Comparison

Engage Calling vs KiESS

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

Head to head
About

Engage Calling

Enhance your incoming business calls with caller identification and the reason for the call. This app also offers reverse number lookup for unidentified calls in the US, protecting your privacy by only displaying information from legitimate, authorized businesses.

Highlights
  • Enhanced business caller information
  • Reason for call display
  • Reverse number lookup
  • Privacy protection
  • Mitigates scam calls
  • Business logo display
Features
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ENGAGE Calling helps enhance incoming business calls by showing you who is calling and why. Once installed, the identification process works entirely on its own and requires no further action from you! When a verified, participating organization calls, you will receive an enhanced calling experience on those incoming calls, complete with a business logo, caller name, and reason for the call. For any calls you receive that are unidentified, reverse number lookup is now supported in the United States! WE DO NOT SHARE OR SELL YOUR INFORMATION TO 3RD PARTIES You will only receive enhanced calls from businesses whom you have already given express permission to contact you, and only after we have identified them as legitimate business calls. Features • Enhanced Business Caller Information displaying who and why legitimate businesses are calling you. • Reverse Number Lookup • Protects your privacy and helps mitigate scam calls, as only legitimate business calls from organizations you have given express permission to call you are eligible to participate. Description of Features BUSINESS CALLER IDENTIFICATION We work with verified, legitimate businesses to identify who they are and why they are calling at the time of the call. You will see the business's logo and name as a temporary contact when they call. The app does not grant any business the right to call you and we never share your information with anyone, not even the business who called you. Your contacts never leave your phone and we do not track or collect your data. NUMBER LOOKUP We support reverse number lookups for anyone who registers with a “+1” country code. This feature returns available caller data for valid 10-digit numbers. PROTECTS PRIVACY We take privacy seriously. Your contacts are your contacts! Unlike other apps, ENGAGE Calling never shares, sells, or uploads. ALWAYS FREE You will never pay for enhanced calling services provided by ENGAGE Calling. Twitter: https://twitter.com/firstorioncorp/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firstorioncorp/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/firstorioncorp *Privacy Policy: http://firstorion.com/privacy-policy/ *Terms of Use: https://www.firstorion.com/terms-use/ *A network connection is required for Business Caller Identification & Reverse Number Lookup.

About

KiESS

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KiESS will allow you to know which company is calling you and why, by displaying on your screen, during ringing time and for the duration of the call, name, logo (optional) and reason of the call. This caller identification process will work for calls made by eligible participating companies. Only legitimate companies, respecting stringent specifications can apply to this program. When receiving a verified KiESS call, you have the guarantee that the calling organization is legitimate and clearly identified. WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR EXISTING CONTACTS, NOR DO WE SHARE OR SELL YOUR INFORMATION TO 3RD PARTIES. How it works: Right before you receive a call from a verified company, we will deliver to your phone a temporary contact that will allow your phone to display the logo, name and reason of the call, allowing you to decide if you want to take or not that call. KIESS IS 100% FREE FOR THE END USER An internet access is necessary for the service to function.

Screenshots

Engage Calling4 screens
KiESS4 screens

Verdict

The call

Engage Calling and KiESS are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Engage Calling ships an update every 2 months, KiESS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Engage Calling versus KiESS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEngage CallingKiESS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFirst Orion CorpManifone

In-app purchases

None

Engage Calling

No in-app purchases

None

KiESS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Engage Calling free?
Engage Calling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KiESS free?
KiESS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Engage Calling or KiESS have ads?
Neither Engage Calling nor KiESS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Engage Calling or KiESS?
Engage Calling ships an update every 2 months, and KiESS every 4 months. Most recently, Engage Calling was updated on October 9, 2026 and KiESS on October 13, 2026.

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