Why is iCallU a paid app when many calling apps are free?

Because iCallU is funded by subscribers rather than data monetization. That removes incentives for ads, tracking, analytics, profiling, or metadata retention.

Do free calling apps still monetize users if calls are encrypted?

Often, yes. Even when call media is encrypted, services may monetize usage data, call metadata, analytics, and account-linked activity over time.

What does iCallU avoid collecting?

No ads, no trackers, no analytics, no behavioral profiling, no call logs, no metadata retention, and no identity linking-because subscriptions fund the service.

What am I paying for with iCallU?

Guaranteed privacy incentives: iCallU does not need to track you to survive. Your subscription replaces the data-driven business model.

Why iCallU.online is paid when so many calling apps are free

iCallU.online is funded by subscribers-not by tracking. That single choice changes everything: no ads, no analytics, no data brokerage incentives, and privacy-by-design for private 1-on-1 calls.

Because iCallU is built on a different model

Most "free" calling apps don't charge money because the callers themselves are being monetized. Their data, behavior, metadata, and usage patterns help fund the service.

iCallU does the opposite. At icallu.online, privacy is the product-and that is what you pay for.

In simple terms

With iCallU, you are the customer - not the product. Free apps make money from the caller. iCallU.online makes money by protecting the caller.

With iCallU.online, you are the customer - not the product. Subscriber-funded privacy instead of data monetization.

How free calling apps are funded

Free apps must make money somewhere. That often means collecting and analyzing information about usage, even if call media is encrypted.

Collecting usage data
Logging call metadata (who called whom, when, how often)
Running analytics and trackers
Linking activity to emails, phone numbers, or accounts
Monetizing insights over time-even if calls are encrypted

In those models, callers are not the customers. They are the source of revenue.

How iCallU.online is different

iCallU.online is funded only by users, not by data. That means there's no business incentive to track you.

What iCallU does

Fund the service with subscriptions
Minimize what the server ever needs to know
Support private 1-on-1 calls with E2EE
Use invite links for quick, ephemeral sessions

What iCallU does not do

No ads
No trackers
No analytics
No behavioral profiling
No call logs or metadata retention
No selling or sharing of user data
No identity linking

What you are paying for

You are not paying for gimmicks, or "data-driven" features. You are paying for guaranteed privacy.

iCallU has no incentive to track you
There is nothing to sell
There is nothing to leak
There is nothing to trace later
Security decisions are made for users, not advertisers

We don't know who you are - and we don't want to.

Want the technical version? See the FAQ and the E2EE overview and demos.