Truecaller is a global phone directory application for smartphones and feature phones, and accessible via a Web site, developed by True Software Scandinavia AB.
It finds contact details globally given name or telephone number, and has an integrated caller ID service using Crowdsourcing to achieve call-blocking functionality and social media integration to keep the phonebook up-to-date with pictures and birthdays.
The service is a global telephone directory that has caller ID, social media integration and call-blocking functionality.
The application covertly uploads users' phone books and makes them part of its crowd-sourced database.
The service gains global coverage from its crowd-sourced data, which enables it to work even in countries such as the UK and India where public data is not available.
The app is available in more than 100 countries worldwide.
Truecaller is available for Android, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Symbian, Windows Phone 7, and Windows Mobile smartphones, Windows Phone 8.
Features
- Number Lookup
Searching for any number becomes easy with Truecaller. Simply access the Truecaller app “Search” option and type in or copy the number you are searching for. Looking up numbers is a free service.
- Name Lookup
Users will be notified each time someone requests their number, and has the option to approve each request that comes through. This ensures that no contact details can be shared without prior approval of the person being contacted.
- Call Filter
Never pick up an unwanted call again. Your personal blocked list and ‘Identified By Truecaller’ national spam list are here to protect you. Unwanted numbers can be marked as spam and added to the national spam list to help millions of other users.
- Profile
Your Truecaller profile is the window to the world. We let you be in charge of your own information and let you design your profile for how you want to be seen and contacted.
- People
Access a list of users you may know through our social circle recommendations. This means you may know these users based on your own connections with other users whom you have in common.
- Up-to-date database
Truecaller’s database is always evolving and adding new information to provide you with more accurate searches and contact details.