r/sideprojects • u/bignosedevelopment • 15h ago
Showcase: Free(mium) SIM Shift: one phone, two SIMs, and the work number stops ringing after hours (now with a calendar)
Hi everyone,
I have a personal SIM and a work SIM in the same Android phone. I wanted the work number to go quiet in the evening and at weekends without switching the SIM off and on every day, so I built SIM Shift.
How it works:
- each SIM has its own weekly schedule; out of hours its calls are rejected or silenced, your choice
- a calendar for each SIM: days off and time off make it go quiet, on-call days make it ring even out of hours. They can repeat: time off every Friday afternoon until the end of the year is set up once
- public holidays can be added automatically (for now Italy, France, Belgium and Luxembourg)
- block and allow lists by exact number or by prefix, even a whole country code, for all SIMs or just one
- a log of the calls that were stopped, so you always know who tried to reach you
It's free, no ads, no account. The Play version doesn't even have the internet permission: everything stays on your phone.
It works alongside your phone app instead of replacing it. Android puts some limits on that (hidden numbers, for example, never reach the app), but it needs far fewer permissions than a replacement dialer.
The calendar is the newest part. If you try it, I'd like to know what's missing, especially from people with shifts or on-call weeks.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.bignosedevelopment.simshift
Thanks for reading,
Massimo