GPS Systems vs Bandline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
GPS Systems
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GPS Systems is a top-of-the-line automated real-time GPS tracking system. Innovative CLOUD technology, adaptable to iOS mobile devices, with which you have control over vehicles and their drivers from anywhere in the world.
Bandline
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Heard a signal you can't identify? Bandline narrows 520 known signals down to a handful โ from what you can actually measure. Enter a frequency, hold your phone to the receiver, or match a waterfall shape by eye. Everything works offline, in the field, with no account and no connection. โ THREE WAYS IN โ BY FREQUENCY Type any frequency and see the full allocation stack: primary and secondary service, national applications, footnotes, licence class and power limits. Then see which known signals actually live in that band, ranked by how commonly they're heard. BY EAR (the interesting one) Hold your phone near the receiver's speaker, or plug in a line-in cable. Bandline records a short sample and measures: - occupied bandwidth (โ26 dB) - autocorrelation peaks (ACF, in milliseconds) - tone count and tone spacing for MFSK - estimated symbol rate - burst length, duty cycle, on/off periodicity - modulation class (AM, FM, SSB, PSK, FSK, OFDM-like) Each measurement becomes a filter. The candidate list narrows as you go โ 520, then 12, then 3. Drop a chip if a reading looks off. Every measurement shows a confidence indicator, because measuring through a phone mic is honest work but not laboratory work. BY SHAPE Browse a visual grid of reference waterfalls, filtered by band and category. You already know what CODAR and STANAG look like โ this is faster than reading a list. โ SIGNAL CARDS โ Name and aliases, category, active status, frequency ranges, modulation, bandwidth, ACF, symbol rate and mode. A reference waterfall you can pinch-zoom and compare side by side with your own capture on a matched frequency axis. A playable audio sample with a live spectrogram. Protocol notes and links to specifications and decoder software. โ ALLOCATIONS โ Switzerland, Germany, France, the UK and the USA at launch, from official national tables and the European ECA/EFIS data. IARU amateur band plans included. Auto-detects your region, or set it manually. โ BUILT FOR FIELD USE โ Fully offline once your library is downloaded. Dark theme with an optional red night mode. Monospace numerics throughout. Density over whitespace โ the numbers stay on screen. โ WHAT THIS ISN'T โ Bandline is an instrument and a reference, not a receiver. It does not connect to SDR hardware; it works alongside whatever radio you already own. It identifies signal types, never message content. No decryption, no descrambling, no guidance on intercepting protected communications โ by design, permanently. โ PRO โ One-time purchase, no subscription, ever. Removes ads, unlocks all offline packs, plus unlimited saved captures, waterfall export and a private custom signal library. Signal reference informed by the community work at sigidwiki.com. Corrections welcome from every card.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: GPS Systems at 3 against Bandline's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | GPS Systems | Bandline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 43 months | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 โ better | 16.4 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GPS SYSTEMS BULGARIA | Magic Solutions Gmbh |
In-app purchases
GPS Systems
No in-app purchases
Bandline
No in-app purchases









