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
Quickly connect with your favorite contacts directly from your home screen. This app offers customizable widgets for one-touch calling, messaging, or video calls, making it easy to reach important people.
- Customizable home screen widgets
- One-touch calling, messaging, video calls
- Multiple widget sizes
- Themed widget designs
- Categorize contacts for quick access
- Favorite contacts within the app
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Have an elderly family member or a young child that has trouble using a phone? Are you tired of searching through your contacts or recent calls to find someone you want to message, call, or video call? Then Dial Widget app is for you. Speed dial widget is the best way to get in touch with your favorites with just one touch. You can Message, Call and Video call etc. Straight from your home screen. Features: Fully customizable widgets. Available for small, medium, large size widgets. Multiple themes. Individual widget for family, office, friends, or your preferred category. Social call available. Widget design customization. You can also favorite contacts into the main app. This app is a fully paid app. If you buy weekly or yearly In-App Purchase then you are allowed to use all contents of the app. Terms of Use https://dial-widget.rovmik.com/ Privacy Policy https://dial-widget.rovmik.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Call Widget at 4.6 against QuickContact's 3.9. Call Widget also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). QuickContact's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 9). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. QuickContact sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Call Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Call Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of QuickContact's written reviews are positive against 67% of Call Widget's.
QuickContact ships an update every 3 months, Call Widget weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickContact | Call Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (28 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 9 |
| 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, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CDM S.r.L. | Shourob Datta |
Customer experience
QuickContact
Call Widget
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
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
QuickContact
- Support QuickContact$0.99
Call Widget
- Weekly$0.997 Days
- Yearly$9.991 Year
Questions
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