Comparison

RST Scope vs Pips!

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

Head to head
About

RST Scope

This utility app provides spectrum scope and waterfall displays for amateur radio operators. It enhances radios lacking these features by analyzing microphone input, allowing for clear distinction of Morse code and detailed audio frequency visualization.

Highlights
  • Spectrum scope and waterfall display
  • Morse code distinction via FFT
  • Adjustable waterfall speed
  • Adjustable audio input level
  • Switchable display band (wide/narrow)
  • Display pause function
  • Recording and playback of input sound
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This is an app for amateur radio operators with a narrow band of audio frequency, spectrum scope & waterfall display. You can get a rich display by microphone inputting the speaker output of a radio that does not have a spectrum scope or waterfall function. The FFT allows you to distinguish between the dot and dash of Morse code. [function] 1. Ability to change the speed of the waterfall 2. Ability to adjust the level of audio input 3. Function to switch the display band between wide and narrow 4. Display pause function (pause / cancel by touching the screen) 5. Function to switch the cross hatch ON / OFF by longTap 6. Frequency resolution is fixed at 40Hz. 7. Function to switch the USB/LSB by Left/Right Swipe 8.Recording/Playback function of Input Sound RST Scope(Free) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s9RvOFp52g

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

RST Scope3 screens
Pips!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RST Scope at none against Pips!'s 1. RST Scope also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 25 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). Pips!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. RST Scope asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RST Scope against 5.0 for Pips!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RST Scope ships an update every 3 days, Pips! every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
RST Scope versus Pips!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRST ScopePips!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 25 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkoji kamogawaJason Thompson

Customer experience

RST Scope

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

Pips!

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

In-app purchases

None

RST Scope

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pips!

One-time1
  • Tip Jar$4.99

Questions

Is RST Scope free?
RST Scope 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, RST Scope or Pips!?
RST Scope and Pips! are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do RST Scope or Pips! have ads?
RST Scope shows ads; Pips! does not.
Which is updated more often, RST Scope or Pips!?
RST Scope ships an update every 3 days, and Pips! every 25 months. Most recently, RST Scope was updated on August 22, 2026 and Pips! on June 8, 2026.

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