Comparison

T9 Dialer vs T9 Dial

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

T9 Dialer

This app allows you to quickly find contacts by typing their name on the keypad, prioritizing frequent and recent calls. It offers customizable themes, app icons, and layouts for a personalized calling experience.

Highlights
  • T9 search by name, initials, or number
  • Prioritized favorites and recent calls
  • Keypad overlay on recent calls screen
  • One-tap favorites access
  • Call copied numbers directly
  • Home screen app icon shortcuts
  • Built-in light and dark mode themes
Features
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Type a name, not a number. Press 5 6 4 6 and John comes up. T9 Dialer finds the people you know as you tap the keypad, and puts your favorites and the people you call most at the top. CALL FASTER • T9 search by name, initials or number • Your favorites and recent calls come first, ranked by how often and how recently you call them • Recents is the calling screen: the keypad opens right over your recent calls • Favorites sit in a strip at the top, one tap from a call • Copied a number? T9 Dialer offers to call it • App icon shortcuts call your top numbers straight from the Home Screen MAKE IT YOURS • Built-in themes for light and dark mode: Classic Green, Ocean, Paper, Coral and Forest Night • Alternate app icons, or let the icon follow your theme • List layouts from comfortable to tight

About

T9 Dial

This app provides a fast T9 dial pad for quickly finding contacts by name or number. It supports multiple international scripts and offers widgets for home and lock screens. Pro features include no ads and enhanced search capabilities.

Highlights
  • T9 contact search
  • Multi-script name support
  • Home screen widgets
  • Lock screen quick-dial
  • One-handed operation
  • Customizable themes and sounds
Features
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A T9 dial pad that finds the contact you need in as few as three taps. Type the first letters of a name or a fragment of a number and matches appear instantly. Launches fast, every time. Works with names in your own script too, from Chinese and Japanese to Cyrillic, Arabic, Thai, and Indian scripts. FIND ANYONE FAST • Names in many scripts: Pinyin, Zhuyin, and Cantonese for Chinese; kana for Japanese; initial consonants for Korean; native-letter keypads for Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Thai; Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and other Indian scripts, plus Georgian and Armenian, by their Latin spelling • Search by full name, initials, or part of a phone number • Search by company and job title. Pro extends search to notes, address, and email DIAL FROM WIDGETS • Interactive T9 dial pad widget on the Home Screen. No need to open the app • Lock Screen quick-dial widget. One tap to call • Quick-dial widget for your most frequent contacts BUILT FOR ONE HAND • Switch between left-handed, right-handed, and full-width keyboards with a swipe • Adjustable keyboard height and multiple keyboard styles • Two-column layout on iPad with the keypad docked left or right • Vibration when the call connects MAKE IT YOURS • Themes, icon colors, and Dark Mode • Custom key sounds and haptics PRO • No ads • Unlimited outgoing call log • Private contacts, plus contact backup and restore • Family plan shares Pro with up to 5 family members NOTES • iOS does not let third-party apps read the system call log. The app shows only calls placed from within the app. • Network access is used only to upload crash logs (device model, OS version, time of use, nothing else). Turning it off does not affect the app. SUBSCRIPTION Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase, each in an individual or family plan. • Prices may vary by country or region; • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the purchase is confirmed; • Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends; • Manage or cancel subscriptions anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://t9dial.web.app/TERMS%20OF%20USE.html Privacy Policy: https://t9dial.web.app/PRIVACY%20POLICY.html

Screenshots

T9 Dialer4 screens
T9 Dial4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: T9 Dial at 78% against T9 Dialer's 20%. T9 Dial also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 27.0). T9 Dialer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. T9 Dialer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and T9 Dial sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.29 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

T9 Dialer ships an update every 8 days, T9 Dial every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
T9 Dialer versus T9 Dial: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterT9 DialerT9 Dial
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.4 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews77.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS27.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdamantus帅 刘

Customer experience

T9 Dialer

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

T9 Dial

All ratings18 ratings
Positive61.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive77.6%
Neutral6.0%
Negative16.4%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

T9 Dialer

One-time4
  • Increase Themes Limit by 10$0.99
  • Increase Themes Limit by 50$4.99
  • T9 Dialer Pro$5.99
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  • Remove limit$9.99
8 purchases

T9 Dial

Subscriptions4
  • Pro · Monthly$0.291 Month
  • Pro · Family · Monthly$0.491 Month
  • Pro · Annual$1.991 Year
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  • Pro · Family · Annual$2.991 Year
One-time4
  • Top and Bottom$0.99
  • Pro · Lifetime$4.49
  • Pro · Family · Lifetime$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Pro · Family · Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is T9 Dialer free?
T9 Dialer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is T9 Dial free?
T9 Dial is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do T9 Dialer or T9 Dial have ads?
T9 Dial shows ads; T9 Dialer does not.
Which is updated more often, T9 Dialer or T9 Dial?
T9 Dialer ships an update every 8 days, and T9 Dial every 9 days. Most recently, T9 Dialer was updated on November 6, 2026 and T9 Dial on November 10, 2026.

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