Pips! vs RadioEquations
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Build custom pip sequences
- Control frequency, duration, and volume
- Use built-in presets
- Recreate historical time signals
- Generate new tone combinations
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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.
RadioEquations
This utility app provides quick access to essential functions for radio telecommunications professionals. It includes helpful descriptions to ensure users understand each function, even if they are new to the field.
- Access to common radio telecommunications functions
- Accompanying descriptions for comprehension
- Designed for professionals in the field
- Easy-to-use interface
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Easily access commonly used functions in the radio telecommunications field. Accompanying descriptions to help with comprehension for those that may be unfamiliar with the functions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RadioEquations at every 3 months against Pips!'s every 25 months. RadioEquations also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Pips! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RadioEquations sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pips! against 5.0 for RadioEquations. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Pips! ships an update every 25 months, RadioEquations every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 8, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pips! | RadioEquations |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Thompson | Robert J Sarvis Jr |
Customer experience
Pips!
RadioEquations
In-app purchases
Pips!
- Tip Jar$4.99
RadioEquations
- Unlock Advanced Functions$0.99
- Unlock AC Functions$0.99
