Digital TV Antennas vs Antenna Pointer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digital TV Antennas
Locate nearby digital TV towers and determine the correct bearing to point your antenna for optimal reception. Supports numerous countries and can filter stations by reach in the US.
- Discover nearby digital TV towers
- Find antenna bearing
- Supports multiple countries
- Filter stations by reach (US)
- Useful for RVs and camping
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This application helps you discover digital TV towers close to you and it helps you find the bearing from your location so that you can point you antenna. This app finds nearby antennas using a list of antennas broadcasting digital TV over-the-air (OTA) in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Portugal, Japan, Belgium, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Colombia and Uruguay. In the US it can also display the FCC calculated broadcast area over the map and filter out stations that are out of reach. Specially useful when you are camping in your camper van, rv, motorhome, so you can get the best TV reception wherever you are. Sources: USA stations were retrieved from FCC's CDBS database. Brazilian stations were retrieved from Anatel. Argentina ones were retrieved from TDA home page. UK Freeview transmitter locations were retrieved from http://www.ukfree.tv. Canadian stations were retrieved from Industry Canada. Australian station info was downloaded from http://data.gov.au/dataset/licensed-broadcasting-transmitter-data. Transmitters for Ireland (Saorview) come from https://www.saorview.ie/
Antenna Pointer
This map application allows users to draw markers, lines, and sectors directly onto maps. It is primarily designed to assist with the installation and validation of sector antennas for LTE, WiFi, and other technologies.
- Draw markers on map
- Draw lines on map
- Draw sectors on map
- Import GPX files
- Validate antenna installations
- Assist with sector antenna setup
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Antenna Pointer is a map app with possibility to draw markers, lines, sectors and GPX files on it. The app was design mainly to use as a tool which will help to properly install sector antennas (LTE, WiFi and other) but it can be also use to validate existing installations. If something in app is not clear - please send me e-mail - I will try to explain everything... Subscription pricing and terms: Antenna Pointer offers ads-free and limit free version available as an auto-renewable subscription for $9.99 per year. Price may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: http://www.mge.net.pl/antennapointer_privacy_policy.html Terms of use: http://www.mge.net.pl/antennapointer_eula.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Digital TV Antennas at 4.3 against Antenna Pointer's 2.8. Digital TV Antennas also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Antenna Pointer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Digital TV Antennas asks for nothing beyond the download.
Digital TV Antennas holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Digital TV Antennas's written reviews are positive against 50% of Antenna Pointer's.
Digital TV Antennas ships an update fortnightly, Antenna Pointer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digital TV Antennas | Antenna Pointer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | 2.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Juan Nicolas Lichtmaier | Maciej Grzegorczyk |
Customer experience
Digital TV Antennas
Antenna Pointer
In-app purchases
Digital TV Antennas
No in-app purchases
Antenna Pointer
- Remove ads and limits$9.991 Year
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