HamTraqr
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Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
HamTraqr puts every volunteer at a public-service event on one live map — hikers, bikes, sweeps, SAGs, aid stations, net control — and keeps them in touch.
Built for the people who work races, parades, marathons, rides and emergency exercises: the operators who need to know where everyone is, who just called, and what was said, usually all at once.
REQUIRES A SERVER
HamTraqr is not a service we operate. Your club installs the free, open-source HamTraqr Server on its own hardware, and this app connects to it. You will need your club's server address before the app can do anything. There is no account to create and no sign-up.
ON THE MAP
• Live positions for APRS trackers and for phones running this app
• Courses, aid stations and iGates, drawn from your event's configuration
• Tracker names, callsigns and how long since each was last heard
SHARE YOUR POSITION
• Become a tracker with just your phone — no radio hardware required
• Support for an APRS-capable radio if you have one
• Reports continue with the screen off, with a notification shown the whole time
• Turn it on for your shift and off afterwards; nothing is sent until you do
MESSAGING
• Message net control or other trackers directly, and receive event-wide broadcasts
• Attach a photo when a description is not enough
• Spoken alerts for incoming messages, so you can keep your eyes on the road
• Option to hear the live radio transmissions on the event's primary frequency
ON YOUR WRIST
The Apple Watch companion is for when the phone is in a pocket and your hands are busy: incoming messages on the wrist, and a reply dictated by voice.
YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOUR CLUB
Everything you share goes to the server you connected to and no further. We operate no service that receives it, and the app contains no analytics or advertising of any kind. Whoever runs your club's server holds that data and answers for it — their policy is published on the same address you enter into the app.
Note that APRS is an open radio system. Positions transmitted over the air can be received by anyone in range and appear on public sites such as aprs.fi, independently of this app.
LICENSING
No amateur radio licencs is needed to use the app as a tracker; position sharing goes over the internet. A license is required to transmit on amateur frequencies, and your club will tell you which parts of an event need one.
Free, with no in-app purchases.
Ratings & Reviews
What's new in 2.1
Messages
• Attach a location to any message: your current position, or a spot picked on the map. Tap the pin on a message to see the place.
• Mark a message urgent with the warning triangle to make it a ticket for Net Control.
• Follow radio traffic as text, with or without the audio. Tap a row to hear its recording.
• One Following list for everyone's messages and radio traffic, with an All / Text / Radio filter.
• Long-press any message to copy its text.
Map
• Labels no longer pile on top of each other where markers bunch up.
• Show or hide the names of aid stations and iGates.
• Tap a course to highlight it on top of the others.
• Hidden trackers are listed below the visible ones.
Also
• A Stop button for the audio test, and Stop now silences a whole message, not just its current sentence.
• New names: incidents are now tickets, resolved is now closed, and "Report a bug or request".
The developer, Doug Kaye, 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
- Doug Kaye
- Size
- 28.5 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
18+
- 18+
- Infrequent
Contests
Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2026 Doug Kaye (K6DRK)