RBN View vs SWLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RBN View
Access and analyze historical Reverse Beacon Network data on your iPhone. View detailed spot information, sort by various criteria, and export data to CSV for spreadsheet analysis. This app focuses on archived data, not real-time streams.
- View past Reverse Beacon Network data
- Download data by date
- Sort data by Beacon, hour, DX station, or band
- View detailed spotted data
- Export data to CSV format
- Save data to iCloud or email attachment
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View past ReverseBeaconNetwork data on your iPhone. Reverse beacon network has accumulated so many data, too many so you cannot display even one day data which exceeds 65k lines as this is usually limit of most of spread sheet application. You can download data by choosing date (possibly major contest weekend), back to main screen you can see list of date of data already downloaded on device. Choose one of these then next screen shows the list of beacon station with number of spot on chosen date. You can sort these data by Beacon(Spotter) station (default), by clock hour (GMT), by DX station, or by bands. Choose one of these sorted data and you can see detailed spotted data as a list on next screen. You can also export these data into cvs format into your iCloud or send an email attachment which now contains less than 65,000 lines of data so easily read in your spreadsheet application (e.g. Excel, Libre Office, Numbers, etc) As this app reads lots of data, it takes some time to navigate next screen or sorting data. Performance will be improved in next version of release and/or by device upgrade. This app only shows archived data, not real time stream.
SWLog
Log amateur radio QSOs and broadcast transmissions on your mobile device. Supports QRZ lookups and various broadcast schedule queries for station identification. Features GPS integration and local log browsing, with the ability to upload to a main logging program.
- Log amateur radio QSOs
- Log broadcast transmissions
- QRZ lookups
- Broadcast schedule lookups
- GPS integration
- Upload logs to main program
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SWLog is a mobile companion application to the full SWLog suite or logging and radio control applications. SWLog allows amateur radio and broadcast (shortwave, AM/FM, and utility) transmissions to be logged locally and later uploaded to the main logging program. QRZ can be used for lookups for amateur radio logs. For broadcast logs, various program schedules from ADDX, AOKI, EIBI, FCC, HFCC, ILGRadio, and SWSkeds are queried to aid in identifying the station. Features of this app include: * Download a preset list of locations, radios, and broadcast program schedules * Add an amateur radio QSO * Supports QRZ lookups * Monitor POTA spots * Add a POTA spot * Add a broadcast log * Supports lookups to various program schedules * GPS integration including calculating the current grid square to 10 characters * View/Browse locally added logs * Upload logs to the main logging program
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SWLog at fortnightly against RBN View's every 25 months. RBN View's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 25%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.1). 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.
RBN View ships an update every 25 months, SWLog fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RBN View | SWLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 305 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kazunori Watanabe | Robert Sillett |
Customer experience
RBN View
SWLog
In-app purchases
RBN View
No in-app purchases
SWLog
No in-app purchases
