Area Code Directory vs LocalScout Yellow Pages
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Area Code Directory
Quickly find area codes using various search methods including code, city, or state. This reference app covers codes from the United States, Canada, Caribbean, and special toll-free numbers.
- Search by area code
- Search by city
- Search by state
- Includes US codes
- Includes Canada codes
- Includes Caribbean codes
- Includes Toll-Free codes
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Easy-to-use reference for looking up area codes by code, city, state, or other information. Includes United States, Canada, Caribbean, Toll-Free and Special area codes. Try our other great apps, like: * Garden Tracker * General DB * Stopwatch Log * Use By Date You will find them very useful as well !
LocalScout Yellow Pages
Find local businesses nationwide with detailed listings including addresses, phone numbers, websites, and emails. Sort results by distance or relevance, and view them in a list or on an interactive map.
- Nationwide business search
- Enhanced listing data
- Sort by distance
- Sort by relevance
- List view
- Map view
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Search the Yellow Pages for businesses in your area or any city nationwide. Access business addresses, phone numbers, websites, email, ads, coupons and other enhanced listing data of our participating yellow page publishers. Sort by distance to find the closest results or sort by relevance of your search term. View results in a list view or toggle through results on a map. Zoom and scroll features in the map view allow users to find results in any area. Easily find local businesses anywhere in the United States with the LocalScout iPhone Application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Area Code Directory at 66% against LocalScout Yellow Pages's 29%. Area Code Directory also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (24 vs 3). LocalScout Yellow Pages's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Area Code Directory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LocalScout Yellow Pages asks for nothing beyond the download.
Area Code Directory holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Area Code Directory has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Area Code Directory's written reviews are positive against 29% of LocalScout Yellow Pages's.
Area Code Directory ships an update every 8 months, LocalScout Yellow Pages every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Area Code Directory | LocalScout Yellow Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (24 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.6% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Portable Databases | InformationPages |
Customer experience
Area Code Directory
LocalScout Yellow Pages
Bugs and requests
Area Code Directory
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes after update
- App crashes on launch
- Spelled town name incorrectly
Requested features
6 requests- Include new area codes
- Add more cities and towns
- Include time zones
- Update the database regularly
- Improve the logo for iPod Touch
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- Add iOS 7 look and feel
LocalScout Yellow Pages
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Area Code Directory
- Remove Ads$0.99
LocalScout Yellow Pages
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Area Code Directory free?
Is LocalScout Yellow Pages free?
Which has better reviews, Area Code Directory or LocalScout Yellow Pages?
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