SDR Receiver

Software Defined Radio

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Demodulate and play AM and FM signals received by an RTL-SDR, Airspy HF+ or SDRplay radio. Requires a radio and a host computer which are not provided with SDR Receiver and must be separately installed and configured. Streams data from an rtl_tcp, hfp_tcp or rsp_tcp server application which are free and open source applications. The appropriate server application must be installed on the host computer and configured for the attached radio.
SDR Receiver is a Software Defined Radio (SDR) that processes, demodulates and plays AM, narrowband FM and wideband FM signals. Listen to communications from aircraft (AM), amateur repeaters and VHF handhelds, police and fire, NOAA weather reports (narrowband FM) and commercial broadcasts (wideband FM).
• Easily entered and managed lists of stations simplify station selection.
• Export and import lists of stations in CSV or TSV format.
• Adjustable squelch that works for both AM and FM signals.
• Adjustable LNA gain (for RTL-SDR and SDRplay radios).
• Adjustable audio high pass and low pass filters.
• Selectable IQ Offset eliminates DC errors.
• DC Blocker option reduces spurious errors.
• Signal strength indicator that shows power level in the signal passband.
• Multiple sampling rates to accommodate different network bandwidths.
• Selectable 8-bit or 16-bit sample size streaming from Airspy HF+ and SDRplay radios.
• Option to play audio over AirPlay to a HomePod, HomePod mini or any AirPlay compatible device.
• Stream synchronized audio to multiple AirPlay 2 compatible devices.
• Lock Screen shows controls and streaming station information.
• Custom URLs enable another application on the same device to set the station and start streaming.
• Supports VoiceOver.
SDR Receiver processes signals that are streamed over the network from a host computer (Mac, PC or Raspberry Pi) that is attached by USB bus to an RTL-SDR, Airspy HF+ or SDRplay radio. An rtl_tcp server or equivalent application running on the host computer receives baseband IQ data from the radio and streams the sampled signals over the network to the iPhone or iPad running SDR Receiver.
Requires an RTL-SDR, Airspy HF+ or SDRplay radio and a host computer which are not provided with the application. Support for 192 ksps and 384 ksps Airspy HF+ sampling rates requires Airspy HF+ firmware version R3.0.7 or later, and hfp_tcp version v.1.2.117 or later.
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    Yes, SDR Receiver is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.

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SDR Receiver Reviews

A basic, stable tcp set client

Jeremyloveslinux on

United States

This is a basic “radio” app for listening to AM, nb FM (like NOAA weather radio), and wb FM (FM broadcast). Does not do SSB. Minus one star for not supporting stereo FM. Hopefully in a future version!

this app is incredible

human_______________ on

United States

deserves every star. thank you for developing this on iOS, there are no alternatives.

Great for streaming local radio

Taylor81 on

United States

App is great for streaming any of my local stations and sports broadcasts while as close to home as doing yard work or driving on the other side of the nation! Simple server with an FM antenna plugged into a Raspberry Pi and this app allows me to save presents to tune those stations. Great simple interface and significantly cheaper than paying for MLB.tv/NBA League Pass/NFL+ or SiriusXM. Plus NO DELAY since it's right from the radio feed. Can't recommend enough!

Works great with an RTL-SDR Dongle

Danzigism on

United States

Love this app. Super simple and stable. I would LOVE the addition of SSB modes (LSB and USB) so I could listen to what's happening on the HF ham bands. For now, it's perfect for monitoring my local FM repeaters and FM broadcast stations. I work in a concrete building that can't get any radio signal. Being able to connect to my Raspberry Pi at home that has a cheap RTL-SDR dongle plugged in to it, is a really nice thing to have. If you guys ever add a SSB and a waterfall, this will be the BEST SDR app for iOS no doubt. Keep being awesome devs! Thank you!

Doesn’t work on HF AM

Eaglewindspirit on

United States

It’s only works on VHF air and for AM. FM modes work fine.

Money grabber.

n5ujj on

United States

Update: Program is a come on regarding HF coverage. You’ll also need an up converter, which I bought and opened another can of operational worms. Still only one star. Original: You buy it then they tell you what it needs to work. $10.00!!!

SdrPlay a no go.

Lifixofficial on

United States

Still punching around, but this refuses to recognize my sdrplay as claimed. And where is the waterfall as described?

Amazing

tim85254 on

United States

Works great on first try with rtl_tcp hosted on OSX.

Very basic, but stable..

KD0 on

United States

First and foremost (as a few left negative reviews as they didn’t know what this exactly did before purchasing), you need (at minimum) an SDR dongle running on a computer (Mac, PC, Raspberry Pi, etc) in order to use this application. This app is designed to receive a stream of data across a network (LAN or internet) from an SDR source. To stream from the internet (i.e, over LTE to back to your SDR source), you may need to forward a port on your router. The default port for SDR is just 1234. I have this and the other new one just released (one with waterfall). Both are working ok on iPhone and iPad, In fact this one may even be more stable than the waterfall one. For stability, I give it four stars marking that it’s “very good” and I like it, however there is room for more features. The presets are pretty useless if you don’t live in the California area that it looks like they are for. Restoring the presets is pretty useless as the majority of users will just delete them, use their own freqs, and never need to restore them. While adding a waterfall isn’t really necessary (in fact, it may degrade performance as it has to draw all that), adding LSB/USB modes is something I’d love to see added. Along with, perhaps, squelch. With LSB/USB, especially if they are stable using low freqs through upconverter, I would give this full 5 stars. I’m more interested in performance than eye candy. I’ve been using this app more often than the “waterfall” one. Sometimes less is more. However, for LSB/USB, I still have to turn to the other app...

Spot on!

TSPix on

United States

Great UX and quality app! Able to stream easily from my phone using rst_tcp on my Raspberry Pi. My only ask is to add squelch to the main screen.

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