Comparison

BTECH GMRS Programmer vs Vessa

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

Head to head
About

BTECH GMRS Programmer

This app provides wireless control and programming for a specific GMRS radio. Manage channels, create custom groups, and update firmware. It also offers offline maps and text messaging capabilities for enhanced communication.

Highlights
  • Wireless radio programming
  • Channel and group management
  • Custom group lists
  • Firmware update notifications
  • Offline map downloads
  • Text messaging
  • Location sharing
Features
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Transform your BTECH GMRS-PRO radio experience with the GMRS Programmer App – a robust tool designed for intuitive, wireless control and programming. This app turns your smartphone into a command center for your radio, allowing you to effortlessly manage channels and groups, craft custom group lists for efficient communication, and fine-tune your radio's settings with just a few taps. Stay informed and up-to-date with automatic notifications for essential GMRS-PRO firmware updates, and ensure your radio is always operating with the latest features and enhancements. Additionally, the app offers offline map downloads for navigation when you're beyond the reach of cellular networks. Enhance your communication capabilities by sending text messages to fellow GMRS-PRO users. For added safety and community support, the app enables you to share your location with other users in your vicinity, or request theirs, particularly useful during emergencies. The GMRS Programmer App is more than an accessory; it's an indispensable partner for your GMRS-PRO radio, empowering you with connectivity and control wherever your adventures may lead.

About

Vessa

This app helps shift workers plan their schedules and optimize sleep. It automatically generates sleep and caffeine plans based on your work shifts, adapting to changes. Features include roster import, calendar integration, and customizable sleep reminders.

Highlights
  • Shift work calendar
  • Automatic sleep and caffeine planning
  • Roster import from photos
  • iPhone Calendar integration
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable sleep reminders
  • Shift change adaptation
Features
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Vessa is a shift work calendar that also plans your sleep. Enter your shifts, or photograph your roster and let Vessa read it, and see your month at a glance. Then Vessa turns the shifts you actually work into a 72-hour sleep and caffeine plan, and re-plans it when a shift moves. Night shifts, rotating blocks, short turnarounds and last-minute swaps: the calendar keeps up, and so does the plan. FREE • A shift calendar: enter shifts by hand, as many as you like, or start from templates for 3×12, fixed nights, 24/48, DuPont and other common rotations • Your first roster import from a photo • Your shifts in the iPhone Calendar: one event per shift in a "Vessa" calendar you can share from the Calendar app, with your planned sleep if you want it • Share your next four weeks as one page, as an image or a PDF • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with today's shift and your next sleep • A note on any day: where you're working, who you're with • A 72-hour sleep plan built from your shifts: main sleep, recovery sleep, pre-shift naps, off-day sleep, wind-down and caffeine cutoff • Every sleep is a switch: turn naps, recovery sleep and days-off sleep on or off, or keep your days off free of reminders • Edit any sleep for one day or for good • The plan re-plans itself when a shift changes, and tells you three days before your schedule runs out PREMIUM • Roster import, every cycle: photograph your roster, tap your name, confirm what Vessa read. Nothing to type • Alarms set by Vessa: wake-ups for every sleep in your plan go on your iPhone as real alarms, and move when your shift moves • Sleep ledger: what you planned next to what you slept, read from Apple Health, day by day and by sleep type. Needs an Apple Watch or a sleep tracker that writes to Apple Health Premium is an optional auto-renewing subscription, monthly or annual; the annual plan starts with a 14-day free trial. Cancel any time in Settings → your name → Subscriptions. PRIVACY Roster photos are read on your device and never uploaded. Apple Health data is read on your device and never leaves it. Your shifts, day notes and plan settings sync to your account so they survive a new phone. If you turn on Calendar, your shifts are written to a calendar on your iPhone, and Vessa reads only that calendar. Vessa is designed for nurses first, and works for EMS, firefighters, factory workers, security, drivers, hospitality and anyone on demanding shifts. Vessa is a planning and self-care tool. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you have persistent sleep problems, please consult a qualified healthcare professional. Terms of Use: https://vessa.health/terms-of-use Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vessa.health/privacy-policy

Screenshots

BTECH GMRS Programmer4 screens
Vessa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BTECH GMRS Programmer at none against Vessa's 2. BTECH GMRS Programmer also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.1). Vessa's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Vessa sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. BTECH GMRS Programmer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BTECH GMRS Programmer ships an update monthly, Vessa every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BTECH GMRS Programmer versus Vessa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBTECH GMRS ProgrammerVessa
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperB-Tech Distribution, IncMurat Keskin

Customer experience

BTECH GMRS Programmer

Written reviews46 reviews
Positive28.3%
Neutral21.7%
Negative50.0%

Vessa

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

Bugs and requests

BTECH GMRS Programmer

Reported bugs

24 issues
  • App crashes immediately after starting
  • App crashes when trying to connect to Bluetooth
  • App opens and shuts on its own
  • App crashes within five seconds of launching
  • App crashes as soon as you pair a radio
Show 19 more
  • Login functionality doesn't work
  • Checking for new firmware doesn't work
  • App drains battery overnight
  • Location info for other users missing on iOS
  • App won't open after new update
  • Version 1.2.6 constantly crashing at startup
  • New update is crashing iPhone
  • App is not accessible with VoiceOver screenreader
  • Unable to pair radio to iPhone
  • App does not work like advertised
  • Will not let me pair my radio to my iPhone
  • Doesn't work on Macbook Air
  • Unsupported for iPhone iPad
  • Pairing unsuccessful
  • App is full of glitches
  • Connected to radio but doesn't program it
  • App closes when try to sync channels
  • App closes when clicking on various settings
  • Very glitchy and difficult to sync channels / groups

Requested features

16 requests
  • Monitor and talk via app (like Android)
  • TX and RX via the app
  • Pass through audio
  • Show other users' positions on map (iOS)
  • Activate tone scanning from app
Show 11 more
  • Add onX maps for iOS
  • Program TX within the app
  • Ability to change groups in the app
  • Export, import, and share channel groups
  • Edit channel groups offline
  • Import channels from CSV files
  • Add support for GMRS-V2 via dongle
  • Listen and talk through phone remotely
  • Add phone number for support
  • Add VOX setting
  • Add ability to program VHF transmissions

Vessa

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BTECH GMRS Programmer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Vessa

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is BTECH GMRS Programmer free?
BTECH GMRS Programmer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vessa free?
Vessa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BTECH GMRS Programmer or Vessa have ads?
Neither BTECH GMRS Programmer nor Vessa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BTECH GMRS Programmer or Vessa?
BTECH GMRS Programmer ships an update monthly, and Vessa every 10 days. Most recently, BTECH GMRS Programmer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Vessa on October 22, 2026.

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