Saracroche (Call and SMS Spam Blocker)

Website

https://saracroche.org/

Short description

Free and open source call and SMS spam blocker for iOS and Android that filters locally on the device.

Why I think this tool should be added

I have been running this for a few weeks on GrapheneOS and it killed all the daily telemarketing and AI calls, so I figured it was worth bringing here rather than keeping to myself.

A lot of these calls are AI driven now, and some of them are not trying to sell you anything.

They keep you talking to collect a sample of your voice, and a cloned voice is enough to get consent recorded at a bank for things like direct debits.

In France we get enough of these calls that picking one up eventually is a matter of time.

What it has going for it

  • GPLv3, sources on Codeberg for both clients, Android build on F-Droid. The GitHub repos are archived mirrors since February 2026 and only point back to Codeberg.

  • Blocking is local. The lists sit on the device and refresh about once a day, so no lookup leaves the phone per incoming call and it works offline.

  • The Android build requests four permissions: network, sensors and notifications. No contacts access, no ads, no account.

  • Roughly 16 million numbers, built from ARCEP allocated telemarketing ranges plus in-app user reports thanks to its great community behind.

  • Reporting a number sends that number and a random install UUID to a server in France.

Known limits: prefix based blocking does nothing against spoofed mobile numbers, the project scopes itself to France explicitly even though nothing in the design is France specific.

Section on Privacy Guides

None currently. In my opinion this would need a new category.

Thanks!

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I’m using SpamBlocker for quite some time and it works well but the UI/UX is very cumbersome. Saracroche is not as powerful as SpamBlocker feature wise but it’s a real simple, set and forget app.

I’m not sure this works nicely outside France though, it’s not clear to me if the database is internationally populated.

Edit: it seems to be french based.

How do I get an English version of the website?