Comparison

SmartSDR™ vs aegiss

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

Head to head
About

SmartSDR™

Control your FlexRadio SDR device from your iPad or iPhone. Access nearly all features of the desktop client, including digital modes, signal analysis, and remote operation via SmartLink. Requires compatible FlexRadio hardware.

Highlights
  • FT8 and FT4 support
  • SSTV TX and RX
  • APRS TX and RX
  • CW Decoder and keyer
  • Weather Fax decoder
  • Slice and Panadapter management
  • SmartLink remote access
Features
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The Official FlexRadio Systems® Client for iPhone and iPad. Your FLEX-6000, FLEX-8000 or Aurora radio, at home over Wi-Fi or from anywhere with SmartLink™. Made by a ham, for hams, with personal support included. Works with any radio firmware: SmartSDR v1, v2, v3 and v4, including the newest release. WORKS WITH ■ FLEX-6300, FLEX-6400, FLEX-6400M, FLEX-6500, FLEX-6600, FLEX-6600M, FLEX-6700 ■ FLEX-8400, FLEX-8400M, FLEX-8600, FLEX-8600M ■ AU-510, AU-510M, AU-520, AU-520M (Aurora) OPERATE ■ Panadapter and waterfall with band plan, DX Cluster, POTA and FT8 spots ■ Slices, filters, TNFs, memories, profiles (TX, microphone, global), transverters, equalizers ■ SmartLink™ remote access, MultiFlex™, SmartControl, APD / SmartSignal™ ■ CWX with side tone and live sending, software paddle and straight key ■ Compact floating panels: CWX, Tune Stack, macros, Command Bar, DTMF, RIT / XIT ■ Firmware Update of your radio, right from the app ■ Your iPhone or iPad as microphone and speaker; the radio keeps playing in the background ■ Ready for iPhone Duo, iPad split screen and Apple Vision Pro MODES ■ FT8-Improved with AutoAnswer and AutoCQ, the classic FT8 and the FT8 Skimmer ■ JS8 keyboard chat ■ CW with decoder, keyer, ESM and CW keyboard ■ Speech: incoming voice transcribed and translated, your typed text sent as speech ■ SSTV, HF-Fax, APRS and WSPR FT8-Improved, JS8, Speech and WSPR need iOS 26. TOOLS ■ Logbook with ADIF import and export, shared via iCloud with SDR-Control, FT-Control, TS-Control and K4-Control, on iPhone, iPad and Mac ■ DX Cluster, POTA, PSK Reporter, Call Lookup, Band Plan, Network Stats ■ 4O3A Genius devices (Power, Tuner, Antenna and Rotator Genius), Ultra Beam antennas ■ HomeKit: switch your radio, antenna switches and other devices ■ Controllers: MIDI, CTR2, HaliKey, Pryme, Flic, PowerMate MADE BY A HAM Made by Marcus, DL8MRE, who has been developing apps for Apple devices since 2009 and uses this app every day in his own shack. Personal online support and a detailed manual are included. Updates with new modes and features are free: no subscription, no in-app purchases. WHAT YOU NEED ■ One of the radios above, on your network ■ An iPhone or iPad with iOS 18 or later ■ For SmartLink™: a radio set up for SmartLink (SmartSDR v2 or later) Manual: https://go-to.me/smartsdr-manual More apps: https://ham-radio-apps.com

About

aegiss

Features
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Aegis reads your phone and tells you, in plain words, what it leaves open. Not a checklist of generic advice. The actual state of this device, right now, in a sentence that names what is true: "Anyone can open this phone right now." "The screen never locks itself." "Missing 7 months of security patches." "This network has no password, so nothing is protected." Most people have never seen any of that written down about their own phone. HOW IT WORKS Run a check. You get a score and a short list of what is wrong, worst first. Tap anything on that list and Aegis explains why it matters, then takes you straight to the exact system settings screen that fixes it. Come back and it re-checks itself. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Nothing leaves the device. There is no server, no account, no analytics and no advertising. An app that reads your security posture and then uploaded it would be the exact thing it warns you about. Nothing is guessed. When iOS refuses to disclose a signal, and it often does, deliberately, that check is reported as unreadable and drops out of your score instead of being assumed. The number is built only from things that were actually measured. It cannot change anything. Every fix is you, in your own settings. Aegis holds no permission to alter your device, and it tells you so on the first screen, before you have given it anything. Questions iOS will not answer are asked out loud. iOS will not tell an app whether Stolen Device Protection is switched on. So Aegis asks you, remembers the answer for 90 days, then asks again, because a phone configured correctly last year is not evidence about the phone today. WHAT IT LOOKS AT Whether your phone can be opened by anyone right now. Whether the screen locks itself, and how long it waits. Whether Face ID or Touch ID is actually enrolled. Whether you are still getting security fixes for your version of iOS. Signs the device has been jailbroken or tampered with. Whether your screen is being recorded or mirrored. Whether a VPN is carrying your traffic. And the settings iOS keeps to itself, which it asks you about directly. Every check is listed in the app, in the open, under Settings. An app that will not say what it looks at is asking for trust it has not earned. CHECK SOMEONE ELSE'S PHONE You can send a check request to someone who would never install a security app on their own. They see the thing you sent them before they see any kind of pitch. No account. No subscription. No network access. Works offline.

Screenshots

SmartSDR™4 screens
aegiss3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: aegiss at Free against SmartSDR™'s $79.99. aegiss also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). 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

aegiss is free to download; SmartSDR™ costs $79.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SmartSDR™ versus aegiss: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartSDR™aegiss
Price$79.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (132 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings132 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcus RoskoschAHMED ALGHAFRI

In-app purchases

None

SmartSDR™

No in-app purchases

None

aegiss

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartSDR™ free?
SmartSDR™ costs $79.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is aegiss free?
aegiss is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SmartSDR™ or aegiss have ads?
Neither SmartSDR™ nor aegiss shows ads.

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