Comparison

Max Altitude vs CallShield

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

Head to head
About

Max Altitude

This utility app provides precise elevation tracking by combining GPS and barometric sensor data. It offers real-time altitude readings in a user-friendly interface for outdoor activities or general curiosity.

Highlights
  • Precise elevation tracking
  • GPS and barometric sensor fusion
  • Real-time altitude data
  • Beautiful user interface
  • Compass functionality
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Track your elevation with precision using Max Altitude. Max Altitude fuses data from your device's GPS and barometric sensor to provide the most accurate altitude readings possible. Whether you're hiking, climbing, or just curious about your elevation, Max Altitude delivers clear, real-time data in a beautiful interface.

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

Max Altitude3 screens
CallShield4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Max Altitude at none against CallShield's 5. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. CallShield sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Max Altitude asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Max Altitude against 5.0 for CallShield. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Max Altitude versus CallShield: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMax AltitudeCallShield
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.216.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent PalmaSteven Hall

In-app purchases

None

Max Altitude

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 Max Altitude free?
Max Altitude is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CallShield free?
CallShield is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Max Altitude or CallShield?
Max Altitude and CallShield are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Max Altitude or CallShield have ads?
Neither Max Altitude nor CallShield shows ads.

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