Dial Plate vs M3UHub
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
M3UHub
This app allows users to play live TV streams by importing their own M3U or TXT playlists. It supports various video formats and web content, offering a customizable viewing experience without pre-loaded channels.
- Import M3U and TXT playlists
- Supports web video playback
- Plays M3U8 streams
- No pre-loaded channels
- Customizable viewing experience
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M3U播放器，不内置任何频道，需要导入自己有权使用的直播源 支持M3U，TXT，网页视频，M3U8
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dial Plate at 4.7 against M3UHub's 4.0. Dial Plate also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (95 vs 1). M3UHub's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 months). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. M3UHub sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dial Plate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dial Plate holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dial Plate has 95 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 67% of M3UHub's.
Dial Plate ships an update every 9 months, M3UHub every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dial Plate | M3UHub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (95 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Dominic Rodemer | 玲 张 |
Customer experience
Dial Plate
M3UHub
In-app purchases
Dial Plate
No in-app purchases
M3UHub
- M3UHub Pro$0.99
