Dial Plate vs Cricket Sounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dial Plate
Experience the nostalgic charm of rotary dial phones on your iPhone. Choose from 13 unique dial designs, each with authentic sounds, and enjoy a satisfyingly slow way to make calls. Relive a piece of telephone history with every spin.
- Authentic rotary dial simulation
- 13 unique dial designs
- Customizable themes with authentic sounds
- Slow and satisfying calling experience
- Historical phone designs
- iPhone compatibility
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Remember the whirr of a rotary dial? Dial Plate brings it back to your iPhone. Spin the dial just like on the phone in your grandparents' hallway, then tap call and your iPhone does the rest. It's the slowest way to make a phone call, and by far the most satisfying. PICK YOUR PHONE Choose from 13 beautifully crafted dials, from legendary desk phones to some delightfully unexpected designs. Every theme comes with its own authentic sound. Several classics come in their original colors, so you can find the one that matches your mood or your memories. • Classic This black desk phone rang through a 1940s farmhouse, back when every call went through the operator. • FeTAp 611 From 1963 this Bundespost phone stood in nearly every West German hallway, with the police and fire numbers printed right in its center. • Model 500 Rented from Ma Bell rather than bought, the Model 500 sat on American desks from 1949 and was built to last for decades. • W48 Built from pre-war plans in 1948, the Bakelite W48 rang through West Germany's rebuilding years. • Model 746 In 1967 the General Post Office put the 746 into British homes, where it stayed rented and ringing for decades. • Trimline In 1965 Bell moved the dial into the handset, so you could dial without ever putting the receiver down. • Princess 1959 Bell launched the Princess in 1959 for the bedside table, with a dial that glowed softly in the dark. • Outrun Somewhere off a neon highway in 1986, the sun never quite sets and the dial glows like a motel sign. • Delftware Delft potters have painted cobalt on white since the 1600s, and this dial would fit right in on a Dutch tile wall. • Mission Control In 1969 Houston talked to the Moon from consoles like this one, while the whole world held its breath. • Dieter Dieter Rams summed up his Braun designs as less, but better, and this dial takes him at his word. • Patent Pending Every great phone began as a drawing like this, filed at the patent office in 1931 and stamped Patent Pending. • Matrix Back when computers phoned each other over copper lines, every call arrived as green characters on a terminal screen. Dust off a little piece of telephone history and give your next call a spin.
Cricket Sounds
Discover a diverse collection of high-quality cricket sounds from around the globe. This app offers a simple interface for pranking friends, educational use, or simply enjoying the unique chirps of these insects. Features include looping, random playback, and a timer for custom sound experiences.
- High-quality cricket sound collection
- Loop sound endlessly
- Random sound playback
- Timer for scheduled sound playback
- Easy-to-use interface
- Educational purposes
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Love crickets? Then you will also love Cricket Sounds! This app contains high-quality collection of cricket sounds from all over the world. The sound of crickets is used to represent awkward silence, meaning non-cricket aficionados can also have plenty of fun pranking others. You can use it for educational purposes too! A cricket is grasshopper-like insect. They are over 900 species in the world and most of them are flightless. They are famous for making chirping sounds at night, even though not all species chirp. About Our Apps: Our soundboard apps have been downloaded millions of times, and have been used for joking around with friends and family, to support favorite teams on game day, and even hunting. Our apps have been featured in many famous worldwide publications. Why download our apps? - Easy to use, nice clean interface - High-quality sounds (meticulously remastered to cut out any background noise) - Loop option to play sound endlessly - Random button to play sounds randomly - Timer feature (select a specific time when to play sound) - Help page / Contact us support We hope you enjoy our apps and contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dial Plate at 75% against Cricket Sounds's 29%. Dial Plate also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.7 vs 2.0). Cricket Sounds's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence and ads 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; Cricket Sounds costs $0.99 up front. Dial Plate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cricket Sounds asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dial Plate holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dial Plate has 96 ratings behind it against 1, 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 29% of Cricket Sounds's.
Dial Plate ships an update every 10 months, Cricket Sounds every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Dial Plate | Cricket Sounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (96 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews — better | 29.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dominic Rodemer | Arsosa Network Inc. |
Customer experience
Dial Plate
Cricket Sounds
In-app purchases
Dial Plate
- Theme Pack$2.99
Cricket Sounds
No in-app purchases
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