Ham Square vs MeshCom
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
MeshCom
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MeshCom is a project to exchange text messages via LORA radio modules. The primary goal is to realize networked off-grid messaging with low power and low cost hardware. The technical approach is based on the use of LORA radio modules which transmit messages, positions, measured values, telecontrol and much more with low transmission power over long distances. MeshCom modules can be combined to form a mesh network, but can also be connected to a message network via MeshCom gateways, which are ideally connected via HAMNET. This enables MeshCom radio networks, which are not connected to each other via radio, to communicate with each other.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MeshCom at every 3 months against Ham Square's every 84 months. Ham Square's advantage is iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ham Square ships an update every 84 months, MeshCom every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ham Square | MeshCom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 84 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kram | Rainer Fritz |
In-app purchases
Ham Square
No in-app purchases
MeshCom
No in-app purchases
