EchoLink vs Featherweight UI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EchoLink
Connect to the EchoLink network using your iOS device. This application allows validated Amateur Radio operators to access the system from virtually anywhere. Registration with a valid Amateur Radio callsign is required.
- Connect to EchoLink network
- Use on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
- Validated user access
- Remote connectivity
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Please note: This app is for licensed Amateur Radio operators only. See www.echolink.org for more information. EchoLink for iOS provides access to the EchoLink network for validated EchoLink users. You can use this app to connect to the EchoLink system from almost anywhere, using an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. If you are not already a validated EchoLink user, you will be required to register (using your Amateur Radio callsign and a password of your choice) the first time you run the app. Please see the iPhone FAQ at www.echolink.org. Please direct any bug reports or feature suggestions to the Web site at http://www.echolink.org/support.htm, since developers do not read app reviews. If you are interested in becoming a licensed Amateur Radio operator, see www.arrl.org for more information. EchoLink is a registered U.S. trademark of Synergenics, LLC.
Featherweight UI
Connect your Bluetooth-enabled Featherweight Altimeters products to your phone. View live sensor data, configure settings, download flight information, and track your rocket's position and velocity with a live map.
- Connects to BLE Featherweight Altimeters
- View live sensor data
- Set deployment conditions
- Download and review flight data
- Track rocket position and velocity
- Live map for recovery planning
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The Featherweight Interface app connects any of your Bluetooth-enabled Featherweight Altimeters products to your phone. For the Blue Raven flight computer, use your phone to see live sensor data, set up deployment conditions, download and review recorded flight data, and more! For the Featherweight GPS tracker, your phone points to your rocket and provides all the rocket position, velocity, link quality and tracker health data you would want at your fingertips. Live map feature plots the ground station and tracker locations to plan your recovery.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Featherweight UI at every 3 weeks against EchoLink's every 4 months. Featherweight UI also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0). EchoLink's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 50%) and ratings volume (41 vs 12). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Featherweight UI holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of EchoLink's written reviews are positive against 50% of Featherweight UI's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
EchoLink ships an update every 4 months, Featherweight UI every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EchoLink | Featherweight UI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (41 ratings) | 4.3 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Synergenics, LLC | Featherweight Altimeters LLC |
Customer experience
EchoLink
Featherweight UI
Bugs and requests
EchoLink
Reported bugs
13 issues- Latest version (2.19) could use some improvement
- No way to reset password
- Doesn't seem to be working on my phone, I enter call sign, password, and email. I click on login and nothing happens
- Just updated EchoLink to find that it's now stuttering all the time
- After the upgrade there are connection issues
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- No support for passwords longer than 14 characters
- The app won't allow me back in to validate my information
- Doesn't work on iphone
- Unable to Use; Password Too Long
- Cannot connect to local reapeater
- Can't close app
- Latest update issues
- Cannot connect
Requested features
13 requests- Bigger PTT please?
- Add more to app
- Password reset in app option
- Almost There!
- Bigger PTT please?
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- Searching for call sign s
- Not able to connect with 14.4 iOS upgrade
- Mac version
- Dark Mode Wonky
- Missing Nodes
- Echolink multitasking
- Needs a help or tutorial
- Needs full sysop node server capabilities
Featherweight UI
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
EchoLink
No in-app purchases
Featherweight UI
No in-app purchases
Questions
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