RepeaterPhone

Name: RepeaterPhone
Price: 7.99 USD
Rating: 4.5 (80 reviews)
Author: Weston Bustraan

Connect to ham radio repeaters

$7.99

80 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Utilities
Developer

Weston Bustraan
Language

EN
+ 1 More
Size

12.5
MB

Note: This app is for licensed Amateur Radio operators only. RepeaterPhone provides the ability to connect your mobile device to EchoLink or AllStarLink nodes, including repeaters and conferences. Push to talk today! You will need an account with either the EchoLink or AllStarLink networks. Please see https://www.echolink.org or https://www.allstarlink.org, respectively, for more details - Push-to-talk interface - Browse or search the directory for available nodes - Mark favorites with a star for quick access - Supports various audio devices, including Bluetooth headsets - Fully integrated into your phone's recent call system - Includes a watch extension for dialing favorites and controlling push-to-talk - Sharing your device with a licensed family member? Switch accounts easily

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

80 Ratings

Great start, needs a few features
08/28/2024

AeroD
I really appreciate what the dev has done here. Until this, only the one (beta, buggy) app allows for a direct allstar node connection. Anyway, this one works! Some wants in a perfect world: The watch app lacks the ability to hear through its speaker, and is merely a simple one-way PTT for the phone(Apple restriction). It'd be cool have more sorting for the large repeater list, and a last heard map/list which would be really useful. Another feature would be listen-only mode or just a dialer where I can connect to ASL nodes with allstar's codes like *72 etc... most of the nodes I regularly connect to like WinSys and hubnet error out with "Rejected: No authority found". I think the hub owners have blocked this type of client (and not DVSwitch which is weird). In any case, great effort by the dev and looking forward to seeing what it can become.Update after reading dev response: most of the issues here are Apple's restrictions. Oh, Apple.

Developer Response
A couple clarifications: Apple does not provide developers with a way to access a live audio stream from an Apple Watch. The apps that appear to do that, like Apple's Walkie-Talkie app actually make a recording and send the recording. This isn't really workable in a VoIP situation like AllStar. The "No authority found" messages are because some node admins have decided to ban the "allstar-public" form of authentication. I would encourage you to email me your other suggestions at wbustraan@gmail.com so that I can get a better understanding of what you are looking for.
Great start, needs a few features
08/28/2024

AeroD

I really appreciate what the dev has done here. Until this, only the one (beta, buggy) app allows for a direct allstar node connection. Anyway, this one works! Some wants in a perfect world: The watch app lacks the ability to hear through its speaker, and is merely a simple one-way PTT for the phone(Apple restriction). It'd be cool have more sorting for the large repeater list, and a last heard map/list which would be really useful. Another feature would be listen-only mode or just a dialer where I can connect to ASL nodes with allstar's codes like *72 etc... most of the nodes I regularly connect to like WinSys and hubnet error out with "Rejected: No authority found". I think the hub owners have blocked this type of client (and not DVSwitch which is weird). In any case, great effort by the dev and looking forward to seeing what it can become.Update after reading dev response: most of the issues here are Apple's restrictions. Oh, Apple.
Developer Response 08/28/2024
A couple clarifications: Apple does not provide developers with a way to access a live audio stream from an Apple Watch. The apps that appear to do that, like Apple's Walkie-Talkie app actually make a recording and send the recording. This isn't really workable in a VoIP situation like AllStar. The "No authority found" messages are because some node admins have decided to ban the "allstar-public" form of authentication. I would encourage you to email me your other suggestions at wbustraan@gmail.com so that I can get a better understanding of what you are looking for.
Some Audio Issues For Me
12/14/2022

JTronN8ESF
I want to give 5 stars because it’s a great app so far, but my only complaint is the audio seems to be less than fully baked. I get only about half volume coming from all of the speakers on my phone regardless of what speaker is actually selected. In fact, trying to change from one speaker to another mutes the entire app and the only way to get even limited volume back is to restart the call. This may not be an issue for everyone – not sure. I’m on iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 16.1.1 on most recent app version as of this writing.
Some Audio Issues For Me
12/14/2022

JTronN8ESF

I want to give 5 stars because it’s a great app so far, but my only complaint is the audio seems to be less than fully baked. I get only about half volume coming from all of the speakers on my phone regardless of what speaker is actually selected. In fact, trying to change from one speaker to another mutes the entire app and the only way to get even limited volume back is to restart the call. This may not be an issue for everyone – not sure. I’m on iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 16.1.1 on most recent app version as of this writing.
An amazing app that keeps everyone connected
03/18/2025

ah6318
I really enjoy this app and love the fact that it is very stable, you can talk directly with people on the radio on the other end. And while you have the ability to talk with everyone anywhere in the world, I wish they would at least orginize in some way an optimal way to orginize the nodes at least by location or perhaps group chat. I am not dinging them for that though, it just makes it more difficult to get going. With that being said, I'm not techie enough to even attempt a node, I'ld never be able to get it going. Fabulous tool.
An amazing app that keeps everyone connected
03/18/2025

ah6318

I really enjoy this app and love the fact that it is very stable, you can talk directly with people on the radio on the other end. And while you have the ability to talk with everyone anywhere in the world, I wish they would at least orginize in some way an optimal way to orginize the nodes at least by location or perhaps group chat. I am not dinging them for that though, it just makes it more difficult to get going. With that being said, I'm not techie enough to even attempt a node, I'ld never be able to get it going. Fabulous tool.
Exactly what we needed!
10/23/2022

Dekedog1
I want to start off by saying this app is absolutely fabulous. This fills the entire IAX hole for iPhone brilliantly.Just one potential bug to report. We have a system around here that uses private nodes instead of public allstarlink nodes. I can make the IAX connection to them fine by adding it with node authentication in the favorites menu, but after I unkey when I talk with the app the node stays keyed as if I am still transmitting. The only way to stop it is to drop the connection. It looks on Supermon, like I never stopped transmitting but the audio is cut off. Other than that this app is perfect.
Exactly what we needed!
10/23/2022

Dekedog1

I want to start off by saying this app is absolutely fabulous. This fills the entire IAX hole for iPhone brilliantly.Just one potential bug to report. We have a system around here that uses private nodes instead of public allstarlink nodes. I can make the IAX connection to them fine by adding it with node authentication in the favorites menu, but after I unkey when I talk with the app the node stays keyed as if I am still transmitting. The only way to stop it is to drop the connection. It looks on Supermon, like I never stopped transmitting but the audio is cut off. Other than that this app is perfect.