HAM Radio Apps

HAM Radio Apps

Apps for your radio on Mac, iPad and iPhone. FT8, CW, SSTV, logbook and controllers built in, at home or remote.

FlexRadio · Icom · Yaesu · Kenwood · Elecraft

by Marcus, DL8MRE, and Jan Roskosch

SDR-Control on a MacBook, SmartSDR on an iPad and FT-Control on an iPhone, each with panadapter and waterfall

Pick your radio

One app for each radio. Choose yours to see its app.

FlexRadio Icom Yaesu Kenwood Elecraft USB SDR AOR

SmartSDR for FlexRadio

The official FlexRadio client. At home over your network, or from anywhere with SmartLink.

SmartSDR for Mac on the Mac App Store SmartSDR for iPad and iPhone on the App Store

For the FLEX-6300, 6400, 6400M, 6500, 6600, 6600M and 6700, the FLEX-8400, 8400M, 8600 and 8600M, and the Aurora AU-510, AU-510M, AU-520 and AU-520M.

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SDR-Control for Icom

Panadapter, waterfall and the whole radio on your screen, at home or remote over the internet.

SDR-Control for Mac on the Mac App Store SDR-Control for iPad on the App Store SDR-Control Mobile for iPhone on the App Store

Mac · iPad · iPhone (SDR-Control Mobile)

For the IC-705, IC-7610, IC-7760, IC-9700, IC-7300 MK2 and IC-R8600. On the Mac also the IC-7300 over USB.

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FT-Control for Yaesu

Connects through Yaesu's SCU-LAN10, at home or remote over the internet.

FT-Control for Mac on the Mac App Store FT-Control for iPad and iPhone on the App Store

For the FTdx101D, FTdx101MP, FTdx10 and FT-710.

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TS-Control for Kenwood

Connects through the radio's own network access, at home or remote over the internet.

TS-Control for Mac on the Mac App Store TS-Control for iPad and iPhone on the App Store

For the Kenwood TS-890S.

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K4-Control for Elecraft

Both receivers and both panadapters, at home or remote over the internet.

K4-Control for Mac on the Mac App Store K4-Control for iPad and iPhone on the App Store

For the Elecraft K4, K4D and K4HD.

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SDR-Receiver

For USB software-defined radios: spectrum, listening and 25+ decoders. Mac.

SDR-Receiver on the Mac App Store

For the RTL-SDR, HackRF, Airspy, Airspy HF+, FUNcube Dongle Pro+, Pluto, Perseus, and the Icom IC-R8600 and IC-7760.

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AOR Scanner

VFOs with band scopes, memories, search banks and band plans. Windows, ordered by e-mail.

For the AOR AR-DV1, over its USB cable.

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General purpose apps

Calculators and references for electronics and radio, on Mac, iPad and iPhone.

What every app brings

The radio apps share their modes and tools, so they all work the same way.

FT8 built in
FT8 and FT4 in every app. No cables, no audio drivers, no extra software: open FT8 and make QSOs.
Logbook
Auto-logging, ADIF import and export, call lookup and a map of your QSOs. Synced over iCloud between your devices.
CW keyer and decoder
Send and decode CW at home, on the road or remote over the internet. Your own paddle works too.
More modes
SSTV, HF-Fax, APRS, JS8, WSPR and Speech, which turns voice into text. RTTY and PSK on the Mac.
Controllers
USB, Bluetooth and MIDI controllers work with every app, mapped as you like.
Tools
DX Cluster, POTA, PSK Reporter, band plan, memories, macros, the Command Bar, 4O3A Genius, Ultra Beam and more.
Remote over the internet
Operate your radio from anywhere, without a PC running at the radio.
Mac, iPad and iPhone
Native apps for each platform. The same radio, the same logbook, wherever you are.
Free updates
New modes and features come as free updates. No subscription, no in-app purchases.

Some features need macOS or iOS 26, and some are not on every platform or radio. Compare all features

Who we are

We are Marcus Roskosch, DL8MRE, and Jan Roskosch: a small developer team from Germany. Marcus has been making apps for Apple devices since 2009 and uses the radio apps every day in his own shack. Jan makes Electronic-Toolbox 2 and HAM-Toolbox and works on the code the apps share.

There is no call centre in between: when you write to us, we answer ourselves.

Get in touch

Questions or ideas? Write to us, we answer ourselves.

For an app, please use Contact Support inside the app: in the Settings tab on iPad and iPhone, in the Help menu on the Mac. If you can't, write to help@ham-radio-apps.com.

Many questions are answered in the manual. It opens in the app (Settings or Help menu) and is on this site: App manuals.

Please include

  • The app's name and version
  • Your system and its version (macOS, iOS or iPadOS)
  • The radio's maker and model, if it matters
  • What you expected and what happened instead
  • Any error message, or a screenshot