Comparison

SWLog vs Love Locker

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

Head to head
About

SWLog

Log amateur radio QSOs and broadcast transmissions on your mobile device. Supports lookups for station identification and integrates GPS for grid square calculation. Upload your logs to the main desktop application.

Highlights
  • Log amateur radio QSOs
  • Log broadcast transmissions
  • QRZ and HamQTH lookups
  • Program schedule lookups
  • GPS integration for grid square
  • Upload logs to desktop app
Features
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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 and HamQTH 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 and HamQTH 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

About

Love Locker

Securely store and organize cherished physical mementos like cards, letters, and gifts. This app automatically transcribes handwritten notes and categorizes them by sender and occasion, keeping your memories private on your device.

Highlights
  • Photograph physical mementos
  • Automatic handwriting transcription
  • Organize by sender and occasion
  • Export keepsakes as PDF
  • Private on-device storage
Features
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Some moments are too important to forget. Love Locker is a private keepsake vault for the physical things that matter most — the birthday card from your partner, the flowers a friend sent when you were sick, the anniversary letter you've read a hundred times, the gift note you almost threw away. The memories that end up scattered in drawers, on shelves, and in boxes around your home. Photograph anything and Love Locker does the rest. It reads handwritten text automatically, organizes everything by person and occasion, and saves it privately on your phone. No account needed. No one else sees your memories. What Love Locker does: - Photograph cards, letters, flowers, gifts, and handwritten notes - Reads and transcribes handwriting automatically - Organizes by sender, occasion, and year - Export any keepsake as a PDF to save or share - Everything stays on your device — completely private No subscription. No account. Just your memories, preserved.

Screenshots

SWLog4 screens
Love Locker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Love Locker at 100% against SWLog's 25%. SWLog's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SWLog ships an update every 3 weeks, Love Locker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SWLog versus Love Locker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSWLogLove Locker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert SillettANKUR CHADHA

Customer experience

SWLog

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Love Locker

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SWLog

No in-app purchases

None

Love Locker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SWLog free?
SWLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Love Locker free?
Love Locker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SWLog or Love Locker have ads?
Neither SWLog nor Love Locker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SWLog or Love Locker?
SWLog ships an update every 3 weeks, and Love Locker every 3 months. Most recently, SWLog was updated on November 12, 2026 and Love Locker on November 5, 2026.

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