SpamBanish vs Scanner · Baro

SpamBanish blocks spam calls and filters junk messages—with rules you control, on your device. Quiet, precise, and built around you. This version includes every feature at no charge. There is no Premium plan, In-App Purchase, or subscription. CALL BLOCKING • Block spam, telemarketing, and unknown callers • Identify suspicious numbers with caller labels • Prefix blocking to stop whole number ranges • Bundled caller-ID list labeled by spam category • Block numbers from Contacts, and clean empty or duplicate entries MESSAGE FILTER • Send junk, promotions, and text floods to the filter list • Fine-grained categories: transactions, orders, finance, health, offers, coupons, and more • Message prefix blocking • Anti-flood: burst messages from the same sender are blocked • On-device classification so filtering does not require uploading your messages BLOCKED AND SPAM LIST CRITERIA A sender is included when: • You add the number, a prefix, or a keyword rule, including numbers you block from Contacts • It matches a bundled starter SMS rule, such as senders beginning with 106 or typical unsolicited-marketing phrases • On-device machine learning classifies the message as junk or as a category you enabled • Flood protection is on and that sender sends too many messages in a short time • For calls: you add a block or identify rule, or the number is on the bundled caller-ID list (label only, unless you also block it) Bundled starter SMS rules cover common unsolicited-marketing patterns; you can edit, disable, or delete them. The bundled caller-ID list labels numbers with categories such as real-estate sales, insurance marketing, loan collection, education marketing, e-commerce promotion, suspected fraud, and parcel or food-delivery notices. Those entries label incoming calls and do not block them unless you add a separate blocking rule. SpamBanish does not download a live third-party SMS number blocklist. Filtering and classification run on the device. Allowlist rules always take priority. Emergency and carrier service numbers cannot be blocked. CUSTOM RULES • Allowlist and blocklist • Match by number, message body, prefix, suffix, contains, exact, or regular expression • Apply a rule to calls, messages, or both • Test a rule before it goes live OVERVIEW & SHORTCUTS • See protection status and blocking stats • Quick-block a number or create a rule in seconds • In iMessage, block a number or correct a classification without leaving the conversation GET STARTED 1. Settings → Phone → Call Blocking & Identification → enable SpamBanish 2. Settings → Messages → Unknown & Spam → enable SpamBanish 3. Return to the app to create rules or review the spam list criteria in Settings PRIVACY Call and message filtering runs on device through system extensions. Contacts access is used to choose numbers for blocking rules, and to view, edit, add, or delete contacts. SpamBanish cannot block every unwanted call or message. Results depend on system permissions, your rules, and list coverage. Emergency and system-protected numbers are never blocked.

Your documents never leave your phone. Point your camera, and paper becomes a clean PDF that is never uploaded to anyone. Don't believe it? Turn on airplane mode and watch Scanner keep working — because nothing is ever sent anywhere. That's the difference from the other scanners: your IDs, contracts, medical forms and receipts stay private, because they physically never leave the device. No watermark on the output. No account to create. No ads. No subscription nag. WHY BARO BEATS THE OTHER SCANNERS • Nothing uploaded — works fully in airplane mode, verify it yourself. • No watermark stamped on your PDF. Ever. • No account, no sign-in, no email harvesting. • No ads, no subscription, no surprise paywall. WHAT IT DOES • Scan anything — live edge detection and perspective correction capture a crisp, straightened page: receipts, contracts, IDs, notes, forms, mail. • Import photos — already have the shot? Turn photos on your phone into the same clean PDF, without opening the camera. • Multi-page PDFs — add as many pages as you need and save them as one clean PDF. Reorder, retake or remove a page with a single tap. • Color, Grayscale or Black & White — pick the look that makes text sharpest and keeps files small. • Local library — every scan lives only on this phone. Open, rename, share or delete. No cloud, no sync. • Lock your documents — put Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode in front of your library. Off by default, and the check happens entirely on this phone: the app only ever gets a yes or a no. • Share anywhere — send your PDF to Mail, Messages, Notes or any app in one tap, straight from the save confirmation. PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY Zero analytics. Zero telemetry. Zero third-party SDKs. No network code at all. Turn on airplane mode and scan — everything still works, because nothing is ever sent anywhere. The privacy label says "Data Not Collected," and you can prove it. HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT IS Scanner makes sharp image PDFs. It does not add a searchable OCR text layer yet, and there is no cloud backup or sync — both are intentionally absent, not coming "for a fee." Imported photos get the filters and the PDF, but not the edge detection and perspective correction — those happen at capture time, in the camera. We'd rather promise less and keep every promise. MADE TO BE EASY Every button is large and easy to hit. High-contrast AMOLED dark screen. Big, bold text. No double-taps, no hidden gestures — just Scan and Library. MADE FOR Anyone scanning an ID, a signed contract or a medical form who refuses to upload it. Receipts and expense reports. Student notes and handouts. Anyone who values privacy, simplicity and no watermarks. NO SUBSCRIPTION No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads, no account. That's the whole deal. Part of the Baro family — The tools you reach for first.