Dialer vs Smart Dial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dialer
This app generates DTMF tones for interacting with landline phone systems and other devices that use these tones. It allows users to play tones directly from their device's speaker and offers features like saving favorite sequences.
- Generate DTMF tones
- Use with POTS and landline phones
- Save favorite tone sequences
- Adjustable volume
- Unlock expanded DTMF tones (Pro)
- Unlimited favorites (Pro)
- Customize tone and pause length (Pro)
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Dialer works with any Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) that accepts Dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) tones such as a standard landline phone system. To use Dialer, you hold your phone's speaker up to a telephone handset or microphone and play the tone by pressing a button or by selecting one of your saved favorites. Store up to five favorites in the free version for easy dialing, such as calling cards, teleconference numbers, or complicated phone tree's. Commas act as pauses during the dialing tone sequence to allow time for prompts and other delays. Simply hold up your iPhone speaker to the landline telephone's microphone or handset and press dial. Some other devices also use DTMF tones to configure, Dialer is great for these as well. Volume is controlled by your devices volume buttons, so you can easily turn it up or down for just the right volume of your tones. Unlock Dialer Pro features such as unlimited favorites, and the ability to set the dial tone length and pause length (for commas). **Please note that some Voice over IP (VOIP) systems can have trouble recognizing the tones, for those systems try a longer key press allowing enough time for the system to register the tone. Purchase the optional upgrade to unlock these features: - Dial with precision: Unlock the power of four additional expanded DTMF tones – A, B, C, and D. Whether you're interacting with automated systems, entering passwords, or accessing exclusive services, Dialer Pro has got you covered. - Save your favorites effortlessly: With Dialer Pro, you can save an unlimited number of favorites directly from the main dialer screen, ensuring quick and easy access whenever you need it. - Customize your dialing experience: Take control over tone length and pause time when dialing your favorites. Tailor your settings to match your unique requirements, ensuring seamless compatibility with any phone system. ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES: Dialer is now fully accessible with comprehensive VoiceOver support: • Complete screen reader compatibility for blind and visually impaired users • Custom accessibility actions for DTMF tone testing via swipe gestures • Configurable VoiceOver delay timing for optimal audio experience • Clear button labels and navigation hints throughout the app • Accessible favorites management and editing Download Dialer today and make your dialing experience smarter, faster, and more enjoyable.
Smart Dial
This app offers a faster way to make calls using a T9 dial pad or a speed dial grid. It allows for smart contact searching, group messaging, and call blocking. Additional features include automatic contact image fetching and customizable dialer tones.
- Smart T9 contact search
- Customizable speed dial grid
- Contact grouping for mass messaging
- Incoming call blocking
- Automatic contact image fetching
- Swipe to call/message
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Smart Dial is the fastest and easiest way to call your contacts from an attractive and easy to use Speed Dial grid or a T9 Dial Pad. There are 5 main features of Smart Dial which you will love: * Smart Dial: Call your friends and loved ones by typing in their name on the dial pad and the app will refine them for you. For example, to call "John", just type in "5646" and the app will refine the results for you as you type in. * Speed Dial: Add your frequent contacts to the list with a big, attractive and a simple to use grid of 12 contacts and that's it. Now you can add as many as 12 pages and add 12 contacts in each of them. You can single tap on their name to call directly, or long press on them to send message, WhatsApp, FaceTime Audio or Video. * Groups: Add unlimited contacts to unlimited groups, example Work, Family and Friends. Use groups to send message and e-mail to all of them with a single click. * Call Blocking: Block an incoming call directly from within the app. * Find mobile cellular network information accurate for 170+ countries Some other cool features: --- Images fetched automatically for contacts if they exist in the phone book --- Swipe to call or message your contacts --- Fast algorithm to refine your phone book as you type in the dial pad --- Change the name, number or put your own custom picture for the contact --- Lightweight and super fast --- Gradient rings and DTMF tones available for customisation --- Planned upgrades and continuous support. We'd love to hear how you feel about the app. Get in touch with us at: email : contact@falconsolutions.co Facebook: http://facebook.com/falconsolutions/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/FalconSolCo Keywords: smart dial,insta call,speed dial,icaller,free smart dial, dial+,quick dial free,speed dial free,dialer,t9 dial,t9,quick dial,ios dial,quick dial,dial pad Information about the auto-renewable nature of the subscription *You can unlock above premium features by getting a monthly subscription. When you subscribe to the chosen service, you will get unlimited access to all of that feature. - Subscription period is 1 month. Every duration month your subscription renews. Prices: $4.99 per month (Price varies depending on location) - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. - You can cancel your subscription via this url http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 - Terms & condition: https://falconsolutions.co/terms - Privacy Policy: https://falconsolutions.co/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dialer at 4.2 against Smart Dial's 3.3. Dialer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (57% vs 48%). Smart Dial's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Dialer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Smart Dial sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dialer holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Dialer's written reviews are positive against 48% of Smart Dial's.
Dialer ships an update every 5 months, Smart Dial every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dialer | Smart Dial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (37 ratings) — better | 3.3 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 47.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emmanuel Tsouris | Aditya Neelkanth |
Customer experience
Dialer
Smart Dial
In-app purchases
Dialer
- Pro Upgrade$4.99
Smart Dial
- All in One Super Saver3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Unlock Page 2 and Page 3$0.99
- Unlock Page 4 and Page 5$0.99
- Unlock Page 8 and Page 9$0.99
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- Remove Ads$1.99
- Groups$1.99
- Speed Dial Icon Shape$1.99
- Themes & Skins$2.99
- All-in-One Super Saver$4.99
- Unlock all features$6.99









