APRSpot

Beacon your position on APRS.

A fast, native iOS APRS client. Put your station on the map, watch the stations around you in real time, and keep beaconing on the road — even with the screen off.

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Free · No ads · No account · Requires an amateur-radio licence to transmit

Everything you need on the air

Built from the ground up for iPhone with SwiftUI, MapKit and a modern background-location engine.

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Smart beaconing

Manual, periodic, or speed-adaptive SmartBeacon — your position lands on aprs.fi in seconds.

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Background, screen off

Drive with the phone in your pocket and keep beaconing, with automatic resume if iOS reclaims the app.

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Live map

Nearby stations with native APRS symbols, sorted by distance, moving in real time.

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APRS messaging

Send and receive text messages with delivery acknowledgements. Block and report built in.

Dynamic Island

A live beaconing activity in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen — beacon or stop with one tap.

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Private by design

Position ambiguity, optional course/speed and altitude. No tracking, no analytics, no account.

See it in action

A few screens from the app.

Live map of APRS stations Nearby stations list APRS messaging Settings and beacon modes

No screenshots yet? Drop the PNGs from appstore-screenshots/ into a screenshots/ folder next to this page.

Curious but not licensed?

Tap “Try the demo” on the welcome screen to explore the whole app with simulated stations and messages — no callsign or network required.