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R4 Companion app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 8768 ratings )
Utilities Travel
Developer: Angela Mcarthur
9.99 USD
Current version: 1.01.11, last update: 6 months ago
First release : 30 Aug 2023
App size: 4.55 Mb

R4 Companion™ is a feature rich app, designed to give you the most out of your R4 radar detector, while enhancing your driving experience along the way. Featuring intelligent alerts and advanced muting! R4 Companion™ is the COMPLETE solution to enjoying your R4.

The R4 Companion™ app leverages years of optimizations and features from V1 Companion™ (Available separately on the app store for owners of the Valentine One radar locator). Building on this legacy, the R4 companion adds new systems to support each of the Uniden detectors unique abilities and features.

Enhanced GPS location based false muting via SpotLocks™ - All future updates to this app are free to purchasers of R4 Companion™

R4 Companion™s alerting and muting systems are fully optimized for the R4 platform. Intelligent voice announcements and on-screen visuals will always keep you informed and aware of the situation around you.

NOTE: R4 Companion™ requires a Uniden R4 radar detector to function correctly.

R4 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 R4 Companion™ do the rest. Or you can manually lock or unlock locations with ease from the main alert screen.
• Works seamlessly with the R4s auto mute memory, manual mute memory, k-block, and quiet-ride built in muting.
• Ability to set the R4’s internal detector settings ‘Quiet Ride’, Limit Speed, and ‘Units’ from within the app (More detector settings coming in free future upgrades). *Requires US Version 129 firmware.
• SpotLocks™ works seamlessly with your R4’s built in auto mute memory locations. If you create or delete a location from the app it will apply the changes to your R4 at the same time.
• Proximity meter - leverages the high resolution signal strength and direction information provided by the detector to show you a better representation of the signals source.
• K & X falses in area meter shows you how many possible false alerts exist in the area you are traveling based on the accumulated SpotLock data™.
• Custom Phrases for a given threats audio announcements.
• High resolution meters for the priority alert (Not limited to the # of bars on the R4 display).
• Customizable heads-up display (HUD).
• HUD displays the priority alerts band, signal strength, frequency. The HUD is color coded between real threats & muted false signals.
• HUD of the secondary alerts bands, signal strengths, frequencies, & bogey counts.
• Advanced BSM/CAS/Ka False Muting (Optimized for the R4 platform).
• Ghost muting quiets false alerts when you are stuck traveling near a false emitting vehicle.
• "Passive Mute™"- Quiets the R4 below user set speeds & during weak K & X signals.
• Bogey count display showing total number of threats.
• Vehicle speed (MPH or KMH) display. Speed is color coded for each alert type.
• Mute status with the ability to manually mute/unmute alerts as you need.
• Detailed & intelligent voice announcements of direction, band, frequency, strength, number of alerts, occurrences of mixed signals and more.
• Automatic muting of Ka, K, and X bands (Time before mute set for each band).
• Reduce Speed notification for user set speed.
• ‘Urgency Alerts™’ - Unmutes growing threats & announces these alerts via voice & notifications.
• ‘Alert History’ - View your past alerts with detailed information about each encounter.
• Compass heading.
• Imperial/metric units (mph/kmh).
• Detailed trip summary at the end of your ride including duration, distance, alerts, muting stats, battery, and more.
• Automatic and seamless connection via Bluetooth even while the app is in the background.
• iPhone & Apple Watch notifications of direction, band, & frequency of each alert.
• Tips/Help system.