Comparison

Tone Dial vs NetSupport Manager Control

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

NetSupport Manager Control

Access and manage remote computers from your iOS device. View, chat, and control PCs with full remote capabilities, including hardware inventory and secure encryption. Ideal for IT professionals needing on-the-go support.

Highlights
  • Remote control (view, share, control)
  • Text chat and messaging
  • Thumbnail view of connected clients
  • Hardware inventory reports
  • PIN Connect for instant user location
  • Secure encryption options
  • Multi-monitor support
Features
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The NetSupport Manager Control for iOS provides mobile remote control for existing NetSupport Manager remote control users remotely from any iPad, iPhone or iPod. The mobile Control allows a user to quickly search and connect to both local computers by either IP address or PC name, or to browse, connect and view remote computers utilizing the free NetSupport Manager Internet Gateway component. The NetSupport Manager Control provides full remote control, chat and message capabilities of any remote PC running an existing NetSupport Manager Client (version 11.04 or later). KEY FEATURES: Browse your local network or an established NetSupport Internet Gateway to find remote NetSupport Manager Clients. PIN Connect feature allows a technician to instantly locate a user anywhere across the enterprise simply by both parties entering a unique PIN code. Thumbnail view of each connected Client device. See a list of previously connected Clients for instant ongoing connectivity. ‘Recently Connected’ list provides quick access to the most recently viewed Clients. Remote Control – Watch (view only), Share (both parties can view and interact) or Control (remote screen and keyboard are locked) any NetSupport Manager-enabled remote PC. View the remote PC using pinch, pan and zoom to highlight key screen information. Toggle between ‘touch’ and ‘cursor/mouse pointer’ mode if more accuracy is required when controlling a remote Client machine. Adjust color depth during remote control sessions from full color, to 256, 16 or just 2 colors when reading remote documents. Conduct a text chat session with the remote user. Send a message to the remote user with an optional time-out facility. Ideal for alerting your users of impending server or email maintenance. Generate a full hardware inventory report for a remote device on demand. Includes powerful compression to minimize data usage. Use 64, 128 or 256-bit encryption for each session. Multi-monitor support. Utilize unique security keys to ensure your copy of NetSupport Manager is only accessible to your users. One-click send Ctrl+Alt+Delete for remote login or PC management. GETTING STARTED 1) Install this free NetSupport Manager Control app on your Apple iOS device. 2) If you are new to NetSupport Manager, you will need to download and install the NetSupport Manager Client software on each of the computers that you want to remote control. Visit the NetSupport Manager website for download instructions. 3) Wirelessly connect your device to the same network as the client computers (or for anywhere access, install the free NetSupport Gateway, designed to support this scenario. Refer to the NetSupport Manager website for help configuring the Gateway). 4) From the NetSupport Manager Control browse and find your Clients. 5) Select a Client and choose to View, Chat or send a Message.

Screenshots

Tone Dial4 screens
NetSupport Manager Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tone Dial at 3.7 against NetSupport Manager Control's 3.5. NetSupport Manager Control's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.3 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tone Dial holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Tone Dial's written reviews are positive against 74% of NetSupport Manager Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tone Dial ships an update every 4 months, NetSupport Manager Control every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tone Dial versus NetSupport Manager Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTone DialNetSupport Manager Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews73.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRiver Rock LogicNetSupport Ltd

Customer experience

Tone Dial

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

NetSupport Manager Control

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative23.7%

In-app purchases

None

Tone Dial

No in-app purchases

None

NetSupport Manager Control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tone Dial free?
Tone Dial is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NetSupport Manager Control free?
NetSupport Manager Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tone Dial or NetSupport Manager Control?
Tone Dial is rated higher. Tone Dial averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while NetSupport Manager Control averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Tone Dial or NetSupport Manager Control have ads?
Neither Tone Dial nor NetSupport Manager Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tone Dial or NetSupport Manager Control?
Tone Dial ships an update every 4 months, and NetSupport Manager Control every 2 months. Most recently, Tone Dial was updated on June 5, 2026 and NetSupport Manager Control on June 10, 2026.

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