Ham Square vs Dxpeditions365
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
Dxpeditions365
This app provides a dedicated calendar for following major DX-peditions. It displays schedules for monthly and ongoing expeditions, as well as those reported in user logs and cluster spots. It is designed for amateur radio enthusiasts.
- DX-pedition calendar
- Monthly expedition schedules
- Running expedition tracking
- User log integration
- Cluster spot display
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Dx-peditions365 let you follow the main DX-peditions on a dedicated calendar page that shows the schedule of all monthly expeditions, running dxpeditions and even shows the dxpeditions reported on their users logs or cluster spots. App dedicated to amateur radio - https://www.ham365.net/Dxpeditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dxpeditions365 at every 7 months against Ham Square's every 84 months. Ham Square's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (17 vs 3). 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.
Ham Square holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ham Square has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ham Square ships an update every 84 months, Dxpeditions365 every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ham Square | Dxpeditions365 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (17 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 84 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kram | Claudio Cordeglio |
Customer experience
Ham Square
Dxpeditions365
In-app purchases
Ham Square
No in-app purchases
Dxpeditions365
No in-app purchases
