A smart guide to shortwave radio worldwide. Search Aoki and Eibi data at once, quickly check frequencies and station details, and explore global broadcasts with ease.
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: brick@pixelbricktek.com
Privacy Policy: https://pixelbricktek.github.io/SWAtlas/privacy-policy
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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1. Improved Time Filters
Find broadcasts airing within a selected time range or at a specific time. Both UTC and local time settings are supported.
2. Clearer Local Time Labels
Replaced complex UTC offset labels with a simpler “Local Time” label when local time is selected.
3. Reception Failure History
Review the failed reception attempts used by Best Targets. Search and filter by station, receiver, environment, or period. Edit indoor or outdoor settings and delete individual or filtered records.
4. Improved Morse Decoder Results
View WPM for each segment, adjust its speed, and decode it again while preserving edits in other segments.
5. Translate Morse and RTTY Results
Open decoded text in the transcriber for translation when an offline translation model is installed.
6. QSL-Style Reception Cards
Create a single image of your reception record to save to Photos or share. Cards include station details, frequency, receiver, notes, transmitter location, a day and night chart, and the latest saved NOAA space weather information.
7. Reception Card Options and Preview
Choose whether to show your reception location and select UTC or local time. Enjoy printing animations, haptics, subtle tilt-responsive reflections, and pinch zoom.
8. QSL Reader
Read a card’s QR code from a photo or with the camera to verify its signature and compare it with reception records saved on this device.
9. Map Shortcuts
Touch and hold the Map button on the main screen to choose the Shortwave, Airband, or FM map.
10. Corrected Japanese FM Map Locations
Fixed stations appearing in the wrong area and improved the accuracy of representative regional coordinates.
11. Redesigned Launch Screen and App Icons
A radio in a natural setting comes to life with smooth entrance, tuning, and transition animations with haptics. Light and dark app icons have also been refreshed.
12. Interface and Stability Improvements
Refined navigation icons, button spacing, colors, and haptics. Improved reception card scrolling, backup and restore compatibility, feedback files, multilingual guidance, and permission descriptions.
Version 6.0
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Information
Seller
PixelBrick
Size
162.3 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.