone or NetSafety Device?
Phone ships an update every 8 months, and NetSafety Device every 3 months. Most recently, Phone was updated on September 25, 2026 and NetSafety Device on August 18, 2026.

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