Tone Dial vs Key
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.
Key
This application uses your device's microphone to capture and decode dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signals in real-time. It displays the decoded numbers instantly on your screen, making it a useful tool for professionals and tech enthusiasts.
- Real-time DTMF signal decoding
- Uses device microphone
- Displays decoded numbers instantly
- Suitable for professionals
- Useful for tech enthusiasts
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Key-Tone-Decoder: Real-Time DTMF Signal Decoder Dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signaling is a telecommunication system that facilitates communication between telephone equipment, other devices, and switching centers using voice-frequency tones over telephone lines. Key-Tone-Decoder leverages your iPhone's microphone to capture these DTMF signals, instantly decoding them and displaying the decoded numbers on your screen in real-time. Perfect for professionals and tech enthusiasts, Key-Tone-Decoder makes it easy to decode DTMF signals right from your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tone Dial at 67% against Key's 0%. Tone Dial also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (3.7 vs 1.0). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Tone Dial is free to download; Key costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tone Dial holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Tone Dial's written reviews are positive against 0% of Key's.
| Parameter | Tone Dial | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | River Rock Logic | NANO ELECTRONICS RESEARCH MUHENDISLIK ARASTIRMA GELISTIRME LIMITED SIRKETI |
Customer experience
Tone Dial
Key
In-app purchases
Tone Dial
No in-app purchases
Key
No in-app purchases
