# Ham Listening — World Radio via KiwiSDR > World Radio via KiwiSDR (iPhone/iPad app by Yousif AL Balushi.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ham-listening/id6795265050 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Yousif AL Balushi](https://appshunter.io/developer/1855752610) - Category: Utilities, Music - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 22 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-06 - Data updated: 2026-09-10 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ham-listening/id6795265050/reviews.md ## What is Ham Listening? Ham Listening turns your phone into a window on the world's radio. Browse hundreds of public KiwiSDR receivers around the globe and tune the shortwave and amateur bands live — no radio, no antenna and no licence required. LISTEN ANYWHERE • Browse hundreds of public KiwiSDR receivers hosted by operators worldwide • Pick a receiver by country, then by source — or let "Best available" jump to the strongest open one • Receivers near your grid are sorted first once you enter your locator • Hear CW, SSB and distant broadcasters, and find out how the bands really sound from another continent • A bundled receiver list means the picker still works when the live directory is having a bad day TUNE LIKE A RADIO • A live waterfall with a fixed centre cursor — drag the waterfall under it to tune, pinch to zoom, tap to jump • AM, LSB, USB, CW and NFM demodulation, each with the right passband applied for you • A band-plan overlay showing what each part of the band is for, in IARU Region 1, 2 or 3 • An S-meter and a live audio-FFT spectrum for receivers that offer no wideband waterfall • Save frequency marks and jump straight back to them • Direct frequency entry, step keys and adjustable volume BUILT TO KEEP PLAYING • Audio keeps running when you switch apps or lock the screen • Reconnects gracefully on its own when a stream drops • Works over Wi-Fi or mobile data, and runs on modest data using compressed audio • Remembers the receiver, frequency and mode you were last on • Light and dark themes, adjustable font size, weekly tips and in-app version history • No account, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics and no tracking PERFECT FOR • Shortwave listeners and DXers with no antenna space • Licensed operators checking how their band sounds from the other side of the world • Anyone curious about radio who does not own a receiver • Travellers, apartment dwellers and anyone in a high-noise location • Teachers and clubs demonstrating HF propagation live PRIVACY • Your callsign, grid and email are stored only on your device. • No account, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics SDKs, no advertising ID and no tracking of any kind. 73 de A41UX Yousuf AL Balushi — Unixeer, Oman ## Version history (last 2 releases) ### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-31 Four new waterfall colour themes A user wrote in asking for a waterfall that was easier on the eyes, and he was right — the choice was too narrow. There are now eight: - Spectrum — the classic receiver look he asked for: a deep navy field, signals going white-hot, and the strongest peaks breaking into amber and orange. - Inferno — black through purple to orange and pale yellow, spaced so that faint detail near the noise floor stays visible instead of disappearing into one flat colour. - Ice — teal and cyan with no warm colours at all. The calmest of the eight for a long listening session. - Copper — warm, with no blue in it anywhere. Blue light is what makes a bright waterfall tiring, so this one is for late evenings. Every theme now has its own light-mode and dark-mode version, so the waterfall suits whichever app theme you are using rather than looking washed out in one of them. 73 de A41UX ### 1.0.0 — 2026-08-06 No release notes. ## More apps by Yousif AL Balushi - [Ham Satting](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ham-satting/id6755707916) - [Ham Logging](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ham-logging/id6772468054) - [Ham Learning](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ham-learning/id6782169770) - [Ham Gaming](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ham-gaming/id6782177779) - [Ham Imaging](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ham-imaging/id6795150999) - [Ham Engineering](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ham-engineering/id6795236723) All apps by Yousif AL Balushi: https://appshunter.io/developer/1855752610 ## Related topics [dxlens](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/dxlens) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-10.*