Phonal Tonal vs UniMic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phonal Tonal
Explore the history of phone phreaking with this app. It generates classic phone tones like Blue Box and Red Box for nostalgic, fun, or educational experiences. Discover a variety of tones used in the past.
- Generates historical phone tones
- Includes Blue Box, Red Box, Green Box tones
- Supports Special Information Tones
- DTMF tone generation
- Nostalgic and educational purposes
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Back in the day, phreaks had phun on the phone, using colored boxes to get free phone calls. Of course, none of those tricks work anymore. Phonal Tonal generates a variety of phone tones for nostalgia, fun, and educational purposes. Blue Box, Red Box, Green Box, Special Information Tones, DTMF, and more.
UniMic
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UniMic turns your iPhone into a wireless microphone for your computer, letting you capture audio from your phone and stream it directly to a receiver on your desktop or laptop over your local network. You can enter your computer’s IP address and port, choose your preferred input source, and start sending live microphone audio from your phone, making UniMic useful for recording, voice chat, streaming, presentations, and other situations where you want to use your phone as a microphone for your computer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: UniMic at Free against Phonal Tonal's $0.99. UniMic also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). Phonal Tonal's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
UniMic is free to download; Phonal Tonal costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Phonal Tonal ships an update every 11 months, UniMic every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phonal Tonal | UniMic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kelvin Sherlock | Matthew Dovi |
In-app purchases
Phonal Tonal
No in-app purchases
UniMic
No in-app purchases
