APRSSwift
Sevket Bugra CANATA Navigation iPhoneiPadiPod touchMacApple Watch
APRSSwift is a free Navigation app for iPhone and iPad by Sevket Bugra CANATA. Rated 5.0/5 from 2 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 1, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 2 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 7 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 1
- 2026 · v1.8
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About APRSSwift
APRSSwift brings the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) to your Apple devices — a native, universal amateur-radio app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Report your position to the APRS network, watch nearby stations move on a live map, read a real-time packet log, and exchange APRS text messages — all with your own callsign. FEATURES • Live map with APRS symbols, station tracks, and your own location • Connect via APRS-IS (Internet), a TCP KISS TNC, a Bluetooth TNC (Mobilinkd), or the built-in AFSK sound modem (1200 baud — no extra hardware) • Full packet decoding: position, Mic-E, compressed, objects, items, status, weather, messages, and telemetry • SmartBeaconing — adaptive beacon rate based on speed and turns • Two-way APRS messaging with acknowledgements • Station list with distance, favorites, and proximity alerts • Maidenhead grid locator, metric or imperial units, and dead reckoning • Post APRS objects, send status reports, and view weather & telemetry charts • Apple Watch app: beacon, grid, and nearby stations on your wrist APRSSwift is designed for licensed amateur radio operators. A valid callsign is required; your APRS-IS passcode is generated automatically from it. 73!
What’s new
Version 1.8 · Updated October 1, 2026
You can now beacon without giving away exactly where you are. Settings ▸ Beaconing has a new Position precision option: exact, or within roughly 200 m, 2 km, 20 km or 110 km (600 ft, 1 mi, 12 mi or 70 mi with imperial units). It uses standard APRS position ambiguity, so other apps and aprs.fi show you as an area rather than a point. The real position is cut down, never rounded, so it always sits inside the area that goes out. Compressed positions are switched off while this is on, because that format has no way to carry reduced precision. Objects you place on the map still go out exactly where you put them.
App privacy
The developer, Sevket Bugra CANATA, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Precise Location
Used for: App Functionality
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