DTMF Dial vs MSR Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DTMF Dial
This utility allows you to dial phone numbers from your iPhone contacts on landline or pay phones. Simply select a contact, hold your device near the mouthpiece, and initiate the call.
- Dial iPhone contacts on landlines
- Edit numbers before dialing
- Adjust dialing speed
- Works with pay-phones
- Uses device's speaker for dialing
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Do you often find yourself looking up a contact on your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch and then dialing the number by hand on another phone? Operator lets you conveniently dial phone numbers in your iPhone contacts on landline phones and pay-phones. Just fire up Operator, select a number from your address book, lift the receiver, hold your iOS device near the mouthpiece and hit the Dial button! You can even edit the number before dialing it, in case you need to change a prefix or add a suffix. You can also adjust the dialing speed via the Settings app.
MSR Control
Easily control magnetic stripe card reader/writers with your device. Read, write, erase, and copy data from magnetic stripe cards. Supports various models and brands, with data import/export capabilities.
- Read magnetic stripe card data
- Write data to magnetic stripe cards
- Copy card data
- Erase tracks on cards
- Import/export data files
- Support for various card reader models
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MSR Control: X6 Bluetooth is a companion app for compatible Bluetooth MSR card reader/writer and magnetic-stripe encoder hardware. Use your iPhone or iPad to read, write, encode, erase, copy, import, and export magnetic stripe card data with X6, MSRX6BT, BTMSR, and related devices. Compatible models include X6, MSR X6, MSRX6, MSRX6BT, and BTMSR. Compatible brands include Deftun, Misiri, Tnaive, PosTech, and PosUniTech. Key features: • Connect to compatible Bluetooth MSR hardware. • Read data from magnetic stripe cards. • Write and encode data to magnetic stripe cards. • Copy one card’s data to multiple cards. • Erase selected tracks on magnetic stripe cards. • Read multiple cards into a data file. • Write multiple cards from a data file. • Import and export data files through iCloud or local folders. • Support ISO data format, 210 BPI, 75 BPI, Hi-Co/Lo-Co workflows, and leading-zero settings. The app is designed for use with compatible external Bluetooth MSR hardware. Please use it only with cards and data you are authorized to manage. This app uses Apple’s standard Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MSR Control at 3.5 against DTMF Dial's 1.0. MSR Control also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (53 vs 5). DTMF Dial's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (43% vs 11%). 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. MSR Control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. DTMF Dial asks for nothing beyond the download.
MSR Control holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MSR Control has 53 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of DTMF Dial's written reviews are positive against 11% of MSR Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DTMF Dial ships an update every 27 months, MSR Control every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DTMF Dial | MSR Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (5 ratings) | 3.5 (53 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 53 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iPhonso GmbH | TCool LTD. |
Customer experience
DTMF Dial
MSR Control
In-app purchases
DTMF Dial
No in-app purchases
MSR Control
- Monthly EasyMSR Membership3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- EasyMSR - 1-year Membership7 Days trial$19.991 Year









