CallBox - Call Recorder Reviews

by Hahahaha6237

Do away with distinctive beep if I was recording someone. Extremely noticeable. Refuse waiting time to record. I have to wait at least 20 seconds before recording can even begin. Therefore have to make excuses. Not worth my time as my field is time of essence. Calls last seconds, not minutes. Not worth the price free apps better. Make it more discrete and faster recording and be way better. Free apps allow instant recording with no beep. Audio is amazing though. Great job with that.

by Terrigio19

Yeah CallBox works great navigating through but when it comes to actually getting your recordings it takes forever to save a 5 minute conversation and it may or may not actually record anything when you finally go to listen to it. I had this happen 3 different times. All you hear is ringing and then air sounds. It doesn’t work with Bluetooth which by search you find that out. But it may also not even work with WiFi calling. That’s something that’s definitely not mentioned.
Beyond annoyed with this application.

by Leighbell

I tried CallBox. In order to even try it, though, you have to give them payment information. According to the description, there is a 7-day “free trial period,” and if you don’t want to be charged you just have to cancel. I tried recording a call. Well, I tried *making* a call and couldn’t even get that to work. I have now been trying to cancel the subscription, per their own instructions. I thought I had, but I just got an email today saying that I would be charged in a couple of days if I don’t cancel before then. I have sent multiple emails to their “help” desk, and received absolutely no reply. I’m deeply concerned that I am going to be subscribed to an app that doesn’t work and for which I do NOT want to pay. Highly recommend against this company.

by Queeny1952

I had no intention of getting CallBox, I was trying to get some information on recording and the next thing I know it’s got a screen saying thank you get started. I do not want CallBox I do not know how to get rid of CallBox I do not want to pay for CallBox I do not know how to cancel CallBox I would hope that somebody would contact me and figure out what needs to be done if this in activated. It placed an icon on my phone. I deleted that off and I have no idea what’s going on but this is not a good thing that you can’t even touch your phone without all the sudden signing up for something. I want to send but because I didn’t pick a star rating it won’t send. I am forced to have to pick at least one star in order to send my complaint.

by Myhomeorlandofl

I am an avid Apple user. In fact, this is my first complaint in over 10 years using Apple. CallBox uses a bait and switch technique to trick you into signing up for trial period. Being that I use many Apple products, I do have repeated charges on my bank account. Until I made my way through to my App Store subscription history on a whim...that’s where I saw I was being charged $7.99 A WEEK from April 2018 to January 2018! A hefty price to pay for an app only used once because CallBox is garbage. Do not download. Save yourself the stress.

by Cmuhirwa

I like apps which do not ask me for my card before I even try it, you end up getting notification from your card and you can’t even remember which is which taking your money.
Can you make CallBox free for at least 10days then if someone is satisfied he will go ahead and give his card info. Otherwise for me when i see apps like this I install and uninstall immediately as soon as it starts asking for my card before i even know how it works

by TimWoodcock

This lame app not only charge you $7.99 per week but you actually have to dial a third-party number in order to make the connection to your original number. Not only that, but a loud beep is heard on both ends of the phone once the recording starts. Very annoying and makes the call receiver nervous and questionable. Unable to record three way calling, as you already have to call/merge third party number before you can begin recording. I have never seen such a lame service charge $7.99 per week. There are free apps that do the same for a lot less or free. Stay away from CallBox, unless you are a masochist and love to throw your money away.

by Ncknamealrdytkn

If you’re looking for a discreet, user friendly, affordable app for recording you calls, THIS IS NOT IT! CallBox is the worst. It is not intuitive and requires to many steps. I was trying to record a very important conversation that was lost due to the calls not merging properly. Nothing about the recording process is smooth.

It is not discreet either. There is a loud beep that happens once the calls are merged. On two occasions while recording CallBox caused a blaring tone that me and the other person on the line could hear. It did not stop until I hung up. With RecMyCalls being such a malfunctioning, hard to use and no frills app, imagine my surprise when I realized there was a WEEKLY fee of $8.50. That’s $34 A MONTH! That’s a complete rip off and not at all worth it. I have to start paying closer attention the “after trial” costs.

by Grumpyguy_42

Came across CallBox and thaught it would be a nice idea . Downloaded and installed and that’s where the good part ended. When I tried to open app it told me I was subscribed to trial and if I wanted to continue and that was the end of road for me. Even so I wanted other then a bunch of non descriptive errors there was not much. Also almost $50 for a subscription on yearly basis or $10 a month is quite high for something basic like this. I get you want to make money but that’s a bit high for a basic service. Also it should work in first place . That’s a hard pass for me

by Brianh148

I’ve used other recording apps in the past with great success. I downloaded CallBox quickly in a pinch to record something to be used in court. The first issue is that it calls the person using a out of state number which draws suspicion. Then when they answer and it starts recording it makes a very loud beep which everyone hears. Then once playing the recording back I literally cannot hear myself it’s so quiet, but the other party sounds good. The second 16 minute conversation I tried recording is completely blank. It’s nothing but static. CallBox was a complete waste of time and money.

by Tom Eynon

Like many on here, I did my 7 day free trial. I did let it laps, and agree I should have been charged heading into my second week. However, I had canceled the membership, yet had been continuously being charged. I have a stop payment now on my card, now weekly receive emails, letting me know this same app is trying to charge my card, and is not successful.

Now, I cannot even download a single app on this iphone, because of this stupid app, and my billing disputes. CallBox/COMPANY IS HORRIBLE, AND EVERYONE SHOULD STAY CLEAR. I thought Apple supposedly did a better job on screening apps, but apparently not.

by Sunndy623

I downloaded to use the trial version which I ended up not using. I tried to CANCEL before the trial was up and it did not work. I was charged $8.73/ week! I tried again and the option through CallBox said "cancel" but then the screen just leads to prompts relating to reporting a technical issue. I contacted PayPal and iTunes to try and stop payment, which was successful for that current charge but EACH week I am again getting charged $8.73. There is no number to call. Also, I read other reviews that complained about the same thing. This is EXTREMELY frustrating!!!

by NemoDLM

So I was doing the free trial and then cancelled my subscription, at least I thought so. But I got charged for CallBox ... and I tried calling Apple, iTunes and all to manage my subscriptions but they told me I had to contact whoever I got CallBox from... I can’t find a phone number to call so now I’m stuff with a recurring payment for an app I had deleted and closed the account for a while back already.

I’ll have to report them as an unauthorized charge on my account and block them.

Do not get CallBox, there are plenty more out there.

by John Reviewing My Apps

CallBox is a ripoff, after you start a “free trial” you can cancel it but I was charged anyways. Initially they charged the wrong card and they sent me an email stating that they wanted me to update my information. I told them I wouldn’t as I canceled my subscription, and never was able to even use CallBox . Then somehow they just now found my new credit card and charged me there.

CallBox is a scam. CallBox is dishonest. And the call recorder is impractical, and can not be started while in a call. And you cannot access your contacts through CallBox.

Worst app I’ve ever downloaded by far.

by Volikos

I am a professional that needs to monitor and record phone conversations.
What I need:
A fast efficient convenient call recording app
What the paid version of CallBox does:
• does not allow you to record calls automatically when someone calls you which makes you miss part of the conversation or requires you to not receive the call and must call the person back one set up
•You have to open CallBox , look up their name with access to your contacts or know the phone number to enter in the dial pad,Call CallBox phone number, call the person, press the merge button to record a call
• App will not record the sound of you dialing someone and clips the beginning of the conversation due to the emerge of call features.
• due to the merge feature, you are basically making a three-way call so your minutes are doubled on your phone plan if that’s an issue
•Once recorded, there is not a clear option to email a copy to yourself. You must save the recording as a file, open the file, and then forward the file in an email to yourself.
• calls are listed buy newest first and cannot be filed or organized.

To the developer: I am a verified purchaser of CallBox and user. Please do not contact me to change my review just to increase the rating unless you actually want professional feedback on how to change CallBox .

by Machina40

CallBox generally recorded without issue when calling personal cell numbers. But calling businesses or 800 numbers audio drops out once trying to merge calls.
When the merge call button is pushed, audio on the original call that is trying to be recorded - goes mute. The call takes several attempts to merge and in the process the audio is lost. The person who answered the call cannot hear you and you cant hear them and they hang up.
This has happened consistently for weeks when calling any business or when there are prompts, options, or being tranferred to another extension.

by Polka Dotts

I’m still getting used to picking the correct choices in the correct order for incoming calls and outgoing calls. For some reason I can barely hear the other person on the phone while Call Recorder is recording. And I don’t believe they can hear me. Are my Settings wrong? I’ll research it. All in all I like your app.

by Brijae

I’m having issues with my landlord, I needed to record our conversation because he hasn’t been doing what he says he will and then goes back and says I never told him. I was surprised when the iPhone voice recorder didn’t work on calls. I tried another app as well but this was the golden ticket! Thanks!

by Llamamama35

I needed an app that easily allows me to record phone interviews for my articles. CallBox is straightforward and quick to set up. My only small beef is that apparently you have to have the person you are calling in your contacts rather than being able to dial them directly. This may be user error, though.

by JD-Lyne

CallBox is great for those days where everyone is calling you and your half asleep and likely to only remember a few things said. So CallBox can help keep you on track and doing the things you want and need to be without worrying about what I am forgetting?.

by Ales.Ad

I probably downloaded CallBox a while ago and deleted cause it didn’t work then forgot . My toddler just recently started talking he was picking my calls I got excited and decided to quickly download any record app to record him it said free trial only to charge even at that it didn’t work after Charging me 8dollars and some change not only did it not work it wanted me to purchase another app free trial which I did confusing I deleted both same hour i could not use it and I don’t want to pls refund thanks .