Comparison

FlowStation BS vs SVXLink

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

Head to head
About

FlowStation BS

Features
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FlowStation is the official companion app for the FlowStation software-defined TETRA base station. Connect to your own station over your network and get a live, premium control room in your pocket. MONITOR • Registered radios with live signal, talkgroups and energy-saving status • Active group and individual (P2P) calls with live duration and speaker • Last Heard activity feed and a streaming system log • RF Monitor: live spectrum, I/Q constellation, TX quality and SDR health • Station Health: core, backhaul, radios and congestion at a glance, plus power and thermal sensors • SDS Log: full history of short data messages • Callsign enrichment: every ISSI is resolved to its RadioID callsign COMMAND • Kick a terminal or send an SDS message in one tap • DGNA: assign or remove a talkgroup on a radio over the air • Emergency console: see and clear active emergencies, with alerts • Live SDS broadcast queue • ISSI whitelist, config editor and profiles, backup/restore, OTA update check • Restart, shutdown and screen-brightness control INTEGRATIONS • Telegram alerts, DAPNET paging, GeoAlarm, Asterisk SIP status, WiFi management DESIGN • A premium, native interface that mirrors the FlowStation web dashboard, with Home Screen widgets and Live Activities for ongoing calls. NO HARDWARE? Tap "Try Demo Mode" on the first screen to explore the entire app against a built-in simulator — no base station required. FlowStation is a management console for your own, lawfully operated TETRA equipment. Built in Rust, it runs on a Raspberry Pi with a LimeSDR. Learn more at flowstation.dev.

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

FlowStation BS4 screens
SVXLink3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FlowStation BS at every 2 days 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

FlowStation BS ships an update every 2 days, SVXLink every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
FlowStation BS versus SVXLink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowStation BSSVXLink
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRazvan ZecesRF Guru

In-app purchases

None

FlowStation BS

No in-app purchases

None

SVXLink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlowStation BS free?
FlowStation BS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SVXLink free?
SVXLink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FlowStation BS or SVXLink have ads?
Neither FlowStation BS nor SVXLink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlowStation BS or SVXLink?
FlowStation BS ships an update every 2 days, and SVXLink every 5 weeks. Most recently, FlowStation BS was updated on October 31, 2026 and SVXLink on November 5, 2026.

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