Pips! vs HamHamHam
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.
HamHamHam
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Tool useful for Ham radio operators. Using this method will help you learn the Morse code by tracking the test results and your progress. You can configure your speed settings based on your sensitivity. Features to track your QSOs and export to ADIF format
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HamHamHam at none against Pips!'s 1. HamHamHam also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 25 months) and iOS requirement (17.2 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Pips! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HamHamHam asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pips! ships an update every 25 months, HamHamHam every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pips! | HamHamHam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Thompson | Andrea Biancat |
In-app purchases
Pips!
- Tip Jar$4.99
HamHamHam
No in-app purchases
