Tone Dial vs EzBlock Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tone Dial
This app allows you to dial your iPhone contacts as DTMF tones through your iPhone's speaker. You can then use these tones with your landline phone to make calls. It offers features to adjust contact numbers for correct landline dialing, including international and area code formatting.
- Dial contacts as DTMF tones
- Use iPhone speaker with landline
- Adjust numbers for landline dialing
- Convert '+' to country exit codes
- Add/remove '1' for area codes
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Tone Dial is a simple app that dials your iPhone contacts as DTMF tones through the speaker of your iPhone so that you can call using your land line. Place the speaker of your iPhone next to the microphone of the land line phone and dial contacts from your iPhone on your land line. Tone Dial includes several options to "adjust" the numbers in your contacts to work correctly over the land line. For example it can convert numbers starting with "+" into country exit codes so that international calls can be made correctly. It also has options to add or remove "1" from numbers outside your local area code.
EzBlock Studio
This app enables beginners to program and control SunFounder Raspberry Pi robots using visual block-based coding or Python. It offers features like text-to-speech, camera recognition, and sensor control for interactive robot projects.
- Blockly & Python programming
- TTS, camera recognition, remote control
- Music/sound effects, sensor control
- Drag and drop interface
- Support for various SunFounder robots
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EzBlock Studio is an app for programming and controlling SunFounder Raspberry Pi robots, which allows beginners (students) to quickly get started with Raspberry Pi robot programming. It has built-in TTS, camera recognition, remote control, music/sound effects, and sensor control functions. For more information, refer to: ezblock3.rtfd.io. Features 1. Blockly & Python programming 2. Built-in TTS, camera recognition, remote control, music/sound effects, and sensor control functions. 3. Simply drag and drop and then check the effect immediately. 4. Support for SunFounder robots: PiCar-X, PiSloth, PiCrawler, PiArm, Pan-tilt HAT etc. 5. Ages: 7+ Required Devices 1. Raspberry Pi and Accessories 2. SunFounder Robot HAT or products with Robot HAT (Robot HAT online tutorials: robot-hat.rtfd.io) Steps to use 1. Download the Raspberry Pi OS with EzBlock Pre-installed image file here: http://ezblock.cc/download/v31.html. 2. Insert the card and Robot HAT to the Raspberry Pi and start it. 3. Open the downloaded app and select the correct Bluetooth to connect. 4. Configure Wi-Fi. 5. Start to write programs for Raspberry Pi. Tutorials & support Online tutorials: ezblock3.rtfd.io. Email: service@sunfounder.com
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Verdict
Tone Dial and EzBlock Studio both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of EzBlock Studio's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tone Dial's. EzBlock Studio also leads on ratings volume (22 vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Tone Dial against 3.7 for EzBlock Studio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EzBlock Studio has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Tone Dial's written reviews are positive against 91% of EzBlock Studio's.
Tone Dial ships an update every 4 months, EzBlock Studio every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tone Dial | EzBlock Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 3.7 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 90.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | River Rock Logic | Shenzhen Maker Stars Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Tone Dial
EzBlock Studio
Bugs and requests
Tone Dial
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
EzBlock Studio
Reported bugs
6 issues- Setup screen too high
- App cannot connect to WiFi
- Bluetooth pairing not working
- Confirmation code not sending
- Cannot input Raspberry Pi name
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- Play Store not supported on Windows 10 laptop
Requested features
3 requests- Install on Windows 10
- More warm functions
- Improve professional software
In-app purchases
Tone Dial
No in-app purchases
EzBlock Studio
No in-app purchases
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