ScopeClock vs myGMRS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScopeClock
This app provides essential astronomical data for setting up computerized telescopes. It displays local and UTC times, time zone information, daylight saving status, and geographical coordinates. It also includes sunrise, sunset, twilight, moonrise, moonset, and moon phase times, with a night vision mode for preserving sight.
- Local and UTC time/date
- Time zone and UTC offset
- Daylight savings information
- Geographical coordinates (latitude, longitude, altitude)
- Sunrise, sunset, and twilight times
- Moonrise, moonset, and moon phase
- Night vision mode
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ScopeClock puts every number you need to set up a computerized telescope on one handy display and helps you plan tonight's observing while you're at it. Can you always remember your UTC offset, or whether daylight saving time is in effect? ScopeClock can. Everything at a glance: • Night Dial — a 24-hour dial of daylight, twilight, darkness, and moon phase • Local time and date in 12- and 24-hour formats • UTC time, UTC offset, and daylight saving time status • Julian date and sidereal time • Sunrise and sunset, astronomical dawn and dusk • Time and duration of true darkness • Moon phase, moonrise, and moonset • Latitude, longitude, and altitude Widgets for your home screen and lock screen show the Night Dial, sunrise, sunset, darkness, and moon phase without opening the app. Night vision mode turns the display red, so checking your times never costs you your dark adaptation. ScopeClock works completely offline — out in the field you can still get everything you need!
myGMRS
Discover two-way radio repeaters in your local area for General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS). Coordinate your own repeaters, look up callsigns, and connect with other nearby users. A GMRS license from the FCC is required to access repeater information.
- Find GMRS repeaters
- Coordinate repeaters
- Lookup callsigns
- Find nearby users
- GMRS license verification
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Individuals can find two-way radio repeaters in the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) to use in their area, coordinate their repeaters, lookup callsigns, and find other nearby users. A free account is required to view the repeater information, which requires a GMRS license issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: myGMRS at Free against ScopeClock's $1.99. myGMRS also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 1). ScopeClock's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
myGMRS is free to download; ScopeClock costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ScopeClock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myGMRS has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of ScopeClock's written reviews are positive against 38% of myGMRS's.
ScopeClock ships an update every 35 months, myGMRS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScopeClock | myGMRS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.8 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ben Sinclair | RepeaterFinder, LLC |
Customer experience
ScopeClock
myGMRS
In-app purchases
ScopeClock
No in-app purchases
myGMRS
No in-app purchases
