Contact Alert

Contact Alert Free Theme

Rated 3.52/5 (63) —  Free Android application by rsminsmith

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About Contact Alert

Contact Alert is a small application used to set custom notification sounds for specific contacts on stock Android and other versions that do not natively support it.

It is very easy to set up and install:

- Disable notification sounds in your messenger application (Otherwise, this notification will play with the custom notification(s))
- Load Contact Alert, click the contacts you want to have a custom notification sound for, and select a notification
- Set a default notification sound for contacts without custom notification

From there, Contact Alert will monitor incoming SMS or MMS messages and play the respective sound you selected for the contact that sent the message, or the default notification if none was set for that contact.

Explanation of Permissions:

- Receive/Read SMS/MMS: Used to get the phone number of incoming messages to determine which contact the message came from. Message content is NOT read.
- Read Contacts: Used to list contacts and match SMS/MMS phone numbers with a contact to determine which notification to play.
- Read External Media: Used to read notification tone names and display them within the application.
- Internet/Network State: Used for advertising and analytics.

Limitations:

- Only supports notifications via SMS and MMS.
- You can only set notifications for users with phone numbers.
- Currently sets notifications by contact, so you can't have different tones per phone number without splitting the contact apart.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Contact Alert version 1.0 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.rsminsmith.omnialert.app, download Contact Alert.apk

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Theme History & Updates

What's Changed
Added "Read External Storage" permission to correctly load notification names instead of them showing up as a random number. Permission is not used besides reading notification names.
Added ability to long-press contact to unset tone / reset tone to default.
Tones should no longer overlap when you receive multiple messages at the same time.
Should no longer randomly crash when playing a notification after the application has been closed for some time.
More downloads  Contact Alert reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads  Contact Alert reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
More downloads  Contact Alert reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
More downloads  Contact Alert reached 500 - 1 000 downloads

What are users saying about Contact Alert

L70%
by L####:

Well, it almost works.... It works OK so long as the app is open, but you get no sounds at all if the app isn't running. Maybe there is an option in the settings to overcome this issue, but selecting the settings option does nothing at all! I would love this app to work 100% of the time, but because it doesn't, it isn't really of much use. Hopefully the developer will sort it out.

R70%
by R####:

Doesn't work. Messenger contacts doesn't show, neither "setup" or "settings" work. Useless.

C70%
by C####:

App used to work great, but with my new phone it closes when it wants to in the background. I almost need to check it once every hour to see if it's still open. Maybe someone should make some updates.

R70%
by R####:

The app plays the alert, but repeatedly many many times with no way to disable. The alert is played way over driven too. Not usable

E70%
by E####:

I have to reset every contact every day,or I don't get any alert. Free headache come n git it

K70%
by K####:

Works great. I had a galaxy s5 that you could assign message notifications. The lg didn't have this feature. It does now!

X70%
by X####:

How do you hear sound for text from someone not in your contacts?

R70%
by R####:

Would be nice if the option to remove ads were included and the settings don't work

D70%
by D####:

Volume control doesn't affect the app. Always full blast.

R70%
by R####:

Does not work

Z70%
by Z####:

Not working at all

X70%
by X####:

My phone did Systems update and took away my individual text tones so I come across this app and it's perfect does exactly what I want I turned my text notifications off and I have no conflicts with it at all so far . I set the people that text me most with their own tones then I set a default tone for the rest of them.

C70%
by C####:

Set default sound to silent and in contact alert app set default and would not work lg g4 have same problem other person has with lg g4

X70%
by X####:

Works if you have the contact stored. Unknown number's will not do anything since your phone settings are off.

N70%
by N####:

Works great. I had a galaxy s5 that you could assign message notifications. The lg didn't have this feature. It does now!

L70%
by L####:

This is just what i was looking for works perfect on my lg4

X70%
by X####:

It's a good idea, but... No. This one doesn't work too well. It plays the song and continues playing even when I already read the text or pulled down the notify bar. Also, one time it sounded, but I didn't actually see a new unread message. I texted the assigned person back and they said that they did text me. Why didn't I see it? Annoying. Never happened before. I immediately uninstalled. Thanks for reading. God bless.

X70%
by X####:

It works pretty well on my LG G4 except that if I get an SMS message from someone not in my contact list I get no notification at all. This is because notifications have to be turned off in the built in app to prevent getting two alerts. For those cases, the default alert tone should be used.

T70%
by T####:

I assigned tones to individuals and they reset to default after a while. Sometimes it does nothing. The 'settings' button does nothing... There is a glitch in this app... Frustrating as its so close to being great...

K70%
by K####:

Works great. I had a galaxy s5 that you could assign message notifications. The lg didn't have this feature. It does now!

T70%
by T####:

Thank you. For 1 person, i need to have a specific message tone for her. Thank you

T70%
by T####:

So it works while I have the app open...but once I have locked the phone...nothing and silent...pretty garbage I actually downloaded it because of was basic despite the 1000 downloads only. I got what I deserved.

B70%
by B####:

Works well with LG G4

J70%
by J####:

I really like this app.

H70%
by H####:

Question? How do you stop the notification sound. It does play for each of my contacts, I view my text but the notification sound keeps on playing. It should stop once I view my text. Right?

T70%
by T####:

Okay, so I gave it this rating mainly for one reason. There are people who have written reviews about the app being 'silent'. It isn't silent, rather, there is a delay or an ascension of sound. Upon researching online I found that initially when Lollipop and Moto X were added to android phones the notifications, ringtones, and alarms would start quiet before reaching the set maximum volume of the phone. This is silly because some of the notification tones are so short that they don't have time to reach their maximum volume. It seems that this problem was patched and the notifications now run at full volume all the time. However, this app has not fixed that problem and I noticed that when people text me it always starts quiet quiet before ascending to a louder volume. This renders the app useless until this problem is fixed. Get it fixed Contact Alert (rsminsmith) and I'll give you a 5 star rating and preach about your incredible product.

N70%
by N####:

Will not activate

C70%
by C####:

It doesn't seem quite reliable, as sometimes it doesn't make the noises. It appears to never make noises if I receive text messages via AT&T's email-to-text service. Perhaps it is because every text comes from a new recipient? Edit: ah, I switched to a different app that displays the recipient's phone numbers and it says "unknown number". Maybe that is the bug.

C70%
by C####:

How do you hear sound for text from someone not in your contacts?

Y70%
by Y####:

I can finally have custom notification sounds on my Oneplus One! But now when its on vibrate, it's silent. The app's settings for the notifications to be silent override every other setting on my phone telling it to vibrate.

C70%
by C####:

Great app, works perfectly. And it's freeee!

C70%
by C####:

Lately when I get a text, sometimes my text tones won't go off, so I often have to re-set the text tones to fix this, meaning I frequently don't see texts until much later than I received them.

C70%
by C####:

Spent the time to assign ringers for my contacts, disabled the built-in notification, had people send me test sms to try it, etc, but no go. Uninstalling it now. Need a rating system that says "not working" or such instead of "disliking" something.

N70%
by N####:

Did not work for downloaded Zedge sounds/tones. Only worked with stock tones before. Developer & I discussed the problem but communication stopped abruptly. Apparently he/she started work on the issue because after the update there are NO issues; PERFECT!

N70%
by N####:

When using custom sounds it displays "default ringtone (T-Jingle)" even though the custom sound is indeed set and working. Otherwise it does what it says.

Q70%
by Q####:

This app is so amazing I've been looking 4 a application like This for #Android


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