MobileLog is a very nice application that allows you to manage your calls and text messages. When you open MobileLog, you will get a pop-up asking if you would like to Buy the app (the app is $7.49), Activate the app (which is done after purchasing the app) or Continue Demo (it is a 6 day demo). Once you have chosen your option, you will be brought into the application.

There are a ton of features in this app so, lets quickly walk through them. Across the top menu bar (left to right), you will find Edit, All Calls icon, Missed Calls icon, Received Calls icon, Dialed Calls icon and a Trash icon. Edit allows you to delete specific calls from the list. Note: Any calls that are deleted in the MobileLog application will also be deleted from your stock Phone application on your iPhone. All Calls allows you to view all Missed, Incoming and Dialed calls in once list starting with the most recent. Missed Calls will display all your missed call starting with the most recent and the Dialed Call option will display all your dialed calls starting with the most recent. The Trash option allows you to delete all the calls with one tap. At the bottom of each list you are also given the total number of calls and the total duration of all the calls.

You will notice that when you are viewing a list of calls, it displays the Contact in which the call represents (or the phone number, if it is not one of your contacts) as well as the date and time in which the call was made or received. If you acutally spoke to the person, it will also display the duration of the call in parentheses after the date and time. If you tap on the arrow next to a specific call…you can view more information about the call including; the four most recent calls you have made/received from that number, the option to call the number and the option to send a text message to the number. If you select the Log option in the upper right corner, it will display a list of all the missing, incoming and dialed calls made to or received from that specific number. It will then change the Calls info at the bottom of the list to reflect the number total number of calls from that number and the total duration of all the calls.

On the lower menu bar, you are also given a Messages option. Here you will find basically the same layout and information only for your received and sent text messages instead of calls. If you tap on the arrow next to a specific text message, you are able to see the entire message and well as delete the text. Note: This will delete the text message from both the MobileLog application and your stock SMS application on your iPhone. The only feature this option is missing is the ability to send a text message back to the contact.

The last option on the lower menu bar are the Settings. Here you are able to change some General settings, Notification settings and Data setting. All of the setting option are self explanatory or well explained…which is nice! You are also able to purchase the app from the Setting menu.

Overall, a solid application with a nice user interface and quite a few features. I had no crashing problems or glitches while testing this application.

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When I tested this application, it did exactly what it said it would do. I turned my iPhone’s silent switch on – meaning I had no systems sounds, my iPhone was silenced – and then installed Silent Switch Bypass. After it had installed, it enabled all my system sounds even though my silence switch was still off. When I uninstalled the application I got a pop-up saying that my silent switch had been unbypassed and to restart my iPhone. After doing so, my iPhone’s settings went back to normal…they were silenced when I turned on my silent switch and when I turned my silent switch off, the system sounds came back. You can get Silent Switch Bypass via the iClarified source.

iBlackList is an application that allows you to filter your incoming calls and text messages. After installing the application you will want to restart your iPhone. Do not skip this step…make sure you restart after installing. When you open iBlackList, you will come to a password screen. The default password is 1. After you have entered 1 and selected Confirm Access, you will get the main menu. There you will see quite a few options including; the option to Enable the application, Blacklist, Whitelist, View History, Active List, Call Settings, SMS Settings, Scheduler, Extras and Password.

The first thing you will want to do is change your password. To do so, select the Password option. Here you can choose to turn off the password and you can change your password. Once you are finished, select Save Password.


You will be brought back to the main menu screen. You will now want to set up your lists. To add a number to your BackList or WhiteList, just select it. Here you will get a default category titled General BL. You can delete that category and create your own if you would like. Next, you will want to select a category (either General BL or one you have created). The next screen is where all the numbers in that category will be listed…select the + icon in the upper right corner to add a number to the list. You can add a number from your Contacts, from your Recent Calls or from your Recent SMS. You can then choose if you want to block Calls, SMS or both from that number. You can also change the Display Name and Display Phone Number for that Contact. When you have everything the way you would like it, select Add to List. You will then see that number added to the list. You can add more numbers to the list by selecting the + icon again or you can go back to the main menu by selecting Back.

Back on the main menu, you can also view your Call History. The numbers you enter into your BlackList will not show up in your stock SMS application or Call History (if they leave a voicemail, it will go into your stock Voicemail) however, you can see them in the View History option in iBlackList. It will display the date, time, contact name and contact phone number. In the lower menu bar, you can also choose to see only missed Calls or only missed SMS. If you select a missed call on the list, you are given the option to call the number back. If you select a missed sms on the list, you are able to view the enter text message and then are given the option to reply.

Back on the main menu, you will notice an Active List option. This option allows you to choose which category list you would like active. It displays all the categories you have created in your BlackList and WhiteList. So, lets say you create a Family category in your WhiteList and you are about to go to a meeting or to bed at night, you can select your Family category and you will only receive calls from numbers in that category. Or, lets say you have a BlackList category titled Do Not Answer, you can select that category and filter only those calls.


You are also able to choose from Call and SMS settings. In the Call Setting, you have the option to have Calls sent directly into your Voicemail, get a Busy Signal or No Action. The Busy Signal option will give the caller a quick busy signal and then the call will drop. The No Action option sounds will ring and then goes to your voicemail, like a normal call would (though, you do not hear it ring…it only sounds as if it is for the caller). I have tested all of these options and they all work correctly. The Call and SMS Setting also have the option to turn on/off Save History, Delete Recent Calls, Restrict Number, Address Book Only, Show Statusbar Icon and Vibrate.

Back on the main menu, you also have the option to turn on a Scheduler. This allows you to schedule categories to turn on/off at specific times during the day. So, if you do not want a call from anyone but family from 11:00pm until 7:00am, you can select the Family category and the set those times for each day.

The Extras option allows you to turn on/off Call Privacy, SMS Privacy and Call Forwarding Privacy.

This is a very in depth application that has a ton of features. If you take the time to learn what everything does, it can be a very useful application. I only had a few random issues when using iBlackList and most of those were my own fault! To help avoid any issue, make sure you restart your iPhone (not just respring the SpringBoard) whenever you make changes in the application. Also, the free version of the application only allows two number in the BlackList and two numbers in the WhiteList. The full version costs $8.00 USD. iBlackList is available through the iClarified source.

Note: Don’t forget to Enable iBlackList – make sure to restart your iPhone.

If you do decided to add a phone number to the Blacklist and block either the Texts or Calls from that number, they will not show up in your stock SMS or Call History on your iPhone. The Texts and Calls will only show up in the SMS History and Call History in Pysl (unless you have the Delete option turned on, then you will not see the Text or Call anywhere on your iPhone). I was also pleased to see that the options with-in the Settings menu now work as well. When I turned on the Status Bar notifcation, it put a little square icon on my status bar when I receive a call that was blocked. It did not ring, nor did the call show up in the Call History on my iPhone but, it added the square icon to my Status Bar and the call was in the Call History list in Pysl. I am actual impressed with the progress this app has made. It seems much more stable and reliable then the last time I used it. Let me know in the comments how it is working for you! Oh! The only annoying thing is that you get the Donate pop-up every time you open the app, to get rid of it you just have to donate. Pysl is available through the iClarified source.

Doug said the first time he called it rang once and then had around 15 seconds of dead air and then went to my voicemail. I think the average person would have hung up during the 15 seconds of blank air thinking something was wrong. However, when Doug called back again, after the first time he called, it went straight to my voicemail without the 15 seconds of blank air (it continued to go straight to voicemail without the blank air from then on…no matter how many times he called). I still can’t seem to get the SMS Stop to work!! Let me know if you guys have any better luck! Pysl is avilable through the iClarified source.

Note: Remember to respring your SpringBoard after you make changes in this app.

Change-Log for version 0.32
- Better support for different firmware version
- international language support (actually French, English and Spanish)
- Alarm notification
- Set SMS privacy (no popup for all SMS received)
- Possibility to reply SMS from SMS history
- minor fix