WSPR watch vs Morse Code
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WSPR watch
This utility app provides ham radio operators with real-time WSPRnet and PSKreporter data. It displays who can hear you and offers detailed information for each spot. Users can also export data for further analysis.
- WSPRnet and PSKreporter data display
- Real-time reception information
- Detailed spot information
- QRZ.com call sign lookup
- Tab-delimited CSV export
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Utility for ham radio users of WSPRnet. Quickly shows who can hear you and details of each spot. Tap a spot in the table to look up the call on QRZ.com. Export produces as tab delimited CSV file that can be sent to Numbers for sorting, filtering and graphing beyond what is in the app itself.
Morse Code
Learn and practice Morse code with a system keyboard and LED transmitter. Features include training modes for beginners and professionals, listening comprehension exercises, and real-time message transmission via flash, screen, or sound. Supports German, Russian, and English alphabets.
- Morse code training system
- LED transmitter for messages
- Listening comprehension exercises
- Text to Morse code conversion
- Adjustable input speed
- Multi-language alphabet support
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Dit. Dah. And one day the hiss turns into words. Morse isn't another flashcard app with cartoon letters. It's a telegraphy school in your pocket: a course that takes you from zero to head copy, and a proving ground where experienced ops chase their own records. A gentle on-ramp for the newcomer. An honest fight for the veteran. NEW TO CW No memorizing the alphabet off a chart. The Koch method hands you two characters and adds the next only when the last ones are solid — you never get bored and never get buried. The app picks today's characters out of the mistakes you made yesterday. Fifteen minutes a day for a couple of weeks and you're hearing letters, not decoding them in your head. ALREADY HAVE A FIST Here's something to measure yourself against. Callsign copying scored the RufzXP way: fifty calls, the speed climbing with every clean one, errors biting into your score. Sending judged the way a contest judges it — an uneven fist and uncorrected characters cost you, not just your speed. Game Center leaderboards put a number on where you stand in the world. And you can run all of it on your own brass, not a finger on glass. AIR THAT DOESN'T GO EASY ON YOU Forget the clean textbook tone. QSB, QRM, QRN, carrier whistles, key clicks, chirp, a buzzy note — and the faster you work, the rougher it gets. You train in the band you'll actually meet, not in a laboratory. YOUR BRASS, IN THE APP Glass will never feel like brass, and we know it. Connect your key through a Bluetooth adapter — straight key, bug, iambic paddles, whatever sits on your desk — and work it right here: practice, take the test, chase records. Iambic auto-repeat behaves the way it should; paddles swap sides with one switch. No adapter? A game controller does the job — two buttons, dit and dah. WHEN THE KEY ISN'T WITHIN REACH The Morse keyboard turns iPhone into a paddle: key your messages straight into any app you type in. The converter turns text into dits and dahs, an audio file or a QR image in a second. Dictation keeps your texts and plays them back at any speed when you want blind copy practice. 37 MORSE TABLES — ANY LANGUAGE, ANY SCRIPT International, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Thai, Japanese Wabun, the Chinese telegraph code and more. Scripts with no table of their own are transliterated for you, so nothing stays silent. Progress and records follow you through iCloud — start on iPhone, carry on at the Mac. Some sections are free. Unlock all features with a monthly subscription or a one-time purchase for lifetime access. The subscription renews automatically until you cancel it in your Apple Account. Privacy policy: https://static.macflash.ru/PRIVACY_POLICY_EN Terms of use: https://static.macflash.ru/TERMS_OF_USE_EN
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WSPR watch at 94% against Morse Code's 49%. WSPR watch also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Morse Code's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Morse Code sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. WSPR watch asks for nothing beyond the download.
WSPR watch holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 64 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of WSPR watch's written reviews are positive against 49% of Morse Code's.
WSPR watch ships an update fortnightly, Morse Code every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WSPR watch | Morse Code |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (73 ratings) — better | 4.3 (64 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.7% of reviews — better | 48.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 64 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Access Informatics | macflash.ru |
Customer experience
WSPR watch
Morse Code
Bugs and requests
WSPR watch
Reported bugs
16 issues- Spot Info is jumbled in Portrait mode
- Crashes sometimes
- WSPRnet API hasn't worked for weeks for some users
- WSPRnet itself not providing data for some users
- PSK reporter doesn't work
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- RBN doesn't work for some users
- Hourly look back period obscured by keyboard on iPhone 5se
- Color legend doesn't work as described
- Duplicates in the spot list
- Cannot get 10MHz results
- Unclear what colored bars indicate
- Doesn't load all spots for a band
- Minimum DX distance not working for version 4
- Hourly look back period obscured by keyboard on iPhone 5se
- Color legend doesn't work as described
- Duplicates in the spot list
Requested features
18 requests- Zoom out on map to see all spots
- Add-on features
- Ability to switch between local and UTC time
- 24/12hr time format
- Compare two callsigns
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- Audio input for WSPR receive (decode on phone)
- Monitor 2 or more bands at once
- Quick way to change bands without going into settings
- Time window slider on the map
- Sorting by time, distance, etc. on list view
- Partial callsign search
- Satellite map view
- Color legend for pins/lines
- Duplicate spot removal
- Support for 70cm and 23cm bands
- Improved graph clarity
- Option to change line color connecting Rx station to spot
- Dark mode option
Morse Code
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WSPR watch
No in-app purchases
Morse Code
- Premium for a Month$7.991 Month
- Premium year3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium Forever$39.99
Questions
Is WSPR watch free?
Is Morse Code free?
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