Comparison

OTAMap vs VBoard Vision Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

OTAMap

Locate and aim your antenna for Over The Air (OTA) television and FM stations. View transmission tower positions relative to your location to optimize reception for local or distant channels. Supports continental USA, Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, and Northern Mexico.

Highlights
  • Find OTA TV and FM stations
  • View transmission tower locations
  • Optimize antenna aiming
  • Filter stations by distance, power, and contour
  • Save and recall locations
  • Offline mapping functionality
Features
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Works for both FM and TV! Loaded with new features in 2.0! Use OTAMap to find and point your antenna to all your Over The Air (OTA) television and FM stations. OTAMap gives you the latest Over The Air (OTA) television/FM station information. for all of the continental USA, Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, Northern Mexico and some US territories such as Puerto Rico. OTA Map will list all OTA channels/stations within 150 miles of your current geographical position as indicated by your iPhone/iPad. With this tool you can quickly see what OTA stations may be available in your area. With OTAMap you can view the position of the transmission towers, of any of these Over The Air television stations, in relationship to you. This can be used to help adjust your HD OTA antenna for local reception, for that hard to get station, or even the far far away channel that you have been trying to "DX" for quite a while. Whether you are on your roof or turning your rotor from your living room, OTAMap can help you. *****Note to Northern Canadian Users: OTAMap does work everywhere in Canada (including Edmonton), however you may need to flip on the Industry Canada Data in the preferences. Some of the new features in 2.0 Now you can choose between FM or TV stations •You can filter station list based on distance, power, FCC data, Industry Canada data, Canadian, Mexican and US stations. •You can now even filter based on whether your location falls within a stations 41 dBU Contours! •You can sort the displayed stations by distance, channel, power or even it's bearing from you. •Save and recall locations. •Do locations based on -Actual GPS -Entered GPS (IOS 6.1 and higher only) -ZIP/postal code (IOS 6.1 and higher only) -Street Address (IOS 6.1 and higher only) -Or a previously saved location. •Download and update latest FCC station data anytime. •No longer server based. Some functionality will run without a network connection. If a particular map was previously loaded, even mapping functionality may work offline. •Fixed magnetic declination (no longer IRC dependent) (may be off as you near the Arctic Circle). •Added ability to add stations/save maps to a DX list. The list can be pulled up anytime and the pointing maps reviewed. •Added Super Contour Map. Given a particular location it -will list all stations that fall within the 41/60 dBu contour map which should indicate stations that should be received relatively easily. Will show curves of all coverage contours and darken overlapping sections. The resulting stations can then be viewed as your filtered station list. •Added a search for call sign option. This will allow mapping of super long range reception or help in obscure DX attempts. •Now works for all of the Great White North - Uses IRC data for anything not included in the FCC database. •In the station pointing map view the map can be updated if the users gps determination has changed. •In the station pointing and the all station map views, you can drag the home icon to say a different part of the roof/yard and the calculations will follow. •You can erase your downloaded data (which may include FCC FM/TV database and any cached contours) and restore to original data from preference menu.

About

VBoard Vision Keyboard

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VBoard lets you use your iPhone or iPad keyboards and send text directly to your Apple Vision Pro. - Type on your iPhone or iPad and tap Send. The text will be copied to clipboard on your Apple Vision Pro. - Support for over 130 languages! Use any keyboard your iPhone or iPad can type in. - Rich history. Keep frequently typed snippets of text for later and re-copy them any time you want. - Multiple device support. Connect as many iPhones or iPads to you need. - One time universal purchase for visionOS, iOS and iPadOS. No subscription needed.

Screenshots

OTAMap4 screens
VBoard Vision Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: OTAMap at $2.99 against VBoard Vision Keyboard's $4.99. OTAMap also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

OTAMap costs $2.99 and VBoard Vision Keyboard $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
OTAMap versus VBoard Vision Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOTAMapVBoard Vision Keyboard
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating3.6 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 38 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArctic Surf DesignsHemism LLC

In-app purchases

None

OTAMap

No in-app purchases

None

VBoard Vision Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OTAMap free?
OTAMap costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is VBoard Vision Keyboard free?
VBoard Vision Keyboard costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do OTAMap or VBoard Vision Keyboard have ads?
Neither OTAMap nor VBoard Vision Keyboard shows ads.

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