Comparison

Call Control Home vs Robot Spam Text Blocker

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

Robot Spam Text Blocker

This app provides immediate relief from unwanted spam, telemarketing, and robot texts. It automatically blocks messages from an extensive, growing list of numbers and allows users to manually block or allow specific numbers and keywords. A free trial is available before a subscription is required for full service.

Highlights
  • Automatic spam blocking
  • Manual number blocking/allowing
  • Keyword blocking
  • Weekly spam list updates
  • Dedicated customer support
  • Free trial period
Features
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Are spam texts ringing your phone on a regular basis? Robot Text Blocker offers immediate relief from over 300,000 spam, telemarketing and robot texting phone numbers.  Receiving spam text messages? We block them. Tired of receiving spam text messages? Us too. Robot Text Blocker reduces unwanted texts by up to 99%! We have collected an extensive list of spam numbers that is growing daily. Robot Text Blocker offers a free trial period; opt-out at any time during the trial and you aren't charged a penny. A subscription is required to utilize the service. KEY BENEFITS: - Automatically blocks spam and robo texts from our extensive spam list - Take control! Bad number got through? Block it! Good number got blocked? Allow it! - Spam list is updated weekly! - Block and allow specific keywords from messages to customize your experience! - Dedicated customer service team with help from real humans! In-App Purchase: Robot Text Blocker is a free download, with a free trial period to use the app completely risk-free, before purchasing the service. If you purchase the service, you will be charged a monthly or yearly price according to your country and which item you purchase. The price will always be shown in the app before you complete a purchase. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your Robot Text Blocker subscription automatically renews at the end of every billing period (as determined by your purchase of monthly or yearly service) and your iTunes account will automatically be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Service: https://app.termly.io/document/terms-of-use-for-website/c172266f-31f4-46b1-b08f-a5cb5cb7803e Privacy Policy: https://www.brantleymediagroup.com/robot-text-blocker-privacy-policy

Screenshots

Call Control Home3 screens
Robot Spam Text Blocker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Robot Spam Text Blocker at 50% against Call Control Home's 0%. Robot Spam Text Blocker also leads on ratings volume (54 vs 4). Call Control Home's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Robot Spam Text Blocker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Call Control Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Call Control Home holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Robot Spam Text Blocker has 54 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Call Control Home's written reviews are positive against 50% of Robot Spam Text Blocker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Call Control Home ships an update every 6 weeks, Robot Spam Text Blocker every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Call Control Home versus Robot Spam Text Blocker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCall Control HomeRobot Spam Text Blocker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better3.9 (54 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings454 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCall Control, LLCMurphy Brantley

Customer experience

Call Control Home

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

Robot Spam Text Blocker

All ratings53 ratings
Positive69.8%
Neutral5.7%
Negative24.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Call Control Home

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Robot Spam Text Blocker

Subscriptions4
  • Unlimited Text Blocking3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited Text Blocking7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Unlimited Text Blocking1 Year trial$29.991 Year
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  • Unlimited Text Blocking1 Month trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Call Control Home free?
Call Control Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Robot Spam Text Blocker free?
Robot Spam Text Blocker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Call Control Home or Robot Spam Text Blocker?
Call Control Home is rated higher. Call Control Home averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Robot Spam Text Blocker averages 3.9 from 54 ratings.
Do Call Control Home or Robot Spam Text Blocker have ads?
Neither Call Control Home nor Robot Spam Text Blocker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Call Control Home or Robot Spam Text Blocker?
Call Control Home ships an update every 6 weeks, and Robot Spam Text Blocker every 5 weeks. Most recently, Call Control Home was updated on November 3, 2026 and Robot Spam Text Blocker on November 3, 2026.

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