5 best Android dialer apps for 2016

posted by Chris P. / Jan 14, 2016, 7:52 AM

With the likes of Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Viber, and too many others to mention, it feels like communication in the digital era is increasingly based on typing. For various reasons, many of us prefer this medium to dialing a friend, and that's just a fact. But that doesn't mean you should expect your smartphone to stop supporting voice calls in the future. It's part of what made mobile phones the tech obsession of the day, and it's here to stay.

Due to the open nature of Android, however, many phone makers have taken to customizing the user experience in order to add additional features that are intended to add value. That, of course, is not always the case, and Android manufacturers are certainly not immune to making mistakes. The phone app (or dialer), for example, a feature so essential it's eponymous with the very category, is rarely as perfectly executed as one may wish. If you feel that'st he case with your current device, you may want to take a look at what dialers are available for free off the Play Store.

We tried tens of them just recently, and shortlisted the 5 we thought worked best. We put emphasis on simplicity, essential functionality, speed and design when picking them, so hopefully the list will have a solution for most of you. Here goes:

5 best Android dialer apps for 2016

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10 Comments

1. Eclectech

Posts: 355; Member since: May 01, 2013

I never knew how much I'd miss the HTC dialer (and HTC's software in general) until I bought a Samsung Galaxy S6. I'm so looking forward to trading this thing in.

posted on Jan 14, 2016, 8:25 AM 2

5. sissy246

Posts: 7129; Member since: Mar 04, 2015

You are weird if you think the dialer on the Samsung's s6, s6+ and the notes are not good. They are so easy to use.

posted on Jan 14, 2016, 11:41 AM 0

2. WAusJackBauer

Posts: 456; Member since: Mar 22, 2015

Really? How often do people use a dialer these days, everyone has contacts. Plus the odd time that you do use it, there's not much to it, you just tap numbers.

posted on Jan 14, 2016, 9:00 AM 0

4. TerryTerius unregistered

I use mine extremely frequently. Calling a lot of people is part of my job and I'm damn sure not saving all their numbers.

posted on Jan 14, 2016, 10:50 AM 0

10. snatale42

Posts: 1; Member since: Jun 26, 2016

Everybody does, including you! Calling somebody by tapping a name, using voice or google now do "call xxxx" tapping a recent call is all done by your dialer. If you use your phone as a phone, your using your dialer.

posted on Jun 26, 2016, 12:07 PM 0

3. mss1988

Posts: 41; Member since: Apr 19, 2012

Truephone and Contacts+ deserve to be on this list.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hb.dialer.free&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contapps.android

posted on Jan 14, 2016, 9:09 AM 1

6. MrElectrifyer

Posts: 3960; Member since: Oct 21, 2014

I kinda miss the integration of visual voicemail in the dialer on my iPhone, now they just come as MMS in my messaging app (Textra)...wonder if it'll be coming back in Cyanogen OS 13 similar to Google Phone app.

posted on Jan 14, 2016, 2:45 PM 0

7. MedLEB unregistered

True Phone Dialer and Contacts

posted on Jan 14, 2016, 7:39 PM 0

8. najib1312

Posts: 155; Member since: May 08, 2013

ExDialer has been my go-to Dialer app for the last 4 years, due to its fast launch time and buttery smoothness.

posted on Jan 14, 2016, 9:01 PM 0

9. Mfa901

Posts: 291; Member since: Jul 14, 2012

official android 6.0 dialer is best... most useful thing they have done is..for dual sim users it remenbers which number one is called from which sim and remember it for future call so that we dont have to click on select sim card everytime