iOS 10 officially released three mainstream iPhone anti-harassment software reviews

The iPhone's security myth has become the reason why many users prefer it, but its inability to block all kinds of harassment and fraud calls has long been a "great hatred" for Apple fans. However, with the release of iOS 10, the iPhone officially opened its data interface, and users only need to cooperate with mobile security software to identify and block harassment calls. At present, 360 Mobile Guard, Baidu Mobile Guard, and Tencent Mobile Manager have all launched corresponding anti-harassment functions for iOS 10. So which software is more practical, more accurate, and more powerful? Let's take you to experience it together!

Test sample: iPhone 6s plus (64GB)

Test description: The test focuses on the current iPhone users' most concerned ability to identify/block harassing calls, update the harassing number database/manually mark harassing calls, and other anti-harassment capabilities such as whether unfamiliar numbers can be queried. The full score is 100 points, with a total of five parts, and the score distribution is 20 points for each part.

Function usage introduction:

First of all, the common point of the three products is that they all need to go to the system "Settings" - find "Phone" - turn on the new option "Call Blocking and Identity Recognition" to turn on the anti-harassment mode.

The switch names of u 360 Mobile Guard are: Call Identification and Call Blocking.

The switch names are clearly classified. The phone identification function of 360 Mobile Guardian can not only identify harassing calls, but also identify yellow page information. It is just combined into one switch, which is an experience beyond expectations.

u The switch names of Baidu Mobile Guard are: Preset Library, User Library

Literally speaking, the "pre-set library" is the library for identifying harassing numbers, while the "user library" is the manually added blacklist numbers.

u The names of the Tencent Mobile Manager switches are: Anti-harassment, Yellow Pages, Blacklist

"Anti-harassment" is the switch for identifying harassing calls. "Yellow Pages" is a more professional name, which contains the official numbers of various companies, businesses, service organizations, etc. "Blacklist" is to manually add numbers to the blacklist for interception.

Test start:

1. Which one has more accurate ability to identify/block harassing calls?

Figure 1: Main interface of the three tested products

Since anti-harassment calls are mainly aimed at harassing calls, fraudulent calls, advertising and promotion, etc., in the first part of the test, we will look at the unfamiliar call recognition and interception capabilities of the three participating products. There are two main tests: recognition/interception rate and false recognition/interception rate. The test content includes unfamiliar number recognition, cloud interception, and one-ring call.

Figure 2: Nuisance call identification/blocking capability test

It can be seen that 360 Mobile Security has the highest and most accurate recognition/interception rate of 99.83% in identifying unknown numbers, cloud interception, and ringing calls for iPhone users. Baidu Mobile Manager has a 90.70% and Tencent Mobile Manager has a 92.50% recognition/interception rate. All three products perform at a high level in terms of recognition/interception. In terms of false recognition/interception rate, 360 Mobile Security achieved the best result with a false alarm rate of 0.02%, while Baidu Mobile Security had a false alarm rate of 1.60% and Tencent Mobile Manager had a false alarm rate of 1.71%.

Figure 3: Test results of harassment interception level

In addition, during the test, the editor found that although all three products have anti-harassment capabilities, the degree is different. From the perspective of harassment call identification capabilities, the gap is not too big. The editor needs to point out that 360 Mobile Guard is currently the only product that can both identify and block harassment calls, while Baidu Mobile Guard and Tencent Mobile Manager only allow users to manually add to the blacklist for blocking. Strictly speaking, Baidu Mobile Guard and Tencent Mobile Manager currently do not have the real ability to block harassment, which is different from the harassment blocking advertised to the outside world.

During the test, the editor also tested the ability to identify unfamiliar numbers. For example, the ICBC and CMB Credit Card Center numbers, which are the most popular numbers for scammers, are 95588 and 400-820-5555. After the test, it was found that after enabling the permissions of the three participating products in the iPhone "Settings" - "Phone" - "Call Blocking and Identification", only 360 Mobile Security can display the names of "ICBC" and "CMB Credit Card Center" for iPhone users before making a call.

Figure 4: Test of unfamiliar number recognition ability

2. Who has a smarter ability to update the database of harassing numbers?

Figure 5: How 360 Mobile Guard, Baidu Mobile Guard, and Tencent Mobile Manager update their harassment number databases

For most users, they may receive several strange calls every day. Some of them may be friends you haven't contacted for a long time, but most of the time strange calls are from banks, insurance companies, advertising sales, etc. This section tests the ability of the three products to update the harassment number database.

Figure 6: Test results of the frequency and method of updating the harassment number database

As we all know, harassing numbers are not static, and new harassing numbers appear every moment. So what are the qualifications of the harassing number databases of the three softwares?

The editor learned that Baidu Mobile Guard and Tencent Mobile Manager currently use manual update methods. Baidu Mobile Guard provides irregular updates based on the user's permanent city, while Tencent Mobile Manager requires the user to actively click to update. 360 Mobile Guard has made a detailed division of the harassment number library and merchant numbers, and will provide iPhone users with automatic updates of the harassment number library from 24:00 to 6:00 every day, which does not take up daily usage time and provides iPhone users with the latest harassment number library resources every day.

3. Which type of harassment number marking is more versatile?

The function of marking harassing numbers is also valued by users. This part of the test is conducted from the practicality of the marking function and whether the participating products can provide basic marking categories.

Figure 7: Baidu Mobile Guard has a comprehensive range of tag types and can directly delete tags

Figure 8: Tencent Mobile Manager marks fewer number types

Figure 9: 360 Mobile Security marks harassing calls and allows users to add them to the blacklist

Among them, 360 Mobile Guard's nuisance call marking operation is the simplest and the function is more timely. It can provide users with unfamiliar call marking at any time, and can directly query before users mark nuisance calls. The displayed caller name is the most accurate, while Baidu Mobile Guard and Tencent Mobile Manager can only display the location.

In addition, in terms of the classification of marking types, 360 Mobile Guard and Baidu Mobile Guard are both more detailed and have more classification items. Among them, Baidu Mobile Guard has the best experience, while Tencent Mobile Manager only has 5 marking types such as advertising promotion and real estate agency, and has not brought the marking function to its full potential.

Figure 10: Test results of the three software’s ability to mark spam calls

4. Anti-harassment function query or blacklist, which one is more comprehensive?

As iOS 10 is gradually applied to all iPhone users, the anti-harassment functions of 360 Mobile Guard, Baidu Mobile Guard, and Tencent Mobile Manager are also fully enabled. So which security software has the most comprehensive functions and the best effects?

In addition to the harassment blocking and call marking functions, the query number and blacklist blocking are also common functions of these three mobile phone security software. Therefore, the editor focused on comparing the usage experience of the query number and blacklist functions and found that the blacklist functions of the three software can effectively provide protection experience for iPhone users. Once a number is added to the blacklist, you will no longer receive calls from that number. They all performed well.

Figure 11: From left to right, the query results of 360 Mobile Guard, Baidu Mobile Guard, and Tencent Mobile Manager

In the query test, the editor used 360 Mobile Security, Baidu Mobile Security, and Tencent Mobile Manager to query the number "07522115153", and the displayed results were different. Among them, 360 Mobile Security displayed the detailed information "Ningxia Bank of China Huitong Asset Management Co., Ltd. Guangdong Branch", while Baidu Mobile Security only displayed "Advertisement", and Tencent Mobile Manager displayed "Nuisance call, Guangdong Huizhou".

Summary of anti-harassment functions of three mobile security software:

Figure 12: Main anti-harassment functions of the three software

5. User-friendly interface

Figure 13: Three product page styles

The above is a test of the protection performance of three products. For iPhone users, "appearance" is also very important. The following is an evaluation of the interface friendliness of several products. (Personal aesthetics vary, and the ratings are for reference only)

Figure 14: Results of the user-friendliness ratings of the three tested products

In recent years, 360 Mobile Guard has begun to develop towards emotional and youthful styles, providing iPhone users with a considerate skin-changing function. In addition to its usual green style, it also provides skins with themes such as youth, science fiction, and landscapes. It performs well in terms of color brightness and richness, but the interface style of function conversion is relatively conservative, which is a little lacking. Although Baidu Mobile Guard does not have a skin-changing function, the optimization interface uses "emoji" icons, smiley faces, etc. to show the current status of the phone, giving people a novel and interesting feeling, and the color performance is good. Although Tencent Mobile Manager does not provide users with the function of automatically updating the number library, the interface for users to manually update the number library is very cool, which also makes up for some shortcomings.

Summarize:

Figure 15: Comprehensive strength ratings of the three tested products

After testing three anti-harassment items, we found that the three participating products all passed the anti-harassment test successfully, and performed well in basic harassment number identification, marking, blacklist and other functions.

The results show that 360 Mobile Guard has a high-precision ability to identify harassing calls, which is more accurate than the other two software. In addition, 360 Mobile Guard can also help iPhone users make phone inquiries in daily life, distinguish calls from companies or businesses, and allow iPhone users to make more accurate judgments on answering calls. As a veteran manufacturer in the security industry, 360 Mobile Guard is also the only security software that can intercept harassing calls and automatically update the number library on iOS10 so far, but the friendliness of the product interface needs to be improved. Baidu Mobile Guard can realize basic harassing number recognition, marking and other functions, and its recognition ability is relatively detailed and its performance is acceptable. In addition to basic functions, Tencent Mobile Manager is not sophisticated enough and has the defect of poor experience, which still needs continuous improvement.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.