JMP SIM Manager vs Yet Another Call Blocker
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
JMP SIM Manager
JMP SIM Manager is a fully free and open-source companion app for the JMP eSIM Adapter. The JMP eSIM Adapter is a removable eSIM chip that enables any device, not just those with included eSIM chips, to make use of downloadable eSIMs. JMP SIM Manager provides management features such as adding, deleting, enabling, and disabling eSIM profiles for the adapter, and is the easiest option to manage your eSIM Adapter on compatible Android host devices. The manager app is not required once a profile has been downloaded and enabled on the adapter. In other words, you can use a compatible Android device to download your eSIM profile of choice onto the adapter, and then insert the adapter into any device -- Wi-Fi hotspots, dumb phones, laptops -- and the adapter will simply appear as a regular SIM card to those devices. This app also includes a quick compatibility check to determine whether your Android device can be used to manage a JMP eSIM Adapter. Although the eSIM Adapter will work with almost any device once an eSIM profile is loaded, management requires some specific features that may not be present on a small percentage of Android devices. However, even if your Android device is deemed incompatible, you can still manage the adapter from another Android device, using a PC/SC reader on a PC, or, as a final fallback, through the SIM Toolkit menu along with a self-hostable remote server to handle TLS termination.
Yet Another Call Blocker
A simple call blocking application that will help you avoid answering unwanted calls using a crowdsourced phone number database. Features: * Uses offline database. * Blocks calls with negative rating automatically (option). * Local blacklist with wildcard support. * Displays a notification with phone number summary (rating, reviews count, category) during incoming calls (option). * Automatic incremental/delta database updates (option). * You can view online reviews for caller's number (provided by 3rd party service). * "Advanced call blocking mode" for blocking calls on Android 7+ before the phone starts ringing (needs to be manually enabled in app Settings). How to use: * Install and launch the app. * The option to show caller info notifications is enabled by default, so the app will ask for phone-related permissions. * At first start, the app will suggest to download main database which is required for most of the functions. Simply confirm the download. * Check the "Auto-update database" checkbox in the menu (recommended) to automatically receive daily DB updates (these are incremental/delta updates, so they consume very little traffic). * Check the "Block by rating" checkbox to block calls with negative rating automatically. * You can also check the "Use contacts" checkbox if you want your contacts not to be treated as unknown callers. * After these steps everything should just work (but you can always find more options in Settings). Enjoy! See frequently asked questions to learn more. The main phone number database is downloaded from a gitlab repository. Database updates and detailed review queries are performed using 3rd-party servers. No user-identifiable information is sent (except for the phone number the detailed reviews are loaded for). Yet Another Call Blocker is still under development. Any help is welcome. ''NonFreeNet:'' the 3rd-party service is not open source.
| Feature | JMP SIM Manager | Yet Another Call Blocker |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-2.0-only | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-Droid | F-Droid |
| Categories | SMSMessaging | SMSMessaging |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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