Dial vs Dispatch Commander
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dial
Experience the role of a 911 dispatcher, responding to emergencies by dispatching the correct emergency vehicles. Upgrade your station, recruit more staff, and acquire new vehicles to tackle increasingly challenging missions and grow your player level.
- Simulate 911 dispatcher role
- Dispatch emergency vehicles
- Upgrade station and buildings
- Recruit more staff
- Acquire new vehicles
- Earn money and experience
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Slip into the shoes of a 911 dispatcher and save your cities population by sending out the relevant emergency vehicles for the mission you receive. Your first stations will come with staffing and one (1) unit. If you improve your building, you can buy more vehicles and recruit more staff. Having more vehicles will advance your missions to bigger and better ones. Having more buildings will give you more possible missions to receive. Successful missions earn you money and experience points. This allows you to invest in new equipment (buildings, cars, trucks, etc …) and grow your player level. Good luck!!! Join us: Discord Facebook https://discord.gg/xUGuUBNtrK https://www.facebook.com/people/Dial-911-Simulator/61567716984725/?mibextid=LQQJ4d
Dispatch Commander
Manage real-time emergency responses, dispatching vehicles and coordinating multi-agency efforts. Transport patients, book suspects, and handle diverse incidents from police pursuits to structure fires. Upgrade your stations and customize your fleet to master the challenges.
- Real-time emergency response simulation
- Dispatch and manage 15+ emergency vehicles
- Multi-agency coordination
- Map-based operations with real-world data
- Fleet customization with cosmetic skins
- Daily challenges and station upgrades
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YOUR CITY. YOUR CALL. Take command of police, fire and ambulance services in a real-time emergency response strategy game. Choose anywhere in the world, build your response network and start making calls in seconds. A chlorine leak. A motorway collision. A citywide communications failure. Read the incident, choose the right response, send your units and adapt as the situation changes. Play one quick call or step into a complete narrative campaign. Dispatch Commander is built to pick up and play whenever you have a few minutes. COMMAND THE WHOLE RESPONSE • Dispatch police, fire, ambulance and utility teams • Assign patrol cars, fire engines, ambulances and specialist units • Track units as they travel across real-world maps • Coordinate hospitals, patient treatment, custody and utilities • Manage hazards and scenes that develop while you respond • Build stations, increase capacity and improve city coverage • Research upgrades and shape your command network EVERY CHOICE COUNTS Narrative campaigns put you inside escalating emergencies where decisions carry forward. Commit limited resources, protect the public and act on incomplete information. The choices you make can change the next call, the next mission and the final outcome. FACE NEW CRISES Contain a deadly chlorine plume in Still Air. Hold the line against a spreading wildfire in Fireline 72. Keep Edinburgh moving when its dispatch network is compromised in Black Channel. Every campaign brings a new location, a new emergency and difficult decisions to make under pressure. BUILD YOUR COMMAND Expand your emergency response network as the city’s demands grow. Build stations, deploy new vehicles, unlock specialist resources and strengthen coverage where it matters most. PLAY ON YOUR TIME Handle a standalone incident in a few minutes or continue a campaign when you want something deeper. No endless shift. No waiting to play. Pick up, dispatch and carry on whenever you are ready. FREE TO START Play free response incidents and free campaign openings. Optional Pro access unlocks every campaign, specialist units, additional stations and more command tools. Current prices and any eligible introductory offer are shown before purchase. No third-party ads. Just the next call. Dispatch Commander is a fictional strategy game and is not affiliated with any real emergency service. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dispatch Commander at 88% against Dial's 43%. Dispatch Commander also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Dial's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 3). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Dial sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Dispatch Commander sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dispatch Commander holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dial has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Dial's written reviews are positive against 88% of Dispatch Commander's.
Dial ships an update every 4 months, Dispatch Commander every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dial | Dispatch Commander |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.5% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 367 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Andrew Shelton | JOBEE DEVELOPMENTS LTD |
Customer experience
Dial
Dispatch Commander
Bugs and requests
Dial
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to start missions or receive calls
- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Map not loading properly or zooming incorrectly
- In-app purchases not working as intended
Requested features
6 requests- Customizable response radius and station locations
- Ability to assign personnel to specific vehicles
- More varied call types and emergency scenarios
- Faster vehicle speeds and response times
- Improved alliance and multiplayer functionality
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- Expanded vehicle and equipment options
Dispatch Commander
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dial
- double missions for 1h$0.99
- double mission, experience and coin for 1h$1.99
- 100 notes$1.99
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- double mission, experience and coin for 3h$4.99
- 500 notes$7.99
- double mission, experience and coin for 24h$9.99
- 1000 notes$14.99
- 2500 notes$34.99
- 5000 notes$59.99
- 10000 notes$99.99
Dispatch Commander
- Dispatch Commander Premium$4.991 Month
- Dispatch Commander Premium - Annual$29.991 Year
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