Comparison

Morse Code vs The Jacobson Flare News

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

Head to head
About

Morse Code

Convert text to Morse code and transmit it using your iPhone's flash. Customize the speed and color of the blinking light. Supports letters, numbers, and common punctuation.

Highlights
  • Text to Morse code translation
  • Flashlight transmission
  • Adjustable speed (WPM)
  • Customizable color
  • Email message sending
  • Supports A-Z, 0-9, .,:;?
Features
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Translates text into morse code and sends the message with a blinking iPhone. The speed (WPM) and the color can be changed. You can use the characters A..Z, numbers 0..9 and the special chars .,:;? Send the morse code by email.

About

The Jacobson Flare News

This app provides news, views, and tips on aviation landing techniques. It shares insights from a pilot's 50 years of experience to help pilots of all levels improve their landing skills and confidence.

Highlights
  • Aviation landing technique news
  • Tips for finessing landings
  • Insights from 50 years of pilot experience
  • Guest contributor articles
  • Focus on flight safety and pilot competence
Features
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Since 1987, the unique application of The Jacobson Flare has eliminated the imprecise aspects of landing an airplane, otherwise unchanged since the end of World War 1 in 1918. Everything else in aviation has advanced, but NOT landing training. Historically, the manual landing manoeuvre has remained indeterminate. Conventional flare techniques have involved an inconsistent, critical estimation of height above the landing surface and are subject to a number of variable factors, summarised as aircraft, pilot and environmental. The Jacobson Flare is the first and only quantifiable, universal and consistent landing technique in the history of aviation. To land an airplane consistently well, a pilot should be able to explain the following five questions: 1. Where to aim? 2. How to aim? 3. When to flare? 4. How much to flare? 5. How fast to flare (flare rate)? The Jacobson Flare App answers all five applying, clearly and simply, known principles and facts that enable a pilot at any level of competence and experience to finally and fully understand HOW to make safer and more consistent landings, in any airplane type. The noted increase in pilot competence and confidence is breathtaking. Recently, in early 2020, we released The Jacobson Flare App V2.0. Professionally designed, the Jacobson Flare app is so much more than the simple equivalent of a 330-page book; interactive and inclusive, it totally replaces and greatly enhances successive and widely acclaimed presentations of the original 1987 Jacobson Flare paper, “Where to Flare” and other associated files. Now, we welcome you to our free companion app: The Jacobson Flare News ‘Reflections on landing’ We bring you news and views from The Jacobson Flare – and tips on finessing your landings. More than this, we plan articles sharing my 50 years' experience as a pilot and flight instructor/training captain in both GA and the Australian airline environment, together with some special guest contributors, from time to time. No one could possibly imagine some of the events and episodes that shaped my early career and were later applied to the many pilots whose flight training was entrusted to me. Flight instruction is a rare privilege and, quite often, it is the instructor who learns more than the student. Richard Bach, in 'Illusions', stated: "We teach best what we most need to learn". The creation and development of the Jacobson Flare has been a career-long challenge. The main objectives have always been improved flight safety and the vital raising of pilot competence – and confidence – in the most satisfying manoeuvre in all of aviation – the landing. Summary The Jacobson Flare has been adopted enthusiastically by thousands of pilots in 65 countries. The convenient digital format on iPad has accelerated industry awareness and acceptance and offers predictable and consistently better landings for those individual pilots, at ANY level of experience, who are always seeking to improve their skill set. Perhaps the three best descriptions come from highly experienced professional pilots: “the greatest single advance in flying training in many, many years and represents simple unassailable aerodynamic logic”; “this is probably what we have all been trying to do all these years”; and “this has the elegant simplicity of the safety pin”. Website: www.jacobsonflare.com Email: info@jacobsonflare.com Captain David M Jacobson MAP FRAeS: +61 419 346 336 The Jacobson Flare – ‘Simple, Unassailable, Aerodynamic Logic’

Screenshots

Morse Code4 screens
The Jacobson Flare News4 screens

Verdict

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The clearest difference is price: The Jacobson Flare News at Free against Morse Code's $0.99. The Jacobson Flare News also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.9). Morse Code's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (20 vs 4). On update cadence, 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

The Jacobson Flare News is free to download; Morse Code costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Jacobson Flare News holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Morse Code has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Morse Code ships an update every 16 months, The Jacobson Flare News every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Morse Code versus The Jacobson Flare News: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMorse CodeThe Jacobson Flare News
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (20 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 16 months — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet JonasBJA Consulting Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Morse Code

All ratings20 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative45.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative75.0%

The Jacobson Flare News

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Morse Code

No in-app purchases

None

The Jacobson Flare News

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Morse Code free?
Morse Code costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Jacobson Flare News free?
The Jacobson Flare News is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Morse Code or The Jacobson Flare News?
The Jacobson Flare News is rated higher. Morse Code averages 2.9 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while The Jacobson Flare News averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Morse Code or The Jacobson Flare News have ads?
The Jacobson Flare News shows ads; Morse Code does not.
Which is updated more often, Morse Code or The Jacobson Flare News?
Morse Code ships an update every 16 months, and The Jacobson Flare News every 18 months. Most recently, Morse Code was updated on October 22, 2026 and The Jacobson Flare News on October 24, 2026.

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