CallVault or ACR Phone?
A replacement phone app from NLL Apps, with call recording on supported devices. Every fact about it below comes from its own page.
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When ACR Phone is the better pick
- You want recorded calls sent to your own Web or FTP server, or to a major cloud service, which its listing offers.
- You want a new phone app with a blocklist and call notes in one place.
When CallVault is
- You keep the phone app you already use: ACR Phone must be your default phone app.
- A web library for your backed-up recordings.
- No ads, on any plan.
What each one costs
| In-app purchases | $11.99 per item, as Google Play lists it in the US. The plan behind each price is not stated there. source |
|---|
| Free | Free | 2 GB of private backup |
|---|---|---|
| Pro | 4.99 USD a month or 39 USD a year | 20 GB of private backup |
| Family | 9.99 USD a month or 79 USD a year a seat | 30 GB of private backup |
Side by side
| What it does | CallVault | ACR Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Records phone calls on Android | Yes | Partly source |
| Starts recording by itself | Yes | Not stated on their site |
| Records WhatsApp and other internet calls | No | Not stated on their site |
| The other person is clear without the speaker | Partly | Not stated on their site |
| Announces the recording on the call | No | Not stated on their site |
| Works without rooting the phone | Yes | Not stated on their site |
| Installs from Google Play | No | Yes source |
| Says recordings stay on the phone | Yes | Not stated on their site |
| Copies recordings off the phone | Yes | Yes source |
| Plays recordings in a web library | Yes | Not stated on their site |
| Imports recordings other apps made | Yes | Not stated on their site |
| Writes a transcript of the call | No | Not stated on their site |
| Shows no ads | Yes | No source |
| Open source | No | Not stated on their site |
Moving across
CallVault can import from a folder another recorder writes to, and it has been built around phone makers' recorders and BCR-compatible ones. We haven't tested ACR Phone's files, so try one first. The steps are in the docs.