Comparison

Chirp Smart Home Sensor vs Ham Logging

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

Head to head
About

Chirp Smart Home Sensor

This app enables remote monitoring of aging adults through unobtrusive smart home sensors. It tracks mobility, detects visitors, and alerts to emergency events, offering peace of mind without compromising privacy.

Highlights
  • Remote well-being monitoring
  • Mobility tracking
  • Visitor detection
  • Emergency event detection
  • Privacy-focused design
  • Peace of mind for caregivers
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The Chirp app allows you to setup and monitor Chirp Smart Home Sensors. Chirp allows you to remotely monitor the well-being of aging adults. It’s unobtrusive and low-effort for the care recipient and tracks their mobility, detects visitors, and looks for emergency events such as calls for help. Monitor your loved one without sacrificing their privacy. Enjoy the peace of mind Chirp has to offer.

About

Ham Logging

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Ham Logging is a QSO logbook for amateur radio operators: one log on your phone that stays in step with the services you use — LoTW, eQSL, Club Log, QRZ.com Logbook, HRDLog.net / Ham365, HamQTH, CloudLog, Wavelog, QRZCQ, cqGMA and DxQSO. KEY FEATURES • 15 logging services: 11 take your contacts straight from the app, and POTA, SOTA, WWFF and ARRL Contest get a ready-made file • LoTW from your phone: your contacts signed with your own callsign certificate, exactly as TQSL signs them • Auto Sync, if you turn it on: new contacts and edits go to your services a few minutes after you log them • Every contact looked up by itself — QRZ.com, then HamQTH for what QRZ leaves empty — after you log, import or download it: names, grids and zones filled in • Full ADIF 3.1.8 import and export, and CSV and JSON backups of every field • Rover Mode: large-target, voice-dictated callsign entry for mobile operating • Rig control (Experimental): the log follows your radio's frequency and mode, over the network or Bluetooth • POTA, SOTA, WWFF, GMA and contest fields; spot yourself to POTA, WWFF, GMA and a DX cluster • QSL card export: a themed card with your comment, ready to share • Monthly and yearly statistics with shareable images PROPAGATION AND MAP • World map with great-circle lines to every worked station, and worked grids as squares • Gray line with an aurora layer (NOAA OVATION), 24-hour MUF prediction and band openings • PSK Reporter and WSPR paths, live solar data and band-by-band DX potential • One Spots tab — DX cluster, POTA and contests — and a live APRS layer PRIVACY FIRST • No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking • Your log stays on your phone and goes only to the services you set up — when you tap Sync, or by itself with Auto Sync • Microphone: only for Rover Mode dictation, handled by the system's speech engine, never recorded or sent • Local network: only to reach your own Wavelog or CloudLog server, or your radio through rigctld • Bluetooth: only to talk to your radio DARK MODE AND ACCESSIBILITY • Theme-aware throughout, a font-scale slider, and Tips & Tricks you can switch off Built by Yousuf AL Balushi (A41UX) — Unixeer — for the amateur radio community.

Screenshots

Chirp Smart Home Sensor2 screens
Ham Logging4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ham Logging at every 4 days against Chirp Smart Home Sensor's every 6 weeks. Chirp Smart Home Sensor's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chirp Smart Home Sensor ships an update every 6 weeks, Ham Logging every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Chirp Smart Home Sensor versus Ham Logging: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChirp Smart Home SensorHam Logging
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChirp IncYousif AL Balushi

In-app purchases

None

Chirp Smart Home Sensor

No in-app purchases

None

Ham Logging

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chirp Smart Home Sensor free?
Chirp Smart Home Sensor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ham Logging free?
Ham Logging is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chirp Smart Home Sensor or Ham Logging have ads?
Neither Chirp Smart Home Sensor nor Ham Logging shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chirp Smart Home Sensor or Ham Logging?
Chirp Smart Home Sensor ships an update every 6 weeks, and Ham Logging every 4 days. Most recently, Chirp Smart Home Sensor was updated on October 14, 2026 and Ham Logging on October 31, 2026.

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