Comparison

Morse Code vs ISS Repeater

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

Head to head
About

Morse Code

Master Morse Code with this free trainer featuring voice dictation and real-time feedback. It offers adjustable speed levels, supports over 30 languages, and is designed for both beginners and ham radio operators.

Highlights
  • Voice dictation with real-time accuracy feedback
  • 5 adjustable speed levels
  • Supports over 30 languages
  • Animated onboarding for beginners
  • Designed for ham radio operators
Features
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Morse Code Practice helps you learn, hear, and tap Morse code with focused lessons and hands-on training. Whether you are just getting started or improving speed and accuracy, the app gives you practical exercises for reading, writing, listening, and sending Morse code. Main Features: Morse Code Categories: Learn International, Russian, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean Morse code. Learning Mode: Build a strong foundation with clear lessons designed for beginners. Reading and Writing Practice: Train from single characters to common words and phrases, then raise the difficulty at your own pace. Dictation Practice: Listen to Morse code audio and type what you hear to improve recognition and accuracy. Tapping Practice: Simulate real keying practice to develop rhythm, timing, and finger coordination. Tools: Share Morse code audio. Progress Tracking: Review your progress and stay motivated as your skills improve. Custom Settings: Adjust playback speed and other options to match your level and training goals. Download Morse Code Practice and turn daily practice into steady progress.

About

ISS Repeater

Features
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Most satellite trackers tell you when the ISS passes over you. This app tells you when you and a second station are within radio range for communicating. The ISS carries a cross-band FM repeater. To make a contact through it, the station has to be above your horizon and above the other operator's at the same moment. ISS Repeater finds those windows for any two stations, up to seven days ahead. TWO STATIONS, OR ONE In DUAL mode, enter both stations and get back only the windows you can actually share. In SINGLE mode it works as a straightforward pass planner for listening to the repeater yourself. Coordinates go in three ways: typed, dropped as a pin on a map, or taken from your phone's own GPS fix. A DOPPLER SCHEDULE, NOT JUST A PASS TIME The downlink drifts about 20 kHz from one end of a pass to the other. Each result card lays out five receive channels across 437.790-437.810 MHz and tells you when to move to each one and when to leave it - separately for each station, so both operators can work from the same plan. FIND IT IN THE SKY Tap LIVE VIEW and hold the phone up. The camera shows the horizon, the compass points, the whole arc of that pass, and a marker on where the ISS is right now. When it is out of frame, an arrow points the way to turn. Azimuth, elevation and range are read out along the bottom. Bearings are TRUE, not magnetic. The app carries the World Magnetic Model and corrects for declination at your own coordinates, so what you see lines up with a rotator readout or a map. SAVE A PASS, GET A REMINDER Tap SAVE on any window to keep it. Saved passes keep their numbers current against freshly fetched orbital elements, and an optional notification arrives ten minutes before each one opens. NIGHT MODE Black background, red text, for use at the radio without wrecking your dark adaptation. PRACTICAL NOTES - Orbital elements come from CelesTrak, with AMSAT as a fallback, and are cached on the phone. Once they are there, searching, Doppler planning and the sky finder all work with no connection at all. You can paste your own element set instead if you prefer. - The app predicts geometry, not equipment. The repeater is powered down for some crew operations, EVAs and school contacts. A window means the station is mutually visible, not that it is transmitting. - Uplink and operating practice are yours to get right, according to your licence class and national regulations. PRIVACY No accounts, no analytics, no advertising, and nothing about you is collected or transmitted anywhere. The only requests the app makes are for orbital elements, and for Apple's map tiles if you use the map picker.

Screenshots

Morse Code4 screens
ISS Repeater4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Morse Code at 3 against ISS Repeater's 1. Morse Code also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Morse Code versus ISS Repeater: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMorse CodeISS Repeater
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer薛琦 高KEEGAN JAMES MCCARTHY

In-app purchases

None

Morse Code

No in-app purchases

None

ISS Repeater

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Morse Code free?
Morse Code is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ISS Repeater free?
ISS Repeater is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Morse Code or ISS Repeater have ads?
Neither Morse Code nor ISS Repeater shows ads.

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