Ham Square vs Q Codes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ham Square
This app provides radio amateurs with a quick and easy way to determine their Maidenhead Locator, a grid system used globally for location communication. It's a free tool for ham radio operators.
- Displays Maidenhead Locator
- Uses current location
- Convenient for radio amateurs
- Global grid system
- Free application
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Ham Square is a free application that displays the Maidenhead Locator, or "square", for your current location. This grid system is used by radio amateurs worldwide as a convenient and short way of representing and communicating a location. Details of more ham radio apps from KramStuff are at http://www.kramstuff.com
Q Codes
Access a comprehensive collection of standardized radiotelegraph communication codes, primarily for amateur radio use. This utility allows for rapid searching and lookup of any Q Code.
- Standardized Q Code collection
- Radiotelegraph communication codes
- Amateur radio focus
- Quick lookup functionality
- Comprehensive code database
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Q Codes are a standardized collection of codes developed for radiotelegraph communication especially amateur radio. This tool is designed for quick look up of any Q Code
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ham Square at none against Q Codes's shown. Ham Square also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and review sentiment (62% vs 50%). Q Codes's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 84 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ham Square holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Ham Square's written reviews are positive against 50% of Q Codes's.
Ham Square ships an update every 84 months, Q Codes every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ham Square | Q Codes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (16 ratings) — better | 3.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 84 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kram | Jonathan Gibbs |
Customer experience
Ham Square
Q Codes
In-app purchases
Ham Square
No in-app purchases
Q Codes
No in-app purchases
