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ATC - Live Air Traffic Radio

Monetization rage

Enhanced Radar Corporation · Travel · Free · v1.17

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Review-rating drop
1.02

2026-Q1 3.99 → last 90 days 2.97, text reviews

Peak quarter
3.99

2026-Q1, text reviews

Last 90 days
2.97

text reviews

Store rating
4.68

all 3972 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
1.71

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$1.3M

#4 top-grossing, Travel

store 4.68 · reviews 3.99 → 2.97 · gap 1.71 store 4.68 reviews 2.97

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 427 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2026-Q1: 3.99★ from 141 reviews 3.99 2026-Q1 2026-Q2: 2.90★ from 159 reviews 2026-Q3: 2.99★ from 117 reviews 2026-Q4: 2.60★ from 10 reviews 2.60 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2026-Q13.99 141
2026-Q22.90 159
2026-Q32.99 117
2026-Q42.60 10

Recent 1–2 star reviews

Forcing free trial

★ · v1.17 · Oct 13, 2026

They force you to sign up for their free trial to use the app and of course the only free trial is for the yearly subscription so if you forget they take 70$ from you.

So expensive

★ · v1.17 · Oct 11, 2026

Way too much money

Paywall doesn’t let you use the free version

★ · v1.16 · Oct 10, 2026

When I got this app, I was met with a paywall to get the full version of the app. I wanted to use the free version, but it would not let me unless I signed up for the free trial and put my card information in. It then said it would notify me when my free trial was about to end, it never did. Instead it charged me $90 dollars for the full version when I never wanted it in the first place, but it never gave me an option to keep using the non premium version. Sure, the app is useful, but it scams you to get the paid version. Very poor ethics.

Terrible onboarding process

★ · v1.16 · Oct 3, 2026

Forces you to listen to a random radio call and then do a survey before they even tell you the price. Waste of time and money

Subscribing?!!!!

★ · v1.16 · Oct 2, 2026

Hell no I wanted to listen to ATC to listen to my friends and family not pay for it fix it or I sue

App is behind a Paywall

★ · v1.16 · Sep 30, 2026

There is no free version or anything. $90/Year or $6/Week is crazy expensive.

Waaay to expensive

★★ · v1.15 · Sep 29, 2026

Better out there for less

SCAM DO NOT DOWNLOAD

★ · v1.15 · Sep 29, 2026

This app will charge you before the 7 day trial expires. Do not download

Way too much money

★ · v1.15 · Sep 20, 2026

It won’t even let me continue

NOT FREE

★ · v1.14 · Sep 18, 2026

Forces you into “2 week trial” then $90 a year. I just want to hear why my flight cancelled its landing in real time

Not working anymore

★ · v1.14 · Sep 16, 2026

The whole reason I bought the app was to listen to the traffic at my work/airport. Worked great until it didn't, now for going on a week there's no transmissions or anything at my airport, just says slow connection 24/7

Scam App - No Free Trial

★ · v1.14 · Sep 16, 2026

DO NOT TRUST THE “FREE” TRIAL. I was forced to sign up for a “free” trial to check out the app. I cancelled my trial a day later yet I was still charged a subscription. I have proof of my cancellation prior to the end of my trial, yet they still charged me, and refused my request for refund. BUYER BEWARE

Dont get

★ · v1.14 · Sep 15, 2026

I just wanted to use the app but it was like you have to spend $5.99/wk and i have no money on my phone why is it not free it says it is but isnt

Paywalled

★ · v1.14 · Sep 14, 2026

Super annoying intro and just when you think it’s over you need to pay 90$…

Death screams on tower!?!

★★ · v1.13 · Sep 8, 2026

Just clicked on a highlighted link for a fire reported at MYF and heard what I’m pretty sure are the death screams of a 172 pilot that attempted a go around and crashed at MYF today. Why would you highlight and share something so dark and disturbing?

Design Design Is My Passion

★ · v1.13 · Sep 7, 2026

Made by AVGeeks who don’t understand UX well. I love opening an app and immediately having a solid 2 mins of non skippable garbage. App could be good I don’t know I deleted it before I could get any use out of it.

Not free

★ · v1.13 · Sep 6, 2026

App seems like it would be free. Ads make it seem free. You have to sit through a couple minute long intro before you get stuck either agreeing to do a 7 day trial for a yearly plan or pay weekly. Don’t waste your time when there are free feeds online and free apps.

Will not allow free trial bypass

★ · v1.13 · Sep 6, 2026

I do not want to sign up for the free trial. I want to use the app’s free features.

Not Free

★ · v1.13 · Sep 1, 2026

The app is not free. Don’t get scammed.

Can’t use unless you pay

★ · v1.13 · Aug 28, 2026

Saw this app on TikTok and decided to try it out since I have an upcoming flight. You literally cannot use this app unless you do the “free trial, pay after a week” scheme. Like brother….let me try the app first before entering any type of card information. But nope. Will not let you pass go unless you put in a financial card. Wack af.

Ad says free but not free

★ · v1.13 · Aug 28, 2026

Ad says free but not free

Free trial is a scam

★ · v1.13 · Aug 27, 2026

I signed up for ATC with a seven day free trial. In less than 24 hours after using the app, I canceled the free trial because the app did not cover the airports. I was most interested in listening to. After seven days, I was billed $5.99 even though my Apple account clearly showed that the app was canceled and inactive. Apple refused to refund the payment simply stating that it did not qualify for a refund and gave no further details after appeal to Apple. They still refused to refund the payment again with no justification other than it did not qualify. The free trial is a total scam!

Really man, in this economy? Beware: corporate greed at its finest

★ · v1.13 · Aug 26, 2026

We are all struggling so hard. You know that old song from the 20s that goes “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer”? The wealth gap is so so so so much bigger now. Judging by the amount of advertising and high reviews you have, yall have a large customer base, so you’re not struggling to pay for the app to run. Only allowing a free trial if you pre-commit to the YEARLY option is greedy on yalls part. You not only know, but rely on the fact that people forget to cancel their subscription. Especially those who are busy working to afford to eat. $90 isn’t a small amount of money for us. It would be so nice to have quick and easy access to listening to ATC, but not for the cost of a days worth of food per week. I want yall to genuinely think about the people. Give us some sort of free option to even OPEN THE APP, or at the least allow the free trial on both payment plans. You’d be just fine. The price as-is is insane. Be better. For the people. Look inside and find your empathy.

Hate apps like this

★ · v1.13 · Aug 26, 2026

Advertise it and it sounded like it would be cool. Downloaded it. And then nothing. Can’t even listen without signing up with a free trial. Don’t want to sign up for any trials. Just wanted to listen and see how it is but this app is worthless without signing up.

No freeware option

★ · v1.13 · Aug 18, 2026

ATC feeds are freely available online. Why would I pay a stiff ongoing subscription when I can get it elsewhere for free?

The opportunity

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