DTMF Decoder vs EasyMSR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DTMF Decoder
This utility transforms your iPhone into a DTMF tone decoder. It listens to DTMF tones through the microphone and displays the dialed numbers. Decoded digits can be easily copied to the clipboard for further use.
- DTMF tone decoding
- Microphone input
- Displays dialed numbers
- Copy to clipboard
- Source code available
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Turns your iPhone into a simple DTMF decoder. Simply hold the iPhone's microphone near to a clear source of DTMF tones (telephone "Touch Tones") and it will display the numbers being dialed. The decoded digits are also placed into a text area from which you can copy them to the clipboard. See it in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_QD8KFCJPw Source code freely available: https://github.com/veghead/ios-dtmf-decoder
EasyMSR
This application enables users to read and write magnetic cards wirelessly via Bluetooth. It connects to mobile devices like iPhones, iPads, and Macs for convenient card management.
- Wireless magnetic card reading
- Magnetic card writing capability
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Mobile device integration (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
- Card data management
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This is a amazing card-reader app. Customer can use it to read and write magnetic card with wairless, via bluetooth connection between Mobil device ,as same as iPhone, iPad ,Mac.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DTMF Decoder at $0.99 against EasyMSR's $18.99. DTMF Decoder also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 19%). EasyMSR's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 19 months) and chart position (#30 vs unranked). On rating, 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
DTMF Decoder costs $0.99 and EasyMSR $18.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.5 for DTMF Decoder against 2.6 for EasyMSR. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EasyMSR has 125 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of DTMF Decoder's written reviews are positive against 19% of EasyMSR's.
DTMF Decoder ships an update every 19 months, EasyMSR every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DTMF Decoder | EasyMSR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $18.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (17 ratings) | 2.6 (125 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.4% of reviews — better | 19.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 125 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #30 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dreadtech.com | 向阳 张 |
Customer experience
DTMF Decoder
EasyMSR
Bugs and requests
DTMF Decoder
Reported bugs
32 issues- Too many "double digits"
- Generates errors
- Phonal Tonal generates random (phantom) numbers
- Never displays anything
- Nothing would get the app to work
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- Doesn't pick up tones
- Doesn't work
- Won't work with new iPhone update
- Doesn't detect anything
- Misses about half of the numbers
- Poor performance
- Only usable at full sensitivity, and works poorly then
- Never identified even one digit
- Unhappy with latest version
- On/off switch serves no purpose
- Decoded box works poorly
- Doesn't decode hex
- Doesn't work properly
- Only gets about half of the numbers correct
- Erkennung mangelhaft (poor recognition)
- Couldn't recognise accurately
- Only got the number 0 each time
- 使え方 (not usable)
- Doesn't work
- Not working as stated
- Barely works
- Usually nothing detected
- Only detected a couple of digits
- Misses digits when sound is too loud
- Display is too small
- Doesn't support scrolling back
- Stray false digits, especially 1's
Requested features
11 requests- Buffering for DTMF better
- Ability to get this work with new iPhone update
- History feature
- Decode hex
- Ability to decode faster (shorter) tones
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- More sensitive and flexible detection
- Translation into multiple languages
- See each decode on a separate line
- Continue decoding while app is closed (background operation)
- DTMF tone generator
- Shorten app name to "DTMF"
EasyMSR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DTMF Decoder
No in-app purchases
EasyMSR
No in-app purchases
