Comparison

9 Dial vs Mailbox

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

Head to head
About

9 Dial

This app enhances your dialing experience with rapid contact search, customizable keypads, and one-tap messaging to popular platforms. It offers speed dial with contact photos and color-coded labels for quick access. Enjoy a seamless and personalized way to connect with your contacts.

Highlights
  • T9 contact search with smart filtering
  • Customizable dual-language keypad
  • Speed dial with contact photos
  • One-tap messaging to multiple platforms
  • Color-coded contact labels
  • Call and message log integration
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Dial Smarter, Faster, Your Way. T9 Dialer reimagines the classic dialing experience with blazing-fast contact search, powerful speed dial, and full multi-language keypad support. Whether you speak English, Arabic, Hindi, or any language - customize your keypad layout and colors to match your needs and style. Long-press any key to launch speed dial with contact photos. Assign colors to contact labels for a visual boost. Why You’ll Love It: - T9 contact search with smart filtering. - Dual-language keypad customization. - Dual-language full keyboard. - Dual-language vocal coantact finder. - Speed dial with images and initials. - Instantly contact anyone on WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Messages, or FaceTime with a single tap - even numbers not saved in your contacts. - Call and message log for fast re-engagement: jump back to your last conversation or call on any platform with one tap. - Color-coded contact labels. - Clean, modern SwiftUI design. - Smooth performance on all devices - Set T9 Dialer as your default calling app and place calls directly, seamlessly integrating with your device. - Has full Apple Watch support! No more endless scrolling. Just tap, search, and contact - exactly how you want.

About

Mailbox

Features
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Downloaded your email archive as an .mbox file and can't open it on your iPhone? Mailbox opens MBOX mailboxes — like a Google Takeout mail export — so you can read the messages and save their attachments, right on your iPhone. Choose the .mbox file in the Files app. Mailbox lists every message with its subject, sender, date and attachment count; tap one to read it. • EVERY MESSAGE IN A LIST — subject, sender, date and a paperclip count for messages with attachments. • READ THE MESSAGE — From, To, Date and Subject plus the message text. HTML emails are shown as clean readable text, and you can select and copy text. • ATTACHMENTS — see each attachment's name, type and size, and save it to Files with one tap. • REAL-WORLD MAIL FORMATS — multipart messages, nested parts, base64 and quoted-printable encoding, encoded subject lines and mboxrd-escaped lines are decoded. • SINGLE EMAILS TOO — open an .eml file to read one message on its own. Honest scope: Mailbox is a read-only viewer. There is no search, sorting or reply, and HTML emails are shown as text without images or formatting. Every message in the file is listed, and large archives of several GB open too: the mailbox is read from storage one message at a time instead of being loaded whole. Text in older encodings such as ISO-2022-JP, Shift_JIS or ISO-8859-1 is decoded using the character set the message declares. Your mailbox is read on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. Reading messages is free and unlimited. Saving attachments includes 3 free exports; a one-time $4.99 purchase unlocks unlimited attachment exports. No subscription, no ads. Questions: overlapmarr@gmail.com

Screenshots

9 Dial4 screens
Mailbox3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 9 Dial at none against Mailbox's 1. 9 Dial also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Mailbox's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Mailbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 9 Dial asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

9 Dial ships an update every 2 days, Mailbox every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
9 Dial versus Mailbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter9 DialMailbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoshe RosenthalJhomar Maravillas

In-app purchases

None

9 Dial

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Mailbox

One-time1
  • Unlock Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is 9 Dial free?
9 Dial is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mailbox free?
Mailbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 9 Dial or Mailbox have ads?
Neither 9 Dial nor Mailbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 9 Dial or Mailbox?
9 Dial ships an update every 2 days, and Mailbox every 5 days. Most recently, 9 Dial was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mailbox on October 24, 2026.

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