Comparison

Ham Square vs aLog365

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Displays Maidenhead Locator
  • Uses current location
  • Convenient for radio amateurs
  • Global grid system
  • Free application
Features
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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

About

aLog365

This portable logbook helps amateur radio operators record their contacts. It offers callsign lookup, multiple export formats, and real-time upload capabilities. Plan your DX-peditions and stay connected with the DX cluster.

Highlights
  • Callsign lookup
  • ADIF, EDI, CSV, Cabrillo export
  • Real-time upload to HRDLOG.net / Ham365
  • DX cluster integration
  • DX-pedition planning
Features
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aLog365 is a hamradio (amateur radio) logbook: - callsign lookup - export ADIF, EDI, CSV, Cabrillo - real-time upload to HRDLOG.net / Ham365 - DX cluster - Dx-peditions plan

Screenshots

Ham Square1 screens
aLog3654 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: aLog365 at every 7 months against Ham Square's every 84 months. Ham Square's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 14.2). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Ham Square against 4.0 for aLog365. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ham Square has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ham Square ships an update every 84 months, aLog365 every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ham Square versus aLog365: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHam SquareaLog365
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (16 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 84 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.3 — better14.2
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKramClaudio Cordeglio

Customer experience

Ham Square

All ratings16 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral18.8%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative23.1%

aLog365

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ham Square

No in-app purchases

None

aLog365

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ham Square free?
Ham Square is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is aLog365 free?
aLog365 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ham Square or aLog365?
aLog365 is rated higher. Ham Square averages 3.9 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while aLog365 averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Ham Square or aLog365 have ads?
Neither Ham Square nor aLog365 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ham Square or aLog365?
Ham Square ships an update every 84 months, and aLog365 every 7 months. Most recently, Ham Square was updated on June 3, 2026 and aLog365 on September 9, 2026.

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