Comparison

Contact Backup vs Call From Where?

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

Head to head
About

Contact Backup

Easily back up and transfer your phone contacts to another device. This utility also helps you find and track mobile numbers, including STD and ISD codes, with offline location details.

Highlights
  • Phone contact backup and transfer
  • Sync contacts to another device
  • Search and track mobile numbers
  • Offline STD and ISD code lookup
  • Caller location with service provider details
  • Worldwide area and country code database
Features
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Contact Backup : Contact Sync is best app to take contact backup and transfer to other device. Find Or Search Number Location helps you to search and track mobile phone number, STD code and ISD code with offline also, it will display the location of caller with service provider with city, state information on all contacts. Know SIM Number Registration Location and Service Provider -- Key FEATURES -- * Phone Contact Backup Take backup of all contact and sync or transfer to another iPhone device. * Phone Contact List Full phone contact list with carrier detail and from where to purchase the SIM. Mobile Number Locator to find from which State/Telecom operator and Mobile number belongs to. All location information is grouped and shown at State/City level only based on area code. * Worldwide area code and country code Phone Number Tracker has a powerful database of thousands of area information in the world. We provide 12,982 cities areas codes for subscriber trunk dialing (STD) and 249 countries codes for international subscriber dialing (ISD). You can easily search and look-up almost all the city codes, with detailed location info.

About

Call From Where?

Features
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Call From Where is a fast, free area-code lookup tool. Type a 3-digit area code, a city, a state, a +country code, or a full phone number — see where it's from instantly. Built for the moment your phone rings from a number you don't recognize. Is "202" Washington DC or somewhere else? What's "+44"? This app answers in under a second, with no internet connection required. WHAT'S INSIDE • All 800+ NANP area codes (US, Canada, Caribbean) • 60,000+ rate centers — tap any area code to see the cities it covers • Type a full phone number to see its specific city assignment, not just the area code • International country codes for every country with a +prefix • Toll-free, premium-rate, and special-purpose codes labeled clearly WHAT'S NOT INSIDE • No ads • No trackers, no analytics, no telemetry • No account, no sign-in, no email required • No internet permission needed — the entire database ships in the app WHO IT'S FOR • Anyone who screens unknown calls • Small-business owners deciding whether to answer • Folks tired of "potential spam" labels with no actual info • Travelers and expats checking foreign numbers Data refreshed quarterly from the public Local Calling Guide and NANPA registries. Runs on iOS 16.6 and later. Made by FMNM, LLC in Washington State. If it's useful, the donate link in the app is appreciated — but the app is and will stay free. Privacy policy: https://callfromwhere.com/privacy Terms: https://callfromwhere.com/terms

Screenshots

Contact Backup4 screens
Call From Where?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Call From Where? at none against Contact Backup's shown. Contact Backup's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Contact Backup versus Call From Where?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContact BackupCall From Where?
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAxita GhevariyaFMNM, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Contact Backup

No in-app purchases

None

Call From Where?

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contact Backup free?
Contact Backup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Call From Where? free?
Call From Where? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Contact Backup or Call From Where? have ads?
Contact Backup shows ads; Call From Where? does not.

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