QuickContact vs Call Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickContact
Easily call or text your favorite contacts with a single tap. Assign contacts to customizable icons featuring their photos for quick access. Supports direct calls, SMS, FaceTime, and messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram.
- One-screen interface
- Up to nine pages of icons
- Assign contacts with photos
- Direct call, SMS, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Telegram
- Customizable icons
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Want to call or text your contacts with a simple touch? How about doing it just by touching his/her favourite photo? Then this is the app for you! - Just one screen - Up to nine pages of icons - Press and hold an icon to assign it one contact with its photo - Once assigned, just press the icon to call or text your contact (since iOS 10.3, the system ask for permission whenever a third party app tries to open a call) It's that easy! Nothing else to worry about! One thing you need, one thing the app does. You can directly start call, sms, FaceTime and Whatsapp or Telegram message. And you can customise it according to your preferences. Download it for free. If you use it and you find it useful, please contribute to its development (see info section). This application is specific to iPhone, as it makes use of call and sms functionalities.
Call Widget
This app allows you to add favorite contacts as widgets to your iOS home screen for quick dialing. Personalize your phone with beautiful and useful widgets to call your most important contacts in just two clicks.
- Speed dial favorite contacts
- Add contacts to home screen widgets
- Customize home screen appearance
- Assign photos to contacts
- Two-click calling
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Call Widget is the first iOS 14 widget for speed-dialing your favorites directly from your home screen! All you need is to choose your favorite contacts, assign a photo, and find the best place on your screen for beautiful and useful widgets. Call your favs in two clicks. Isn’t it awesome? Call Widget is also an easy way to personalize your phone and be the coolest kid on the block. Still in doubt? With Call Widget you can: - SPEED DIAL your favorite contacts - CUSTOMIZE your home screen - EASILY set it up and use Join in! Terms of Use: https://www.azurapps.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.azurapps.com/privacy-policy Note: For using the App, you need to be sure that your device has been updated to iOS 14.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: QuickContact at 65% against Call Widget's 27%. Call Widget's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and rating (4.3 vs 3.9). On price, 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
Both are free to download. QuickContact sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Call Widget sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Call Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Call Widget has 693 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of QuickContact's written reviews are positive against 27% of Call Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
QuickContact ships an update every 3 months, Call Widget weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickContact | Call Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (28 ratings) | 4.3 (693 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.9% of reviews — better | 27.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 693 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CDM S.r.L. | AZUR APPS FZ-LLC |
Customer experience
QuickContact
Call Widget
User reviews
QuickContact
From 28 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great for elderly and children
- 🚀 Quick access to contacts
- 👍 Simple and useful
- 👍 Excellent replacement for removed iOS features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Not one-touch dialing
- 🐛 Issues with adding/deleting contacts
- 🐛 App freezes or crashes
- 🐛 In-app purchases charged unexpectedly
- 🐛 Cannot delete the app
Call Widget
From 693 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- ✨ Nice looking widget design
- 🎯 Convenient quick access to contacts
- 📱 Better than native phone app for large fingers
Room to improve
- 💰 Requires paid subscription/in-app purchases
- 🚫 Not truly one-tap dialing as advertised
- ❌ Misleading marketing and false advertising
- 🐛 Widgets don't function properly
- ⚠️ Hidden close button (X) in corner
Bugs and requests
QuickContact
Reported bugs
17 issues- Symbols like pause (,) are stripped away after OS update
- Trouble adding names
- Will not allow deletion of the app
- Cannot delete and add contacts
- Double tap function does not work
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- Text feature takes you to messages instead of pre-populating
- Freezes up, will not let you call or text
- Background picture tool section doesn't cover tool area
- Won't let me edit contact pictures or names
- Cannot assign pictures to icons
- Crashes every time it's open
- Only one page working
- Doesn't work with iPod Touch
- Error message saying it does not work for this device (iPad 2)
- App wouldn't open until privacy settings were changed
- Double tap on iOS requires two touches
- Takes 3 touches to call (open app, select contact, confirm dial)
Requested features
22 requests- Ability for group texting
- Add other communication options (WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal calls/texts)
- Ability to assign actions to FaceTime and FT audio calls
- Ability to move contacts around
- Option to choose text or call each time
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- Add more icons to a single page
- Smaller contact icons for more per page
- Option to assign actions to FaceTime and FT audio calls
- Ability to move contacts around
- Add additional background pictures
- Swipe up rather than left/right for next page
- Add page turn effect like iBooks
- Option to choose which number to call
- Personalization of colors and themes
- Add more than one number to a person
- Choose whether to call, send SMS or MMS per favorite
- Make it so that when you click the contact it gives you the option of Text or Call
- Instructions to get started
- Want icons on home screen
- Add pictures to icons
- Ability to assign the action to FaceTime and FT audio calls
- Ability to move contacts around
Call Widget
Reported bugs
5 issues- Tapping contact widgets does nothing
- Dialing functionality broken after adding contacts
- Only first widget works, others are non-functional
- App shows 'coming soon' after purchase
- Close button invisible due to colorful corner design
Requested features
6 requests- Increase widget contact limit beyond 3-10 entries
- Multiple widgets on home screen support
- Full screen contact display option
- FaceTime audio/video call widget support
- Truly one-tap dialing without app opening
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- Remove requirement to open app before calling
In-app purchases
QuickContact
- Support QuickContact$0.99
Call Widget
- Call Widget Pro 1 Week$1.997 Days
- Call Widget Pro 1 Week3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Call Widget Pro 1 Month3 Days trial$4.991 Month
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- Call Widget Pro 1 Month$4.991 Month
- Call Widget Pro 3 Months$9.993 Months
- Call Widget Pro 3 Months3 Days trial$9.993 Months
- Call Widget Pro Annual$19.991 Year
- Call Widget Pro Annual$29.991 Year
- Clean Widget$1.99
- In Love Pack$1.99
- Call Widget Pro Lifetime$14.99
Questions
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