0870 app has finally appeared on the iTunes App Store

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0870, a fantastic free iPhone app from freelance mobile developer Simon Maddox is at last available in the UK App Store.

Essentially, 0870 makes it a lot cheaper for iPhone users to call the 08 numbers that a lot of organisations use as one way to generate revenue off their call centres. It costs more to call an 08 number than it does to call a geographic landline number, so understandably, there has been consumer backlash in the form of SayNoTo0870 – a website that collects landline alternatives to 08 numbers.

The 0870 app searches this database for the 08 number you’re trying to call, and if it finds an alternative landline number, you’re given the option to call it from directly within the app, using the allowance you’ve already paid for.

I couldn’t find this app on the UK app store; if you do have more info on this app can you please post it below.

Some of you may already know that the same app has been available for Android for a while now.

Edit from Simon Maddox' website: the 0870 app is under “Tools”. Or just search for “0870”.

Some of you may already know that the same app has been available for Android for a while now.

Apparently the Android version of 0870 works a lot nicer than the iPhone app, since Android gives you the ability to hook into the native applications already on the device.

http://www.simonmaddox.com/?p=9