DBHamPlus vs Balkan HAM Repeaters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DBHamPlus
Calculate the distance and bearing between two locations using Maidenhead grid coordinates. This utility also displays a map with pin annotations and grid area overlays, allowing users to add custom markers.
- Maidenhead grid calculation
- Distance and bearing computation
- Map visualization
- Pin annotation
- Grid area overlay
- User-added annotations
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Compute distance and bearing using Maidenhead location. This was originally intended for use by amateur radio operators who participate in microwave communications however it can be used by any ham in order to determine a distance and bearing to another radio amateur. This version adds a map of the source and target along with a pin annotation and an overlay identifying the six-digit grid area. If a user touches an empty location on the screen for one second a new annotation is added at that spot identifying the grid. Any user-added annotations are removed if the map view is exited and re-entered.
Balkan HAM Repeaters
Discover and test amateur radio repeaters, echolink nodes, and APRS digipeaters across several Balkan countries. Access repeater data even without an internet connection, with a pull-to-refresh feature for when you're back online.
- Browse amateur radio repeaters
- Test radio nodes
- View echolink nodes
- Access APRS digipeaters
- Offline data browsing
- Pull-to-refresh functionality
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Browse amateur radio (HAM) repeaters, test radio nodes, echolink nodes and APRS digipeaters. The app covers the following countries: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Croatia and Montenegro. In case you lose the internet connection, you can still browse repeaters' data, and pull-to-refresh when you are back online again. Repeaters information is currently retrieved from ham.pirot.org.
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Verdict
DBHamPlus and Balkan HAM Repeaters both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of Balkan HAM Repeaters's written reviews are positive against 33% of DBHamPlus's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 — 4.0 for DBHamPlus against 4.0 for Balkan HAM Repeaters. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of DBHamPlus's written reviews are positive against 50% of Balkan HAM Repeaters's.
DBHamPlus ships an update every 24 months, Balkan HAM Repeaters every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DBHamPlus | Balkan HAM Repeaters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 21 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Sullivan | Nikola Mladenovic |
Customer experience
DBHamPlus
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In-app purchases
DBHamPlus
No in-app purchases
Balkan HAM Repeaters
No in-app purchases
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