Dial Plate vs ddPlayer
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.
ddPlayer
This app allows you to play videos, audio, and images from local storage, cloud drives, and network-attached storage. It connects to media servers like Plex and Jellyfin, offering features like adjustable playback speed, subtitles, and background audio.
- Play local files
- Connect to cloud drives (Baidu Netdisk, OneDrive)
- Access NAS via WebDAV, SMB, FTP
- Supports Plex, Jellyfin, Emby
- Adjustable playback speed
- Subtitle and audio track selection
- Picture-in-Picture and background playback
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Connect your home NAS, cloud drives, and media servers—all in one app. ddPlayer streams original 4K HDR and Dolby Vision files directly without transcoding, and automatically builds a rich poster wall so your scattered videos, music, and photos stay organized and play smoothly in one place. • Rich Sources, Instant Playback Connect to media servers including Emby, Jellyfin, and Plex; easily access your computer and NAS via WebDAV, SMB, and FTP; or sign in directly to Baidu Netdisk, 123Pan, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and Guangya Cloud. You can also import local files, videos from your system Photo Library, or play network stream links directly. • Organized Media Library, Clearly Presented Automatically read and display covers, synopses, and category metadata provided by your media servers, with support for local NFO metadata. Browse content by folder and series on the detail page, and switch between different resolution versions. Sync playback progress across devices and quickly pick up where you left off with "Continue Watching", day-grouped playback history, and favorite folders. • 4K Ultra-HD & Disc Decoding, Refined Visuals Powered by hardware acceleration and an all-format decoding engine, smoothly play 4K, 8K, high frame rate (60/120FPS), HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Vision videos with HDR tone mapping. Natively play ISO disc images, BDMV, and VIDEO_TS directories directly—automatically detecting main playlists, multi-audio tracks, and Simplified/Traditional Chinese subtitle languages without splitting or converting files in advance. • Live AI Subtitles, Styled Subtitles & Danmaku Automatically load embedded subtitles and external subtitles in the same directory. Natively render ASS / SSA styled subtitles and SUP / PGS graphic subtitles with customizable font size, position, color, and timing offset. Built-in offline multi-language AI speech-to-subtitle generation and bilingual translation make watching foreign-language videos and study courses effortless. Supports importing and matching Danmaku (bullet comments) with customizable style, speed, density, and display area. • Intuitive Controls, Play at Your Own Pace Supports 0.5x–4.0x playback speed control and long-press temporary speed boost. Drag the progress bar with real-time keyframe thumbnail previews, and use intuitive swipe gestures to fine-tune progress, brightness, and volume. Multitask seamlessly with Picture-in-Picture (PiP) and background audio playback, while protecting your personal media with a passcode privacy lock. • Beyond Video: Lossless Music & HD Photo Gallery Enjoy lossless audio formats including FLAC, APE, WAV, ALAC, and DSD right in the same library, complete with a dedicated playback queue, cover art display, and background listening. Smoothly browse high-resolution photos and original images with pinch-to-zoom detail enhancement and smart adjacent image prefetching. [Supported Features & Formats] - Media Servers & Network Protocols: Emby, Jellyfin, Plex, SMB, WebDAV, FTP, STRM - Cloud Drives: Baidu Netdisk, 123Pan, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Guangya Cloud - Video Formats: MKV, MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, FLV, RMVB, RM, TS, M2TS, MTS, WEBM, MPG, MPEG, VOB, OGV, 3GP, ASF, ISO, BDMV, VIDEO_TS, Apple ProRes, AV1, HEVC (H.265), VP9, H.264 (including Hi10P) - Audio Formats: FLAC, APE, WAV, ALAC, DSF, DFF, MP3, M4A, AAC, OGG, OPUS, AIFF, WMA, WV, MKA - Subtitles & Danmaku: SRT, ASS, SSA, SUP, PGS, VTT, TX3G, MOV_TEXT, Live AI Subtitles, Danmaku Display - Image Formats: JPG, JPEG, PNG, HEIC, HEIF, AVIF, WEBP, GIF, TIFF, BMP, RAW, DNG Privacy Policy: https://ddplayer.app/privacy/en/ Terms of Use: https://ddplayer.app/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ddPlayer at every 3 days against Dial Plate's every 10 months. ddPlayer also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (89% vs 75%). Dial Plate's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 16). 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 Plate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ddPlayer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ddPlayer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dial Plate has 96 ratings behind it against 16, 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 89% of ddPlayer's.
Dial Plate ships an update every 10 months, ddPlayer every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Dial Plate | ddPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (96 ratings) | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dominic Rodemer | 玉彬 董 |
Customer experience
Dial Plate
ddPlayer
In-app purchases
Dial Plate
- Theme Pack$2.99
ddPlayer
- ddPlayer PRO Monthly$0.991 Month
- ddPlayer PRO Yearly$3.991 Year
- ddPlayer PRO Lifetime$4.99








