Dial Plate vs Meme 8
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dial Plate
Experience a blast from the past with a retro-style rotary dialer. This app accurately dials telephone numbers and allows you to call them, all while providing an authentic 20th-century feel.
- Retro rotary dialer interface
- Original sound effects
- Accurate dialing
- Call dialed numbers
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Turn back in time! With the rotary dialer in retro-style you can send your iPhone back in the 20th century! Features: • original sound effect • accurate dialing of the telephone number • call of the dialed number
Meme 8
Get answers to your yes or no questions with a customizable magic 8 ball. Add your own responses, adjust the fluid color, and choose the ball's personality. Includes a vast library of memes for unique answers.
- Customizable answers
- Adjustable fluid color
- Selectable 8-Ball demeanor
- Meme integration
- Multiple answer set options
- Force answer type (paid feature)
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A magic 8 ball generator of epic proportions. Now with iOS stain fighting power! Simply ask a yes or no question and tap the screen, or shake the phone to get the Meme 8 Ball's magical answer, both visually and verbally. • Add your own answers for yes, no, and unsure responses! • Adjust the color of 8 Ball fluid! • Set the demeanor of 8-Ball! (Default, Neutral, or Pessimistic) • Decide how often memes show up! • Includes 94 memes! • Special meme mode for certain comic book fans! • Force what type of answer is picked. - Not available in LT (free) version. - See info screen for details. • Helps with answering true/false questions on school tests!* (*not really... well it may help... But might not be correct) But wait! There's more! You can also limit the type of answers to: • Just the classic 20 Magic 8-Ball answers! • Classic + extended Magic 8-Ball answers! • Just the custom answers you've added! • Or go wild and use all of them!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dial Plate at Free against Meme 8's $0.99. Dial Plate also leads on ratings volume (96 vs 3). Meme 8's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Dial Plate is free to download; Meme 8 costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Meme 8 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dial Plate has 96 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Dial Plate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Meme 8's.
Dial Plate ships an update every 9 months, Meme 8 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dial Plate | Meme 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (96 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #132 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dominic Rodemer | Sinime |
Customer experience
Dial Plate
Meme 8
In-app purchases
Dial Plate
No in-app purchases
Meme 8
No in-app purchases
