Comparison

Selcall Selective Calling Tone vs Talking Counter

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

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About

Selcall Selective Calling Tone

Generate various selective calling tones for communication. Choose from over 20 tone types, queue multiple tones for burst transmission, and customize tone durations and gaps. Store frequently used sequences for quick access.

Highlights
  • Over 20 tone types
  • Tone queuing and burst transmission
  • Customizable tone duration and gap
  • Memory for storing tone sequences
  • CTCSS continuous tone generation
  • CODAN mode for priority calls
Features
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SelCall generates Selective Calling Tones. Select your tone type from the extensive selection of available modes, then touch the button for each tone you wish to send. You can even queue up tones and have them sent in a burst, if you wish. The following tone types can be generated: DTMF CCIR1 CCIR7 PCCIR EIA EEA CCITT EURO NATEL VDEW MODAT ZVEI1 ZVEI2 ZVEI3 PZVEI DZVEI PDZVEI ICAO ICAO SELCALL 32 CTCSS CODAN Touch the button on the upper right corner to get a list of SelCall tone modes, and select the mode you wish to use. Then touch the button for each tone you wish to generate. If you turn the switch off, you can queue up several tones (they will be displayed to the left of the switch) and then turn the switch back on to play them. Any tones that you played by turning the switch on can be repeated by tapping the RPT/Repeat button. You can also store commonly used tone sequences. Tap on the Mem button to bring of the list of memory entries, which will by empty at first. To add an entry, tap the Edit button, then the green plus sign to add an entry, which will get a default name of Untitled. Tap Done, then tap on the Untitled entry to edit it. You can change the name, as well as the tone keys to be sent. To send an entry, tap the send button. It will be sent (or stored in the buffer if the switch is off). It will also be placed in the repeat buffer, so you can tap RPT/Repeat to re-send it. The duration of tones and gap between them can be customized for most modes. Enter the values in milliseconds. The maximum allowed values are 500 milliseconds. In CTCSS mode, touch the button for the tone that you wish to continuously generate. There is a switch which turns the tone on and off, and when on, the tone will continuously play, even when you switch to another tone mode, so you can combine CTCSS with other tone modes. In CODAN mode, adjust the center frequency if necessary, select the priority of the message, and dial in the ID to call, and your ID. Then tap Send. Sequence mode allows you to create sequences of arbitrary tones. First, you will see a list of your sequences. You can use Edit to add additional sequences, delete a sequence, or re-arrange them. Three sample tone sequences are created for you, as examples. To rename a sequence, tap on it and edit the text. To edit to send a sequence, tap on the disclosure indicator at the extreme right. Each sequence is a set of lines, each of which has two numbers. The first is the frequency of the tone in Hertz, the second is the duration of the tone in milliseconds. One second is 1,000 milliseconds. Do not put an additional space between the numbers, after them, before them, or use any other characters, or the sequence will not correctly play. You can play two tones at the same time, in that case, three numbers must be entered on each line, the first two are the tone frequencies, the third is the duration. The first sample sequence, Seq 1, sends eight tones. The first is 1200 Hz for 550 milliseconds, then there are six more tones: 1100, 1000, 1100, 1000, 1100, 1000 Hz, each 200 milliseconds. Then a final tone of 1500 Hz for 350 milliseconds. To play a sequence, tap Send. To edit a line, tap on it and edit the text. You need a single space between the frequency and length. You can use Edit to add additional lines, delete a line, or re-arrange them.

About

Talking Counter

This app offers versatile counting solutions with multiple input methods, including gestures, sound, and proximity sensors. It supports various international languages for counting and includes timer functions for countdowns. Ideal for exercises, cooking, or learning new languages.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based counting (tap, pinch, swipe)
  • Sound detection counting
  • Proximity sensor counting (iPhone only)
  • Countdown and count-up timers
  • Multilingual voice output
  • Adjustable counting steps
Features
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Simple and powerful, Count in different ways, Talking in many international languages. This App includes: 1)13 gesture talking counters 2)one talking counter by sound detection 3)one talking counter by proximity sensor detection (only available for iPhone) 4)every minute count down talking counter. 5)every minute count up talking counter. 6)every second count down talking counter. 7)every second count up talking counter. In many situations, we need to count one by one. two by two or three by three. For example, we exercise in the work out room, we cook in our kitchen, we do our experiments in the laboratory, we study in the classroom. With the help of this App, we could count easily. If we travel to other countries, we have to learn to count in some international language. With the help of this App, we could learn to count in new language quickly. If we have the event to do after several minutes, we could use the timer counter to count down by talking. Also we could select the talking unit between the second unit and the minute unit. Some times, we like to tap our screen to count. Some times, we like to use other gestures to count such as pinch, double tap or swipe. Sometimes, we like to count when we are acting or walking, in this case, we could use the proximity sensor detection in this App to count. (Proximity sensor is only available in iPhone) Sometimes, we like to count when our iOS devices are two meters away from us, in this case, we could use the sound detection in this App. The gesture could be : 1 Single Tap 2 Double Tap 3 Pinch 4 Rotation 5 Pan 6 Long Press 7 Swipe Up 8 Swipe Down 9 Swipe Left 10 Swipe Right 11 Swipe Up or Swipe Down 12 Swipe Left or Swipe Right 13 Swipe Up or Down or Left or Right The default talking language in this App is US English. But we could select the following languages from the setting view: 1 Thai 2 Portuguese BR 3 Slovak 4 French CA 5 Romanian 6 Norwegian 7 (fi-FI) Finnish 8 (pl-PL) Polish 9 (de-DE) German 10 (nl-NL) Netherlands 11 (id-ID) Indonesian 12 (tr-TR) Turkish 13 (it-IT) Italian 14 (pt-PT) Portuguese 15 (fr-FR) French FR 15 (ru-RU) Russian 16 (es-MX) Spanish MX 17 (zh-HK) Chinese HK 18 (sv-SE) Salvador SE 19 (hu-HU) Hungarian 20 (zh-TW) Chinese TW 21 (es-ES) Spanish ES 22 (zh-CN) Chinese CN 23 (nl-BE) Dutch BE 24 (en-GB) English GB 25 (ar-SA) Argentina SA 26 (ko-KR) Korean 27 (cs-CZ) Czech 28 (en-ZA) English ZA 29 (en-AU) English AU 30 (da-DK) Danish DK 31 (en-US) English US 32 (en-IE) English IE 33 (hi-IN) Hindi IN 34 (el-GR) Greek GR 35 (ja-JP) Japanese The default counting step is One, but we could update the step to other numbers such as 2,3,4,5. In the timer counter, we could select to count up or count down. In the proximity sensor counter, we just cover the left top of the iPhone for one seconds or two seconds, the iPhone will talk the counting. In the sound detection counter, we need to update the sound pitch level in order to make our sound be detected by the device. If we enable to talk when counting, this App will start detecting for the next count only after the talking for the first counting is finished.If we disable the talking, this App will start detecting for the next count about one second later after the first counting is finished. This edition could talk to the upcoming phone call with the phone. The iOS version should be 13.0 or newer. 1: accept the coming phone call, 2: when this App start talking, the other could hear the talking of this app from his or her phone. This feature is not available for sound counter. Question:How to make the counting down job for gesture, sound or proximity counting? Answer: In the setting view, make the steps of counting less than zero. The same for the counter in watch. Question:How to start the counting job from the number different from zero? Answer: in iOS, set the reset value. For watch, set the clear value in the setting view, tap reset button in the main view.

Screenshots

Selcall Selective Calling Tone4 screens
Talking Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Talking Counter at 5.0 against Selcall Selective Calling Tone's 3.2. Talking Counter also leads on price ($0.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (10.1 vs 12.0). Selcall Selective Calling Tone's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 33%) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Selcall Selective Calling Tone costs $2.99 and Talking Counter $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Talking Counter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Selcall Selective Calling Tone has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Selcall Selective Calling Tone's written reviews are positive against 33% of Talking Counter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Selcall Selective Calling Tone ships an update every 4 months, Talking Counter every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Selcall Selective Calling Tone versus Talking Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelcall Selective Calling ToneTalking Counter
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Rating3.2 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.010.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlack Cat Systems方 沈

Customer experience

Selcall Selective Calling Tone

All ratings14 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative35.7%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral13.2%
Negative36.8%

Talking Counter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Selcall Selective Calling Tone

No in-app purchases

None

Talking Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Selcall Selective Calling Tone free?
Selcall Selective Calling Tone costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Talking Counter free?
Talking Counter costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Selcall Selective Calling Tone or Talking Counter?
Talking Counter is rated higher. Selcall Selective Calling Tone averages 3.2 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Talking Counter averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Selcall Selective Calling Tone or Talking Counter have ads?
Neither Selcall Selective Calling Tone nor Talking Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Selcall Selective Calling Tone or Talking Counter?
Selcall Selective Calling Tone ships an update every 4 months, and Talking Counter every 2 months. Most recently, Selcall Selective Calling Tone was updated on August 25, 2026 and Talking Counter on August 27, 2026.

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