WhatCall vs xDesk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WhatCall
This app allows you to bypass ringing and connect directly to someone's voicemail. It provides an instant missed call notification, giving you an excuse to have tried calling while avoiding actual conversation. It works globally on most networks, including landlines and mobiles.
- Instant voicemail connection
- Missed call notification
- Global network compatibility
- Automatic dial code detection
- Bypass ringing
- Leave messages without conversation
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Go straight to voicemail. Skip the ringing. Skip the conversation. When you dial with WhatCall, the call goes straight to voicemail instead of ringing the phone. It still comes from your own number, and on supported networks will even show a missed call. Say what you need to say, on your terms. HOW IT WORKS Dial the number in WhatCall as you normally would. WhatCall puts you through to voicemail. Leave your message and you’re done. WHEN TO USE IT • Calling in sick. Let your boss know you won’t be in without a round of questions. • Short on time. Return a call without getting pulled into a half hour chat. • They’re busy. In a meeting, driving, putting the baby down. Leave a message instead of trying to catch them at a bad time. • Too long for a text. Say it in 20 seconds instead of typing a paragraph. WHERE IT WORKS • Mobile and landline numbers with voicemail • Automatic dialling code detection for supported countries • Dial in your usual local format where supported • Some networks also send a missed call text alert WhatCall is free to download. Calls use credits available to buy in the app. The number you call must have voicemail. Behaviour varies by network and settings.
xDesk
Organize all your personal data in one place, from notes and photos to documents and recordings. Create custom cards for anything, with built-in tools for scanning, recording, and managing deadlines. Share information securely with others via iCloud.
- Customizable data cards
- Integrated recorder with transcription
- Document scanner to PDF
- Deadline tracking and countdowns
- Secure iCloud sharing
- Cross-device support (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch)
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Why switch between five apps when one will do? xDesk is the Swiss Army knife of your personal data: an archive you build yourself, where everything has a card and every card has its place. Notes, photos, scanned documents, recordings with their transcript, deadlines, the grocery list, contacts, routes. One app, and the same one in your pocket, on the table, on the desk and on your wrist: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch. NO SERVERS, NO SIGN-UP Your data lives in your iCloud. We don't ask for an account, we don't ask for an email, we have no servers to put it on: we never had any. What you write in xDesk is yours, stays yours, and is seen only by you and the people you choose to share it with. A CARD FOR EVERYTHING A folder for the house, one for the car, one for clients, one for grandma and her recipes. You build each card yourself, as a grid: text, numbers, dates, photos, maps, QR codes, drawings, signatures. Twenty seconds. Or start from one of sixteen ready-made models: document, vehicle, warranty, Wi-Fi network, subscription, meeting, list. RECORD, AND IT BECOMES TEXT A recorder that writes down what it hears, on your phone, without sending the audio to anyone. If there are two of you, it tells the voices apart. A scanner that straightens crooked pages and turns them into a PDF. A calendar that picks the deadlines out of every card and puts them on your first page, with a countdown. SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY A folder shared through iCloud: the grocery list your kids update from their phone, quotes with colleagues, site photos with the crew. Inside there is also the space's chat, end-to-end encrypted, so the important thing sits next to the thing it refers to. WALK, TRAVEL, TRAIN Record a route, plan the stops of a trip with computed times, keep your heart rate from the watch. It all ends up in cards, like everything else. FREE TO START The free part stays free: unlimited cards and folders, the recorder, the scanner, one shared folder. When xDesk becomes the way you work there is xDesk Pro: full transcripts with speakers told apart, unlimited models, PDFs with your letterhead, messages in shared spaces, the password vault. Monthly, yearly, or once and forever. Next time someone asks "where did you put it?", answer with a tap. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: xDesk at 100% against WhatCall's 54%. xDesk also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). WhatCall's advantage is ratings volume (601 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. WhatCall sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and xDesk sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
xDesk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WhatCall has 601 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of WhatCall's written reviews are positive against 100% of xDesk's.
WhatCall ships an update every 3 months, xDesk weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WhatCall | xDesk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (601 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 601 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Innovative Developers LTD | Nas-Games |
Customer experience
WhatCall
xDesk
Bugs and requests
WhatCall
Reported bugs
7 issues- Calls go directly to person, not voicemail
- Stuck on 'connecting' screen
- Won't leave voicemail
- Takes credits but doesn't work
- Verification issues
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- Rings the phone instead of going to voicemail
- Instant call end
Requested features
2 requests- Option to display 'unknown' or 'unverified' number
- Prerecorded voicemail feature
xDesk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WhatCall
- 5 credit pack$2.99
- 12 credit pack$5.99
- 20 credit pack$7.99
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- 30 credit pack$9.99
- 40 credit pack$12.99
xDesk
- 1 Year sub. 15 days trial$6.991 Year
- All Features (1Year)$6.991 Year
- lifetime unlock$24.99









