Comparison

iGigBook Pager vs HAM

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

Head to head
About

iGigBook Pager

This app enhances live musical performances by providing a hands-free way to navigate sheet music, chord charts, and lead sheets. It connects wirelessly to a companion app, allowing users to turn pages via on-screen buttons or device motion.

Highlights
  • Hands-free page turning
  • Wireless connectivity (Bluetooth/WiFi)
  • On-screen button control
  • Motion-activated page turns
  • Adjustable sensitivity for motion control
  • Organizes sheet music and chord charts
Features
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iGigBook Pager is the ultimate tool for musicians looking to streamline their live performances. This powerful add-on for the iGigBook app allows you to quickly and easily flip through your sheet music, chord charts, and lead sheets during gigs, rehearsals, and practice sessions. With its intuitive interface and fast, responsive navigation, iGigBook Pager makes it simple to keep your music organized and accessible, no matter where you are. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, iGigBook Pager is the perfect solution for anyone looking to enhance their live performance. So if you want to elevate your music game to the next level, give iGigBook Pager a try today! If you own an iPhone or an iPod you already have a hands free page turner for iGigBook. iGigBook Pager turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a hands free wireless page turner. iGigBook Pager works exclusively with the iGigBook sheet music reader app and connects via bluetooth/WiFi. It can turn pages by pressing on screen buttons or it can employ the accelerometer built into your iPhone or iPod Touch to trigger page turns based on motion. The amount of motion/sensitivity can be adjusted. NOTE: This will not work with an iPad 2 running iGigBook version 2.67 or greater. If you're using iGigBook version 2.67 or greater, iGigBook Pager will only work in BLE mode. This means you need an iPad 3 or greater and an iPhone 4S/iPod 5th Generation or greater..

About

HAM

This utility app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for amateur radio operators, including band conditions, DX-Cluster monitoring, and a logbook. It features direct radio integration for tuning and automatic logging, along with various calculations and resource information.

Highlights
  • DX-Cluster and PSK-Reporter activity monitoring
  • Bandplan, Glossar, and AWG resource information
  • Built-in radio integration for direct tuning
  • Fully featured logbook with QSO editing
  • LOTW and QRZ.com log submission
  • Calculations for Ohm's law, VSWR, and antennas
  • CW Encoder and Decoder
Features
Currently charting
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The ultimate utility App for every HAM-Radio Operator HAM-Toolbox provides a variety of useful Tools to help you operating your HAM-Radio. The Tools are ranging from activity monitoring Tools like DX-Cluster and PSK-Reporter, to Tools helping you with resource information like Bandplan, Glossar, AWG and many more Tools. HAM-Toolbox also has a built-in radio integration, so that you can directly tune to spots from the DX-Cluster and other tools. During logging, the appropriate fields for the frequency and mode will be automatically filled. With a one-time purchase you gain access to all of the following Tools on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. · TOOLS: + Band Conditions + POTA + DX-Cluster + PSK-Reporter + Reverse Beacon Network + Call-Lookup + Locator + Beacons (especially NCDXF) + Repeater + DTMF Generator + CW Encoder and Decoder + Frequency List + QSL Card Designer (design, preview, print and export your own QSL cards) · LOGBOOK: HAM-Toolbox comes with a fully featured Logbook. + Inspect and edit your existing QSOs + Easy-to-use logging interface + Maintenance (Data completion from QRZ.com, Duplicates finder, Mass change) + LOTW and QRZ.com log submission + Integrated Call-Lookup with possibility to update QSO + Worked/Needed statistics for CQ-Zones, ITU-Zones and DXCCs + Map with worked grid locators representation + iCloud-Sync with multiple devices (compatible with SDR-Control and SmartSDR) · Radio-Integration: + Frequency and Mode + Logbook integration + Direct tuning from various Tools like DXCluster, POTA, Frequency List + Supports all major Brands and Radios via Network or USB + YAESU: FT-710, FT-991, FT-DX10, FT-DX100 + Icom: IC-705, IC-7300mk2, IC-7300, IC-7610, IC-7760, IC-9700, IC-R8600, + Kenwood: TS-890, TS-990 + Elecraft: K4 + HamLib · CALCULATIONS: + Ohm's law + VSWR + Dipole-Antenna + Groundplane-Antenna + HB9CV-Antenna + Helix-Antenna + dB Conversion + Wavelength · RESOURCES: + Bandplan + Glossar + Morse + AWG + CTCSS-Codes + Formulas + Q-Codes + Abbreviations + Constants Find out more here: https://ham-toolbox.com Read the Manual: https://go-to.me/hamtoolbox-manual

Screenshots

iGigBook Pager4 screens
HAM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iGigBook Pager at $4.99 against HAM's $14.99. iGigBook Pager also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). HAM's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and chart position (#195 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iGigBook Pager costs $4.99 and HAM $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iGigBook Pager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HAM has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of iGigBook Pager's written reviews are positive against 69% of HAM's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iGigBook Pager ships an update every 5 months, HAM monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
iGigBook Pager versus HAM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriGigBook PagerHAM
Price$4.99 — better$14.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better69.2% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#195 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlack & White Software LLCMarcus Roskosch

Customer experience

iGigBook Pager

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HAM

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%

In-app purchases

None

iGigBook Pager

No in-app purchases

None

HAM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iGigBook Pager free?
iGigBook Pager costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HAM free?
HAM costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iGigBook Pager or HAM?
iGigBook Pager is rated higher. iGigBook Pager averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while HAM averages 4.0 from 7 ratings.
Do iGigBook Pager or HAM have ads?
Neither iGigBook Pager nor HAM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iGigBook Pager or HAM?
iGigBook Pager ships an update every 5 months, and HAM monthly. Most recently, iGigBook Pager was updated on October 8, 2026 and HAM on October 24, 2026.

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