Kcell Filter vs Smart Call Blocker & Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kcell Filter
Manage incoming and outgoing calls with customizable block and allow lists. Control who can contact you and who you can call, with options for voice calls, SMS, or both. Set up filters for your own number or for family members.
- Incoming call and SMS filtering
- Outgoing call filtering
- Black and White lists
- Customizable greeting messages
- Filter management for other numbers
- Daily subscriber fee
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Kcell Filter app allows Activ and Kcell subscribers to manage Incoming Call Filter and Outgoing call Filter services. Incoming Call Filter The Incoming Call Filter service allows to manage your own incoming traffic. You can both block and permit incoming calls and SMS only from the prior defined numbers. Black and White lists are provided within the scope of the Service. The Black list affords grounds for setting a ban to incoming calls and SMS from certain numbers. The White list affords grounds for setting only those numbers, from which you want to receive incoming calls and SMS Black and White lists may be defined in respect of the following communication services: 1. Incoming voice calls and SMS 2. Incoming voice calls only 3. Incoming SMS only In case of a blocked subscriber tries to make a call to you, he/she will hear the short ring tones. Short ring tones may be changed with special operator’s prompt or with your own greeting message. After the service is activated, the Black list automatically becomes active. After activation of the White list, the Black list is deactivated, in this case all numbers of the Black list survive. After activation of the Black list, the White list is deactivated, in this case all numbers of the White list survive. Attention! If you activated the White list and it is empty, then the incoming voice calls and SMS will be unavailable for you. Subscriber fee for the service per day - 10 tenge (Price is shown inclusive of VAT ) Service connection/disconnection - free Service management - free Outgoing Call Filter The Outgoing Call Filter service allows you to manage your outgoing calls. You can block/unblock outgoing calls to pre-defined numbers only. You can create your Black and White Lists. The Black List allows blocking calls to pre-defined numbers, while the While List allows you to select the phone numbers which you want to call. With Outgoing Call Filter you can easily block your outbound calls to both standard and short numbers. Once the service is activated you can set both the Black and the White lists. For instance, if you want to limit your outbound calls to predefined numbers, simply add all your contacts to the Black list by clicking “All” and then add the contacts to which you want to make calls to your White list. When calling a blocked number, you will hear a message informing you that calls to that number are restricted. While roaming, you will hear the busy tones and later you will receive SMS notifying you that calls to that number are blocked. This service also allows you to set filters on someone else’s numbers, e.g. your kid’s number. For that, you have to know the password to your kid’s profile. In this case, the service fee will be charged to your kid’s account. Subscriber fee for the service per day - 10 tenge (Price is shown inclusive of VAT) Service connection/disconnection - free Service management - free
Smart Call Blocker & Manager
Easily manage your contacts by blocking and unblocking individuals or entire groups. Schedule specific times for calls to be silenced, ensuring uninterrupted periods. Changes made within the app are reflected in your iPhone contacts.
- Block and unblock contacts
- Manage contact groups
- Schedule call silencing
- Changes reflected in iPhone contacts
- Blocking effective even when app is closed
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Smart Call Blocker app allow you to Block & UnBlock contacts from your contacts lis there is no spam list provided by the app. Smart Call Blocker app make it easier for you to manage your groups: - You can add/remove groups and add/remove members of specific group and all changes will be reflected in iPhone contacts app. - The groups added, removed or edited by Smart Call Blocker app are that in your default account. Block & UnBlock: - When you block or unblock contacts, changes will be effective immediately. - Even if the Smart Call Blocker app is not running the blocking settings are still effective unless you delete the app. - Smart Call Blocker app has no access to contacts blocked by other apps like phone app and can not change their settings. Schedule: - You can schedule timers for blocking and unblocking contacts and groups. - For each contact you can only schedule one timer for blocking and one timer for unblocking at a time, if you add another timer befor the previous one triggered the previous one will be canceled and the new one will be active. - The Smart Call Blocker app needs to be running at the scheduled time for a timer to be triggered. - If the Smart Call Blocker app is not running at the scheduled time for timers they will be triggered as soon as the app is running again in the same sequence of their scheduled time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kcell Filter at none against Smart Call Blocker & Manager's 1. Kcell Filter also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (33% vs 0%). Smart Call Blocker & Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price 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. Smart Call Blocker & Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kcell Filter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kcell Filter ships an update every 2 months, Smart Call Blocker & Manager every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kcell Filter | Smart Call Blocker & Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kcell JSC | Ahmed Elkotb |
Customer experience
Kcell Filter
Smart Call Blocker & Manager
In-app purchases
Kcell Filter
No in-app purchases
Smart Call Blocker & Manager
- Upgrade to Pro$1.99
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