# Is there an (Android) app for this? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 5, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542 "2011-03-05T00:53:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/1 "2011-03-05T00:53:42Z")
An app that allows only the phone numbers I pick will ring the phone. All others will just go straight to voice mail. I have the LG optimum if that matters. Thanks for any help. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/2 "2011-03-05T02:16:27Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > An app that allows only the phone numbers I pick will ring the phone. All others will just go straight to voice mail. I have the LG optimum if that matters. > > Thanks for any help. I know it exists, but don’t know anything offhand that allows it (except Google Voice, but that would involve using a GV #). There’s an app I’ve seen ads for with a name like PrivacyPal that claims to essentially do this, but I can’t vouch for it. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/3 "2011-03-05T03:09:55Z")
The contact app (the default) on my Android 2.2 (T-Mobile Mytouch 4g) phone has a field that I discovered accidentally which will automatically send callers to voice mail after a brief tone. It was very embarrassing, too. I have no speculation on other phones. Bob W. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/4 "2011-03-05T04:10:40Z")
I think there’s a way to to it with Tasker, but it costs money, and isn’t exactly the easiest thing to use. It’s pretty powerful, and does a whole lot of other things, too. ---
**Author:** ![Juggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/juggler/32/3194_2.png) [@Juggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juggler)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/5 "2011-03-05T11:32:24Z")
There are many apps with this function, I recommend [Easy Filter](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.edroidapps.filter). It has many options for black/white-listing numbers for calls and sms. It asks you to register each time you start it but you can skip that. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/6 "2011-03-05T21:08:31Z")
On my phone (HTC Eris) under “information” for each individual contact that you can toggle on or off to send to voicemail. Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you’re asking. I’m not aware of an easy way to set them all to “Send to Voicemail” in a batch. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/7 "2011-03-05T22:00:00Z")
With my droid I can send calls to voicemail by going into the default contacts manager. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/8 "2011-03-05T22:19:28Z")
**Gwendee** , **urban1a** , and **RandMcnally** have custom dialers that are capable of doing blacklisting in the phone, as HTC and Motorola put their own dialers into their Android builds. There are a lot of apps that will do this in the Market, but I have no experience with any of them. The keyword you want to search for is “blacklist”, because that’s what this function is called. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/9 "2011-03-05T23:13:57Z")
> [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](#): > > **Gwendee** , **urban1a** , and **RandMcnally** have custom dialers that are capable of doing blacklisting in the phone, as HTC and Motorola put their own dialers into their Android builds. > > There are a lot of apps that will do this in the Market, but I have no experience with any of them. The keyword you want to search for is “blacklist”, because that’s what this function is called. Thanks guys. To me I don’t consider it a “black list” tho’. More like: I work nights and sleep durring the day so don’t call me unless it’s an emergency!! i.e. My son’s mother or his school!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/10 "2025-12-20T01:08:26Z")
Yeah, it’s not a blacklist, it’s a whitelist. Only numbers on the whitelist get through; all others (whether contacts or not) go to voice mail. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/11 "2025-12-23T13:57:26Z")
One thought about this, you could set the default ringtone to a silent MP3, and then set custom ringtones for those contacts that you want to ring. That wouldn’t accomplish the “straight to voicemail” part but also doesn’t require any other software. Oh, also under Settings, Sound, Do Not Disturb, you can set a Schedule for quiet hours. Under “Do Not Disturb behavior” you can create custom settings and let only Contacts or starred Contacts ring the phone during quiet hours. That solution is just OS settings. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/12 "2025-12-23T21:36:23Z")
This is a very old thread. I assume @Grrr has a new phone by now. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/13 "2025-12-24T14:43:02Z")
Oh geeze, good catch. 15 year old zombie! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/14 "2026-02-13T01:38:12Z")
Ironic that the function I was asking for is standard now.lol ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-this/573542/15 "2026-02-13T14:50:50Z")
Not the slightest bit ironic, given the near-infinity\* of time that has passed. \*in technology market terms.