AntScope vs RF Calculators
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
RF Calculators
This application provides a comprehensive suite of tools for radio frequency (RF) calculations. It includes various attenuator calculators, unit converters, RF propagation tools, and other specialized RF calculators for engineers and hobbyists.
- Attenuator calculators (Pi, Tee, Balanced, etc.)
- Unit converters (dBm to Watt, Watt to dBm)
- RF propagation tools (Link Budget, Antenna Down Tilt)
- Specialized RF calculators (Coax, MicroStrip, VSWR)
- Extensive list of RF calculation functions
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Do all your RF calculations using this application. Here is a list of some of the calculators in this app: Attenuator Calculators - Pi Attenuator Calculator - Tee Attenuator Calculator - Balanced Attenuator Calculator - Bridged Tee Attenuator Calculator - Reflection Attenuator Calculator Unit Converters - dBm To Watt Calculator - Watt To dBm Calculator RF Propagation - Link Budget Calculator - Antenna Down Tilt Calculator - Down Tilt Coverage Radius Other RF Calculators - Coax Calculator - MicroStrip Calculator - Cascaded Noise Figure Calculator - Resonant Frequency Calculator - Skin Depth Calculator - VSWR Calculator - Reflection Coefficient Calculator - Capacitive Reactance and Admittance Calculator - Free Space Path Loss - Inductive Reactance and Admittance Calculator - Microstrip Patch Antenna Calculator - Wavelength Calculator - RF Power Density and many more...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RF Calculators at 3.0 against AntScope's 2.3. RF Calculators also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (33% vs 23%). AntScope's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (52 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
RF Calculators holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AntScope has 52 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of AntScope's written reviews are positive against 33% of RF Calculators's.
AntScope ships an update every 2 months, RF Calculators every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AntScope | RF Calculators |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (52 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.5% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rig Expert Ukraine Ltd. | everything RF LLP |
Customer experience
AntScope
RF Calculators
In-app purchases
AntScope
No in-app purchases
RF Calculators
No in-app purchases
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