SWAtlas - Shortwave Explorer
PixelBrick Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
SWAtlas - Shortwave Explorer is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by PixelBrick. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated October 22, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 158 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 22
- 2026 · v7.4
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About SWAtlas - Shortwave Explorer
SWAtlas helps you find worldwide shortwave broadcasts, plan your listening and keep a record of what you hear. Search Aoki and EiBi schedules by frequency or station name, with FM and airband information also available. A separate radio receiver is required for listening. SWAtlas does not receive radio signals or stream broadcasts. Explore broadcasts - View station, country, language, schedule and operating days. - Filter by band, country, language, day and on-air status. Find broadcasts on air at a chosen time or overlapping a time range, using UTC or local time. - Search within a frequency tolerance and set start or end alerts for supported broadcasts. - Explore shortwave, FM and airband map layers and check distances to transmitter locations. Some map positions represent an approximate area. - Find suggested listening targets and manage failed reception records by station, receiver or environment. Suggestions do not guarantee reception. Keep your listening memories - Save reception logs with ratings, notes and receiver details, then browse them in the calendar and archive. - Create a QSL-style reception card with station and frequency details, transmitter information, a day/night graph and a summary of the latest saved NOAA data. - Cards use English, while your notes remain as entered. Choose UTC or local time and whether to show your reception location. - Enjoy the printing animation, haptics and zoom, then save the image to Photos or share it. - Read a card's QR code using the camera or a photo to check its digital signature and compare it with local records. This checks the encoded data, not whether a broadcast was actually received. On-device signal tools - Convert Weatherfax audio into images with Radiofax, with automatic correction and manual adjustment. - Decode Morse and RTTY audio into text. Morse follows changing sending speeds and supports WPM adjustment and re-decoding by segment while the original audio remains available. - Transcribe microphone audio or recordings with Whisper, then translate the text using a separately downloaded translation model. - Send completed Morse and RTTY text to the transcription page for translation when the translation model is installed. - Record radio audio or speech with Smart Radio Recorder, apply noise reduction and send recordings for transcription. - Check WEFAX schedules and NOAA space weather. Your data, ready when you need it - Back up and restore reception logs, failed reception records, settings and saved tool data. - Browse stored broadcast data offline. Database updates are checked and applied automatically. - Internet access is required for updates, model downloads, fresh NOAA data and some map features. Transcription and translation work offline after the required models are downloaded. - Supports light and dark modes. Recordings, logs and decoded text are stored on your device. Signal decoding, transcription and translation run on-device. Data is sent to your chosen destination when you export or share it. Feedback messages may include app and device information and limited diagnostics. Feedback contact: [email protected] Privacy Policy: https://pixelbricktek.github.io/SWAtlas/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 7.4 · Updated October 22, 2026
Fixed various bugs and improved usability.
App privacy
The developer, PixelBrick, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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