niliBOX vs QRZing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
niliBOX
This software facilitates the management of external devices, whether they are connected locally or accessed remotely. It provides a centralized platform for controlling and interacting with various hardware peripherals.
- Manage external devices
- Local device connection
- Remote device access
- Centralized control
- Hardware peripheral interaction
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A software to manage external devices connected locally or remotely
QRZing
This app helps amateur radio operators by providing access to QRZ.com callsign information, logging QSOs, calculating distances, and displaying propagation data. It also features a compass for rotator control and SDR listening capabilities.
- QRZ.com callsign lookup
- API-based QSO logging
- Grid square distance calculation
- Rotator compass and degree display
- SDR listening
- Solar and HF propagation data
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- search QRZ.com for callsign and display full information - add QSO to your QRZ logbook using only API - find distance between two grid squares - show you a compass and what degree to set your rotator to other stations - listen to sdr - display solar and HF propagation data
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: QRZing at every 2 days against niliBOX's every 4 months. niliBOX's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for niliBOX against 5.0 for QRZing. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
niliBOX ships an update every 4 months, QRZing every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | niliBOX | QRZing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juan Carlos Prieto | Saleh Almulla |
In-app purchases
niliBOX
No in-app purchases
QRZing
No in-app purchases
