Comparison

DR vs Mona Radio

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

Head to head
About

DR

Features
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DR-DeviceTools is a comprehensive device diagnostics and monitoring app that gives you full visibility into your device's hardware, performance, and system health β€” all in one place. Get a complete picture of what's inside your device. Explore detailed hardware specifications, from processor and GPU to display, cameras, audio, and ports. Monitor system performance in real time β€” track CPU load, memory usage, storage, battery status, and thermal readings to understand how your device is performing at any moment. Browse every sensor on your device with expandable technical details. Check connectivity capabilities across Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, and GPS. Review your device's security posture including encryption status. Run interactive hardware tests to verify that your touchscreen, speakers, and sensors are functioning correctly β€” with detailed diagnostic results for each test. View supported media codecs and accessibility settings. Everything you need to understand, diagnose, and verify your device is working as expected. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mona Radio

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Mona Radio brings amateur radio into a modern Apple experience. Built for radio operators who care about both the radio and the experience around it, Mona Radio combines live spectrum and waterfall, RX audio, tuning and radio controls, mode-specific tools, diagnostics, and more in a native Apple interface. Mona Radio currently focuses on the Icom IC-705, with receive-side control and monitoring over your local network. Version 1.3 expands the experience with more radio controls, spectrum interaction, GPS and radio information, memory and mode tools, improved diagnostics, broader device layouts, and multilingual support. Built for the Apple ecosystem Mona is designed to grow across the Apple ecosystem. Today, iPhone keeps the radio with you, while iPad provides a larger operating surface. The interfaces are adapted to each device rather than simply stretching the same screen everywhere. Why Mona exists Mona Radio did not begin as a commercial exercise. It began with a simple idea: Good radio hardware can last for decades. The software experience around it should not have to stay in the past. Many radios still work beautifully long after the computers, operating systems, and software that once surrounded them have changed. We want to help those radios β€” new and old β€” find a place in today’s devices and workflows, without asking operators to replace perfectly good hardware. For many HAMs, a radio is also more than equipment. It may carry years of QSOs, experiments, friendships, late nights, distant voices, and memories. Extending the life of a radio can also preserve some of the memories carried with it. That idea will continue to guide Mona as support gradually expands to more radios, more connections, and more parts of the Apple ecosystem. Built carefully Radio state should tell the truth. Mona favors confirmed radio state, clear connection feedback, local-network operation, and diagnostics that help explain what is actually happening rather than hiding problems behind a generic error. New capabilities are added only after careful software and hardware validation. If something is not ready, Mona would rather leave it out than pretend otherwise. A project that can grow with the community Over time, we hope Mona can help give both modern and older radios a new software life. Some radios may be worth supporting not because they are commercially important, but simply because they still matter to the people who own them. And the knowledge gathered along the way β€” protocols, compatibility findings, hardware behavior, and diagnostic experience β€” is something we hope can eventually help the wider amateur-radio community as well. Extend the life of radios. Preserve the memories carried with them. Mona Radio is an independent project, built by a fellow radio enthusiast for the amateur radio community.

Screenshots

DR4 screens
Mona Radio3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DR at none against Mona Radio's 3. Mona Radio's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Mona Radio sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. DR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DR ships an update every 6 weeks, Mona Radio every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
DR versus Mona Radio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDRMona Radio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV β€” better
Requires iOS18.217.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size69 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDR-Online Sp. z o.o.曦 δ½™

In-app purchases

None

DR

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Mona Radio

One-time3
  • Small Support$1.99
  • Supporter$4.99
  • Generous Support$9.99

Questions

Is DR free?
DR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mona Radio free?
Mona Radio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DR or Mona Radio have ads?
DR shows ads; Mona Radio does not.
Which is updated more often, DR or Mona Radio?
DR ships an update every 6 weeks, and Mona Radio every 2 days. Most recently, DR was updated on October 1, 2026 and Mona Radio on October 1, 2026.

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