Morse Code Ringtone vs HamAlert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Morse Code Ringtone
Design unique ringtones using custom Morse code messages. Express yourself with a retro-tech communication style, or create hidden messages for select individuals. Share your creations via email and install them on your iPhone.
- Custom Morse code messages
- Adjustable speed (5-40 WPM)
- Customizable tone frequency (300-1200 Hz)
- Farnsworth timing option
- Sinewave, Square-wave, or Triangle-wave tones
- Email ringtone files
- Direct integration with iOS GarageBand
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Create ringtones with your own customized Morse Code messages. Don't bore people with yet another pop tune blaring from your phone. Be different... retro-tech. Communicate. Or just hide really funny messages in your ringtones for "special" people (be they your best friends or your worse enemies). Only other Alpha-geeks will understand. You can email your new Morse Code ringtone file to yourself or a friend, and use iTunes on a Mac or PC to install the ringtone file to your iPhone. Using a Mac, simply connect your iPhone, wait until it appears in the File browser, and drag-and-drop the new ringtone file to the icon of your device. This app allows pasting your new Morse Code ringtone sound directly into an iOS GarageBand track, thus allowing one to create a ringtone directly on a iOS device, without having to Sync with iTunes. (Note that using GarageBand on iOS to install a ringtone is not a simple one-step process. GarageBand requires a user to navigate and find several obscure looking buttons over multiple steps in order to create and install a new ringtone.) Once the new ringtone file is on your iPhone, you can use the Settings app in order to select your new custom ringtone. With Morse Code Ringtone Maker, you can customize the text and the Morse Code/CW speed (combined up to 30 seconds), as well as the the tone frequency. The Words-Per-Minute (WPM) speed is variable from 5 to 40 WPM. The tone frequency is customizable from 300 to 1200 Hz. On the customization page, you can additionally configure Farnsworth timing where the dots and dashes for each letter come even faster than the WPM of the letters. For different timbres, select Sinewaves, Square-waves or Triangle-waves for your tone sound.
HamAlert
Receive instant push notifications for desired amateur radio contacts. Filter alerts by various criteria like callsign, band, mode, and location. Stay updated on DX spots from multiple sources.
- Push notifications for desired stations
- Filter spots by DXCC, callsign, and location
- Support for Reverse Beacon Network, SOTAwatch, DX cluster, PSK Reporter
- Filter by band, mode, and time
- Filter by spotter callsign and DXCC
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This app is a companion to the HamAlert web site (hamalert.org) and lets you receive push notifications from HamAlert. HamAlert is a system that allows amateur radio operators to get notifications when a desired station appears on the Reverse Beacon Network, SOTAwatch, the DX cluster or PSK Reporter. Spots can be filtered by various criteria, including: • DXCC (both actual and callsign home DXCC) • Callsign • Island reference • Summit reference • Park reference • CQ zone • Continent • Band • Mode • Time and days of week • Source • Spotter callsign and DXCC
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HamAlert at Free against Morse Code Ringtone's $4.99. HamAlert also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (70% vs 48%). Morse Code Ringtone's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.6). On ratings volume, 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
HamAlert is free to download; Morse Code Ringtone costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HamAlert holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Morse Code Ringtone's written reviews are positive against 70% of HamAlert's.
Morse Code Ringtone ships an update every 8 months, HamAlert every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Morse Code Ringtone | HamAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.8 (20 ratings) | 4.2 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.4% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HotPaw Productions | Manuel Kasper |
Customer experience
Morse Code Ringtone
HamAlert
In-app purchases
Morse Code Ringtone
No in-app purchases
HamAlert
No in-app purchases







