vintagePhone vs CloudpilotEmu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
vintagePhone
Experience the nostalgia of rotary dial phones with this app. It simulates the tactile experience of dialing numbers without buttons or touchscreens, encouraging thoughtful communication and memory recall. Enjoy sound effects and optional touch-tone dialing for convenience.
- Rotary dial simulation
- No buttons or touchscreen
- Think before you dial
- Nostalgia experience
- Sound effect volume control
- Optional touch-tone dialing
- Shake to delete numbers
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Remember the old school vintage phones with a real dial - yes no buttons and no touchscreen either! The time you need to dial a number was sometimes the time you thought of what exactly you want to say - or not to call the last digit after all. Helps to... ... make real calls the old way ... remember phone numbers by heart ... "think before talk" ... relive a bit of nostalgia Settings allow for volume control of sound effects, and for the hurried - a touch tone feature for faster dialing. Here you can also disable the shake control to delete numbers. The App is for FREE (supported by ads) - or pay a little and get rid of the ads - use the conveniently build in shop. Note: full functionality on iPhones only. iPod users still can place mock phone calls.
CloudpilotEmu
This application allows you to run classic PalmOS handheld devices on your modern iPhone or iPad. It emulates various devices and supports PalmOS versions up to 5, offering features like continuous state saves and file management.
- PalmOS handheld emulation
- Supports PalmOS 4.1 and 5
- Continuous state saves
- Savestate file import/export
- Manage .prc and .pdb files
- Emulated SD cards and memory sticks
- Audio emulation
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CloudpilotEmu runs PalmOS handhelds on modern devices. It emulates a wide range of devices up to PalmOS 4.1 and the Palm Tungsten E2 for PalmOS 5. Its features include: * Continuous state saves — reopen the app and continue right where you left off * Export and import of savestate files * Switch between multiple emulation sessions * Direct installation and export of .prc and .pdb files * Realistic emulation of timers and device speed * Emulated SD cards and memory sticks * File browser for managing memory cards * Audio emulation * Keyboard input on OS4 and earlier * Clipboard integration on OS4 and earlier * Network support (including network HotSync) on OS4 and earlier This app enables you to run CloudpilotEmu on your iPhone or iPad as a native app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CloudpilotEmu at 5.0 against vintagePhone's 4.2. CloudpilotEmu also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 28 months). vintagePhone's advantage is ratings volume (194 vs 20) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. vintagePhone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CloudpilotEmu asks for nothing beyond the download.
CloudpilotEmu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: vintagePhone has 194 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of vintagePhone's written reviews are positive against 100% of CloudpilotEmu's.
vintagePhone ships an update every 28 months, CloudpilotEmu every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | vintagePhone | CloudpilotEmu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (194 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 194 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patoing mobile media | Christian Speckner |
Customer experience
vintagePhone
CloudpilotEmu
Bugs and requests
vintagePhone
Reported bugs
3 issues- Contacts button crashes the app
- Dialing wrong numbers and takes to long get it wright!!!
- Lag making it impossible to dial a number
Requested features
6 requests- Address book
- Widescreen layout for iPad
- Dial tone
- Handset pick up sounds
- Ability to dial a number and add it to the address book
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- Recent calls history
CloudpilotEmu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
vintagePhone
- Remove Ads$1.99
CloudpilotEmu
No in-app purchases
Questions
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