Is there a good app for control who can contact me?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it.
36
Opportunity /100
60
Demand /100
61
Competition /100
61
Execution gap /100
5
Apps serving it
7
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to control who can contact me, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| accesses contacts without permission | other | 1 | I did not give the app access to my contacts, and some of the suggested people are from contacts I deleted years ago |
| can't text email-only contacts | missing-feature | 1 | I wish we were able to text people who only have a email to text with |
| hard to find block/delete contacts | missing-feature | 1 | won't leave me alone and I haven't figured out how to block or delete |
| cannot call certain contacts | bug | 1 | it won’t let me call my grandma and idk why then it didn’t let me call my aunt |
| insistent contacts permission prompts | ux | 1 | the program is very insistent on contacts |
| blocked from messaging hosts after contacting too many | other | 1 | texting to many host and it blocking me from texting others when i’m trying to find a place |
| forces sending links to contacts | ux | 1 | it makes you send links to people in your contacts |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text Me - Phone Call + Texting | 4.7★ | 648,621 | Free |
| Messenger | 4.7★ | 12,628,153 | Free |
| Yubo: Chat Meet & Make Friends | 4.5★ | 368,733 | Free |
| MeetMe: Go Live & Meet People | 4.3★ | 374,413 | Free |
| Text Free: Second Phone Number | 4.7★ | 583,441 | Free |
Should you build it?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it. Opportunity here scores 36 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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