Ham Learning vs Cadenza
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ham Learning
This app provides a comprehensive, offline study guide for amateur radio licensing exams, including practice tests and detailed lessons. It also features Morse code training, live shortwave listening, and various radio-related calculators and labs.
- Offline FCC question pools
- Mock exams with progress tracking
- Morse code trainer (Koch method)
- Real-time Morse decoder
- Live shortwave listening with logbook
- Radio calculators and circuit lab
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Ham Learning is a complete, offline-first study companion for amateur radio — from your first Technician ticket all the way to Extra, plus real Morse-code training and live shortwave listening. STUDY FOR YOUR LICENSE • Full US FCC question pools — Technician, General, and Extra (1,400+ questions), with every official diagram. • Mock exams with scoring, full question review, and a progress dashboard (study streak, exams attempted, pass rate, per-subelement mastery). • Hundreds of plain-English lessons on operating, rules, electronics, and safety. • Interactive Q-codes, phonetic alphabet, glossary, and a tiered band chart. MASTER MORSE CODE • Koch-method trainer with adjustable Farnsworth spacing, character speed, and tone. • Real-time on-device Morse decoder — point it at received CW and read the text. • Send-it-yourself paddle with a tap-key decoder and live pulse-ring feedback. LISTEN LIVE • Curated WebSDR receivers from around the world. • Built-in SWL logbook — frequency and mode auto-filled from the live receiver, plus callsign and RST; export the whole log as CSV. CALCULATORS & LABS • Wavelength, dipole/vertical length, Ohm's law, dB, SWR, LC resonance, coax loss, RF-exposure, and Maidenhead grid tools. • Interactive circuit lab and antenna-pattern lab. BUILT RIGHT • Offline-first — works without a connection and degrades gracefully. • No account. No ads. No tracking. • Light/dark themes and adjustable font size. 73 and good luck on your exam — de A41UX.
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, translation, and practice, with an optional Pro version for advanced features.
- Learn Morse code by ear
- Adaptive learning based on character confusion
- Morse code decoding and translation tools
- Offline functionality
- Progress tracking and achievements
- Optional Pro version for advanced features
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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: Ham Learning at none against Cadenza's 3. Cadenza's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Ham Learning asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ham Learning against 5.0 for Cadenza. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Ham Learning ships an update every 2 months, Cadenza every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ham Learning | Cadenza |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yousif AL Balushi | Ivan Terekhin |
Customer experience
Ham Learning
Cadenza
In-app purchases
Ham Learning
No in-app purchases
Cadenza
- Cadenza Pro$6.991 Month
- Cadenza Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Cadenza Pro Lifetime$39.99
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