slydial vs Thornby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
slydial
This app allows you to send personalized voice messages directly to someone's voicemail, bypassing the need for a live conversation. It's designed for quick, efficient communication when you don't have time to talk or wish to avoid interrupting. Features include group messaging and hands-free Siri integration.
- Direct to voicemail messaging
- Group voicemail sending
- Hands-free Siri integration
- Personalized voice messages
- Time-saving communication
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All new slydial, our best app yet! We’ve completely redesigned slydial from the ground up with a fresh look, smoother performance, and brand-new features. It’s the easiest, smartest way to connect straight to voicemail. What is slydial? Slydial lets you skip the conversation and go directly to someone’s voicemail. Perfect when you don’t have time to talk, or don’t want to. With our Group Messaging feature, you can even send one prerecorded voicemail to up to 10 contacts at once. And now, it’s hands-free: just say “Hey Siri... Call [contact name] using slydial!” When do you slydial? Think of slydial as your secret communication shortcut. Use it to: -Save time when you’re busy. -Respect someone’s time by not interrupting. -Get your point across when a text won’t cut it. -Avoid the stress of an awkward conversation. How does it work? 1. Open the slydial app. 2. Sign in or create a free account. 3. Choose a contact (or enter their number). 4. Slydial connects you directly to voicemail, simple as that. Upgrade to slydial Premium to skip in-call ads, or get Group slydial to send a single voicemail to multiple contacts and track your results. *Good to know: Slydial works from U.S. phones to U.S. phones only.
Thornby
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Think of everything that's gone into your home. The kitchen you redid. The roof that went on the year of the big storm. The water heater that quit on a Sunday. Most of it ends up in a drawer, an old email, or nowhere at all. Thornby keeps it. Take a photo of the receipt and the app reads the contractor, the date, the cost, and the permit number. You add what the job was and where. Years later, when someone asks what you did to your home and when, you hand them one clean document instead of a guess. TEN SECONDS TO READ A RECEIPT Photograph the invoice, or send a PDF from Mail or Files. In about ten seconds the app reads the company, the date, the total, the permit number, and even the category on your phone. You add what the job was and where, and tap Save. START WITH WHAT YOU REMEMBER Do not wait for the receipts. Put in the kitchen, the roof, and the furnace from memory. The year is enough. "I did it myself" is a fine answer. Every report shows which jobs have paper behind them and which do not, so a memory is labeled as a memory. Eighteen years of work fits in a weekend when the year is enough. Summary by Year shows every year of the record at a glance. READY WHEN THE APPRAISER COMES When you refinance or sell, an appraiser puts a value on your home. Work they cannot see or date is a guess, and a guess is usually low. Thornby prints the date, the cost, the brand, and the permit for every job, in the order the appraiser's form asks. Receipts get credit. So do permits, and a permit with a passed inspection most of all. Memory gets a guess. The form changes on November 2, 2026, and it asks for more than it used to. LESS TAX WHEN YOU SELL For US homeowners, the money you put into your home can lower the tax you owe when you sell. Only the work you can show counts. The Cost Basis Report adds up what your home really cost you and lists every repair by date and cost, for your tax advisor each year and when you sell. When you sell, record the date, the price, and the selling costs, and the report carries them too. The app works out no tax. Your preparer decides what counts. THE ANSWERS WHEN THE ADJUSTER CALLS After a fire, a flood, or a storm, the adjuster wants to know what was there. The brand, the model, the serial number, when it went in, what it cost, and a photo. Thornby keeps that by appliance and by room. THE IMPORTANT PARTS, IN PLAIN TEXT A permit or a warranty is just a photo until you need the number on it. Thornby pulls out the parts that matter, like the permit number and the date it passed, and prints them next to the job. The original is still there. HOW IT WORKS • Snap a receipt, or share a PDF from Mail. The date, company, and amount are read on your phone. • Add the project, the room, the brand, and whether there was a permit. • Track appliances and warranties. Get reminded before a warranty ends or a filter is due. Every home gets its own list. • Make the document: the Property Record for an appraiser, an agent, or an adjuster; the Cost Basis Report for your tax advisor; or the Owner's Record for yourself. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account. No password. Your record lives on your phone and backs itself up to your iCloud Drive. One button can fill in your home's size and year built from public records. It asks first, and sends only the address. Backup, restore, a spreadsheet export, and any single document are never behind a purchase. Your data is yours whether or not you ever pay. FREE One home. Unlimited projects, receipts, items, documents, and reminders. Every report, free to read on your phone. No trial. Nothing expires. REPORTS Unlocking report sharing and printing is a one-time cost of $39.99. PRO More than one home, including unlimited investment properties, is $69.99 a year or $179.99 one-time for Pro forever, with all Reports included. Your first home stays free either way. Shared with your family. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Thornby at daily against slydial's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. slydial sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Thornby sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $69.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
slydial ships an update every 4 months, Thornby daily. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | slydial | Thornby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (522 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 522 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MobileSphere, Ltd | NicRya, Inc. |
Bugs and requests
slydial
Reported bugs
21 issues- App no longer works for many users
- Login/registration errors
- Numbers are marked as invalid
- Calls ring instead of going to voicemail
- App crashes or freezes
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- App is slow and unresponsive
- Incorrect numbers are dialed
- App shows caller number to recipient
- Login issues after account deletion
- Error screen at registration
- App does not see new numbers added to phone book
- Call disconnects when typing number
- App freezes after every use, requires reinstall
- Shows "unknown caller" and doesn't go to voicemail
- Paid subscription still has ads and issues
- Phone number is out of service
- App doesn't work with new iPhones
- App doesn't work with iPhone 4S
- Adds extra numbers to dialing string
- One ring before going to voicemail
- Recipient sees "Slydial" in recent calls
Requested features
4 requests- Extension option for dialing
- Ability to see called numbers history
- Dark mode option
- Option to record and send messages directly from iPhone
Thornby
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
slydial
- Premium Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
- Premium Annual Plan$29.991 Year
- Premium Group slydial$9.99
Thornby
- Pro, yearly$69.991 Year
- Reports$39.99
- Pro, Forever$179.99
Questions
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