Comparison

CloudLogOffline vs Pips!

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

Head to head
About

CloudLogOffline

This app serves as a portable logbook for HAM radio operators, allowing them to record QSOs even without an internet connection. Logs can be uploaded to a self-hosted Cloudlog instance once connectivity is restored. It supports API uploads, QRZ.com queries, and integration with Flrig for radio interaction.

Highlights
  • Offline QSO logging
  • Upload to Cloudlog instance
  • QRZ.com query support
  • Flrig integration
  • Set CQ QRG
  • Live and post QSOs
Features
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CloudLogOffline is an app interface for Cloudlog the cloud logbook for HAM radio OMs and YLs by 2M0SQL et al. The main purpose of CloudLogOffline is the portable operating mode, where no Wifi or 3G/LTE is availabe, e.g. SOTA, IOTA, WWFF, POTA or COTA. The logs can be stored in the app and when back to an internet connection, the log can be uploaded to a selfhosted Cloudlog instance. Currently CloudLogOffline supports following features: - Upload to Cloudlog via API - Query QRZ.com (if 3G/LTE is available) - Connect to Flrig by W1HKJ which e.g. runs on a Raspberry Pi which is connected to the radio and opens a Wifi to interact with CloudLogOffline - Set a CQ QRG if Flrig is not available - Live and post QSOs - Many more

About

Pips!

Generate custom tone sequences for time synchronization, inspired by global broadcast signals. Control frequency, duration, and volume to create unique 'pips' for personal or professional use. Includes presets from international broadcasters.

Highlights
  • Build custom pip sequences
  • Control frequency, duration, and volume
  • Use built-in presets
  • Recreate historical time signals
  • Generate new tone combinations
Features
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Pips is a tone sequence generator inspired by the alluring & mysterious Greenwich Time Signal and its countless friends broadcast around the world. Both amateur and professional pip connoisseurs have the power to recreate time signals of yore or innovate new combinations of boops that will delight the world's radio lovers and keep things in sync. Become time by becoming boop. This is your goal. Features! - Build a sequence of one or more custom pips and play them through your device. - Control the frequency, duration, and volume of your pips so people of all ages can keep their clocks on time. - Use our built in presets to kickstart your new pip-filled existence. Includes time signals used by international broadcasters like the BBC & CBC as well as time stations like NIST's WWV. Pips will give you the power to tame time by delineating it in your own personal style. Synchronize yourself, your family, your life. You control time now. Congratulations.

Screenshots

CloudLogOffline4 screens
Pips!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pips! at 5.0 against CloudLogOffline's 3.0. CloudLogOffline's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 25 months). On price, ads 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. Pips! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CloudLogOffline asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pips! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CloudLogOffline ships an update every 6 weeks, Pips! every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CloudLogOffline versus Pips!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudLogOfflinePips!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeutscher Amateur-Radio-Club e. V.Jason Thompson

Customer experience

CloudLogOffline

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

Pips!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CloudLogOffline

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pips!

One-time1
  • Tip Jar$4.99

Questions

Is CloudLogOffline free?
CloudLogOffline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pips! free?
Pips! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CloudLogOffline or Pips!?
Pips! is rated higher. CloudLogOffline averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Pips! averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CloudLogOffline or Pips! have ads?
Neither CloudLogOffline nor Pips! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CloudLogOffline or Pips!?
CloudLogOffline ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pips! every 25 months. Most recently, CloudLogOffline was updated on August 18, 2026 and Pips! on June 8, 2026.

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