Comparison

My Guitars vs Heard

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

Head to head
About

My Guitars

Catalog your string instruments, including guitars and basses. Track the value of your collection and manage expenses for repairs and string replacements.

Highlights
  • Catalog guitars, basses, and string instruments
  • Track collection value
  • Manage repair expenses
  • Record string replacement costs
  • Organize instrument information
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For the guitar collector, now you can save information about your guitars, bass and other string instruments. Know how many and how much you collection is worth! Also, know about all the expenses for strings replacements and other repairs performed on your guitars.

About

Heard

Features
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Explore APRS like never before. Heard brings live amateur radio APRS activity to your iPhone and iPad with a clean, modern experience designed for discovering stations, following movement, messaging other operators, and understanding the signals around you. FEATURES • Native iPad layouts with the map and station details side by side • Weather reports and telemetry readings when supplied by stations • Live APRS map with semantic station categories • Explore nearby stations and recent activity • Search callsigns and view detailed station information • Track moving stations with breadcrumb trails and live following • Send and receive APRS messages in conversation-style threads • View station context including last heard, distance, status, and comments when available • Choose Standard, Satellite, or Hybrid map styles • QRZ integration for additional callsign information • Optional offline Canadian and United States callsign directories • Fast on-device callsign-directory lookup after download • Simple location-based listening setup • Live APRS-IS monitoring and messaging • Advanced connection details and diagnostics when you need them TRACK STATIONS Follow a moving APRS station while keeping the map in view. Heard can retain a recent breadcrumb trail, follow new position reports, center on the station, and reduce visual clutter from surrounding stations. Choose how much of the trail you want to see, from the last 10 minutes to the entire current tracking session. APRS MESSAGING Heard turns APRS messaging into a focused, conversation-first experience. Start a conversation directly from a station, send and receive messages, view delivery state where available, and move naturally between a conversation and that station on the map. CALLSIGN INFORMATION Quickly learn more about the stations you hear. Heard supports optional offline Canadian and United States callsign directories, with directory data stored locally after download. QRZ integration provides another convenient way to access additional callsign information when you want it. BUILT FOR AMATEUR RADIO Heard is designed to make APRS easier to explore without hiding the capabilities experienced operators expect. Everyday controls stay simple, while advanced connection settings and diagnostics remain available when needed. Whether monitoring local activity, exploring the APRS network, messaging another station, or following movement, Heard provides a simple and focused way to experience APRS on iPhone and iPad. Heard connects to the public APRS-IS network. Available stations, position reports, messages, and acknowledgements depend on live APRS network activity.

Screenshots

My Guitars4 screens
Heard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Heard at every 2 days against My Guitars's every 11 months. My Guitars's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Guitars ships an update every 11 months, Heard every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
My Guitars versus Heard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy GuitarsHeard
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLim4Dan Tilsley

In-app purchases

None

My Guitars

No in-app purchases

None

Heard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Guitars free?
My Guitars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heard free?
Heard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do My Guitars or Heard have ads?
Neither My Guitars nor Heard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Guitars or Heard?
My Guitars ships an update every 11 months, and Heard every 2 days. Most recently, My Guitars was updated on October 11, 2026 and Heard on October 10, 2026.

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