Hey DAN (formerly Dial vs Fancy Hands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hey DAN (formerly Dial
This app allows sales professionals to dictate CRM updates, meeting notes, and expenses directly into their system, saving significant administrative time. It also features business card scanning to manage contacts, enhancing productivity and mobility.
- Dictate CRM updates
- Analyze meeting notes
- Enter expenses
- Scan business cards
- Create/update contacts
- Assign follow-up tasks
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Hey DAN (formerly Dial-A-Note) is the premiere Voice to CRM solution. Join the 10,000+ sales people who save 5+ hours/week on CRM admin time! Increase your productivity and mobility by dictating your CRM updates directly into the app and Hey DAN enters the information directly into the respective fields within your CRM. Hey DAN has effectively combined the latest technology and human expertise to bring you the most accurate and easy-to-use CRM note entry solution on the market. Reduce your time spent on administrative tasks with Hey DAN: • Speak your meeting notes and Hey DAN will analyze, enter them, assign a follow up task and/or update profiles. • Dictated expenses and Hey DAN will enter them into the expense management system of your choice. • Snap pictures of business cards and Hey DAN will create new contacts or update existing ones. Learn more at www.heydan.ai
Fancy Hands
Access a team of human assistants to complete tasks for you. Submit requests, track progress, and communicate with your assistant directly through the app. Leverage a blend of human intelligence, AI, and automation to boost your productivity.
- Submit new requests
- Check up on old requests
- Message your assistant
- View call and email activity
- View attachments
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Fancy Hands is a personal assistant service. We've got a team of assistants ready to work for you today. Just tell us what to do and we'll have an actual human get it done for you. We've blended humans, artificial intelligence, and automation to ensure you're as productive as possible. This app has been rewritten from the ground up. It allows you to submit new requests, check up on old ones, message your assistant, see call and email activity, view attachments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hey DAN (formerly Dial at 95% against Fancy Hands's 19%. Hey DAN (formerly Dial also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 15 months). Fancy Hands's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Hey DAN (formerly Dial holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hey DAN (formerly Dial has 182 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Hey DAN (formerly Dial's written reviews are positive against 19% of Fancy Hands's.
Hey DAN (formerly Dial ships an update every 3 weeks, Fancy Hands every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hey DAN (formerly Dial | Fancy Hands |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (182 ratings) — better | 3.3 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better | 19.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 182 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 525 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Civicom, Inc. | Fancy Hands, Inc. |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Hey DAN (formerly Dial
No in-app purchases
Fancy Hands
No in-app purchases
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