Comparison

Morse vs MorseCode

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

Head to head
About

Morse

Tap anywhere on the screen to send messages using Morse code. Your broadcasts are queued and visible to other users, with optional location sharing to indicate your region. A built-in cheat sheet aids new users.

Highlights
  • Tap anywhere to send Morse code
  • Real-time message broadcasting
  • Queued message delivery
  • Optional regional location sharing
  • Built-in Morse code cheat sheet
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From the maker of the world-famous CB app (http://appstore.com/cb), Morse is another addition to the collection of outstanding retro-communication apps! Morse is simple: the entire screen is your morse code key, so tap anywhere to start recording your message. You'll hear your tones as you tap (if you don't, turn up the volume!), and a red recording light will show in the upper right corner of the screen. When you're done with your message, just stop tapping, and the recording light will go off, and your broadcast will go out to all the other active users of the app! Broadcasts are queued and will come in one after another, so you don't have to worry about your message being lost when another person keys up. Also, if you've got your location services turned on, people receiving your broadcasts will see the region around where you're broadcasting from. They won't be able to zoom in and see your specific location, but it'll be enough to get the idea that they're hearing from Tokyo or Tacoma, Texarkana or Timbuktu. A basic morse code cheat sheet shows by default on the main screen, but you can turn that off with the flick of a switch if you're good enough not to need it!

About

MorseCode

Easily send secret messages using Morse code. Type your message and flash it with your phone's light or sound it out. Decode incoming Morse code messages with intuitive input methods.

Highlights
  • Type messages to convert to Morse code
  • Flash messages using phone light
  • Sound out Morse code messages
  • Decode incoming Morse code
  • Encode/decode messages with ciphers
  • Send messages via iMessage
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Imagine what you would have given, being able to send messages to your best friend, late on a summer night, just by being able to flash the message to them by typing it. Now imagine what would it be like if you could make it more secret by giving it a code that only they could decode. Now what would make it more amazing, then it being a code that your brother who has been spying on you could not break it and tease you about what you have been talking about late on those warm summer nights. Let's say you are sailing, and you want to warn other boats about high winds. You don't have a radio nor know any morse code, what if you didn't need to know morse code because all you do is type in a message and it is flashes the morse code for you to any boats that are passing by. Lets say you are at a concert and you want to send a message to the stage, unlike the other people who just turn their phone light on for the entire concert, You are typing messages and they are getting flashed to the lead singer. Let's say you...., again another possibility. What started off as just a toy. Is something more. Use, Explore it, have fun. When you type a message on the top text field, it immediately get turn into morse code in the field below it. You can flash the message using the light, or sound it out by playing it. You can also text the message using the Message button which will take you to the iMessage app to send this message, or can copy a iMessage text into the app. If you want to encode it, select the cipher button, there you can encode or decode a message. If somebody is flashing a morse code message, go into the more code screen, this is where you can tap out the message either using the classic morse code key, a key pad with dot, dash, space and word. Translate the message by going back to the main screen. If you want just think of it as a toy, however don't let that limit you and how you use it.

Screenshots

Morse2 screens
MorseCode3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Morse at Free against MorseCode's $1.99. Morse also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). MorseCode's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0). On 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

Morse is free to download; MorseCode costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MorseCode holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Morse versus MorseCode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMorseMorseCode
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequency—Every 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin CarrollJohn Clute

Customer experience

Morse

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

MorseCode

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Morse

No in-app purchases

None

MorseCode

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Morse free?
Morse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MorseCode free?
MorseCode costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Morse or MorseCode?
MorseCode is rated higher. Morse averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while MorseCode averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Morse or MorseCode have ads?
Neither Morse nor MorseCode shows ads.

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