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📦w/o updates
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All Versions of ACARS

1.4

January 7, 2016

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. Updates for iOS 9.2.
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1.3

November 25, 2013

Support for iOS 7 Display of plane information Color coded display of packet information for iOS 6 and later.
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1.2.2

October 9, 2012

Can transfer saved recording files via iTunes file sharing.

1.2.1

September 27, 2012

Bug fixes for iOS 6

1.2

November 21, 2011

Added options to replace and suppress parity errors to the iPhone/iPod version. Added button to display FAQ/Instructions webpage.
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1.1

September 9, 2010

Support for the iPhone and iPod Touch

1.0.0

August 26, 2010

Price History of ACARS

Description of ACARS

Want to display ACARS transmissions, without using a bulky computer? ACARS lets you view ACARS aircraft transmissions on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. A radio/scanner capable of tuning the 118-136 MHz aircraft band is required. Just set it next to the radio's speaker, tune in an ACARS frequency, and watch the decodes. Or, for even better reception, use a pair of earbuds, plugged into the radio’s headphone jack, rather than the internal speaker. You can save decoded ACARS packets to a file to view later, or transfer to your computer via iTunes. Aircraft model information for many planes in a built in database is displayed along with the decoded packets. You can also add your own plane information to the database. Packet fields are color coded on iOS 6 and later. Buy your copy right now, and start decoding and displaying ACARS transmissions in minutes.
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ACARS: FAQ

Is there an iPad version available for ACARS?

Yes, ACARS works on iPads.
The creator of ACARS is Black Cat Systems.
Your iOS device must have at least iOS 6.0 installed to use the app.
With an overall rating of 2.8 out of 5, ACARS has some room for improvement but is not terrible.
The Acars App Relates To The Lifestyle Genre.
1.4 is the most recent version of the ACARS app.
July 4, 2024 is the date of the latest ACARS update.
ACARS was introduced to the market on February 5, 2023.
Contains nothing objectionable, appropriate for all ages.
ACARS can be used in English.
Sorry, ACARS is not on Apple Arcade.
Sorry, in-app purchases are not available for users of ACARS.
Sorry, ACARS is not specifically engineered for compatibility with Apple Vision Pro.

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Reviews of ACARS

  • Works as advertised

    The app does work, but requires some tweaking/experimenting with the microphone and speaker placement, signal/antenna.
    Pretty good app, would like to see an update though. I copied signals from two different radios, an Icom ICR6 Communications Receiver and an XHDATA D808 portable shortwave radio . Both performed reasonably well tuned to 130.551 mHz Air band (AM).
  • Requires some audio tweaking

    First make sure you can get the RF from the planes as high quality as you can (good antenna, receiver tweaks).
    Then it will require various experimenting placing the iPhone in good position so the phone mics can hear the transmission. And also experiment with the receiver’s volume.
    You will see the data scrolling on the phone screen if you get all of the above correct. Now look at your data for quality decodes. If the data looks garbled, play around with the settings and positions again.
    And....in the app’s configuration, make sure you have a file selected to store the data on the phone. Another thing I really dislike in the app is that if you open another app, all the data displayed in the ACARS screen goes blank and then if you want to view the data, you have to open the stored data files. It does this everytime you goto another app on your phone.
    I want to try this app after adding an external microphone to my iPhone 8+ via a splitter cable. I really hope this will help with the decoding of crap data to quality data.
    Good luck - when all is tweaked correctly, it is a great app. But honestly, use PDW on a PC.
  • It works.

    VERY minimum application, it receives ACARS and that's it. You can put your earbud microphone next to radio speaker, but best bet would be a line-level microphone input. Even if packet doesn't fully decide properly, you get what does decode. Thats a plus. Wish it could run in the background. Only thing I understand is Tail number and type aircraft in packet. It would be nice if the rest of the jibberish is translated to what it actually means. However, it does work. I use in with SDR on the Airband.