SWLstation
Utilities
$7.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
iPad
SWLStation is the full-featured iPad version of SWList, bringing a larger and more complete shortwave listening experience to the bigger screen.
Station Identification and Search
The app includes both EiBi and AOKI shortwave databases, updated directly from within the app. You can search by frequency, station name, language, country, or target region. Results can be filtered by the current UTC time to show only active broadcasts. A world map displays active stations as markers, with a detail view for each one.
Shortwave bands are also browsable as a list.
Logging
Received stations can be logged with date, time, frequency, mode, SINPO code, receiver, antenna and notes.
The log browser lets you review past receptions and export them in ADIF format.
Remote Receiver Control
SWLStation can connect to a receiver running rigctld (Hamlib) over your local network.
Frequency and mode are read automatically at regular intervals and used to drive the station search. You can also tune the receiver directly from the app.
Audio from the receiver can be streamed over the local network using the VBAN protocol.
Speech-to-Text
When audio streaming is active, the app can transcribe what you hear using Apple's speech recognition.
Eight languages are supported, with the option to use on-device processing for full privacy or online recognition for better accuracy.
SWLStation is a companion app for shortwave listeners — a dedicated radio receiver is required to tune and listen to broadcasts.
Ratings & Reviews
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What's New in 1.2
• NEW: Propagation dashboard — real-time HF space-weather at a glance.
Solar indices (SFI, sunspots, A/K-index, X-ray, solar wind, MUF, aurora,
proton/electron flux), geomagnetic field & band noise, and day/night band
conditions — each with a plain-language explanation and color-coded rating.
• NEW: Day/night grayline on the World Map. See the terminator in real time,
with the shaded night area, the civil-twilight band (the grayline DX zone)
and the subsolar point. Toggle it on/off from the toolbar.
• World Map now shows ALL stations on air right now (no more 500 cap), with
accurate UTC matching and a day-of-week / date schedule filter so you only
see stations actually broadcasting today.
• Stability and under-the-hood improvements.
The developer, Stefano Rampazzo, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Stefano Rampazzo
- Size
- 5.5 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPad
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Stefano Rampazzo
