Comparison

U/AWARE vs boofwang

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

Head to head
About

U/AWARE

Control and monitor your Uniden SDS150 scanner remotely via Bluetooth. View transmissions visually, hear audio, and record incoming signals directly on your device.

Highlights
  • Remote operation via Bluetooth
  • Visual display of transmissions
  • Audio playback of scanned signals
  • Record incoming transmissions
  • Full control replication of SDS150
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Provides remote operation functionality via Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE), a visual display and audio of scanned radio transmissions. The display and all controls of the SDS150 are replicated on the app allowing you to access and control all the functions within the range. All incoming audio from the transmissions can be recorded and heard through your devices.

About

boofwang

Features
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boofwang reads a two-way radio's codeplug over Bluetooth, lets you edit it, and writes it back. Nothing leaves your device. There is no account, no server and no telemetry. A codeplug you read stays on the phone until you export it yourself. RADIOS Baofeng UV-5R Mini, over its own Bluetooth module: read and write. Quansheng UV-K5, Baofeng UV-82 and Baofeng DM-32UV, through a clip-on Bluetooth dongle: read only. An iPhone cannot drive a USB serial adapter, so Bluetooth is the only way in on this platform. Channel list with bulk edit. CTCSS and DCS tones, bandwidth, power and scan lists. DMR talk groups and contacts on the DM-32UV. Key slots, masked by default and revealed one at a time. Import and export CHIRP CSV, CHIRP .img and raw binary. Repeater directory lookup. OPEN SOURCE boofwang is free software under the GPL-3.0-or-later. These memory formats are not documented by their manufacturers: they are worked out by reading other implementations and checking against real hardware, and the source records where every offset came from. github.com/thebentern/boofwang

Screenshots

U/AWARE4 screens
boofwang4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: U/AWARE at 13.0 against boofwang's 15.4. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
U/AWARE versus boofwang: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterU/AWAREboofwang
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUniden CorporationBenjamin Meadors

In-app purchases

None

U/AWARE

No in-app purchases

None

boofwang

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is U/AWARE free?
U/AWARE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is boofwang free?
boofwang is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do U/AWARE or boofwang have ads?
Neither U/AWARE nor boofwang shows ads.

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