Shortwave Broadcast Schedules vs SWLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shortwave Broadcast Schedules
Access up-to-date schedules for international longwave, mediumwave, and shortwave broadcast stations. Easily search for stations by various criteria and log your listening experiences. Never miss your favorite broadcasts with reminders and a personal logbook.
- Broadcast schedules for 11,000+ stations
- Search by name, frequency, time, language, area, country
- View stations currently on air
- Personal listening logbook
- Favorite stations and broadcast reminders
- Detailed station information
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Are you a shortwave radio listener (SWL) in need of an up to date set of schedules for international broadcast stations? Shortwave Broadcast Schedules is a handy app that displays broadcast schedules of about 11,000 longwave, mediumwave, and shortwave broadcast stations. The stations are initially listed in order by frequency. You can tap a button to see which stations are on the air right now, as well as search for stations by name, frequency, time of day that they are on, or select by language, target area, or country of origin. Stations currently on the air are displayed in bold, making it quick and easy to see which stations are on right now. The app can keep a log of stations you have heard, with the date, time, frequency, SIO, and other notes you wish to enter. Now your device can be your personal logbook! You can keep track of favorite stations, as well as set reminders for favorite broadcasts, so you’ll never forget about a transmission again. Tap on a station to bring up more information about the station, such as the country of origin, target area, and programming language. When viewing the details for a station, you can tap on the frequency, country, target, or language to get a list of all other stations with that matching value. You can also tap on Schedule to see all of the transmissions throughout the day for this station. Updated schedules can be downloaded for free. Visit the support page for step by step instructions on using the app: http://www.blackcatsystems.com/iphone/SWBC_FAQ.html Get your copy of Shortwave Broadcast Schedules, and never miss listening to another of your favorite stations again. Note: A shortwave radio is required to listen to the broadcasts.
SWLog
Log amateur radio QSOs and broadcast transmissions on your mobile device. Supports QRZ lookups and various broadcast schedule queries for station identification. Features GPS integration and local log browsing, with the ability to upload to a main logging program.
- Log amateur radio QSOs
- Log broadcast transmissions
- QRZ lookups
- Broadcast schedule lookups
- GPS integration
- Upload logs to main program
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SWLog is a mobile companion application to the full SWLog suite or logging and radio control applications. SWLog allows amateur radio and broadcast (shortwave, AM/FM, and utility) transmissions to be logged locally and later uploaded to the main logging program. QRZ can be used for lookups for amateur radio logs. For broadcast logs, various program schedules from ADDX, AOKI, EIBI, FCC, HFCC, ILGRadio, and SWSkeds are queried to aid in identifying the station. Features of this app include: * Download a preset list of locations, radios, and broadcast program schedules * Add an amateur radio QSO * Supports QRZ lookups * Monitor POTA spots * Add a POTA spot * Add a broadcast log * Supports lookups to various program schedules * GPS integration including calculating the current grid square to 10 characters * View/Browse locally added logs * Upload logs to the main logging program
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shortwave Broadcast Schedules at 73% against SWLog's 25%. Shortwave Broadcast Schedules also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (241 vs 1). SWLog's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). 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
SWLog is free to download; Shortwave Broadcast Schedules costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shortwave Broadcast Schedules holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shortwave Broadcast Schedules has 241 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Shortwave Broadcast Schedules's written reviews are positive against 25% of SWLog's.
Shortwave Broadcast Schedules ships an update every 2 months, SWLog fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shortwave Broadcast Schedules | SWLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (241 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.1% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 241 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 305 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Black Cat Systems | Robert Sillett |
Customer experience
Shortwave Broadcast Schedules
SWLog
Bugs and requests
Shortwave Broadcast Schedules
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes when writing notes in logs (iOS 17)
- Text encoding corrupts apostrophes and quotation marks
- 12-hour clock offset error
- App won't open or auto-closes on some devices
- Keyboard won't dismiss properly
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- Incompatible with iOS 11.3+
- Frequency field reverts when saving log entries
- Heavy battery drain on newer iPhones
Requested features
14 requests- Portrait and landscape orientation support
- Modern UI redesign for current iOS standards
- Sort/filter by frequency
- Sort logs by frequency instead of date only
- Reverse chronological order for log display
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- Export logs via email or other methods
- Ability to add new discovered frequencies
- Filter by country and language
- Abbreviation glossary for beginners
- Transmitter location and signal strength data
- Geolocation-based station filtering
- Audio streaming capability
- Keyboard dismissal improvement
- Edit frequency field in log entries
SWLog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shortwave Broadcast Schedules
No in-app purchases
SWLog
No in-app purchases
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