Comparison

Fraktur Input vs CallShield

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fraktur Input

This app provides a custom keyboard that allows users to type in the Fraktur font on their smartphones and tablets. It simulates the unique characters of this historical script, enabling creative text input across various applications. Follow simple setup steps to integrate it with your device's keyboard settings.

Highlights
  • Fraktur font simulation
  • Custom keyboard functionality
  • Works with any app
  • Easy setup guide
  • Privacy-focused data collection
Features
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First of all, this is not just an application. Fraktur Input is a keyboard that works just like any other keyboard on your phone, and simulates the Fraktur font! Yes, any application, any smartphone! Take a look on the screenshots to see the keys and their possible variants! === Problems seeing the fraktur keys? === In some cases, users can have issues to see the new keyboard on the Keyboard list. We recommend that you restart the phone and close all the applications before and after installing/configuring the app. If you have any question related to that, contact us via contato@hodstudio.com.br You will need to follow these steps to install and configure your Fraktur Input keyboard: - After installation, go to "Settings" - Select "General" - Select "Keyboards" - Select "Add new keyboard" - Select Fraktur Input When using an app, the iPhone/iPad will show a Globe icon or button at the bottom. By holding on it, you can choose which keyboard you want to use. Select Fraktur Input and start writing with the fraktur characters! PRIVACY POLICE Fraktur Input aims to spread and facilitate the use of runes by anyone. Because it’s a keyboard, operational system can display an default alerts to inform that keyboards can capture data typed by users and send them to third parties. That is not the case with Fraktur Input. We collect and process only data on app usage statistics, as well as error/crash information. What does that mean? - It is not necessary to create an account and the app will not request any personal data. - No data typed with Fraktur Input is sent anywhere. Typed characters are transferred to the operational system of the mobile, which will be standard processed, like inserting them on a text field. - No personal data is collected. Only usage statistics and error/crash information are collected, which are processed directly by Google’s servers.

About

CallShield

This app helps you avoid unwanted calls by identifying and blocking scam numbers. It labels suspicious calls and silences those with strong evidence of being fraudulent, while also filing scam texts to your spam folder. You can report new scam numbers to help protect others.

Highlights
  • Silences scam calls
  • Labels suspicious calls
  • Files scam texts to spam
  • One-tap number reporting
  • Explains scam types
  • Contacts always ring through
Features
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CallShield helps you stop answering calls you never wanted in the first place. Every night it gathers numbers that people across the country have reported as scams, scores them, and sends the list to your iPhone. Newly reported scam numbers are added throughout the day, so a scam that started this morning can be on your list the same day. The ones with the strongest evidence against them stop ringing. The rest still ring, with a label, so you know something before you pick up. WHAT IT DOES • Silences the numbers with the strongest evidence against them • Labels the rest, so you have something to go on before you answer • Files scam texts into your Spam folder instead of your inbox • Lets you report a number in one tap, which helps everyone else using CallShield • Shows the numbers you have reported, and whether each one is now on CallShield's list • Explains how each kind of scam works, so it is familiar if you ever hear it • Anyone saved in your Contacts always rings through ONE GLANCE TELLS YOU IF IT IS WORKING The shield on the home screen turns green when calls are being blocked and red when they are not, with the reason written underneath in plain words. iPhone needs your permission before any app can block a call, and CallShield says so rather than claiming to protect you before you have given it. WHERE THE LIST COMES FROM Numbers come from public consumer complaint records kept by federal agencies, together with CallShield's own review of numbers reported to us. More than 750,000 numbers are on the list, and it is rebuilt every night. CallShield is not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency. ALWAYS YOUR DECISION Scam numbers change daily, and no call blocker can recognize one that has never been reported. So CallShield shows you what it knows and where it learned it, labels anything it is unsure about, and leaves the choice with you. Any number it silences can be allowed again in a single tap, and any number it lets through can be blocked just as easily. YOUR CALLS STAY YOURS Matching happens on your iPhone. CallShield does not record your calls, and no call history leaves your device. There is no account to create and nothing to sign in to. The only thing that is ever sent is a number you deliberately choose to report. CLEAR AND SIMPLE TO USE Plain words, large text, and a screen that tells you what is happening rather than leaving you to work it out. When something needs switching on in Settings, CallShield shows you the screen and takes you straight there. The home screen starts simple: four large buttons and one short answer. If you would rather see the counts and the detail, the fuller view is one tap away. The arrangement, the colors and the text size are all yours to change, so you can set it to whatever is easiest for you to read. SUBSCRIPTION Choose a plan for one person or for your family, paid yearly or monthly: • Individual — $24.99 a year (under 7¢ a day), or $2.99 a month, for one person • Family — $39.99 a year, or $4.99 a month, covering you and up to five family members through Apple's Family Sharing New users can try CallShield free for 3 days, with no payment and no card. When the 3 days end, choose a plan to keep getting new scam-number lists. Nothing is charged unless you choose one. Plan payments are charged to your Apple Account. Every plan renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Privacy policy: https://callshield.me/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Fraktur Input4 screens
CallShield4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CallShield at Free against Fraktur Input's $1.99. CallShield also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 41 months). Fraktur Input's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On ratings volume, ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CallShield is free to download; Fraktur Input costs $1.99 up front. CallShield sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Fraktur Input asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CallShield holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fraktur Input ships an update every 41 months, CallShield every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fraktur Input versus CallShield: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFraktur InputCallShield
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 41 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPablo Cussa de SouzaSteven Hall

Customer experience

Fraktur Input

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

CallShield

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fraktur Input

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

CallShield

Subscriptions4
  • Individual$2.991 Month
  • Family$4.991 Month
  • Individual$24.991 Year
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  • Family$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • 3-Day TrialFree

Questions

Is Fraktur Input free?
Fraktur Input costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CallShield free?
CallShield is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fraktur Input or CallShield?
CallShield is rated higher. Fraktur Input averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while CallShield averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Fraktur Input or CallShield have ads?
Neither Fraktur Input nor CallShield shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fraktur Input or CallShield?
Fraktur Input ships an update every 41 months, and CallShield every 2 days. Most recently, Fraktur Input was updated on November 3, 2026 and CallShield on October 31, 2026.

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