Comparison

Keysight Geolocation vs Ham Logging

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

Head to head
About

Keysight Geolocation

Features
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Keysight Geolocation app is a solution that provides the support for automation testing of distance between the two geo coordinates in a simulated environment. This app allows the user to calculate the distance between the user provided geo coordinates and the device current gps coordinates and help in to evaluate the test results.

About

Ham Logging

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Ham Logging is a QSO logbook for amateur radio operators: one log on your phone that stays in step with the services you use — LoTW, eQSL, Club Log, QRZ.com Logbook, HRDLog.net / Ham365, HamQTH, CloudLog, Wavelog, QRZCQ, cqGMA and DxQSO. KEY FEATURES • 15 logging services: 11 take your contacts straight from the app, and POTA, SOTA, WWFF and ARRL Contest get a ready-made file • LoTW from your phone: your contacts signed with your own callsign certificate, exactly as TQSL signs them • Auto Sync, if you turn it on: new contacts and edits go to your services a few minutes after you log them • Callsign look-up from the sources you tick — QRZ.com, HamQTH, callook.info, and qrz.ru for the callsigns you type: every contact you log, import or download fills itself in — names, grids and zones • New QSO profiles — POTA, SOTA, WWFF, GMA, Satellite and Contest bring the fields you need to the top and count towards a valid activation • Full ADIF 3.1.8 import and export, and CSV and JSON backups of every field • Rover Mode: large-target, voice-dictated callsign entry for mobile operating • Rig control (Experimental): the log follows your radio's frequency and mode, over the network or Bluetooth • POTA, SOTA, WWFF, GMA and contest fields; spot yourself to POTA, WWFF, GMA and a DX cluster • QSL card export: a themed card with your comment, ready to share • Monthly and yearly statistics with shareable images PROPAGATION AND MAP • World map with great-circle lines to every worked station, and worked grids as squares • Gray line with an aurora layer (NOAA OVATION), 24-hour MUF prediction and band openings • PSK Reporter and WSPR paths, live solar data and band-by-band DX potential • One Spots tab — DX from HamQTH's cluster feed, POTA, SOTA, GMA, WWFF and contests, each read from its programme's own service — and a live APRS layer PRIVACY FIRST • No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking • Your log stays on your phone and goes only to the services you set up — when you tap Sync, or by itself with Auto Sync • Microphone: only for Rover Mode dictation, handled by the system's speech engine, never recorded or sent • Local network: only to reach your own Wavelog or CloudLog server, or your radio through rigctld • Bluetooth: only to talk to your radio DARK MODE AND ACCESSIBILITY • Theme-aware throughout, a font-scale slider, and Tips & Tricks you can switch off Built by Yousuf AL Balushi (A41UX) — Unixeer — for the amateur radio community.

Screenshots

Keysight Geolocation2 screens
Ham Logging4 screens

Verdict

The call

Keysight Geolocation and Ham Logging are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Keysight Geolocation versus Ham Logging: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeysight GeolocationHam Logging
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKeysight Technologies, Inc.Yousif AL Balushi

In-app purchases

None

Keysight Geolocation

No in-app purchases

None

Ham Logging

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keysight Geolocation free?
Keysight Geolocation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ham Logging free?
Ham Logging is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Keysight Geolocation or Ham Logging have ads?
Neither Keysight Geolocation nor Ham Logging shows ads.

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