Comparison

Dial Plate vs M3UHub

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Import M3U and TXT playlists
  • Supports web video playback
  • Plays M3U8 streams
  • No pre-loaded channels
  • Customizable viewing experience
Features
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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

Screenshots

Dial Plate4 screens
M3UHub2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: M3UHub at daily against Dial Plate's every 10 months. M3UHub also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 75%). Dial Plate's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dial Plate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and M3UHub sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dial Plate holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dial Plate has 96 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Dial Plate's written reviews are positive against 92% of M3UHub's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dial Plate ships an update every 10 months, M3UHub daily. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dial Plate versus M3UHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDial PlateM3UHub
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (96 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings96 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB4 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDominic Rodemer玲 张

Customer experience

Dial Plate

All ratings96 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews178 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral15.2%
Negative10.1%

M3UHub

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dial Plate

One-time1
  • Theme Pack$2.99
1 purchases

M3UHub

One-time1
  • M3UHub Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Dial Plate free?
Dial Plate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is M3UHub free?
M3UHub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dial Plate or M3UHub?
Dial Plate is rated higher. Dial Plate averages 4.7 out of 5 from 96 ratings, while M3UHub averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Dial Plate or M3UHub have ads?
Neither Dial Plate nor M3UHub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dial Plate or M3UHub?
Dial Plate ships an update every 10 months, and M3UHub daily. Most recently, Dial Plate was updated on November 13, 2026 and M3UHub on November 13, 2026.

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