Comparison

Balkan HAM Repeaters vs Ham Satting

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

Head to head
About

Balkan HAM Repeaters

Discover and test amateur radio repeaters, echolink nodes, and APRS digipeaters across several Balkan countries. Access repeater data even without an internet connection, with a pull-to-refresh feature for when you're back online.

Highlights
  • Browse amateur radio repeaters
  • Test radio nodes
  • View echolink nodes
  • Access APRS digipeaters
  • Offline data browsing
  • Pull-to-refresh functionality
Features
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Browse amateur radio (HAM) repeaters, test radio nodes, echolink nodes and APRS digipeaters. The app covers the following countries: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Croatia and Montenegro. In case you lose the internet connection, you can still browse repeaters' data, and pull-to-refresh when you are back online again. Repeaters information is currently retrieved from ham.pirot.org.

About

Ham Satting

Track amateur radio satellites in real-time, predict passes, and log QSOs. Features include live APRS mapping, AR tracking, and multi-satellite comparison. Offers a unique music broadcast service and SSTV decoding.

Highlights
  • Real-time satellite tracking
  • Pass predictions with quality indicators
  • Interactive footprint mapping
  • AR Tracking with device sensors
  • Multi-satellite tracking
  • SSTV Decoder
  • APRS Live Map Layer
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Track amateur radio satellites in real time, predict passes, log QSOs, hunt grid squares — with a live APRS map layer and the new Music Broadcast service. Built by a fellow ham (A41UX) — free of analytics, ads, and tracking. CORE FEATURES • Real-time tracking for FM/SSB linear birds (e.g. ISS, SO-50, etc.), digipeaters (e.g. GRBBeta, Foresail-1p, etc), SSTV + SSDV image birds (e.g. Lobachevsky, GEOSCAN 1-6 , etc.), Weather LRPT (Meteor-M N2-3 / N2-4), and Music Broadcast (e.g. BALKAN-1, Flamingo-1, etc) • Pass predictions with quality indicators (Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor), AOS / LOS, max elevation, duration, azimuth • Interactive footprint mapping with live position + great-circle bearing lines • Compass dialog with theme-aware export image and watermark • AR Tracking (iPhone / iPad) using device compass + accelerometer • Multi-satellite tracking and side-by-side pass comparison • Five-mode AR audio recording (iPhone / iPad): SSTV, SSDV, Digital, Weather, Music — Doppler-corrected RX labelling; consistent WAV naming NEW IN APRIL 2026 • Music Broadcast: 4 satellites transmit short music tones as an RF identifier instead of CW Morse — T.MicroSat-1 plays Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" on 401.025 MHz; BALKAN-1, Flamingo-1, OTP-2 use classical / video-game themes. RX-only on UHF 400-402 MHz; brown toggle on AR page records the pass. • Scheduled Service Events: register a temporary frequency override for SSTV, SSDV, Digital, or Weather (Meteor-M rotation, ARISS channel shifts, etc.) • APRS digipeater added on SONATE-2 (DP0SNX) and NO-44 (PCSAT, W3ADO-1) on 145.825 MHz simplex • IO-86 SSDV downlink added on 145.880 MHz • AMSAT Live Activity Indicator: every prediction card carries a 24-hour activity dot in AMSAT cell colors, sourced from the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status page. Tap for a 48-hour popup with individual reports per cell (callsign + grid + UTC slot), attribution, and a compact share-image. • 10 new satellites with permanent NORADs: TO-108, GRBBeta, Foresail-1p, Horizon, 239Alferov, Luca, BALKAN-1, Flamingo-1, OTP-2, T.MicroSat-1 • APRS Live Map Layer: read-only APRS-IS feed, age-fading trails, 40+ symbol mappings, SSID filters, heard-by via aprs.fi • SSTV Decoder: multi-mode (Robot 36, PD 120 / 180, Martin, Scottie, Wraase, AVT, etc.) • Q1 2026 batch: 8 new satellites added (HADES-SA, PARUS-T3, HYPERVIEW-1G, MAGNARO-II Piscis, ARICA-2, FSI-SAT2, ZERO-II, OrigamiSat-2) • UI: long sat names auto-fit at any Font Scale; filter pills always one row; (i) info icons; 125 in-app tips LOGGING + AWARDS + EXPORT • Full QSO logbook: callsign, grid, mode, freq (TX / RX), satellite, RST, distance, bearing • Grid Hunters VUCC tracking with worked-grids map + great-circle paths from QTH • Per-QSO QSL card export — themed PNG ready to share or print • Export to ADIF (LoTW / TQSL), JSON, or CSV • Maidenhead 4 / 6 / 8-character grids • DXCC + VUCC dashboards, distance + bearing stats, worked-by-band charts • Calendar integration; smart pass notifications with min-elevation filter TECHNICAL • Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac (Apple Silicon + Intel). AR Tracking and live audio recording are iPhone / iPad features; pass prediction, logging, exports, mapping, and the AMSAT indicator run on every Apple device. • N2YO API for orbital data (free key required for non-ISS satellites) • Cached satellite catalogue works offline • Privacy-first: data stays on device, no analytics SDKs, no advertising IDs, no tracking. APRS-IS, N2YO, AMSAT Live OSCAR Status, and the optional aprs.fi REST are the only network calls PERFECT FOR • Amateur radio operators pursuing satellite communications • AMSAT members and CubeSat / PocketQube enthusiasts • Contest participants and award hunters (DXCC, VUCC, satellite awards) • SDR listeners curious about Music Broadcast on 400-402 MHz 73 — A41UX (Unixeer, Oman)

Screenshots

Balkan HAM Repeaters2 screens
Ham Satting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Balkan HAM Repeaters at 50% against Ham Satting's 0%. Balkan HAM Repeaters also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Ham Satting's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 21 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Balkan HAM Repeaters holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Balkan HAM Repeaters's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ham Satting's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Balkan HAM Repeaters ships an update every 21 months, Ham Satting weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Balkan HAM Repeaters versus Ham Satting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBalkan HAM RepeatersHam Satting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikola MladenovicYousif AL Balushi

Customer experience

Balkan HAM Repeaters

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Ham Satting

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Balkan HAM Repeaters

No in-app purchases

None

Ham Satting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Balkan HAM Repeaters free?
Balkan HAM Repeaters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ham Satting free?
Ham Satting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Balkan HAM Repeaters or Ham Satting?
Balkan HAM Repeaters is rated higher. Balkan HAM Repeaters averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Ham Satting averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Balkan HAM Repeaters or Ham Satting have ads?
Neither Balkan HAM Repeaters nor Ham Satting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Balkan HAM Repeaters or Ham Satting?
Balkan HAM Repeaters ships an update every 21 months, and Ham Satting weekly. Most recently, Balkan HAM Repeaters was updated on October 10, 2026 and Ham Satting on October 30, 2026.

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