Comparison

Codex4 vs Longpath CW

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

Head to head
About

Codex4

Build a usable vocabulary for your job, studies, or hobbies with smart, spaced repetition reviews. Master real word usage and track your progress with clear statistics. Designed for serious learners with a clean interface and no gimmicks.

Highlights
  • Add custom words from any text
  • Spaced repetition reviews (FSRS)
  • Master word lemmas and conjugations
  • Clear progress statistics
  • Automatic word extraction
  • Data export and offline access
Features
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Get fluent faster by learning the words you actually use. Codex4 helps you build a usable vocabulary and keep it for the long term. - Learn what you need: Add your own words from any text in one tap. Build vocabulary for your job, studies, or hobbies. - Retain more with less effort: Reviews are timed by FSRS (a modern spaced-repetition model) so you study exactly when it counts. - Master real usage: The app treats each word as a lemma, so forms and conjugations are covered naturally as you progress. - Stay organized and motivated: Clear stats show what’s due, what’s known, and what’s next. - Bring any content: Automatic word extraction and a context-aware lemmatizer handle homonyms and multi-word phrases. - Your data stays yours: Keep access to review even after unsubscribing, and export your words and learning data anytime. - No gimmicks: Fast sessions, clean design, built for serious learners. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Longpath CW

Features
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Longpath teaches you to hear Morse code, not to decode it letter by letter. And it lets you practise on the Morse key you already own. YOUR OWN MORSE KEY Every telegraphist has a favourite key. With the BLE key interface you plug it straight into Longpath: a straight key, a single paddle or an iambic paddle, connected over Bluetooth to your phone, tablet or Mac. The app produces the sidetone, decodes what you send and shows exactly where your timing drifts, so you train on the very key you will use on the air. The interface is open hardware. Build it yourself from the public ble-key project, or order a parts kit or an assembled key straight from the app. Bluetooth key support is a one-time unlock: buy it once and it stays yours. A key with the optional battery mod runs without a cable, shows its charge level in the app and reconnects on its own after it wakes from sleep. COPY TRAINING BY EAR Copy training follows the Koch method. You start with two characters at full speed and add the next one only when you are ready. Because every character is sent at full speed from the first minute, you learn its rhythm as a sound, never as a row of dots and dashes you have to count. That is the difference between reading Morse and hearing it, and it is why counting habits are so hard to unlearn later. Farnsworth spacing keeps the gaps between characters wide while each character stays fast. You get thinking time without ever practising the wrong rhythm. CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTERS Learn characters shows every character with its rhythm and a toggle. You decide exactly which ones are in play, and copy and send training draw from that one set. SENDING No key at hand? Practise on the on-screen key, straight or iambic, with the same sidetone and the same decoder. YOUR PRACTICE, IN VIEW A practice stopwatch, a daily goal and a statistics view show what you actually practised rather than what you meant to practise. LIGHT OR DARK Practising late in a dark room? Choose Light, Dark or System under Settings, and Longpath follows your device the moment it switches. LOCAL AND PRIVATE Everything runs on your device. No account, no sign-up, no network connection. Your progress belongs to you, and on Apple devices it follows you to your other devices through your own iCloud. Longpath is named after the long way round: the path a Morse signal takes around the globe, and the path you take to learn it.

Screenshots

Codex44 screens
Longpath CW4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Longpath CW at none against Codex4's 4. Codex4's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Codex4 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Longpath CW asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Codex4 ships an update every 4 days, Longpath CW every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Codex4 versus Longpath CW: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodex4Longpath CW
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonas RichnerTobias Wissmueller

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Codex4

Subscriptions4
  • Basic$12.991 Month
  • Pro$14.001 Month
  • Basic Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
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  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$85.001 Year
None

Longpath CW

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Codex4 free?
Codex4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Longpath CW free?
Longpath CW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Codex4 or Longpath CW have ads?
Longpath CW shows ads; Codex4 does not.
Which is updated more often, Codex4 or Longpath CW?
Codex4 ships an update every 4 days, and Longpath CW every 8 days. Most recently, Codex4 was updated on October 4, 2026 and Longpath CW on October 6, 2026.

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