Comparison

Hotspot Info vs Offline Repeater Pro

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

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About

Hotspot Info

Gain deep insights into your device's personal hotspot. View detailed information on sharing types, connected clients, network speeds, and technical parameters. Analyze Wi-Fi, USB, and Bluetooth sharing capabilities, along with comprehensive internet connectivity details.

Highlights
  • Detect network sharing types (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB)
  • View detailed communication type, speed, and mode
  • Analyze connected hotspot clients (IP, MAC address)
  • Access low-level interface information
  • Monitor interface traffic counters
  • Show Wi-Fi access point details (speed, frequencies)
  • Display Bluetooth protocols and standards
Features
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Everything you want to know about your PERSONAL HOTSPOT but were afraid to ask. Hotspot Info is a small and useful utility that lets you see detailed information about current Personal Hotspot sharing from sharing types to connected clients and more. Personal Hotspot lets you connect your computers and devices to the Internet using the cellular data connection on your device. You can share only a cellular data connection; you cannot share a Wi-Fi connection. PERSONAL HOTSPOT INFO • Detect current network sharing types. Support Wi-Fi access point, Bluetooth and USB sharing. • Detailed informations about communication type, speed, mode. • Analyze currently connected hotspot clients. Show IP and MAC address, PING capability, etc. • Low-level informations about the personal hotspot (bridge), W-Fi access point, Bluetooth and USB interface, technical parameters, flags. • Interface traffic counters: upload, download, errors, quality of service (QoS) categories. WI-FI ACCESS POINT INFORMATIONS • Show max. speed by Wi-Fi technologies. • Show Wi-Fi radio frequencies. • Show Wi-Fi radio interference informations. • Show Wi-Fi sharing options. USB SHARING INFORMATIONS • Show USB sharing options. BLUETOOTH SHARING INFORMATIONS • Show Bluetooth protocols and standards supported by your device: Classic, High Speed (HS), Low Energy (LE) or Bluetooth Smart. • Show Bluetooth tethering options: cellular internet connection sharing options via Bluetooth to other iOS devices. • Show supported Bluetooth power class, max. ranges. • Show device supported Bluetooth frequencies and channels with radio interference informations. INTERNET INFO • Show default gateways, IP addresses, networks. • Show DNS servers, search domain names, local MAC addresses, host name resolve. • Depth external address analysis: ISP name, autonomous system name, whois, ping, regional internet registry info. • Full offline MAC vendor database. REACH UI FEATURES • Info menu with feedback and privacy settings • Use the camera icon (upper-right corner) to create and print/send/share a screenshot from the entire page. • Pull down with your finger to refresh the informations. • Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value. • Shake your device to refresh the informations.

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

Hotspot Info4 screens
Offline Repeater Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Offline Repeater Pro at Free against Hotspot Info's $3.99. Hotspot Info's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads and device support 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

Offline Repeater Pro is free to download; Hotspot Info costs $3.99 up front. Offline Repeater Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Hotspot Info asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hotspot Info versus Offline Repeater Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHotspot InfoOffline Repeater Pro
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCsaba Iranyirobert russo

In-app purchases

None

Hotspot Info

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Offline Repeater Pro

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

Questions

Is Hotspot Info free?
Hotspot Info costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Offline Repeater Pro free?
Offline Repeater Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hotspot Info or Offline Repeater Pro have ads?
Neither Hotspot Info nor Offline Repeater Pro shows ads.

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