Comparison

Phone vs Web Guard

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

Web Guard

Enhance your online privacy and security with this comprehensive tool. It blocks intrusive ads, secures sensitive files in a hidden folder, and monitors your accounts for data leaks. A built-in secure browser further protects your browsing activities from trackers and threats.

Highlights
  • Advanced ad blocking
  • Hidden folder for secure storage
  • Data leak monitoring
  • Built-in secure browser
  • Privacy protection
Features
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Web Guard is your all-in-one privacy solution, designed to keep your personal information safe and secure while browsing the web. With advanced ad-blocking technology, it effectively eliminates intrusive advertisements, ensuring a smoother and more private online experience. Web Guard also features a hidden folder for secure storage, allowing you to safely store sensitive media files away from prying eyes. The app's data leaks check monitors the security of your accounts, alerting you if your personal information is compromised. Additionally, the built-in secure browser ensures your browsing activities remain private, safeguarding your data from trackers and cyber threats. The application offers the following subscription options: - Premium Weekly subscription - Premium Yearly subscription Both subscriptions provide access to all premium features, including ad blocking, secret folder, data leaks monitoring. Your subscription will automatically renew unless you disable auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the current period expires. After purchase, users can manage their subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal through Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited once a subscription is purchased. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account upon confirmation of purchase. The renewal fee will be charged within 24 hours before the end of the current period, based on the selected plan. By using Web Guard, you consent to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: https://phoneguardiosapp.com/privacy_policy.html https://phoneguardiosapp.com/terms_and_conditions.html

Screenshots

Phone2 screens
Web Guard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Web Guard at 80% against Phone's 28%. Web Guard also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). Phone's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. Web Guard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Phone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Web Guard holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phone has 11K ratings behind it against 585, 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 80% of Web Guard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phone ships an update every 7 months, Web Guard weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Phone versus Web Guard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoneWeb Guard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (11K ratings)4.5 (585 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.4% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better585
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAppleEmiliya LTD

Customer experience

Phone

All ratings10,547 ratings
Positive72.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative21.8%
Written reviews2,209 reviews
Positive28.4%
Neutral10.6%
Negative61.0%

Web Guard

All ratings524 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

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)

Web Guard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Phone

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Web Guard

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Weekly3 Days trial$8.997 Days
  • Premium Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Phone free?
Phone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Web Guard free?
Web Guard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Phone or Web Guard?
Web Guard is rated higher. Phone averages 4.0 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Web Guard averages 4.5 from 585 ratings.
Do Phone or Web Guard have ads?
Web Guard shows ads; Phone does not.
Which is updated more often, Phone or Web Guard?
Phone ships an update every 7 months, and Web Guard weekly. Most recently, Phone was updated on October 29, 2026 and Web Guard on October 27, 2026.

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