MagicSDR: SDR Radio Receiver26.08 - App Store

Turn your iPhone or iPad into a real radio receiver. MagicSDR connects you to more than 600 live SDR (software defined radio) servers around the world - tune in to shortwave broadcasts, ham radio and utility stations right away. No antenna, no dongle, no hardware required.

WHAT YOU CAN HEAR

- International shortwave broadcasters from every continent
- Ham radio operators on SSB and CW - contests, DXpeditions, everyday QSOs
- Aviation, marine and utility stations
- Time signals, beacons and digital modes

Pick a receiver close to the signal you want: a server in Japan, Brazil or the Alps is one tap away. Somewhere the bands are always open.

HAVE YOUR OWN SDR HARDWARE?

MagicSDR also works as a fast native client for your own receivers. The app supports the SoapyRemote protocol, which means it works with any SDR device that has a SoapySDR driver.

More supported protocols:

- rtl_tcp - stream IQ data from the popular and affordable RTL-SDR dongles
- Airspy network - connect to Airspy receivers shared over the network
- Hermes-Lite - direct connection to the open-source Hermes-Lite 2 HF transceiver

A POWERFUL RECEIVER WITH A TOUCH-FIRST UI

- Wideband panadapter and waterfall with smooth pinch-to-zoom and pan gestures
- AM, SSB (USB/LSB), CW, NFM and WFM demodulators
- Adjustable filter bandwidth and noise-threshold squelch
- Frequency bookmarks to collect and organize stations
- Band plan overlay, so you always know where you are on the dial
- Audio over UDP - feed external decoders such as FT8/WSJT-X or CW
- Built-in EiBi shortwave schedule database - instantly see which broadcast station is on the air, in what language and when

MADE FOR

Ham radio operators, shortwave listeners (SWL), DXers, spectrum analysis - and anyone curious about what is on the air right now.

Feedback and feature requests are always welcome - MagicSDR is in active development.

Version History - Added enumerator map
- Added support SoapyRemote protocol 26.08 Aug 10 Many changes and improvements 26.07 Jul 18 Fixed bugs 26.04 Apr 21 Fixed getting kiwisdr servers 25.05.2 05/27/2025 - Added background play
- Fixed sound in headphones 23.11 11/09/2023 Added search function.
Fixed bugs. 23.10 10/27/2023 - Added rtlsdr direct sampling mode
- Fixed bugs 23.09.4 09/12/2023 ADDED support KiwiSDR servers 23.09.3 09/11/2023 Fixed bugs. Many improvements. 23.08.2 08/29/2023 Fixed bug sound settings 22.10.4 10/16/2022 ADDED Smart tune panadapter
ADDED Hermes Lite LNA gain
CHANGED Default blue color theme
FIXED Correct click frequency bookmark
FIXED Hermes Lite wrong address format
FIXED Bug change live samplerate 22.10.1 10/11/2022 Added Dark, Blue color theme 22.10 10/02/2022 ADDED Audio over UDP bottom menu button status
CHANGED Improved tumbler
FIXED MagicLink Radio Device settings with background app 22.06.1 06/26/2022 Fixed bugs 22.06 06/22/2022 Fixed bugs 22.05.1 05/09/2022 Fixed bugs 22.05 05/01/2022 Added context menu bookmark
Added support landscape screen orientation
Fixed bugs 22.03.3 04/01/2022 Fixed bugs 22.03.1 03/14/2022 Added support Hermes-Lite 22.02 02/14/2022 Added AirSpy HF MagicLink server 21.12.2 12/07/2021 Added custom sample rate value 21.09.2 09/14/2021 Improved UI, fixed bugs. 21.08 08/11/2021 21.04.2 04/30/2021