Comparison

Call Control Home vs imp™

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

Head to head
About

Call Control Home

Block unwanted spam, telemarketing, and robocalls from your landline. This WiFi-enabled service uses a community-sourced database to identify and filter calls, offering customizable blocking options and a personal allow list.

Highlights
  • Block millions of unwanted calls
  • WiFi enabled for constant connection
  • Personal block and allow lists
  • Block calls marked as spam
  • Block spoofed similar numbers
  • Block unknown and private calls
  • Choose call blocking mode
Features
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*Must have Call Control Home WiFi (purchased separately) to use Call Control Home WiFi app!* Annoyed by a constant barrage of spam calls to your home or business? Take back control of your landline with Call Control Home! Call Control Home is a smart, full featured call blocker for landlines that is WiFi enabled and checks each incoming call against our CommunityIQ® database of spam callers. It's like having a junk folder for your home phone! Call Control is the #1 Call Blocking app with over 12 million users worldwide! It features patented CommunityIQ® technology to automatically block calls from millions of spammers, telemarketers and robocallers. FEATURES *Block Millions of Unwanted Calls* Political Calls, Telemarketers, Scammers - you name it, they're on our list. Call Control Home is automatically updated with our CommunityIQ® database blocking millions robocalls based upon user-generated insights. *WiFi Enabled = Constantly Connected* Call Control Home features a WiFi connection ensuring that you'll always be blocking new scammers. You can also access Call Control Home from the mobile app or our website. *Personal Block List* Block calls from any phone number by adding them to the block list, in addition to spam calls blocked automatically. *Personal Alow List* The allow list lets you receive phone calls from numbers that you have identified as “A-okay”. *Block Calls Marked Spam* If your phone carrier's Caller ID has identified a call as SPAM, we will block it. *Block Spoofed Similar Numbers* Scammers commonly call from a similar number, called spoofing, to trick you into answering the phone. The Block Spoofed Similar Numbers feature automatically blocks these callers. Contacts are always allowed through and won't be blocked, even if a contact number is similar to yours. *Block Unknown and Private Calls* *Choose Your Call Blocking Mode* Blocked Calls Don't Ring! - You choose whether to: - Disconnect and hang up on blocked calls - Ignore and let them goto voicemail *Do Not Disturb* Want to send all calls to voicemail at night? Or turn off your home phones during a movie for couple of hours? It's simple to configure with a tap of a button in the Call Control Home app. *Call History and Automatic Lookups* Call Control Home will display recent calls made to your landline from our mobile app and will provide caller name information if it's contained within our database. So you'll know which of your recent calls were spam and get the caller names of local businesses and individuals (if available). *Premium Reverse Lookups* You can lookup the caller name for any phone number you'd like to search for. This is a handy feature if you want to find out who owns a phone number or if a friend gets an unknown call and you want to find out who it is. The Community results will always be free, but if we don't have information about a number in our database, the Premium lookup searches third party databases to get the information for you. PRIVACY Call Control respects your privacy and DOES NOT store or share your contacts! We maintain extremely high ethical standards surrounding the permissions you grant to us and the private information Call Control has access to and are committed to using this information only to make Call Control function in the manner that you specifically determine. Click on the link below for an explanation of the permissions required to run Call Control and how we use the permissions that are granted ethically and with respect of your privacy. https://www.callcontrol.com/call-control-app-permissions

About

imp™

This app works with a smart home device to filter unwanted landline calls, allowing only desired contacts to reach you. It also functions as a remote answering machine for your landline, letting you manage voicemails from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Real-time call filtering
  • Greenlist Technology™
  • Syncs iPhone contacts
  • Remote voicemail access
  • Do Not Disturb mode
  • Invite others to landline
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Use of the imp app™ requires our WiFi-enabled imp box™ (sold separately). Meet imp™ - the smart, simple, and easy solution for making landline spam calls go away. Powered by our Greenlist Technology™, the imp app, and imp box work together to eliminate all unwanted landline calls. This real-time call-filtering technology silently handles the calls you don't want to deal with, freeing you up to focus on welcoming only those calls you actually want to receive. With your imp box in place, the app gives your landline phone superpowers. After seamlessly syncing your iPhone's contacts with your landline at setup, you are ready to receive calls only from people you want to talk to. That means no more spam, scam, telemarketing, robo, or any other unwanted caller of any shape or size. imp is the first smart home answering machine, allowing you to receive and listen to your home's landline voicemails no matter where in the world you are. imp-sters also have the ability to put their landline into "Do Not Disturb" mode, as well as invite others to your landline. Created by our team of experts from the fields of old-school landline technology, secure networks, and modern telecommunications, imp is a new approach to your landline phone experience. With imp you now have the power to welcome calls by design, and silence the rest. To learn more about imp, visit us at: www.joinimp.com

Screenshots

Call Control Home3 screens
imp™3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: imp™ at 100% against Call Control Home's 0%. imp™ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (12 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

imp™ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Call Control Home's written reviews are positive against 100% of imp™'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Call Control Home ships an update every 6 weeks, imp™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Call Control Home versus imp™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCall Control Homeimp™
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings312 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCall Control, LLCIts My Phone, Inc

Customer experience

Call Control Home

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

imp™

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Call Control Home

No in-app purchases

None

imp™

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Call Control Home free?
Call Control Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is imp™ free?
imp™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Call Control Home or imp™?
imp™ is rated higher. Call Control Home averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while imp™ averages 5.0 from 12 ratings.
Do Call Control Home or imp™ have ads?
Neither Call Control Home nor imp™ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Call Control Home or imp™?
Call Control Home ships an update every 6 weeks, and imp™ every 2 months. Most recently, Call Control Home was updated on September 26, 2026 and imp™ on October 1, 2026.

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