NumberGuru: Lookup Phone Calls Negative Reviews

NumberGuru: Lookup Phone Calls App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

NumberGuru: Lookup Phone Calls app received 34 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using NumberGuru: Lookup Phone Calls? Can you share your negative thoughts about numberguru: lookup phone calls?

NumberGuru: Lookup Phone Calls for Negative User Reviews

✓ Stuck with this app for many years - NOW DEAD!I have been a full service subscriber since practically the beginning. Loved it; worked well. "Watchdog" community dwindled recently down to a handful, it seems. Now my searches are XXX'd out, and it doesn't work AT ALL... UPDATE Surprisingly, the past year has brought some helpful number search utility back; at least we now get legit names and addresses (when ID is in a generally searchable database). So that's nice - only, as things are these days, they're nearly entirely SPOOFED legit or newly invented robocall phishing scammer names and locations. Lately, in fact the ID names have become suspiciously outlandish; bizarre spellings and mismatched ethnic origin combinations, associated with locations where I can't imagine a real human being lives: many within a few feet of a major freeway, or vacant lot/industrial properties. Anyway, better. Though only really useful now, when it's a spoofed number that hasn't already been tagged by Verizon's new "Potential Spam" ID service. But true relief will require disabling the ability to spoof altogether, as well as filtering/alert-tagging or Banning unsolicited Robocalling. Cold-Call Random "Telemarketing" businesses are never welcome nor honest in their sleazy sales pitch annoyances, all targeting gullible and mentally impaired "victims". Don't make deals or give money to ANYONE randomly calling "out of the blue"! Never Ever a good thing..QueeksVersion: 2.7.1

✓ Don't load to an iPhone 6+This app places a new contact in my phone's contact list that gets loaded with spam numbers. Now when I open my contacts I get the number guru contact and all my contacts lock up so I can't access them. The screen just freezes. Tried removing number guru but still have the contact problem. Tried rebooting the phone and the problem continued. Finally tried restoring my phone data but still couldn't get rid of that problem. Still waiting to hear from the developer. Think carefully before getting this app and be sure your phone is backed up before loading it..WbreagyVersion: 1.2.3

✓ WORST (NON) APP EVER !!!First of all, virtually no info is given on the numbers entered. Secondly, why do I have to watch 3 videos - that's 3 full minutes of videos - in order to get feedback on the number entered ??? After going through 3 videos, feedback is nonexistent. It simply says, "Unavailable". 3 minutes of noisy ads must be listened to in order to find out no data is available on the number entered. The forced ads are counterproductive. Not only will I not watch the ads, I simply wait for them to stop without watching, but I absolutely refuse to install any app thus advertised. Worse, is that the ads do NOT automatically go away. You must manually delete them. So 3 times, the full length of the ad must be played, and 3 times, you must manually select to delete them. And I cannot silently check a number, because the ads play as noisy videos. In the end, other than city & state, which usually displays anyway, no data is offered on the number. 3 full minutes of noise, 3 manual deletions, even before Number Guru will run. With service like that, why would I even consider, "Premium Upgrade"? This is the worst non app ever. It's coming right off my phone. Number Guru? - You mean Number Fuckup..Paul, CTAVersion: 1.2.3

✓ Doesn’t workI’ve had this app for a couple years now and have used it dozens of times. As of today it has yet to provide me any information on the caller. Seems like the only number it knows is my phone..Gator AugustineVersion: 4.1.2

✓ Miss the originalEvery phone number I search now comes up blank.Jake2475Version: 4.2.21

✓ Wish I could give 0 starsThe app use to work great. I haven’t had success with number look up in the past few years. I get more info from google than this app now. The response to another review from the maker says the info they provide is public, then in the same sentence says it’s not publicly available. That’s enough to make me delete this app. There’s another reverse # lookup app that’s free. I will give that one a try. Bye bye NG!!.IPhone AnnieVersion: 4.2.51

✓ Useless app use google search!Number Guru was a great app before the update. Now it is useless. I deleted this app and I am searching for a replacement. Every number I searched, after the update, has 0% information available. The comments from people who researched the phone numbers and found them to be spam have all disappeared. This app has become totally useless. You get more information by pasting the phone number into a google search. My regret is that I had told my friends and family about this app before it was updated and now I’m embarrassed by its performance..JuliasjoyVersion: 2.3.0

✓ Excellent app - but why my 1 star ??(5 stars once you offer your top spammer function again - I suggest an upgraded app for this). THAT BEING SAID........ A TIP about what I like to call "LOW INFORMATION REVIEWERS" Anyone making a paranoid assumptions claims in a review that appear to be unsubstantiated...yeah.... Probably is. This review thread is an example. Do your research before making such claims. 1: Apple Policy: The app would be removed from the store and the dev team's developer license would be subject to permanent retraction. 2: The parent company of this app is beenverified inc. it's a high profile company. If you have any reason or proof to think your contacts have been uploaded - take that info and sue then. Otherwise its conceivable that they may have the right to SUE YOU for Defamation. bottom like - I don't work for the company, and just shut up if you don't know what the heck you're talking about. DEV TEAM: BRING BACK YOUR TOP SPAMMERS FUNCTION PLEASE - for a 5 star rating..KregHSVersion: 1.1.6

✓ What happened?This app works as advertised, showing the person/business calling if available and the location plus a spammer score. However, like a previous reviewer, I won't have them adding their own contact to my Address Book with this newest version. I already have my own system where every spammer number gets added to a contact ("Telemarketer, D@mned") with an out of service ringtone if they call back. 4 stars for the previous version, 3 for this one..FisherclesVersion: 1.1.1

✓ Inaccurate in the premium service is a waste of moneyI always try a few numbers I know first or ones I can look up to see how accurate these apps are. 10 numbers I tried and every single one of them was wrong. Some were businesses some were my family or friends. I enrolled in the premium service which gives you 100 look ups per month. All that I looked up had no extra information and when it did, It was wrong..AMARIE MeVersion: 4.2.44

✓ Used to be good….I used this app on a regular basis and found it helpful in identifying spammers. The latest “upgrade” must have been ironically named because it was just the opposite. I have no problem with ads floating across the bottom or top of the screen (developers have to be paid for their work after all), but forcing me to watch videos? Sorry developers, you now lost my ad revenue and I will stop suggesting this app to people I know, which means even less income because I’m the tech answer guy in my group of friends and they almost always take my suggestions. Guess what my next suggestion to them is going to be? Delete this app just as I’m doing right now. Goodbye unwise developers…..ComputusVersion: 1.2.2

✓ ~•~ Your update will destroy this application! ~•~I’ve been using Number Guru for three years now. It is served my purpose well and got five stars from me. Now it gets all thumbs down – I wish I could give zero stars. ~WAKE UP NUMBER GURU DEVELOPERS!!! ~ If I want to help this app by providing feedback, I now have to spend four times the amount of time doing it. I have to select what kind of call it is (which serves no purpose at all). The comments section is where people leave that information. I have to leave written feedback if I care to have this marked as spam. This is clearly a case where the developer thought they could add all kinds of bells and whistles to this, but by doing so, they have ruined this application. All I want to do is mark this as spam and maybe leave a comment. Now I can’t even mark it as spam without leaving two other bits of information. This takes way too long, time I don’t have. I’m telling you now so you can fix this soon. Otherwise I am dropping this and will keep this listed as a one star. Everyone will read this and recognize this is trash. If you want this fixed, return it to the way you had it before. It looks like in the process of this change, you lost all the comments and had to start over. Keep the graphics and make it quick and simple. Remember, this application should serve us and not you. We don’t have the time to mess with this!.DaveW4UVersion: 2.3.0

✓ Useless without expensive monthly subscriptionHad this app for years and was pretty effective at reverse lookup. Recent updates have eliminated that without a subscription. Don't waste your time downloading this app.DieringertVersion: 4.2.21

✓ Not accurate numbers to peopleI used this before and I thought it worked for me. I have a stalker that uses different numbers to randomly call me and text me. All the numbers kept saying a persons name and their city. Sometimes those people had Facebook account but couldn’t figure out why these different people were texting/calling me. I decided to put in my number and it gave me a persons name and their city. It didn’t give me my name. I tried my friends and it gave different names and cuties those numbers belong to. I Think this app just put peoples names up when you put in someone’s phone number instead of saying not found. It’s better to have a number say not found instead of it giving you some random person‘s name that lives in the city by you..DatSquidVersion: 1.2.4

✓ Very sadLoved it, 5 stars. Now uninstalling it, worthless. Now it forces you to watch long ads, leaving you on a screen where you have to buy something, (I think, anyway it never shows the results that used to be so useful and you can't exit the ad). Or it gives generic data with nagware begging you to upgrade. Like others here, banner ads on the bottom would be fine with me, since the programmers deserve to make a buck, but the graspy, greedy, crippling changes they've made on this once great app has turned it into just as bad a mess as all the other worthless reverse phone number websites you get on Google. An awful tragic shame..JohnmerbVersion: 1.2.2

✓ UPDATE: No more Ads, app freezesUpdate #2: No more Ads, but extremely glitchy and you have to leave written review. The review only works 1/2 the time as the app freezes. The time spent writing your review is lost once it freezes. I have to restart 1-2 times to write review just to add a number. The setting on phone to use app to filter or block calls, which works with other apps, spins perpetually when you trying to add in phone settings. Did developer give up on fixes/glitches? Update 1: This app used to be great, now it's just adware!!!! I am forced to watch 3 annoying video ads at 12 seconds each per search. Who wants to wait through 36 seconds of annoying loud videos for a search? They completed destroyed this app. I HATE using it, especially for 36 seconds wasted with a number that sometimes comes up with no data :-( it's a SCAM. Please read all the other "one " star reviews before wasting your time..Blondigrl :)Version: 3.32.7

✓ Deleting AppThis was once a great app now they charge for any type of basic info. You can search for a number & the app doesn’t provide anything useful. Better off using google to find info..Market TimerVersion: 4.2.44

✓ It has slowly gotten worseI got this app probably two years ago and it worked pretty good. It would give me information on all sorts of numbers, then I upgraded my app and it didn't have nearly the amount of information that it did before. I haven't used the app for at least six months and when I went to use it today I was required to watch 3 videos in order to see a number that had no info on it. I'll just google the number instead of wasting time watching videos. Today I deleted this app and wrote a review which I usually never do..JribbyVersion: 1.2.3

✓ This App is D' Bomb....I've bought many apps; downloaded and erased many more but so far this one is well worth Free and downloading. When a reported number calls it pops up as a spammer; sales call or debt collector. If u check a number and it's on the list as reported it tells you the specifics. Thanks # Guru and where is Mariska Haggerty ? Lol Just moved this app to the 1st page of my 3 iPhones and iPad. When you post it become available for everyone to see almost immediately..Senator Marc SmithVersion: 1.1.1

✓ Keeps charging!!They make it so hard to cancel..RutDorVersion: 4.2.21

✓ Removed the best feature!This app had a great feature where it created a spammer contact and would keep it updated with the top spammers. This way you could see when a number was a telemarketer or something while it was calling. This feature requires contact book access to make it work, since it adds and removes phone numbers from the contact it creates. This caused a bunch of people to freak out and give it bad reviews, which made them remove the feature. This makes the app less useful, so bow *I'm* giving it a bad review. There should be a way to make this feature work for the people who want it..TedivmVersion: 1.1.6

✓ Almost UselessHere's why there are some good reviews. When I got this app a ago, it was great. It actually gave you the caller's NAME. Other services usually just give you the phone company the phone is registered to, and the city. Unfortunately, THIS APP ("Number Guru") has stopped giving out the caller's name. This app is now just like the rest... USELESS. I don't care about the caller's phone company. I want the caller's NAME. I'm very disappointed. So... the GOOD reviews are all OLD. The BAD reviews are more CURRENT. Why the hell would these clowns do that? This also explains why there are a lot of 5-star reviews, even more 1-star reviews, and nothing in between..LiveAidVersion: 1.1.1

✓ Bold moveSeems they took out the reverse phone look up part of the reversePhone look up app. Not the move I would’ve gone with, however, you do you..SabarblatoeVersion: 4.1.2

✓ What happened?I used to be able to check an occasional number for nothing. There were ads at the bottom of the screen, but that was okay. I did find this app useful and was going to upgrade to the no ad version (my way of giving money to developers of apps I use), when they changed it. All of a sudden you can get basic info, but if you want more, you have to purchase the upgrade. Okay, I'll just take the basic info. Now I open it, and you can't get any info without watching 3 (THREE) videos or paying !! And you still only get the basic info, which means you get "unavailable". I deleted the app, and will not recommend it anymore..NilentVersion: 1.2.2

✓ Buggy, Stuck on NG screenApp did not launch for multiple tries, was stuck on NG screen! Not well tested. Please fix!.LibertyforallVersion: 4.1.2

✓ This used to be a good app but not anymoreThis used to be a great app, but like so many similar type of info gathering apps they got greedy and now force people to pay or watch ad videos. Ok, so I could tolerate watching an ad IF they had info on a number BUT after watch two videos I got an "info not available message." They knew that they had no info before I watched the ad. So they knowingly waste people's time. And now that their app is lousy there's probably less people using the app. Greed never pays off in the long run. Change back to the way it was or something better or be a big FAIL..ImbonnieVersion: 1.2.3

✓ ChangedI use to love this app, had it for years..It’s changed and now you don’t get any info unless you pay for it. Sell outs!.PeacePanda92Version: 4.2.21

✓ Why free with no ads? Because they sell your info!Claiming to fight the good fight against telemarketers? How about turning your personal info over to telemarketers? Do you like SMS spam? You might have to learn to enjoy it. Selling your info is how they generate revenue. So go ahead, let them examine your contacts. You'll have given them permission to use all the info they glean from it. If you value your privacy, take a closer look at apps like this one. This is of course just my personal opinion. Form your own opinion, perhaps you'll have a look at their website privacy policy for clues as to how your info will be used: We may share the personal information that Members supply to us (other than Sensitive Information) with any third party and we may work with other businesses to bring selected retail opportunities to our Members. These businesses and third parties may include, but are not limited to: (a) providers of direct marketing services and applications, including lookup and reference, data enhancement, suppression and validation; (b) e-mail marketers; (c) telemarketers (where permitted by applicable law); (d) SMS text-based marketers (where permitted by applicable law); and (e) direct marketers..BigToonceVersion: 1.0.1

✓ Was good once, no longer. And it crashed my ContactsThis was a great app when it came out, helping to identify spam calls. Then came the pay version and it became less worth it. Either pay, or watch some pretty long videos. I stopped using it. In the meantime, it added a load of numbers to my Contacts app under the heading NumberGuru Top Spammer. I mean a LOT of numbers, ones that shouldn’t be on there…like the number 1, and 2, and even 911. As well as lots of numbers that weren’t spam and others that never should’ve been labeled spam. Worst of all, every time I selected NumberGuru Top Spammer in the Contacts app on my Mac or my iPhone, the app would lock up and/or crash. It took quite a bit of time to be able to finally delete that contact entry from either. But now, I’ve finally succeeded. Good riddance..El skilletVersion: 1.2.3

✓ Total scam - deletedAt one time, Number Guru was actually a useful app. Now, it is a complete scam. Everything is hidden behind a subscription or fee, so all it tells you is it, “searched”. Deleted from all my devices and hid in “previous purchases” so I don’t accidentally reinstall it..NuZooRevueVersion: 4.2.21

✓ ChangesI was so happy when I started using this now MUST pay it’s not useful any more.SuzzieevsVersion: 4.2.11

✓ App has never been very goodI actually paid for this app a few years ago, now I try to use if and find out it’s a subscription service, not a chance I’m keeping it any longer. They can’t even get the information on, one of my numbers correct, how can I trust that any other numbers would be. My fault for paying for it in the first place !.Vegas RichieVersion: 4.2.44

✓ Pure garbageThis app used to be one of the best at providing reverse number lookups. It appears to have been acquired by Been Verified and totally gimped. My previous premium purchase has gone away and there seems to be no option to restore purchases any longer. The app also doesn't return info for numbers it used to be able to lookup. You can't delete numbers from it's search history, which also doesn't always store the full number you looked up - it stores a mask. It's also bugged and tries to lookup the mask of the number instead of the actual number. The community and comments section is pointless. Simply put, this app is now Hot Garbage. Don't buy anything from this developer..MastahypeVersion: 2.3.0

✓ Are you serious?Talk about going from one extreme to the next. The Top Spammers feature was the single most useful feature of this app and the only reason I kept it installed. The info. you used to get was better back in the early days of this app, but has gotten significantly less useful - leaving the Top Spammers feature as its shining nugget of usefulness. The devs have sadly allowed idiots who didn't understand this app to dictate their business plan moving forward; as a consequence of the removed functionality, I suspect they'll love even more customers. Good job!.AggieJason05Version: 1.1.6

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