Comparison

HamExam+ vs forge. Apologetics

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

Head to head
About

HamExam+

Prepare for your Amateur Radio license exams with practice tests. This app generates randomized multiple-choice questions for various license classes across multiple countries. Track your progress and share results with friends.

Highlights
  • Practice exams for Amateur Radio licenses
  • Multiple countries supported (USA, UK, AU, CA, DE, IT, NZ, ES, CH)
  • Randomized question generation
  • Unlimited practice exams
  • Answer checking
  • Results sharing
  • Multi-language support
Features
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The Original HamExam as an App! Since 2001 HamExam has been available for the PC to help prepare prospective Amateur Radio operators for their exams. Now HamExam is available as an App! The HamExam app generates practice exam papers for Amateur Radio Exams. Exams are available for the following countries using the appropriate package, available in the App or from the App Store: – USA: Technician, General and Extra – Australia: Foundation, Standard and Advanced – Canada: Basic and Advanced – Germany: Class E and Class A – Italy: Class A – New Zealand: General User Radio Licence – Spain: HAREC – Switzerland: CEPT and HB3 – UK: Foundation, Intermediate and Full Questions are pulled at random from question sets to create trial exam papers for prospective amateurs to practise answering multiple choice exam questions. If you are interested in Amateur Radio then HamExam is the best possible preparation for the exam! Share your results with your friends or your entire social network and compare - all direct from the App via Facebook, Twitter, email, SMS and much more! You can take an unlimited number of practice exams and check your answers when finished. Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Catalan. Want a feature to be added? Have any questions? Let me know at apps@sionnagh.com

About

forge. Apologetics

This app provides Christian apologetics training for individuals seeking deeper understanding and the ability to articulate their faith. It offers AI-powered assistance, simulated conversations, and structured learning paths on various worldviews and theological topics.

Highlights
  • AI-powered apologetics assistant
  • Simulated conversations with different worldviews
  • Structured learning paths on various topics
  • Daily focused training drills
  • In-depth theological and philosophical content
  • Progress tracking and streaks
Features
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Christian Apologetics for everyone! Whether you grew up in church, walked away from it, or never quite knew what you believed, forge. is built for the moment you stop wanting easy answers and start wanting real ones. The kind that hold up at 2am, in a hard conversation, or when someone you love hits you with a question you can't yet articulate. This isn't a Bible-trivia game or watered-down theology. forge. is a serious apologetics training app, designed for the way you actually live. WHAT'S INSIDE — forge. AI Your personal Christian apologetics assistant — available anytime, on anything. Ask about God, Jesus, the resurrection, Islam, atheism, science, morality, and the hard questions people actually throw at you. Built exclusively on vetted apologetics material, Church history, and orthodox theology. Benchmarked against VERITAS — IXI Academy's in-house standard for doctrinal fidelity, apologetic method, scriptural accuracy, and logical coherence. No secular bias. No hallucinations. Just clear, honest, evidence-based answers from a historic Christian perspective. Free users get 5 questions per month. Premium unlocks 200. — The Table Practice for real. Pull up a chair for a live, spoken conversation with someone from another worldview — an atheist, a Muslim, a Mormon, a Buddhist, and more. Choose your topic and how challenging you want it, then talk it out loud, in real time. When you're done, you'll get an honest Reflection: how you did, whether you actually moved your partner's thinking, and exactly where to grow next. This is where head-knowledge becomes the ability to speak. Available with Street Apologist or The Professor, both of which include everything in Premium. — Worldview Roadmaps Step-by-step paths through Atheism, Agnosticism, Islam, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Black Hebrew Israelites, Buddhism, Hinduism, Progressive Christianity, Critical Thinking & Fallacies, The Historical Jesus, Why We can Trust The Bible, Judaism, Scientology and the cultural conversations around Sexuality & Gender. Each one is built for both clarity and conversation — so you can think well and speak well. — Foundations Build a calm, strategic approach to every conversation. Learn the postures, the questions to ask, and the traps to avoid before you ever open your mouth. — God · Morality · Bible Strengthen the bedrock: who God is, why morality isn't just a feeling, and why the Bible isn't just an old book. The questions you were afraid to ask, answered without spin. — Daily Drills Short, focused training every day. Big enough to grow you. Small enough to fit between meetings. — Devotionals Daily readings that go past surface-level. Apologetic depth meets honest spiritual formation. — Hub Academy Go deeper. Philosophical foundations, the historical case for Jesus and the resurrection, manuscripts and archaeology, the canon question, the problem of evil, the big story of Scripture. The serious stuff, made readable. — XP, Streaks & Progress Sync Track your growth across devices. Build real momentum. Stay in long enough to actually change. — Smart Reminders Train when it works for you. Encouraging, not nagging — gentler if you've been away, never spammy. WHO IT'S FOR? — Christians who want a faith that thinks — Skeptics willing to take the questions seriously — Anyone tired of shallow takes on the deepest things in life forge. doesn't promise certainty in everything. It promises the tools to wrestle honestly — and the trust that the questions can take it. real faith. real answers. Start your roadmap today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.ixi.academy/privacypolicy

Screenshots

HamExam+4 screens
forge. Apologetics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: forge. Apologetics at 100% against HamExam+'s 33%. forge. Apologetics also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). HamExam+'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. HamExam+ sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and forge. Apologetics sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HamExam+ ships an update monthly, forge. Apologetics weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HamExam+ versus forge. Apologetics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHamExam+forge. Apologetics
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB181 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMichael ToddASHLEY DANIEL VAN DER WALT

Customer experience

HamExam+

Written reviews15 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative53.3%

forge. Apologetics

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

HamExam+

One-time9
  • HamExam Canada$2.99
  • HamExam Australia$2.99
  • HamExam Espanya$2.99
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  • HamExam New Zealand$2.99
  • HamExam Deutschland$2.99
  • HamExam USA$2.99
  • HamExam Schweiz$2.99
  • HamExam Italia$2.99
  • HamExam UK$2.99
3 purchases

forge. Apologetics

Subscriptions3
  • Premium$2.991 Month
  • Street Apologist$14.991 Month
  • The Professor$23.991 Month

Questions

Is HamExam+ free?
HamExam+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is forge. Apologetics free?
forge. Apologetics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HamExam+ or forge. Apologetics have ads?
forge. Apologetics shows ads; HamExam+ does not.
Which is updated more often, HamExam+ or forge. Apologetics?
HamExam+ ships an update monthly, and forge. Apologetics weekly. Most recently, HamExam+ was updated on October 24, 2026 and forge. Apologetics on October 25, 2026.

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