# Antenna Mate — user reviews > 97 indexed App Store user reviews of Antenna Mate by Tate Johnson, rated 1.00/5 from 4 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/antenna-mate/id411272547/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/antenna-mate/id411272547.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of Antenna Mate? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🎯 Accurate direction finding - ✅ Works well - 🚀 Fast and responsive - 👌 Simple to read - 💡 Useful for caravaners - 💯 Always accurate - 🌟 Exceptional - 👍 Great app - 🚀 Quick setup - 👍 Very handy - 👍 Brilliant tool - ✅ Works every time - 👍 Highly recommended - 👍 Saves time and effort **Cons** - 💰 Waste of money - 🐛 Inaccurate sometimes - ❓ Confusing instructions - ⚠️ Direction unstable - 🤔 Poor direction - 🐛 Doesn't work - 🐛 No coverage in US - 👎 Useless - 📉 Very basic - 🐛 Not supported in NZ - 🐛 Crap - 🚫 Not supported in US - 🔄 Needs updating - 🧭 No actual compass setting - 📱 No longer works on iPad without cellular - 📍 Won't change location - ❌ Hit or miss - 🤔 Direction finding issues - 🔄 Data needs updating **Commonly reported bugs** - Pointer doesn't move - Direction is unstable and points in close but varying lines - App points in reverse direction - Direction is unstable - Poor direction, turn phone around and direction changes - Can't get work - Doesn't work anymore on new iPad - Arrow shows consistently different direction - No longer works on iPad without cellular - Wont change location - It pointed 90deg away from transmitter - Direction changes when phone is turned - No actual compass setting - Pointer is pointing in a different direction - App only supported in UK and Australia - No known broadcast in this area - Doesn't work in the US - Doesn't work at all **Most requested features** - Map feature - FM radio services version - Signal strength indicator on arrow - Map of transmitters - More bells and whistles - Mobile phone transmission support - Dark mode - Advanced analytics ## Newest reviews (17 of 97) ### 5/5 — Antenna Mate *2024-11-25, version 2.5.2* Great App, easy to use, fast and responsive. ### 5/5 — Top app *2024-11-05, version 2.5.2* Works well very happy. 👍🏻 ### 5/5 — Best app ever *2024-11-04, version 2.5.2* Easy to use ! simple to read! ### 4/5 — Antenna Mate *2024-10-28, version 2.5.2* Great concept, seems to work well, could do with a map of some sort but very easy to use. Only had it a week so far travelling around south east QLD ### 5/5 — Great to use *2024-10-13, version 2.5.2* Very easy to line up with the caravan antenna pin and have great reception quickly. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2024-10-10, version 2.5.2* Very cool app. Would love to see a version which has the FM radio services ### 4/5 — Antenna Mate *2024-09-11, version 2.5.2* A good app but confusing about 'moving the phone in a figure of eight' manner. Is that horizontally or vertically or what. Is there a speed at which th it s should be done? And for how long should this be done? ### 5/5 — Very good *2024-09-10, version 2.5.2* Finding it incredibly useful in setting up caravan TV. The Polarity check on the second page is fantastic. We don’t waste time looking for a signal we can’t get. ### 5/5 — Perfect for a weekend out *2024-07-07, version 2.5.2* This app is perfect for me driving around. Easy to use. 10 out of 10. ### 3/5 — DTV *2024-06-01, version 2.5.2* Direction is unstable and points in close but varying lines ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2024-05-21, version 2.5.2* So simple to use has never failed Can’t always get a reception but not aps fault always shows where to point antenna ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-05-19, version 2.5.2* Great app. Always works ### 5/5 — Stephen Ford *2024-05-11, version 2.5.2* Such a useful and straight forward app. Caravanning necessity! ### 5/5 — A must have app for caravaners! *2024-04-16* This app Antenna Mateos the best app for ensuring your TV antenna is pointed in the correct direction! I have used this app for professional TV antenna installations for years. I recommend this app…✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️ ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2024-03-11, version 2.5.2* I use Antenna Mate all the time for work and it’s brilliant, never failed yet. ### 4/5 — Not always right *2024-02-06, version 2.5.2* An absolute must for caravans and RVs, but there have been times, over our 4 years on the road when the direction given was off and required some fine tuning but 8 out of 10 times it is spot on. It is the first app I suggest to anyone who is having trouble with their tv reception. ### 4/5 — Data *2024-01-08, version 2.5.2* I think you should up transmitters in south Australia some have been turned off like the transmitter in Truro ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Antenna Mate *2025-12-12, version 2.5.2* Absolute waste of money, from one day to the next it is totally different ! Don’t waste your time and money on this app !! ### 1/5 — Hopeless *2024-09-25, version 2.5.2* Useless pointer doesn’t move ### 1/5 — Direction Finding *2024-09-03, version 2.5.2* I have only recently purchased the Antenna Mate App. It seems that when seeking tv transmitters, the App points to a transmitter direction in what I believe is the reverse of the transmitter direction. Or I misunderstood “front” and “rear” of my winegard antenna. ### 1/5 — Antenna mate *2023-12-26, version 2.5.1* Disgraceful ### 1/5 — Doesnt work *2023-03-29, version 2.5.1* Wont change location ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2022-10-11, version 2.5.1* I have just bought the new iPad Air 5th generation wifi only but it doesn’t work anymore….any suggestions ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2022-10-08, version 2.5.1* I bought this app for expecting something that could show me the direction of the nearest TV antenna mast. It pretends to do this , but the arrow shows a consistently different direction all the time. Just use a map. ### 1/5 — No longer works on iPad without cellular *2022-09-12, version 2.5.1* I used to use this all the time via wifi on my iPad, but this now requires cellular and no longer works. ### 1/5 — No actual compass setting *2022-03-09, version 2.5.1* No compass setting or directional settings for rural sites, only picks up singular channel list , my area has 2 towers and it cannot differentiate between the two. Quite poor for a service you pay for honestly ### 1/5 — Useless *2022-02-01, version 2.5.1* I have this app on my iPad and iPhone each device is showing me to point the antenna in a completely opposite direction to the other device ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Really works *2026-08-14, version 2.5.2* After having trouble getting the tv tuned I started searching for an app to help me find the tv signal and this app works every time all the time. Highly recommended. Joe B ### 5/5 — A must when travelling *2026-06-29, version 2.5.2* Very happy with this useful app. ### 5/5 — Simple *2026-06-17, version 2.5.2* No nonsense problem solver ### 5/5 — Billco *2026-03-27, version 2.5.2* Works great with a little practice ### 5/5 — Great app! *2025-09-07, version 2.5.2* We use this app as we travel all over OZ, never lets us down ! ### 5/5 — Sensational *2025-07-18, version 2.5.2* Easy to use always accurate ### 5/5 — Antennae Mate *2025-06-29, version 2.5.2* Exceptional Have only had to resort to book reading twice in 10 years of use ### 5/5 — A must have app for caravaners! *2025-05-14, version 2.5.2* This app Antenna Mate the best app for ensuring your TV antenna is pointed in the correct direction! I have used this app for professional TV antenna installations for years. I recommend this app…✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️ 2025 and the app is still world class! ### 5/5 — Antenna direct *2025-03-20, version 2.5.2* Excellent and simple to use. ### 5/5 — A must have app for caravaners! *2024-12-08, version 2.5.2* This app Antenna Mateos the best app for ensuring your TV antenna is pointed in the correct direction! I have used this app for professional TV antenna installations for years. I recommend this app…✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️ 2024 and the app is still world class! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*