Comparison

Handi vs Offline Repeater Pro

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

Head to head
About

Handi

This app serves as a central hub for amateur radio operators, enabling them to connect their transceivers to mobile devices. It facilitates radio programming, messaging, mapping, and packet-radio communications.

Highlights
  • Radio channel management
  • APRS messaging
  • Winlink email
  • Packet terminal
  • Interactive map
  • File exchange
Features
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HTCommander is a comprehensive companion for amateur radio operators using EchoLink or supported Bluetooth-enabled transceivers. Connect your radio to your iPhone or iPad and manage programming, messaging, mapping, and packet-radio communications from one application. KEY FEATURES - Configure, organize, import, and export radio channels - Send and receive APRS messages - Inspect packet details and select APRS routing paths - Request weather reports and use supported APRS services - Display APRS stations and position reports on an interactive map - Compose, send, and receive Winlink email with attachments - Communicate through the packet terminal - Operate a built-in bulletin board system - Capture and decode received packets - Manage APRS, Winlink, and terminal contacts - Use supported radio GPS information - Exchange files over compatible packet-radio links SUPPORTED RADIOS HTCommander supports selected models from BTECH, Radioddity, Vero, and Radtel, including the UV-Pro, UV-50Pro, GA-5WB, DB50-B Mini, VR-N75, VR-N76, VR-N7500, VR-N7600, and RT-660. An amateur radio license is required to transmit. Operators are responsible for following local regulations, band plans, and licensing requirements.

About

Offline Repeater Pro

Easily find and program amateur radio and GMRS repeaters into your compatible radio via Bluetooth. Offers offline maps and repeater data, with optional in-app purchases for advanced programming features. Ideal for radio operators on the go.

Highlights
  • Find repeaters by GPS or location
  • Browse offline map and database
  • Program radios via Bluetooth
  • Custom repeater entry
  • Bulk programming
  • Simplex preset loading
Features
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Offline Repeater Pro finds the amateur radio and GMRS repeaters near you and programs them into your radio over Bluetooth (programming requires an in-app purchase). No internet connection is needed once the app is installed. FREE: finding and browsing repeaters, the offline map, and custom repeaters. REQUIRES IN-APP PURCHASE: everything under "Program your radio" below. Choose Yearly Access ($9.99/year, auto-renewing subscription) or Lifetime Access ($29.99, one-time, no recurring charge). FIND REPEATERS • Search by GPS, by a grid square you type in, or by latitude and longitude • Look up any repeater in the database by callsign, city, county, state, or frequency • Filter by Amateur, GMRS, or both • See the distance, the bearing, and a live compass to each repeater • Browse an offline vector map, including a nationwide view, with no data connection • Over 14,000 repeaters in the bundled offline database PROGRAM YOUR RADIO (REQUIRES IN-APP PURCHASE) • One tap to program a repeater into your radio over Bluetooth • Bulk program across any of the radio's channel groups • Program up to the closest 180 repeaters in one pass • Choose the exact channel slot each repeater goes into • Rename the radio's channel groups from the app • Load a built-in simplex preset: FRS and GMRS calling channels, MURS, the 2m and 70cm national calling frequencies, and marine channel 16 • Hand enter or edit any channel: frequency, offset, tone, bandwidth, power • Save a dated backup of the whole radio before you make changes, and restore or delete any backup later YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE • Add and edit your own custom repeaters, stored locally • No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking • Nothing you enter and nothing the app reads from your phone is ever sent anywhere, except through Apple's own purchase system when you buy programming access Built for hams and GMRS operators who want a fast, reliable way to load repeaters into a compatible radio without wrestling with spreadsheets or CHIRP config files. Especially handy when you are traveling or somewhere without a signal. COMPATIBLE RADIOS BTECH UV-Pro, BTECH UV-50PRO, Vero VR-N76, Vero VR-N7600. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Handi4 screens
Offline Repeater Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Handi at none against Offline Repeater Pro's 2. Handi also leads on device support (4 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Offline Repeater Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Handi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Handi against 5.0 for Offline Repeater Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Handi versus Offline Repeater Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandiOffline Repeater Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYlian Saint-Hilairerobert russo

In-app purchases

None

Handi

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Offline Repeater Pro

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Access$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$29.99

Questions

Is Handi free?
Handi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Offline Repeater Pro free?
Offline Repeater Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Handi or Offline Repeater Pro?
Handi and Offline Repeater Pro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Handi or Offline Repeater Pro have ads?
Neither Handi nor Offline Repeater Pro shows ads.

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