MeshMonitor Chat vs TopoWave

MeshMonitor Chat is a native iOS client for talking to your Meshtastic mesh through a self-hosted MeshMonitor server. Connect your iPhone to your server with a host, a port and a Bearer token, and start reading and sending messages on any channel or private conversation in your mesh. FEATURES • Channels: browse every primary and secondary channel on your mesh and jump into any of them with a tap. • Direct messages: one-to-one conversations with nodes that have exchanged keys with yours (PKC). • Unread inbox: a tab that gathers conversations with pending messages. • Node list: hop count, last-heard time and online or offline state, with a filter to show only active nodes. • Quick reactions: long-press a message to react with an emoji. • Replies: quote any message and answer it from inside the conversation. • Delivery state: every outgoing message shows whether it is pending, confirmed or has failed. • Status panel: server version, app-to-server reachability, server-to-radio link, uptime and statistics. PRIVACY • Your token is stored in the iOS Keychain and never leaves the device except to authenticate against the server you choose. • No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs, no telemetry. • The app does not operate any server: you decide which MeshMonitor instance you connect to. REQUIREMENTS • A MeshMonitor server reachable from your iPhone (local network or the internet, plain HTTP or HTTPS). • A Meshtastic node attached to that server. • A Bearer token generated from the MeshMonitor Settings page. OPEN SOURCE MeshMonitor Chat is free software released under the GPL-3.0 license. Source code, issue tracker and contribution links are available from the in-app Settings screen.

Plan radio links with terrain, not guesswork. TopoWave helps amateur-radio operators, mesh-network builders, wireless installers, and field teams evaluate terrain between sites before heading out. Place two points on the map, enter antenna and radio details, and run a terrain profile to inspect line of sight, 60% first-Fresnel-zone clearance, obstructions, free-space path loss, and an estimated link budget. EXPLORE TERRAIN VISIBILITY Place a transmitter, choose range, direction, frequency, antenna height, and receiver height, then generate a color-coded terrain-visibility map. Choose overview, standard, or detailed sampling for studies from 1 km to 100 km. KEEP A PLANNING LIBRARY Save sites, targets, equipment profiles, link setups, coverage setups, and frozen analysis results on your device. Compare saved links or terrain-visibility studies without rerunning the calculation. EXPORT USEFUL RESULTS Create PDF reports and share data as CSV, GeoJSON, KML, PNG, or a concise text report for documentation and field work. DESIGNED FOR PRACTICAL RADIO PLANNING - Presets for common amateur-radio, LoRa, mesh, Wi-Fi, and ISM bands - Custom frequencies from 0.1 MHz to 100 GHz - Adjustable transmit power, antenna gains, cable and connector losses, polarization mismatch, clutter allowance, receiver sensitivity, and planning reserve - Height recommendations for difficult paths - Apple Maps with manual coordinates or optional current location - Terrain-source details and attribution in every completed result - No advertising or cross-app tracking TopoWave is a planning aid. It does not model every building, tree, weather condition, interference source, diffraction effect, antenna characteristic, or local rule. Terrain and elevation resolution vary by location. Confirm regulations, equipment specifications, and critical links in the field. Guest access includes a limited number of terrain analyses. Optional Sign in with Apple provides 10 terrain analyses per day. Saved planning data stays on your device.