# ATC SkyDecode: Air Traffic — user reviews > 22 indexed App Store user reviews of ATC SkyDecode by Tap Water, rated 4.50/5 from 250 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/atc-skydecode-air-traffic/id6760329720/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/atc-skydecode-air-traffic/id6760329720.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 204 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 21 ## Newest reviews (6 of 22) ### 1/5 — Scammed *2026-05-04* Do not waste your money, 100% useless **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. ### 1/5 — Not Free, won’t let you use unless you pay *2026-05-03* This has got to be against the Apple terms of service. It literally says free with app purchases. As soon as you launch the app, it’ll put you into an infinite loop requiring you to pay a six dollar per week subscription - which is insanely high. I don’t understand who would ever use this when you can’t even try it without paying. **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your feedback. We will continue to optimize the user experience. ### 1/5 — You can’t use it without paying *2026-05-01* When you download the app it desperately tries to get you to sign up for a paid subscription and then you get stuck in a sign-up loop that you can’t get out of so you can’t even play around with the app without paying for some type of subscription. Sorry, but I’m not paying for an app without being able to understand what it does. I also find the dark mode color and font choices difficult to read. **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your feedback. We will continue to optimize the user experience. ### 1/5 — Access *2026-04-27* I bought this app so I can listen to my flight and I log in do the decode and boom the app wants me to pay $75 for access and I press not interested and do I get access no because the app wants me to pay $75 for access. Don’t download the app at all **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your feedback. We will continue to optimize the user experience. ### 1/5 — this is a joke.. *2026-04-10* i mean cmon if your gonna rip LiveATC audio and use the ATC app for your ads, there’s no way u expect to get anywhere… **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. This may be because sometimes there is no communication with the control tower at the airport, resulting in no sound. We will continue to optimize the experience. ### 1/5 — Fake Ads. Poor audio transcription. *2026-04-09* Found this app from an ad that showed a screen recording for an entirely different app. Uses images from The ATC App in their ads. How are you going to use a completely different app to try to sell your own. Unable to see transcriptions while viewing the map. Rips audio from LiveATC (a free service). Transcription has about a 2% accuracy. At one point listening to LGA TWR I was getting transcriptions from a YouTube video. When listening to audio the app will show transcriptions from a completely different airport. Audio is delayed 10-20 seconds from real time. ADS-B data is also delayed. This entire app is fraud. Don’t see it being around for long. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not worth the download *2026-07-06* As soon as you download, your instantly pushed to subscribe, you can’t listen to anything if you don’t subscribe, no free trials and who know if it’s even live. Don’t do it **Developer response:** Thank you for your valuable feedback, and we sincerely apologize for the less-than-ideal experience. We truly value every user’s input and will take your suggestions seriously as we continue to improve the app. We hope to bring you a smoother and more thoughtful experience in the future. Thank you for your understanding – if you have any other questions, feel free to reach out anytime. ### 1/5 — Pay only *2026-06-08* No way to test drive this - seems to be a bunch of simulated recordings that they try to pass off a real-time - ads are misleading **Developer response:** Hello.Sometimes the dialogue between the aircraft and the airport control tower is not triggered, which may result in no sound. We will continue to improve the experience to bring you smoother gameplay. Thank you for your understanding and support! ### 1/5 — Not Free *2026-05-24* Can’t even use the app without paying **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your feedback. We will continue to optimize the user experience. ### 1/5 — Nicht Kostenlos *2026-05-19* Keine Kostenlose Test Version **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your feedback and support of the app. We will continue to optimize the user experience. ### 1/5 — Avoid *2026-05-16* No way to cancel the subscription **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. We will continue to optimize the user experience. ### 1/5 — App sucks *2026-05-14* Air traffic isn't real, flight numbers etc are fake. The air traffic they claim doesn't even show up on the actual radar. I'm at LAX not a single plane supposedly coming out on the app is taxing, landing or taking off **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. This may be because sometimes there is no communication with the control tower at the airport, resulting in no sound. We will continue to optimize the experience. ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-05-10* I don’t understand why it is 4.4 stars - you need to pay to open the app **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your feedback. We will continue to optimize the user experience. ### 1/5 — TOTAL SCAM *2026-05-09* This app is a complete and total scam. The reviews are fake. I paid the $6 for a week to access it and all the radio transmissions are just computer generated and not real at all. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. This may be because sometimes there is no communication with the control tower at the airport, resulting in no sound. We will continue to optimize the experience. ### 1/5 — DO MOT WASTE YOUR MONEY! *2026-05-08* Every where in the app preview it tells you that it live. That is totally false and I caught them within 5 minutes of downloading the app. The ATC was talking to an airline that hasn’t existed for days! That certainly isn’t live. Top that all off I can’t find where to cancel this darn app. I guess I’m going to call my credit card company and explain this to them so I don’t pay for this falsely advertised app. I would give them zero stars if I could. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. This may be because sometimes there is no communication with the control tower at the airport, resulting in no sound. We will continue to optimize the experience. ### 1/5 — Fake *2026-05-06* First traffic I’m hearing is spirit airlines talking about landing with passengers in Atlanta. This is several days after spirit airlines shutdown. It’s not real or they’re playing old transmissions **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. This may be because sometimes there is no communication with the control tower at the airport, resulting in no sound. We will continue to optimize the experience. ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Clean and simple *2026-04-05* No clutter, just works. Found my airport in seconds. ### 5/5 — Super fun *2026-04-05* Had no idea you could listen to airport towers like this. The AI text makes everything understandable. ### 5/5 — Saw this on TikTok, not disappointed *2026-04-05* Came across a video about this app and had to try it. The live transcription is actually amazing ### 5/5 — The transcription is a game changer *2026-04-03* Most ATC apps are just audio. This one actually transcribes everything in real time. Makes it so much easier to follow what's going on. ### 4/5 — Found this from a Reel *2026-04-06* Someone posted about listening to ATC convos and I got curious. The AI transcript is the best part. ### 2/5 — No Trial *2026-07-08* As far as I can see, there’s no opportunity to try the app before you have to pay. I’d like to know what airports and centers this covers because certainly there are limitations. I’d like to know how it does handoffs. I’d like to know if it shows other information about aircraft such as altitude. **Developer response:** Thank you for your valuable feedback, and we sincerely apologize for the less-than-ideal experience. We truly value every user’s input and will take your suggestions seriously as we continue to improve the app. We hope to bring you a smoother and more thoughtful experience in the future. --- *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 2026-08-26.*