Comparison

Instacall vs AutoTextify

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

Head to head
About

Instacall

This app offers a smart T9 dialer for efficient contact searching and calling. It features a user-friendly interface with customizable colors and speed dial support.

Highlights
  • Smart T9 dialing
  • Fast contact search
  • Speed dial support
  • Customizable colors
  • Simple interface
Features
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Instacall is the best T9 Smart Dialer It's incredibly easy to find names and make call FEATURES • Great Interface • Simple Design • Support Speed Dial • Color Customization

About

AutoTextify

Features
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AutoTextify is a powerful text-expansion tool that transforms your workflow. It replaces repetitive typing with simple keystrokes, allowing users to insert text snippets, from single words to detailed paragraphs, using personalized abbreviations. Say goodbye to tedious typing and enjoy a more efficient way to communicate. Quickly Add Common Text: AutoTextify saves time and energy by letting you create custom abbreviations for commonly used expressions. For example, "tyvm" can expand into "Thank you very much," eliminating repetitive effort and boosting daily productivity. Accelerate Email and Document Responses: AutoTextify simplifies email and document drafting by letting you assign abbreviations to frequently used phrases. For example, "br" can expand to "Best regards," enabling quick insertion of pre-written text. This boosts efficiency and maintains accuracy and professionalism in communication. Boost Productivity with Templates: Easily create and manage templates for recurring tasks. Whether you’re writing emails, reports, meeting agendas, or any structured document, AutoTextify allows you to assign abbreviations to templates and insert them instantly. There is no need to start from scratch just type a shortcut and let AutoTextify handle the rest. Improve Accuracy and Consistency: By leveraging AutoTextify’s text expansion feature, you can eliminate errors and maintain uniformity in your communication. This is especially useful for frequently used terms, technical jargon, or company-specific language. With consistent, error-free content, you can ensure a professional tone across all your writing. Benefits of Using AutoTextify User-Friendly and Easy to Integrate: AutoTextify features a simple, intuitive interface for easy snippet creation, organization, and management. It integrates seamlessly with various platforms and applications, enhancing your workflow across emails, notes, and more. Error-Free Communication: AutoTextify minimizes spelling and grammatical errors. Predefined templates ensure polished, professional messages, enhancing smooth and effective communication. Improved Customer Service Efficiency: AutoTextify aids customer service teams by quickly inserting pre-written responses to common inquiries. This results in faster replies, consistent messaging, and enhanced customer satisfaction, making it indispensable for efficient and accurate service. Features Boosted Productivity: AutoTextify Keyboard, allows you to expand shortcuts into full text quickly and seamlessly. Privacy: AutoTextify Keyboard secures your private data without full access. It enables quick insertion of pre-written responses, leading to faster replies, consistent messaging, and enhanced customer satisfaction for customer service teams. In-App Purchase: In AutoTexify, we offer in-app purchase options with various subscription plans. Users can choose from monthly and yearly plans, family plans, team plans, and options for managing up to 100 accounts. The Starter plan is free, providing essential features and basic functionality. Limitations for Starter Plan: The Starter plan permits one workspace. Upgrade to create more. The Starter plan allows up to 10 snippets. Upgrade to create unlimited snippets. The Starter plan supports snippets of up to 1,000 characters. Upgrade for a 25,000-character limit. Pro Terms: Payment is charged at purchase. Subscription auto-renews unless turned off 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage in Account Settings. No cancellation during the active period. Unused trial forfeited upon subscription. Payments & Renewal: Charged at purchase. Auto-renews unless turned off 24 hours before the end. Manage in Account settings. No cancellation during the active period. Terms of use: https://autotextify.com/ios/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://autotextify.com/privacy

Screenshots

Instacall4 screens
AutoTextify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AutoTextify at Free against Instacall's $5.99. AutoTextify also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Instacall's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

AutoTextify is free to download; Instacall costs $5.99 up front. AutoTextify sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. Instacall asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Instacall versus AutoTextify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstacallAutoTextify
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (214 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings214 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperhbullFun N Drag

Bugs and requests

Instacall

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Settings crash on launch
  • App crashes when accessing settings
  • Paid version settings crash
  • Lite version settings work, paid version does not
  • Unable to search contacts
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  • No missed call history
  • Watch app screen is cut off
  • Vibration not working on iOS 14
  • App crashes when trying to access settings menu
  • Purchased app crashes when accessing settings
  • Cannot search contacts with numbers or asterisks
  • App crashes when pressing certain 초성 keys
  • App crashes when trying to dial
  • App crashes sometimes
  • Contact search is clumsy and glitches

Requested features

20 requests
  • Support for WhatsApp and social network calls
  • Contact backup feature
  • Display call duration
  • Support for e-sim
  • Option to disable confirmation before dialing
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  • Seamless integration with call history
  • Support for voicemail access
  • Ability to customize widget size and description
  • Option to change font size and background color
  • Add Russian language support
  • Support for T9 search with Chinese Pinyin
  • Add automatic area code feature
  • Option to hide call list or auto-delete
  • Support for 10-key Korean keyboard for 초성 search
  • Option to sort frequently searched contacts at the top
  • Option to disable the 'Instacall' logo on the recent screen
  • Support for direct dialing without confirmation
  • Add contact marking feature
  • Support for Force Touch like original dialer
  • Add option to select which line to use for calls

AutoTextify

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Instacall

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

AutoTextify

Subscriptions7
  • Pro Monthly$9.001 Month
  • Pro Yearly$49.001 Year
  • Team Monthly$49.001 Month
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  • Pro Family$79.001 Year
  • Team 1 Monthly$99.001 Month
  • Team Yearly$490.001 Year
  • Team 1 Yearly$999.001 Year

Questions

Is Instacall free?
Instacall costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AutoTextify free?
AutoTextify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Instacall or AutoTextify have ads?
Neither Instacall nor AutoTextify shows ads.

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