Comparison

Encode Keyboard vs SVXLink

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

Head to head
About

Encode Keyboard

Features
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Encode Keyboard lets you encode and decode text in the app or directly from a custom iOS keyboard. TYPE, CONVERT, CONTINUE • Type in a supported text field, choose Encode or Decode, then select a codec • Tap Convert to replace the current line before the cursor • Undo the last conversion instantly • Switch between English and Vietnamese input TWELVE FORMATS, HONEST LABELS • RFC 4648 Base64, Base64URL, Base32, and Base16/Hex • RFC 3986 URL Percent and International Morse • UTF-8 Binary as an educational app profile; ROT13 as a classic convention • Emoji, Kaomoji, Leetspeak, and your own Personal Code for expression CREATE AND LEARN IN THE APP • Convert text with one clear direction-and-codec flow • Copy, share, or save a result; revisit favorites and recent history • Learn all 12 formats with specification sources, canonical examples, practice, and quick checks • Create, import, and export custom Emoji mappings and Personal Codebooks PRIVATE BY DESIGN All transformations run on device. No account or Full Access is required. There are no ads, analytics, or subscriptions. The keyboard has no network access and does not collect what you type. IMPORTANT Encoding is not encryption. Do not use these formats to protect passwords or sensitive information. Byte-based standard formats, Binary, and ROT13 can restore valid text exactly. Morse may normalize accents, case, and spacing. Emoji, Kaomoji, Leetspeak, and Personal Code are approximate or require the same codebook. Third-party keyboards are unavailable in secure text fields and some app-specific fields because of iOS restrictions.

About

SVXLink

Features
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Control your RF.Guru hotspot over Bluetooth, watch the live feed, send DTMF, and explore the live reflector map from iPhone or iPad. HotSpot is the official mobile companion for the Analog HotSpot SVXLink platform. Pair once over Bluetooth Low Energy and the app takes over from there: read live SVXLink state, switch talkgroups, send DTMF, watch the reflector network on a real map, and keep an eye on your 4G uplink. What you can do: • Live state feed — callsign, frequency, current talkgroup, active and last talker, TX/RX flags, plus 4G signal bars when an LTE modem is fitted. • DTMF & device commands — full DTMF keypad with quick buttons (status, parrot, IP-announce) and a control menu for SVXLink start / stop / restart, 4G on / off, reboot and power-off. • Talkgroup quick-dial — buttons highlighted yellow for the talkgroups your hotspot is actively monitoring, grey for switchable ones, with a green "last heard X ago" timer on each when the live feed is on. • CTCSS info — output tone and the full input-CTCSS → talkgroup mapping shown on the Hotspot Info screen. • Live reflector map — OpenStreetMap-based view of every node on your reflector. Spiderfy clustering, colour-coded pins (red transmitting, green ON0 repeaters, orange nodes, blue AI-detected, grey offline), floating callsign labels on active talkers, and a glass info card on every pin tap. • Home radius — saves your QTH from GPS and frames the map at a configurable radius (default 150 km). One-tap re-center. • Reflector talker history — live, server-paged list of who's been on the network, sourced from the same WebSocket feed. • Auto-everything — auto-connect to your last hotspot on launch, auto-detect WSS support per reflector domain, auto-fetch the talkgroup labels from the portal, and fall back to Bluetooth-only mode when there's no internet. • Keep-screen-on with auto-sleep — optional, slider from 0 (never sleep) to 120 min. • Just Works pairing — no PIN, no fuss. Open-source hotspot firmware: github.com/Guru-RF/Analog-HotSPOT-SVXLink

Screenshots

Encode Keyboard4 screens
SVXLink3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Encode Keyboard at fortnightly against SVXLink's every 5 weeks. SVXLink's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Encode Keyboard ships an update fortnightly, SVXLink every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Encode Keyboard versus SVXLink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEncode KeyboardSVXLink
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDat Thanh NguyenRF Guru

In-app purchases

None

Encode Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

SVXLink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Encode Keyboard free?
Encode Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SVXLink free?
SVXLink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Encode Keyboard or SVXLink have ads?
Neither Encode Keyboard nor SVXLink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Encode Keyboard or SVXLink?
Encode Keyboard ships an update fortnightly, and SVXLink every 5 weeks. Most recently, Encode Keyboard was updated on October 12, 2026 and SVXLink on October 17, 2026.

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