Comparison

HAM Test Prep vs Saxophone Sight Reading

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

Head to head
About

HAM Test Prep

Prepare for your Amateur Radio General license exam with a comprehensive question pool and practice tests. Review FCC rules, track your proficiency, and customize your study sessions. Includes features for vision-impaired users and dark mode support.

Highlights
  • General question pool access
  • Practice exams
  • Proficiency tracking
  • Immediate feedback option
  • View FCC rule text
  • Zoomable figures
  • Accessibility options
Features
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Includes the General Question Pool effective July 1, 2023! Not sure if you want to buy? Try out the "Lite" version of this app! Upgrade your HAM license from Technician to General! With the elimination of the Morse Code requirement, there is no reason not to upgrade your license to gain additional privileges! Amateur Radio License exams are composed of questions from a pool. Use this application prior to taking your exam to review and practice all possible questions. Then, test your knowledge with practice exams! After completing your first practice exam, the question pool screen will display your proficiency in each question group for all practice exams you have completed. You may choose to receive immediate feedback on right and wrong answers when taking a practice test. On practice tests, questions in a group will not be repeated until all of them have been used. Some questions require you to review associated Figures. These figures may be zoomed and panned on iPhone/iPod touch. FCC rule text is viewable within the application. All sections can be browsed from the main screen. Additionally, for questions where rule sections have been identified, the rule text can be viewed on the question screen when studying the question pool or reviewing test results. An in-progress practice test can be resumed if you exit the test or the application. Current General question pool is valid through June 30, 2027. Versions of this application for both the Technician and Extra license classes are also available. This app has these additional features: • Accessibility option for vision-impaired users to exclude questions with figures • Dark mode support • Portrait and Landscape support on iPad • Swipe gestures to navigate between questions • Tap on answer to select it • Double-tap or use pinch gesture to zoom Figures on iPhone and iPod touch • Buttons to skip to next/previous wrong answer in test results • ARRL question number displayed on practice tests • Configurable Test Settings • Optional randomizing of test answers • Optional auto-advance during test

About

Saxophone Sight Reading

Features
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Learn to read and play notes easily on your instrument. Learn to hear the notes when you see them on the staff and be able to play them by hearing their sound in your head. This builds upon our revolutionary method of learning instruments by ear, allowing you to become musically literate in the way that is much more effective as is done through imagining sounds that you are going to play when you see a note - not mere mechanical playing. And all that without too much thinking - you just will learn to sight-read and play with our app.

Screenshots

HAM Test Prep4 screens
Saxophone Sight Reading3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HAM Test Prep at $1.99 against Saxophone Sight Reading's $12.99. HAM Test Prep also leads on chart position (#199 vs unranked). Saxophone Sight Reading's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). On update cadence, ads, 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

HAM Test Prep costs $1.99 and Saxophone Sight Reading $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HAM Test Prep ships an update every 6 months, Saxophone Sight Reading every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
HAM Test Prep versus Saxophone Sight Reading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHAM Test PrepSaxophone Sight Reading
Price$1.99 — better$12.99
Rating4.9 (575 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings575 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.511.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB182 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick J Maloney LLCOleg Sokolov

Bugs and requests

HAM Test Prep

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional app crashes or freezes
  • Inconsistent behavior between iPhone and iPad versions

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add randomize answers option for practice tests
  • Improve progress tracking and reset functionality in study sections

Saxophone Sight Reading

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HAM Test Prep

No in-app purchases

None

Saxophone Sight Reading

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HAM Test Prep free?
HAM Test Prep costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Saxophone Sight Reading free?
Saxophone Sight Reading costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do HAM Test Prep or Saxophone Sight Reading have ads?
Neither HAM Test Prep nor Saxophone Sight Reading shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HAM Test Prep or Saxophone Sight Reading?
HAM Test Prep ships an update every 6 months, and Saxophone Sight Reading every 4 months. Most recently, HAM Test Prep was updated on October 12, 2026 and Saxophone Sight Reading on October 12, 2026.

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