morse.tr vs Cadenza
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
morse.tr
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morse.tr is a Morse code and CW practice app for learning, listening, typing, and speaking Morse characters. Practice with adaptive character selection, audio playback, typing tests, speaking tests, activity history, and progress tracking.
Cadenza
Learn Morse code by listening to the sound and rhythm of characters, not by counting dots and dashes. This app adapts to your learning pace, focusing on characters you confuse and gradually increasing speed. It offers tools for decoding, translating, and even sending Morse code.
- Learn Morse code by ear
- Adaptive learning based on confusion
- Morse code decoding and translation tools
- Offline functionality
- Progress tracking and daily challenges
- Sending practice with on-screen key
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Cadenza teaches Morse code the way real operators actually read it: by ear. You start with just two letters at full speed and add more as you go, so you learn the sound and rhythm of each character instead of counting dots and dashes. Built on the proven Koch method with Farnsworth spacing, Cadenza adapts to you. It notices which characters you confuse, drills the exact pairs you mix up, and raises your speed only when you are ready. WHAT YOU GET - Letters trainer: the full alphabet, numbers and punctuation, one character at a time - Reference: tap any letter, prosign, Q-code or abbreviation to hear it - Tools: Listen, a decoder that turns clean Morse tones into text through your mic, a two-way Morse code translator (text to Morse and back, played as sound, screen light, camera flash or vibration) and an accessible Morse keyboard - Postcard: turn a short message into a Morse card, drawn as a rhythm score and sent as a picture with a link. Your friend hears it and decodes it in Cadenza - Progress: streaks, a daily goal, achievements, accuracy heatmaps and a daily challenge that is the same for everyone - Three channels: hear it, see it (a gentle beacon or your camera flash), feel it through vibration GO FURTHER WITH PRO - Copy whole words, random groups and full lines of text - Your lists: drill your own words, callsigns and contest exchanges; the QSO simulator answers your own callsign - Head copy with no typing - Sending practice with an on-screen key, or plug in your own straight key or paddle through a USB or Bluetooth adapter (VBand, Vail); Cadenza does the iambic keying - Realistic on-air modes: callsign trainer, QSO simulator and pile-up - Detailed analytics: confusion matrix and reaction time WHY CADENZA No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Everything works offline and your practice stays on your device. Where other trainers make you count or stare at charts, Cadenza keeps you listening. PERFECT FOR - Total beginners learning from zero - Aspiring and licensed ham radio operators preparing for on-air CW - Anyone who wants a durable, offline skill Free forever: the full Koch trainer, the reference, the tools, the daily challenge and basic stats. Cadenza Pro unlocks the copy, sending and on-air modes plus advanced analytics with a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Cadenza Pro is offered as a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions are billed to your Apple ID and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Account Settings. Privacy Policy: https://morse-trainer.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://morse-trainer.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: morse.tr at none against Cadenza's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Cadenza sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. morse.tr asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | morse.tr | Cadenza |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philip Yoon | Ivan Terekhin |
In-app purchases
morse.tr
No in-app purchases
Cadenza
- Cadenza Pro$6.991 Month
- Cadenza Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Cadenza Pro Lifetime$39.99









