Morse Code vs BendMark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Morse Code
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Decode, send, and learn morse code ā all with your phone's camera and flashlight. Morse Code - Decode & Chat is the only app that combines real-time light decoding, flashlight transmission, and two-way chat into one tool. No internet needed. DECODE Point your camera at any flashing light source to decode morse code in real-time. Adjustable brightness threshold, zoom up to 10x, and exposure controls let you decode signals from across the room or across a field. SEND Type any message and transmit it via flashlight or screen flash. Choose from 4 speed presets (6 to 24 WPM). Quick-tap emergency presets include SOS, Need Help, I Am Safe, and more. CHAT Have a real-time two-way conversation using light. One phone sends via flashlight while the other decodes with its camera. Messages appear in a familiar chat interface with timestamps. Also supports audio morse via speaker and microphone. LEARN Interactive practice mode with two game types: identify the morse code for a character, or identify the character from morse code. Track your accuracy, build streaks, and master all 36 characters. REFERENCE GUIDE Complete A-Z and 0-9 morse code chart, timing rules, tips for best results, and SOS signal reference. Everything you need in one place. ADVANCED: BINARY PROTOCOL The only morse app with an error-corrected binary protocol. Manchester encoding with CRC-8 checksums ensures reliable data transfer even in noisy conditions. Auto-detects whether incoming signals are standard morse or binary packets. SAFETY FIRST Built-in photosensitive epilepsy warning on every launch. Screen-only safe mode available. Flash frequency is hardware-limited for safety. KEY FEATURES ⢠Real-time camera-based morse decoding ⢠Flashlight and screen transmission ⢠Two-way light chat between phones ⢠Audio morse via speaker and microphone ⢠4 speed presets: Slow, Medium, Fast, Pro ⢠24 quick-tap message presets ⢠Interactive learning with scoring ⢠Binary protocol with error correction ⢠Works completely offline ⢠No ads
BendMark
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Stand at the bender, enter two numbers, get the mark. BendMark gives you the distance from the end of the pipe to every bend mark, in sixteenths of an inch, so you can find it on your tape without converting anything. Works with no signal. Nothing is fetched. FIFTEEN BENDS ⢠Offset, rolling offset and parallel offset, evenly spaced or measured pipe by pipe for a rack of mixed sizes ⢠Matching offset and kick: the angle that lines up with a pipe already bent, by the gap between its marks or by its rise ⢠3-point and 4-point saddles ⢠90° stub-up, back-to-back 90° and kick with 90° ⢠Kick, parallel kick and matching kick ⢠Compound 90° around a round, square or rectangular obstruction ⢠Offset to fit: finish at a known length, and it says what to cut ⢠Segment bend, for a large radius in many shots ⢠Concentric 90°, for a bank of pipes round one corner YOUR BENDER, YOUR NUMBERS Pick Klein, Ideal, Greenlee, a rigid and IMC head, or the Greenlee 555 electric. Not listed? Type in your own take-up, gain and radius for each size. Marks follow the head you are actually holding, which is where most cut-short mistakes start. ANY ANGLE 10, 22½, 30, 45 and 60 on the chips, or type any angle from 5° to 89°. Slide a finger across any field, or across the rule on the keypad, to trim it a sixteenth at a time with a click for each step. Choose the centreline radius method for exact marks, or the classic multiplier table; where the two disagree, the app shows you both rather than pretending. READ AN ANGLE OFF THE PIPE Lay the phone on a leg you have already bent and it reads the angle off gravity. Zero it on the flat leg first, so the floor counts as nothing. MARKS WHERE YOUR BENDER WANTS THEM A hand bender lines its arrow up with the mark. Powered benders and saddle notches want the centre of the bend instead. Switch once, and every screen follows. LEARN THE TRADE Six short pages for a break in the van: take-up and gain, shrink, centreline radius, the three marks on the shoe and what each is for, the order you bend in, and working safely. ONE STICK, EVERY BEND Lay several bends on one length, get every mark from the same end, the total shrink and the pipe you need. Read them back from the far end when the bender only reaches that side. Copy the lot into your notes, save the stick, bring it back tomorrow. STEP BY STEP AT THE BENDER Every bend comes with numbered instructions: where to measure, where the arrow goes, which way to roll the pipe, how to check it. The diagram points at the mark each step is talking about, so you never lose your place. TABLES IN YOUR POCKET Offset multipliers and shrink per inch. Take-up and gain for every size. Bender specs: travel and radius adjustment at every angle, and where to scribe your own shoe so it reads angles without a protractor. Sixteenths to decimals to millimetres. Outside diameters for EMT and rigid conduit. BUILT FOR THE SITE ⢠Sixteenths, never decimals. A tape measure has no 12.625 on it. ⢠Feet and inches, or millimetres if that is how your prints are drawn. ⢠Big targets you can hit with gloves on. ⢠Plain-words warnings when a bend cannot be made, and what to change. NO ACCOUNT, NO SERVER, NO ADS No sign-in, no subscription, no network. Pay once. That is the whole transaction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Morse Code at Free against BendMark's $4.99. BendMark's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Morse Code is free to download; BendMark costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Morse Code | BendMark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free ā better | $4.99 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Asynk Tech LTD | Oguzhan CART |
In-app purchases
Morse Code
No in-app purchases
BendMark
No in-app purchases
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