Comparison

HFpager vs Pips!

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

Head to head
About

HFpager

This utility app enables the exchange of short text messages through audio and radio channels using IFSK modulation. It offers basic reception and transmission functions for free, with a subscription unlocking all features and removing ads.

Highlights
  • IFSK modulation for audio messaging
  • Send and receive short text messages
  • Utilizes audio and radio channels
  • Basic functions free
  • Subscription removes restrictions and ads
Read full description

The program is designed to generate and receive an audio signal using IFSK (Incremental Frequency Shift Keying) modulation. Used to exchange short text messages via any audio and / or radio channel. For a detailed description, see the project website https://nvis.club/hfproxys/hfpager/hf-pager Basic functions work without a subscription: reception / transmission. With a subscription, all restrictions are removed and there is no advertising. Privacy Policy and User Agreement: https://ildd.ru/bi/hfpager/hfpager_politica/

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

HFpager4 screens
Pips!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pips! at 5.0 against HFpager's 3.0. Pips! also leads on ads (none vs shown). HFpager's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 25 months) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. HFpager sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year and Pips! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

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 — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HFpager ships an update every 3 months, Pips! every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HFpager versus Pips!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHFpagerPips!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 25 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitry LikhtarovJason Thompson

Customer experience

HFpager

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral28.6%
Negative0.0%

Pips!

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HFpager

Subscriptions1
  • Подписка 12 месяцев7 Days trial$9.991 Year
1 purchases

Pips!

One-time1
  • Tip Jar$4.99

Questions

Is HFpager free?
HFpager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pips! free?
Pips! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HFpager or Pips!?
Pips! is rated higher. HFpager averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Pips! averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HFpager or Pips! have ads?
HFpager shows ads; Pips! does not.
Which is updated more often, HFpager or Pips!?
HFpager ships an update every 3 months, and Pips! every 25 months. Most recently, HFpager was updated on June 4, 2026 and Pips! on June 8, 2026.

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