U/AWARE vs boofwang
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
boofwang
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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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | U/AWARE | boofwang |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Uniden Corporation | Benjamin Meadors |
In-app purchases
U/AWARE
No in-app purchases
boofwang
No in-app purchases









