Faraday Test vs AntScope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Faraday Test
Test the signal blocking capabilities of Faraday bags and enclosures. This utility app verifies complete signal transmission blockage for Wi-Fi and cellular signals, generating a detailed report of the results.
- Test Wi-Fi signal blocking
- Test cellular signal blocking
- Verify complete signal blockage
- Generate test reports
- Assess Faraday bag effectiveness
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This app is designed to test the signal blocking strength of Mission Darkness faraday bags and enclosures. It allows the user to perform a test with wifi and cell signals to determine whether the faraday enclosure completely blocks signal transmission. A report is generated with the results.
AntScope
Connect your RigExpert antenna analyzer to your smartphone for detailed antenna system analysis. Visualize SWR and Smith charts, and view all parameters in one place.
- Connects to RigExpert analyzers via BLE
- SWR chart visualization
- Smith chart visualization
- All parameters mode
- Supports RigExpert Stick 230 BLE
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AntScope for iOS is a software designed to connect the RigExpert antenna analyzers with BLE option to Apple smartphones. This software allows to get information about your antenna system and visualize that information: - SWR chart (standing wave ratio) - Smith chart - All parameters mode Supported analyzers: - RigExpert Stick 230 - RigExpert Stick 230 BLE
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AntScope at every 2 months against Faraday Test's every 10 months. AntScope also leads on ratings volume (52 vs 11). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.3 for Faraday Test against 2.3 for AntScope. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 52 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of Faraday Test's written reviews are positive against 23% of AntScope's.
Faraday Test ships an update every 10 months, AntScope every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Faraday Test | AntScope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (11 ratings) — better | 2.3 (52 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.9% of reviews — better | 22.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merakai, LLC | Rig Expert Ukraine Ltd. |
Customer experience
Faraday Test
AntScope
In-app purchases
Faraday Test
No in-app purchases
AntScope
No in-app purchases
