A comparative study of inset feed microstrip rectangular and circular antennas for wireless applications is presented in this paper. The design of the antenna is achieved by using FR-4 substrate with dielectric constants of 4.3, thickness of 1.5 mm and tangent loss 0.025 and working at 2.4 GHz. The dimensions and performances of the designed antenna are optimized by using (CST) software. A performance comparison between the simulation and the fabrication antennas has been done. The impedance bandwidth of the rectangular patch antenna was 79 MHz, where for the circular patch was 72 MHz. The return loss and the efficiency of E-plane HPBW and H-plane HPBW in the circular patch antenna was very close to the rectangular patch antenna.