Daily Morse vs LemurKey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Morse
This app helps you learn and practice Morse code daily with guided lessons and interactive exercises. Track your progress, identify weak areas, and improve your sending and receiving skills.
- Daily tech passages for practice
- Listen and send Morse code
- Guided learning lessons
- Progress tracking and heat map
- Syncs across Apple devices
- On-screen or external key support
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Daily Morse turns Morse code practice into a daily habit. Every day brings one fresh, evergreen tech passage — the same for everyone — so there is always something new to copy and send. FREE TO TRY Start with 7 days of full access, free, with nothing to cancel. After that, daily Listen practice and Standard keying on the on-screen key stay free for good. A single one-time unlock keeps everything else: every lesson, the Koch course, the QSO simulator, your stats, Mic Key and Expert keying. No subscription, and Family Sharing lets your whole family use it. Already bought Daily Morse? You keep everything automatically. THREE WAYS TO PRACTICE • Listen — Hear the day's message in clean Morse at a speed and spacing you choose. Hide the text and copy by ear, then reveal it to check yourself. • Key — Send the message yourself on an on-screen straight key, or use a real key or buzzer through your device's mic. Choose Standard or Expert timing so it feels right whether you are under 12 WPM or well past it. • Learn — Guided lessons that build up gradually: small groups of letters, then numbers and symbols, then full reviews. Listening lessons use active recall — hear a character, tap the one you heard, and get instant feedback. Work through the Koch-method course, then try a full QSO with a simulated station. KNOWS WHERE YOU NEED WORK A practice heat map highlights the characters you miss most, and the Learn tab recommends the lesson that will help you most right now. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Keep a daily streak, watch your keying speed climb, and review your accuracy at a glance. Your streak, heat map, speed history, and settings sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud. MADE TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY No ads. No account. No subscription. Just a focused tool for learning and sharpening Morse — whether you are starting from zero or keeping a ham radio skill sharp.
LemurKey
This app provides Morse code receiving practice for callsigns, sentences, and two-way contacts. It features adjustable settings, a Koch-style learning mode, and simulated interference for realistic training. Compete with friends on leaderboards and track your progress.
- Morse receiving practice
- Adjustable WPM and spacing
- Scripted two-way QSO mode
- Live DX band conditions
- Koch-style learning mode
- Simulated interference options
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LemurKey is Morse receiving practice built to practice real copy skills — callsigns, sentences, and two-way QSOs. Compete your friends with Strava-style leaderboards and go for the crown! COPY PRACTICE • Word, Callsign, and Sentence modes with slot-based copy • Adjustable WPM, character spacing, tone, and volume • Stars & Watts for clean copies; scrubber unlocks after you listen QSO MODE • Scripted two-way contacts: copy each transmission, then reply • Live accuracy feedback through the exchange LIVE DX • Band conditions and spots tailored to your grid square • Optional location for home grid (when-in-use only) TRAIN • Koch-style Learn mode to build speed character by character • Learn to send Q codes; practice sending by recall • Keys mode to hear any letter at your session settings CHAOS MODE • Optional QRM, QRN, and QSB while copying • Higher watt multipliers when the band gets noisy ACCOUNT (OPTIONAL) • Sign in to sync progress, compete on leaderboards, and back up stats • Delete your account anytime from Account Works offline for practice once installed. Audio runs locally on your device. Privacy policy: https://lemurkey.app/privacy.html Support: support@lemurkey.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: LemurKey at free against Daily Morse's paid. LemurKey also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Daily Morse against 5.0 for LemurKey. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LemurKey has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Daily Morse | LemurKey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brady Dixon | Steve Metcalf |
Customer experience
Daily Morse
LemurKey
In-app purchases
Daily Morse
No in-app purchases
LemurKey
No in-app purchases








