Tone Dial vs UTM Remote Virtual Machines
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.
UTM Remote Virtual Machines
Access and control your virtual machines from your iOS device. Stream Windows, Ubuntu, and other operating systems running on your Mac remotely. This app requires UTM for Mac to function.
- Stream virtual machines remotely
- Supports Windows, Ubuntu, and more
- Control VMs from iOS device
- Requires UTM for Mac
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Run Windows®, Ubuntu®, and other operating systems remotely from your Mac running UTM UTM Remote allows you to stream your virtual machines from your Mac to your iOS device. Requires UTM for Mac to use.
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Verdict
Tone Dial and UTM Remote Virtual Machines both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Tone Dial's written reviews are positive against 38% of UTM Remote Virtual Machines's. UTM Remote Virtual Machines's advantage is ratings volume (51 vs 3). 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 UTM Remote Virtual Machines. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UTM Remote Virtual Machines has 51 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 38% of UTM Remote Virtual Machines's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tone Dial | UTM Remote Virtual Machines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 3.7 (51 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 37.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 365 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | River Rock Logic | Turing Software, LLC |
Customer experience
Tone Dial
UTM Remote Virtual Machines
In-app purchases
Tone Dial
No in-app purchases
UTM Remote Virtual Machines
No in-app purchases
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