PocketPacket

The PocketPacket is now available for $4.99 for both iPhone and iPad owners.The application is supporting English language. It weighs in at only 10MB to download. It is highly advisable to have the latest app version installed so that you don`t miss out on the fresh new features and improvements. The current app version 1.4.1 has been released on 2014-11-23. The Apple Store includes a very useful feature that will check if your device and iOS version are both compatible with the app. Most iPhone and iPad are compatible. Here is the app`s compatibility information: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.1.3 or later.
Bottom Line: For more information about PocketPacket check developer Koomasi`s website : http://koomasi.com/pocketpacket

Using a UV82 and an iPhone 5 connected with the BTech K2 cable Beaconing Receiving Messaging Exactly what I was looking for Please keep developer support of this app it s the only one of its kind on iOS Maybe add the SmartBeaconing algorithm to beacon intervals                     Excellent APRS app for Hams TTF80

I ve had this app for a year or more and wasn t too impressed with it UNTIL I received a Baofeng UV 5R dual band HT for Christmas I built a small interface to match up its audio input output to the headphone jack on my iPhone and after some experimentation with settings on both the radio and the iPhone I now have APRS TX and RX capability because the Baofeng has VOX capability which had kept me from using it with my other vox less HTs I m quite pleased with the app now and having a blast running APRS with an iPhone and a radio the size of a pack of cigs One note It doesn t work on TX with my iPad2 When I connect the mic cable up it causes the radio to switch into TX mode more or less constantly The iPhone architecture is evidently different enough that I don t have this problem it just works So if you re unhappy with PocketPacket on an iPad try it on an iPhone I wouldn t have believed the difference Update 2 years later The app still works great even though the OS on my iPhone5 has been upgraded several times That s something to be happy about I also like the fact that if you buy this app there s no in app purchases or annual subscriptions needed to keep it working The problem with my iPad mentioned above was easily fixed I discovered if I set the VOX on the UV 5R to 8 and then turned UP the audio volume on the iPad to about 3 4 full the radio stopped TXing full time and went back to normal operation It seems odd to have to turn the volume up to fix the problem but it worked for me See other reviews for comments on fixing the iPhone5 crash issue I too had this problem A short term workaround is to shut off the iPhone using the power button not the home button and then turn it immediately back It unfroze the display and resumed operation right where it left off when it froze Whether deleting and reinstalling the app as recommended will solve the problem permanently I don t know I just did it and will see Look for the call WU0V on APRS                     Works with VOX on iPhone Baufeng UV 5R Thehamguy1

Just downloaded it Had it up and operating in a matter of minutes Sent a command message to a digipeater 300 miles away and received the correct reply in a minute Works well and I recommend it You ll need an aprs authorization access code to message                     Works well powellite

As suggested by a review below in 2014 the app does not work until deleted and reinstalled After an hour of puzzling I tried this and now am seeing a fully populated map and was able to send SMS via APRS IS Sweet                     Needs installed TWICE WaikikiHaole

I m new to radio like brand new so I m sure I m missing something I have an old iPhone with the cellular data that I downloaded the app to over wifi It seems to broadcast my gps Location even without a radio hook up And when I take it off of wifi it says it can t connect to APRS IS So my question is can I not use this without cellular service except to broadcast my position which I don t even need my radio to do             Confused Steven Abdul Malik

With an interface such as Easy Digi the TNC modem works perfectly Anyone having problems should realize that all iPhones especially newer ones require some sort of isolation between the phone and the HT                     With an interface the app works fine Rosea1

This app looks promising but is ultimately disappointing If only there was some support and active updates         Crashy at best Aylr

I want to be able to use Pocket Packet with my HF radio while out at sea on my sailboat All that s needed is to add 300 baud FSK encoding decoding as an option         Time to add HF APRS capabilities Paceryourself

Please add the ability to operate 300 baud HF APRS to Pocket Packet             300 baud HF uzzislx23

This app is pretty good but what would make it great would be the ability to do multiple baud rates such as 300 so hams could hook their iPhones up to their HF rigs for APRS             Needs HF APRS capability GraybarGrandpa

Hooked it up to baofeng uv 5r to start transmitting my GPS coordinates I can even send messages to other ham operators Great app                     Excellent Works as promised Random-nick-1234

When you download this app and find out it crashes after a couple of uses delete it then redone load it and before you use it again open the app and turn off all aprs is communications I have an iPhone 5 and I get these crashes but have found a loop hole through them                 Crashing but I found a detour around them DJBlueSupreme

I have it connected to a HT from the earphone jack to the mic jack and I can see the transmission go out but it doesn t show up on the map Then the app freezes my iPhone and I have to reboot the device         Crashes Dwilma

Crashes iPhone reboot required Deleting app and reinstall for temporary fix NEEDS UPDATE ASAP     Fix bugs ASAP Damnit5936

I purchased this and only afterward do I find that it is good for tracking more for beaconing That was from somebody else who purchased it I m going to do more tyesting today but I cannot get it to Tx or Rx using the software modem 080714         Mr blahblahblah8888

Freezes a lot less than it did before Much more reliable Can t wait for more updates                     Keeps getting better CratesOfWood

Used to be great but the latest update broke the messages You can no longer send messages UPDATE It works good However there is a trick The audio modem has to be enabled but the transmit option has to be off                 Update broke it Trainguy1

Program works well the vox activate tone is too short i contacted the developer and he is in the works to either make it longer to activate vox or make lead tone adjustable                     good program jimbob hillbillie

NEEDS UPDATE FOR ISO 7 Will not pull GPS coordinates     Doesn t work mgottardi

Great little app for APRS A simple earphone cable from your iPhone or iPad and a cheap baofeng or wouxon radio and your trackin I had two old iPhone 3G s sitting around and now they are to good use Don t need a data plan on your iPhone or iPad to use this app so it s great for old hardware I m still giving it 5 stars even though it gets stuck once in a while For 5 bucks it worth it                     Coolest APRS app Radio engineer alpha beta

Worked fine till now Good software However since having iOS 7 tracking no longer works the point of aprs after all Wrote to the website a month ago but no answer Wait for update before buying since apple forces users to upgrade to latest iOS I e 7     No tracking with iOS 7 Petervee1

App is unable to get GPS data from iOS7 Not much use         GPS doesn t work on iPad StreamNerd

I m new to the aprs deal so I don t have too much to contribute to the technical side of things but the app is incredibly slow and often freezes to the point I can t even use it I m hoping this will be fixed with an update It looks like I could have some fun with it but right now it s just not useable Make it run and I ll give it 5 stars             Potential Corbondallas

Won t reliably start the GPS or connect to APRS IS servers Leaves the display on all the time so useless unless you re connected to a power source Very disappointing     Very intermittent operation tommasz

I like this app I use it with a Baofeng UV 5R But you will not be able to receive packets with a cable unless the cable has been modified With an unmodified cable the iPhone will not receive in line audio You can buy a cable online for about 35 but you can also make your own with easily available parts from Radio Shack for less than 5 one 10K resistor two 2 2K resistors and two 0i uf capacitors                 Needs a special cable to receive in line audio Savant Wannabe

Setting up my Yeasu to send out APRS was easier than this app     Quite Disappointed B8con

The iOS 6 update has broken the map display no icons show up     Broken with iOS 6 liltechdude

I have had this app for over three months now and I have never EVER made a successful contact using Pocket Packet Not one With dozens of people all around my city on packet this app will usually only see one or none of them via the wifi connection and never sees any of them over the VHF radio I have set up skeds and had other packet operators with real TNC s on the phone while I tried to make a contact using Pocket Packet and no one has ever seen my packets EVER I have emailed the developer for help with this and never gotten a response I have taken it to the local packet guru who runs our ARES packet check in every week and he couldn t make it work either Other ham friends have purchased this and none of them could make theirs work either At 5 I could have bought a gallon of gas for my car and come out way ahead The waste of money isn t nearly as bad as the waste of my time my friends time and all of the frustration that has come with this useless app Avoid Pocket Packet at all costs     Totally useless Avoid like the plague shannon_ak

I built a cable from a design on the Internet which includes a voltage divider and isolation transformer When I use an audio recording app to record with this cable the audio sounds great better than the audio from the radio s built in speaker However this app never decodes any packets from the APRS channel I bought this app because it claimed it had a software TNC It was a total waste of my money     Software TNC broken xyvvf

I have APRdroid for my phone but wanted to get my Ipad to do the same and more However while I was expecting the Ipad app to be better the Ipad is faster larger screen and I paid more for a premium app its been a real let down so far This app does not support SmartBeaconing which the droid does It only allows time tx not distance either The setup of this app is also way less intuitive The lack of SmatrBeaconing may be enough to make me seek a droid tablet but add to that the fact that receive through audio isn t working and there are few tools to debug it Whats weird is that I can record a soundfile on the ipad using the same cable that works with the droid and then play that file through the Ipad speaker and APRSdroid can receive the packet through the droids mic but the pad cant receive the same packet through the cable or if i play the same file for the Ipad microphone Seems like a poor demodulator design in this app Sorry i spent the at this point Since I am stuck I may try tweaking my soundcard interface but how frustrating         Not what I hoped for KD0QLQ

This app does everything the description says it does It sees packets that have gone onto the Internet through igates and can report position through the Internet I am pleased to see the built in TNC so I can use the phone and my HT to use APRS out of a backpack but would like to see offline map ability with something like openstreetmap so I can use the setup completely independent of the Internet I d also like to see multitask support so it can track in the background or receive messages I contacted the author and was told these features are going to be added to the app so it sounds like it will eventually be the perfect APRS app                 Works Great Still Improving DustoneGT

While this app might not be a true replacement for an APRS equipped radio it is also not 500 I have found the app very useful and I could see this as a very nice addition to having the 2 meter APRS ready Kenwood rig of my dreams That is especially true of the iPad version of the app True story I was driving north in Ohio yesterday when I checked this app to see of anyone was in my area I noticed that there was a mobile station using APRS so I threw out the associated callsign on 52 simplex I was pleased to get a call back and we had a nice conversation for the next few minutes Does that mean that everyone will have that sort of luck Of course not Bit it was a COO experience for me Drawbacks Well there really aren t any that I have found so far It is not a 0 99 app but it is also not a 9 99 or more app I think it is a great value for the price and well worth it to any amateur radio operators 73 W5IEM                     Very cool app Alosttexan

Will not work from speaker Really Every other app in the world supports this It just uses the little speaker normally used for phones not the one for speakerphone         No sound from speaker Ecoinvest

Have used this for a couple of days now and it works flawlessly Anyone who enjoys APRS will enjoy using this app It tracked me on the map as I drove from home to another location When I got inside the building at that location and zoomed in it even showed me in the correct portion of the building very accurate I am very pleased with this app                     Works great Marty20657

THIS APP DOES NOT WORK DO NOT BUY     USELESS FJR_GSXR

This app is fun easy to use Five stars                     Great Spd919

I installed this a while ago but hadn t really played with it until recently It works well and is easy to configure I was able to get it set up in just a few minutes and check my location on FINDU to make sure everything was working properly I second the recommendation to add APRS messaging I think that would really close the loop This is a great app and was well worth the money                     Works well I m impressed kc8boa

Try to find a way to add two way Text messaging and you will have fulfilled part of the text messaging initiative for amateur radio without using the Internet It would be great to send a message to another aprs or winlink station Cant wait for that update Excellent update with audio in and audio out Works great with my handheld Was so excited when I discovered that new feature And it works great Keep up the good work                     Product works well great idea Ke6vrk

For example there is no description of nor does the Passcode exist in any screenshot What is it for Does it have anything to do with my not being able to connect to servers some of the time I also cannot change the Symbol to codes that I find on many APRS web pages Some work some don t with no pattern I can figure             needs better documentation M.G.G.

Being an APRS buff I downloaded this and couldn t get it to work but the next day there was an update and it is working great Unfortunately without GPS in my iPod it thinks I am someplace out This is Apple s issue not the Apps 4 Stars                     Another useful Ham APP Kc8yld

My neighbor Chris KH2PM told me about this one After trying the others I bought this application and I too run this app several times a day in addition to my APRS Mobile Station Thanks for a real resource for the Ham Community and thanks Chris for telling me about this one                     The best of all of em Sam K4OC

This is great I ve been looking for an aprs app that works for years now One feature I d like to Suggest is the abillity to play iPod music while posting packets via Internet This would be amazing for roadtrips                     Must buy for hams Patrick08

Great for monitoring the APRS cloud Online mode works well I haven t tested the direct audio decoding UI design could be smoother but quality of work is terrific for a version 1                 Nice version 1 Hal Mueller

Thanks for fixing the Longitude bug I run this APP several times a day now Chris KH2PM                     v1 1 1 works great Chris-NC

Antony responded quickly to the ver 1 1 bugs He sent a fix in a beta release and it works well Turns out the longitude errors were only on the iPod Touch Still some minor bugs but much improved A new update will be available soon with this longitude fix TNX to you Antony Version 1 1 is still faulty Major bug not addresses Still decodes longitude incorrectly Sends invalid locations to APRS IS corrupting the system Developer has acknowledged the multiple bugs but did not address them in the most recent 1 1 update Does not correctly plot lat Lon except from mic e packets Other stations and objects are off about 10 miles west on actual Also call is not displayed on map with icon                 STILL Not ready for primetime update N4TVC

I like your app and would love to see the location errors fixed I didn t know where all my local friends moved to found they moved out of town 25 35 miles west northwest without telling anybody             Work in progress Nancetx