Calling Card vs BoxPhone PRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calling Card
This app helps you save money on international calls by managing calling cards and carrier prefixes. It can automatically select the best card for you based on the number you dial. It also supports PBX routing and Skype To Go calls.
- Manage multiple calling card accounts
- Automatic card selection
- Dial from contacts or recent calls
- Support for international prefixes
- Flexible call detail setup
- Display local time for contacts
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The ultimate iPhone calling card/IDD dialing application - save money when calling contacts from your iPhone by using one or more cards or carrier prefixes to get the best rates - even have the application automatically select the best card for you based on the selected number. Save money on all your international calls using the most popular calling card application for the iPhone. The application can also be used to route calls through a PBX system (no actual calling card required) or for Skype To Go calls. Main features: • Set up multiple phone/calling card accounts and easily switch between them - support for multiple access numbers per card. • Automatic card selection based on contact and/or number prefix. • Set up a list of favorite numbers to dial, select any number from your contacts, call a number from the recent calls placed from the application, or directly enter a phone number to be dialed. • Full support for international prefixes (numbers starting with '+'). • Flexible call details setup allows for automatic dialing of most phone cards even if intermediate menu selections have to be made. • Display local time for contact to be called (time zone lookup based on the phone number) - support for all international numbers. • Card definitions can be shared between different devices via simple email export/import. –––––––––––––––––––––– Winner "iPhone Apps Excellence Award for 2008" (iPhonefootprint.com)!
BoxPhone PRO
This app simplifies making business calls and sending SMS messages with custom prefixes. It allows users to easily configure prefixes for business calls, eliminating the need to manually add them to their address book. Users can also create custom profiles for flexibility.
- Configure business call prefixes
- Send SMS with custom prefixes
- Automatic prefix addition
- Custom profile creation
- Direct calling from address book
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BoxPhone PRO turns your iPhone's phone into a power tool for anyone who dials more than a plain number: PBX and switchboard users, road warriors, tinkerers and the phone-curious. Do more with your phone. PRO DIALING PROFILES Save prefix + pause + number + suffix as reusable profiles (office PBX, home VoIP, calling cards…). Add automatic pauses, a manual "wait" step for IVR menus, and per-call caller-ID suppression. Switch the active profile in a tap, override it for a single contact, or dial with no profile at all. FAST CALL, EVERYWHERE Put your favorites one tap away — Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, StandBy, a Control Center control, the Action Button, Siri and Shortcuts. Every shortcut dials through your PBX profile, not just a raw number. For contacts with more than one number, pick exactly which one to use. A KEYPAD THAT FEELS RIGHT A clean dialer with real DTMF key tones, favorites and full Contacts integration — fast, focused and easy on the eyes in a modern dark design. TONE TOOLS A professional multi-frequency tone generator (DTMF, MF R1, call-progress) and a live DTMF decoder that reads tones straight from the microphone. Perfect for testing IVRs, PBX extensions and phone systems. PHREAK MUSEUM A nostalgic, educational corner with the historic signaling tones that shaped telecom — 2600 Hz, blue box and red box. For history and curiosity only: these tones do nothing on modern networks. PRIVACY FIRST No ads. No tracking. No account. Your contacts and favorites stay on your device. Do more with your phone — with BoxPhone PRO.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Calling Card at 62% against BoxPhone PRO's 15%. Calling Card also leads on price ($1.99 vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On update cadence, 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
Calling Card costs $1.99 and BoxPhone PRO $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Calling Card ships an update every 3 months, BoxPhone PRO every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calling Card | BoxPhone PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews — better | 15.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andreas Amann | Elisa Valeria Distefano |
Customer experience
Calling Card
BoxPhone PRO
Bugs and requests
Calling Card
Reported bugs
13 issues- Duplicate contact creation with dialing codes
- App crashes on iOS 3.1, 4.x, 7.x and later versions
- Cannot input # or * characters in custom numbers
- Hangs when selecting contacts from list
- Ignores pause (,) between numbers
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- Inconsistent dialing speed and timing
- Freezes on last entered phone number
- Doesn't work with certain calling card providers
- Corrupts Google Contacts and removes custom ringtones
- Bypasses calling card and makes direct international calls
- Adds unwanted comma between prefix and number
- First call fails but second call works
- Doesn't work with Rogers, Topup, and other specific cards
Requested features
13 requests- Support for # and * character input
- Voice activation/VoiceOver compatibility
- Direct dialing from contacts app
- Faster DTMF dialing speed
- Favorites-only contact selection
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- Multiple PINs per card
- Bluetooth headset compatibility
- GPS-based access number selection
- Option to not modify contact list
- Shorter pause durations
- Default to home screen after call
- Pause and Wait functionality
- Integration with address book as default dialer
BoxPhone PRO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Calling Card
No in-app purchases
BoxPhone PRO
No in-app purchases
Questions
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