Grid Locator vs QRZing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grid Locator
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The Grid Locator app uses the location services to get your current position and calculate the six digit maidenhead grid square locator form the geographic coordinates. The grid locator is used by radioamateurs worldwide to indicate the location of their station and to calculate the distance and bearing to other stations. With this app, which comes with a nice watch companion app, you always know your current locator at a fingertip.
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 Grid Locator's every 10 days. QRZing also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). Grid Locator's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Grid Locator ships an update every 10 days, QRZing every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and June 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grid Locator | QRZing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | micro systems | Saleh Almulla |
In-app purchases
Grid Locator
No in-app purchases
QRZing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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