V1 Companion Downloads & RevenueV1 Companion · App Store
V1 Companion is #77 in Utilities Paid in United States and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperAngela Mcarthur
CategoryUtilities
Price9.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (506)
Version3.36.7
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026✏️New screenshots📦Updated to version 3.36.7⭐Passed 100 ratings⭐Passed 100 ratings📦Updated to version 3.35.6📈Entered the top 100📈Charting in a new country🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 11 events
- ✏️V1 Companion: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · US, CA
- 📦V1 Companion updated to version 3.36.7Works with CarPlay!!
"It’s by far the best V1 app I’ve tried." "It’s frequently updated with new and advanced features." - IA
New for version 3.36:
• Full iPhone Duo support
• Bug fixes and optimizations
Other recent big updates:
• SpotLock engine version 2.0.09012026 - latest historical data.
• Advanced false assist engine version 3.0.09012026 - latest 6+ years of historical data.
• Hi-res signal strength meters for both front & rear horns added to the alert banner. See what your detector is seeing, not just the standard bar strength. Front strength shown as a thin line at the top of the banner, rear strength shown at the bottom of the banner. Turn it on by using the option found in both the CarPlay & iPhone menus.
• K&X noise meter added to top of active banner. Enable in the "Map screen" menu under the 'Active Banner' section.
• MyRadarIQ threat level meter added to bottom of active banner. Enable in the "Map screen" menu under the 'Active Banner' section.
• Text notification customization. Enable / Disable types of phone text notifications. Found in the V1 Companion's "iPhone" settings menu.
• Live Activities for CarPlay, iPhone, Apple Watch.
• Alert screen (portrait & landscape views). *Option to view classic or new alert screen with a tap of a button.
• Alert screen banners showing detailed alert, false assist, POI, MyRadarIQ, over speed warnings & other detailed detector status information.
• Alternate Route selection with highway, & toll avoidance.
• Trip arrival time, distance & remaining time.
• Free Drive dashboard.
• Posted speed limit displayed on main alert screen (US, CA, AU, NZ).
• Customizable low speed muting based on PSL.
• MyRadarIQ™ - Threat assessment intelligent system for the radar companion series of apps. A new meter, visible at the top of the main alert screen, will show a graphical representation of the probability of a police presence (Ka or Laser) in the direction of your travel. Using your personal alert data, whenever a high probability exists for an encounter ahead, you will know about it well in advance of facing the actual threat. The meter will also flash red when a Ka or Laser alert is actively being received to help draw attention to the alert. Probabilities are calculated down to the actual day of the week you are traveling, increasing the accuracy on any given day.
• One of the most intelligent 'location based lockout systems' for any iOS app featuring:
• Automatic, intelligent, location based learning / unlearning of potential false alerts.
• Discrete signal locking™ - helps prevent locking out real police radar in close frequency range to the SpotLock™ frequency.
• Frequency drift compensation™ - helps compensate for changes of the location's frequency drifting up and down over time at the saved location.
• BSM guard™ - helps to keep non-stationary vehicle BSM/CAS signals from polluting the SpotLock™ stationary location database.
• Continuous location tuning.
• Manual creation/deletion of SpotLocks™.
"V1 Companion Wow! ...so far it works so well and is so quiet that I was thinking the V1G2 was faulty!! It wasn't until the drive summary popped up that I realized it was obviously working hard in the background to keep my sanity intact from all of the weak K band sources." - D
"First drive today with V1 Companion and I am HAPPY!... The Ghost and BSM filtering works nicely!" - NCT
"This app is my go-to now because of its simplicity. It’s what I’m looking for to just quiet down the V1 without all the technical advanced features in other apps that seems overwhelming to use." -RV
"This release has really been a game changer for me… EXACTLY what I needed for my OCD using the V1 in my CX5." - C
"This app transforms my V1G2 from unusable in city to works really good." - JB
"[Other apps’] random beeps are a deal breaker. [They are] only marginally better than the gen1 with annoying weak notifications. The [V1] Companion rocks at killing unnecessary noise!" - GH… more - ✏️V1 Companion: needs a newer iOSiOS 13.0 → iOS 15.0
- 📦V1 Companion updated to version 3.35.6Now works with CarPlay!!
"It’s by far the best V1 app I’ve tried." "It’s frequently updated with new and advanced features." - IA
New for version 3.35:
• Hi-res signal strength meters for both front & rear horns added to the alert banner. See what your detector is seeing, not just the standard bar strength. Front strength shown as a thin line at the top of the banner, rear strength shown at the bottom of the banner. Turn it on by using the option found in both the CarPlay & iPhone menus.
• "Active" Banner - K&X noise meter added to top of banner. Enable in the "Map screen" menu under the 'Active Banner' section.
• "Active" Banner - MyRadarIQ threat level meter added to bottom of banner. Enable in the "Map screen" menu under the 'Active Banner' section.
• Text notification customization. Enable / Disable types of phone text notifications. Found in the V1 Companion's "iPhone" settings menu.
• Battery optimizations.
Other recent big updates:
• SpotLock engine version 2.0.09012026 - latest historical data.
• Advanced false assist engine version 3.0.09012026 - latest 6+ years of historical data.
• Live Activities for CarPlay, iPhone, Apple Watch.
• Alert screen (portrait & landscape views). *Option to view classic or new alert screen with a tap of a button.
• Alert screen banners showing detailed alert, false assist, POI, MyRadarIQ, over speed warnings & other detailed detector status information.
• Alternate Route selection with highway, & toll avoidance.
• Trip arrival time, distance & remaining time.
• Free Drive dashboard.
• Posted speed limit displayed on main alert screen (US, CA, AU, NZ).
• Customizable low speed muting based on PSL.
• MyRadarIQ™ - Threat assessment intelligent system for the radar companion series of apps. A new meter, visible at the top of the main alert screen, will show a graphical representation of the probability of a police presence (Ka or Laser) in the direction of your travel. Using your personal alert data, whenever a high probability exists for an encounter ahead, you will know about it well in advance of facing the actual threat. The meter will also flash red when a Ka or Laser alert is actively being received to help draw attention to the alert. Probabilities are calculated down to the actual day of the week you are traveling, increasing the accuracy on any given day.
• One of the most intelligent 'location based lockout systems' for any iOS app featuring:
• Automatic, intelligent, location based learning / unlearning of potential false alerts.
• Discrete signal locking™ - helps prevent locking out real police radar in close frequency range to the SpotLock™ frequency.
• Frequency drift compensation™ - helps compensate for changes of the location's frequency drifting up and down over time at the saved location.
• BSM guard™ - helps to keep non-stationary vehicle BSM/CAS signals from polluting the SpotLock™ stationary location database.
• Continuous location tuning.
• Manual creation/deletion of SpotLocks™.
"V1 Companion Wow! ...so far it works so well and is so quiet that I was thinking the V1G2 was faulty!! It wasn't until the drive summary popped up that I realized it was obviously working hard in the background to keep my sanity intact from all of the weak K band sources." - D
"First drive today with V1 Companion and I am HAPPY!... The Ghost and BSM filtering works nicely!" - NCT
"This app is my go-to now because of its simplicity. It’s what I’m looking for to just quiet down the V1 without all the technical advanced features in other apps that seems overwhelming to use." -RV
"This release has really been a game changer for me… EXACTLY what I needed for my OCD using the V1 in my CX5." - C
"This app transforms my V1G2 from unusable in city to works really good." - JB
"[Other apps’] random beeps are a deal breaker. [They are] only marginally better than the gen1 with annoying weak notifications. The [V1] Companion rocks at killing unnecessary noise!" - GH… more - 📈V1 Companion entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · CA
- 📈V1 Companion charting in a new countryCanada
- 🆕V1 Companion first spotted by AppInsider#95 in Top Paid · Utilities · United States
- 📦V1 Companion version 3.34.12No release notes
- 🆕V1 Companion released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.7 ★
506 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#77
Utilities PaidMeasured
New ratings a week
2.2
▲ +167% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
V1 Companion on the App Store
App details
App ID
1529222193
Publisher
Angela Mcarthur
On the store since
Sep 2020
6 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
18 MB
Also listed in
Travel
Where V1 Companion's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | UtilitiesPaid | #77 |
Apps near V1 Companion on the chart
Utilities Paid, around #77.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
506 ratings
Measured
Ratings
506
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
2.2
▲ +167% vs the 2 weeks before
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
74/100
faster than 69% of Utilities apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about V1 Companion
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (74% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being useful. The main complaints are about connection and sync problems, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Features & content: “That would take this app to the next level”
- Useful: “Not “perfect” but very useful”
- Ease of use: “This is an excellent and easy to use App”
- Price & subscription: “And definitely better than the ever so confusing and over priced V1Driver”
Common complaints
- Connection & sync: “Bluetooth Connectivity is Reprehensible”
- Features & content: “I cannot access controls or menu options”
About V1 Companion
Full CarPlay Support!
**FEATURING - GPS location based 'false muting' via one of the best app systems called SpotLocks™
V1 Companion™ is a feature rich app, designed to give you the most out of your V1 radar detector, while enhancing your driving experience along the way. Featuring intelligent alerts & advanced muting, it takes situational awareness to another level! V1 Companion™ is the COMPLETE solution to enjoying your V1.
V1 Companion™'s alerting and muting systems are optimized for each V1 platform. Intelligent voice announcements and on-screen visuals will always keep you informed and aware of the situation around you.
V1 Companion™ full feature list:
• SpotLocks™ - Location based false silencing has never been this good or easy. Turn on the intelligent location based learning, and let V1 Companion™ do the rest. Or, you can manually 'lock' or 'unlock' locations with ease from the main alert screen.
• View and modify your V1's internal hardware settings. You no longer have to exit the app, and run the V1 connection app, to modify your V1's internal settings.
• The ONLY iOS app with "Dynamic Volume Control" for V1 Gen2, completely silences unwanted alerts (No more annoying initial audio blip accompanying false alerts).
• Play detector tones through app.
• 'GPS Warmup' keeps the detector quiet for a 'user set' number of seconds or until a GPS connection is established with your iPhone. Useful for parking garages etc.
• V1 Firmware version check & notification of new firmware.
• 'Proximity' meter.
• High resolution meters for front & rear signal strengths of the priority alert (Not limited to the # of bars on the V1 display).
• MyRadarIQ™ - Threat probability meter.
• 'K & X falses in area' meter.
• 'Custom Phrases' for threat's audio announcements.
• Customizable heads up display (HUD).
• HUD displays the priority alert's band, signal strength, frequency, & direction.
• HUD of the secondary alerts' bands, signal strengths, frequencies, bogey counts & directions.
• Mute rear K & X band signals.
• Advanced BSM/CAS/Ka False Muting (Optimized for each V1 platform).
• 'Ghost' muting quiets false alerts when you are traveling behind a false emitting vehicle.
• "Passive Mute™"- Quiets the V1 below user set speeds & during weak K & X signals.
• Total bogey count display (Above the V1’s limit of 9).
• Vehicle speed (MPH or KMH) display.
• Mute status with the ability to manually mute/unmute alerts.
• Detailed & intelligent voice announcements of direction, band, frequency, strength, number of alerts, occurrences of mixed signals & more.
• V1 mode display (All, logic, Adv. logic - Tap to Toggle).
• Automatic muting of Ka, K, and X bands ('Time before mute' set for each band).
• 'Reduce Speed' notification for user set speed.
• ‘Visual Awareness™’ – Slowly flashes the V1 display when the "Passive Mute™" system is actively muting.
• Priority ‘Visual Awareness™’ - Rapidly flashes the V1 display after a Ka signal has been muted.
• ‘Urgency Alerts™’
**FEATURING - GPS location based 'false muting' via one of the best app systems called SpotLocks™
V1 Companion™ is a feature rich app, designed to give you the most out of your V1 radar detector, while enhancing your driving experience along the way. Featuring intelligent alerts & advanced muting, it takes situational awareness to another level! V1 Companion™ is the COMPLETE solution to enjoying your V1.
V1 Companion™'s alerting and muting systems are optimized for each V1 platform. Intelligent voice announcements and on-screen visuals will always keep you informed and aware of the situation around you.
V1 Companion™ full feature list:
• SpotLocks™ - Location based false silencing has never been this good or easy. Turn on the intelligent location based learning, and let V1 Companion™ do the rest. Or, you can manually 'lock' or 'unlock' locations with ease from the main alert screen.
• View and modify your V1's internal hardware settings. You no longer have to exit the app, and run the V1 connection app, to modify your V1's internal settings.
• The ONLY iOS app with "Dynamic Volume Control" for V1 Gen2, completely silences unwanted alerts (No more annoying initial audio blip accompanying false alerts).
• Play detector tones through app.
• 'GPS Warmup' keeps the detector quiet for a 'user set' number of seconds or until a GPS connection is established with your iPhone. Useful for parking garages etc.
• V1 Firmware version check & notification of new firmware.
• 'Proximity' meter.
• High resolution meters for front & rear signal strengths of the priority alert (Not limited to the # of bars on the V1 display).
• MyRadarIQ™ - Threat probability meter.
• 'K & X falses in area' meter.
• 'Custom Phrases' for threat's audio announcements.
• Customizable heads up display (HUD).
• HUD displays the priority alert's band, signal strength, frequency, & direction.
• HUD of the secondary alerts' bands, signal strengths, frequencies, bogey counts & directions.
• Mute rear K & X band signals.
• Advanced BSM/CAS/Ka False Muting (Optimized for each V1 platform).
• 'Ghost' muting quiets false alerts when you are traveling behind a false emitting vehicle.
• "Passive Mute™"- Quiets the V1 below user set speeds & during weak K & X signals.
• Total bogey count display (Above the V1’s limit of 9).
• Vehicle speed (MPH or KMH) display.
• Mute status with the ability to manually mute/unmute alerts.
• Detailed & intelligent voice announcements of direction, band, frequency, strength, number of alerts, occurrences of mixed signals & more.
• V1 mode display (All, logic, Adv. logic - Tap to Toggle).
• Automatic muting of Ka, K, and X bands ('Time before mute' set for each band).
• 'Reduce Speed' notification for user set speed.
• ‘Visual Awareness™’ – Slowly flashes the V1 display when the "Passive Mute™" system is actively muting.
• Priority ‘Visual Awareness™’ - Rapidly flashes the V1 display after a Ka signal has been muted.
• ‘Urgency Alerts™’
Latest updates
3.36.7
Works with CarPlay!!
"It’s by far the best V1 app I’ve tried." "It’s frequently updated with new and advanced features." - IA
New for version 3.36:
• Full iPhone Duo support
• Bug fixes and optimizations
Other recent big updates:
• SpotLock engine version 2.0.09012026 - latest historical data.
• Advanced false assist engine version 3.0.09012026 - latest 6+ years of historical data.
• Hi-res signal strength meters for both front & rear horns added to the alert banner. See what your detector is seeing, not just the standard bar strength. Front strength shown as a thin line at the top of the banner, rear strength shown at the bottom of the banner. Turn it on by using the option found in both the CarPlay & iPhone menus.
• K&X noise meter added to top of active banner. Enable in the "Map screen" menu under the 'Active Banner' section.
• MyRadarIQ threat level meter added to bottom of active banner. Enable in the "Map screen" menu under the 'Active Banner' section.
• Text notification customization. Enable / Disable types of phone text notifications. Found in the V1 Companion's "iPhone" settings menu.
• Live Activities for CarPlay, iPhone, Apple Watch.
• Alert screen (portrait & landscape views). *Option to view classic or new alert screen with a tap of a button.
• Alert screen banners showing detailed alert, false assist, POI, MyRadarIQ, over speed warnings & other detailed detector status information.
• Alternate Route selection with highway, & toll avoidance.
• Trip arrival time, distance & remaining time.
• Free Drive dashboard.
• Posted speed limit displayed on main alert screen (US, CA, AU, NZ).
• Customizable low speed muting based on PSL.
• MyRadarIQ™ - Threat assessment intelligent system for the radar companion series of apps. A new meter, visible at the top of the main alert screen, will show a graphical representation of the probability of a police presence (Ka or Laser) in the direction of your travel. Using your personal alert data, whenever a high probability exists for an encounter ahead, you will know about it well in advance of facing the actual threat. The meter will also flash red when a Ka or Laser alert is actively being received to help draw attention to the alert. Probabilities are calculated down to the actual day of the week you are traveling, increasing the accuracy on any given day.
• One of the most intelligent 'location based lockout systems' for any iOS app featuring:
• Automatic, intelligent, location based learning / unlearning of potential false alerts.
• Discrete signal locking™ - helps prevent locking out real police radar in close frequency range to the SpotLock™ frequency.
• Frequency drift compensation™ - helps compensate for changes of the location's frequency drifting up and down over time at the saved location.
• BSM guard™ - helps to keep non-stationary vehicle BSM/CAS signals from polluting the SpotLock™ stationary location database.
• Continuous location tuning.
• Manual creation/deletion of SpotLocks™.
"V1 Companion Wow! ...so far it works so well and is so quiet that I was thinking the V1G2 was faulty!! It wasn't until the drive summary popped up that I realized it was obviously working hard in the background to keep my sanity intact from all of the weak K band sources." - D
"First drive today with V1 Companion and I am HAPPY!... The Ghost and BSM filtering works nicely!" - NCT
"This app is my go-to now because of its simplicity. It’s what I’m looking for to just quiet down the V1 without all the technical advanced features in other apps that seems overwhelming to use." -RV
"This release has really been a game changer for me… EXACTLY what I needed for my OCD using the V1 in my CX5." - C
"This app transforms my V1G2 from unusable in city to works really good." - JB
"[Other apps’] random beeps are a deal breaker. [They are] only marginally better than the gen1 with annoying weak notifications. The [V1] Companion rocks at killing unnecessary noise!" - GH
3.35.6
Now works with CarPlay!!
"It’s by far the best V1 app I’ve tried." "It’s frequently updated with new and advanced features." - IA
New for version 3.35:
• Hi-res signal strength meters for both front & rear horns added to the alert banner. See what your detector is seeing, not just the standard bar strength. Front strength shown as a thin line at the top of the banner, rear strength shown at the bottom of the banner. Turn it on by using the option found in both the CarPlay & iPhone menus.
• "Active" Banner - K&X noise meter added to top of banner. Enable in the "Map screen" menu under the 'Active Banner' section.
• "Active" Banner - MyRadarIQ threat level meter added to bottom of banner. Enable in the "Map screen" menu under the 'Active Banner' section.
• Text notification customization. Enable / Disable types of phone text notifications. Found in the V1 Companion's "iPhone" settings menu.
• Battery optimizations.
Other recent big updates:
• SpotLock engine version 2.0.09012026 - latest historical data.
• Advanced false assist engine version 3.0.09012026 - latest 6+ years of historical data.
• Live Activities for CarPlay, iPhone, Apple Watch.
• Alert screen (portrait & landscape views). *Option to view classic or new alert screen with a tap of a button.
• Alert screen banners showing detailed alert, false assist, POI, MyRadarIQ, over speed warnings & other detailed detector status information.
• Alternate Route selection with highway, & toll avoidance.
• Trip arrival time, distance & remaining time.
• Free Drive dashboard.
• Posted speed limit displayed on main alert screen (US, CA, AU, NZ).
• Customizable low speed muting based on PSL.
• MyRadarIQ™ - Threat assessment intelligent system for the radar companion series of apps. A new meter, visible at the top of the main alert screen, will show a graphical representation of the probability of a police presence (Ka or Laser) in the direction of your travel. Using your personal alert data, whenever a high probability exists for an encounter ahead, you will know about it well in advance of facing the actual threat. The meter will also flash red when a Ka or Laser alert is actively being received to help draw attention to the alert. Probabilities are calculated down to the actual day of the week you are traveling, increasing the accuracy on any given day.
• One of the most intelligent 'location based lockout systems' for any iOS app featuring:
• Automatic, intelligent, location based learning / unlearning of potential false alerts.
• Discrete signal locking™ - helps prevent locking out real police radar in close frequency range to the SpotLock™ frequency.
• Frequency drift compensation™ - helps compensate for changes of the location's frequency drifting up and down over time at the saved location.
• BSM guard™ - helps to keep non-stationary vehicle BSM/CAS signals from polluting the SpotLock™ stationary location database.
• Continuous location tuning.
• Manual creation/deletion of SpotLocks™.
"V1 Companion Wow! ...so far it works so well and is so quiet that I was thinking the V1G2 was faulty!! It wasn't until the drive summary popped up that I realized it was obviously working hard in the background to keep my sanity intact from all of the weak K band sources." - D
"First drive today with V1 Companion and I am HAPPY!... The Ghost and BSM filtering works nicely!" - NCT
"This app is my go-to now because of its simplicity. It’s what I’m looking for to just quiet down the V1 without all the technical advanced features in other apps that seems overwhelming to use." -RV
"This release has really been a game changer for me… EXACTLY what I needed for my OCD using the V1 in my CX5." - C
"This app transforms my V1G2 from unusable in city to works really good." - JB
"[Other apps’] random beeps are a deal breaker. [They are] only marginally better than the gen1 with annoying weak notifications. The [V1] Companion rocks at killing unnecessary noise!" - GH
3.34.12
Store changes
What V1 Companion changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New screenshots 
10 screenshots (was 10)
Needs a newer iOS
iOS 13.0 → iOS 15.0
