R8 Companion vs TabSplits
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
R8 Companion
Enhance your radar detector experience with intelligent alerts, advanced muting, and location-based false silencing. This app optimizes your detector's performance and provides detailed real-time information for a safer drive.
- Location-based false silencing (SpotLocks)
- Intelligent voice announcements
- Customizable heads-up display (HUD)
- Proximity meter for signal source
- Advanced false muting for K & X bands
- Remote detector settings adjustment
- Customizable audio announcements
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Works with CarPlay! The R8(w) Companion™ app leverages 6+ years of historical data in its acclaimed 'Advanced False Assist' filtering engine, detector optimizations and shared features from the Radar Companion™ series of apps. (Available separately for owners of the V1, R4, R9, & DS1 radar detectors). The filtering engine is updated on a regular basis from accumulated real world usage data for better filtering against falses, and protection against real threats. R8 Companion™ is a feature rich app, designed to give you the most out of your R8, while enhancing your driving experience along the way. It is extremely easy to get up and running. Featuring intelligent alerts and advanced muting! R8 Companion™ is the COMPLETE solution to enjoying your R8. NOTE: R8 Companion™ requires a Uniden R8 or R8w radar detector with US Version 145 (R8) or 143 (R8w) firmware (OR EARLIER) to function correctly. R8 Companion will NOT function correctly without the appropriate firmware for each detector. Enhanced GPS location based 'false muting' via SpotLocks - All future updates to this app are free to purchasers of R8 Companion. R8 Companion's alerting and muting systems are fully optimized for the R8 platform. Intelligent voice announcements and on-screen visuals will always keep you informed and aware of the situation around you. R8 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 R8 Companion™ do the rest. Or you can manually 'lock' or 'unlock' locations with ease from the main alert screen. • SpotLocks works seamlessly with your R8’s built in 'auto mute memory' locations. If you create or delete a location from the app it will apply the changes to your R8 at the same time. • Option to play detector tones in app. • 'Proximity' meter - leverages the high resolution signal strength and direction information provided by the detector to show you a better representation of the signal's source. • 'K & X falses in area' meter shows you how many possible false alerts exist in the area you are travelling based on the accumulated SpotLock data™. • 'Custom Phrases' for a given threat's audio announcements. • High resolution meter for the priority alert (Not limited to the # of bars on the R8 display). • Customizable heads-up display (HUD). • HUD displays the priority alert's band, signal strength, frequency, & direction. • HUD of the secondary alerts' bands, signal strengths, frequencies, bogey counts & directions. • Mute rear K & X band signals independently. • Advanced BSM/CAS/Ka False Muting (Optimized for the R8 platform). • Ability to set the R8’s internal detector settings from within the app. No need for different apps to modify your detector settings. Do it all from the companion app. • 'Ghost' muting quiets false alerts when you are stuck traveling near a false emitting vehicle. • "Passive Mute™"- Quiets the R8 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. • Detailed trip summary at the end of your ride including duration, distance, alerts, muting stats, battery, and more. • iPhone & Apple Watch notifications of direction, band, & frequency. • Help system. Speed limit data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
TabSplits
Effortlessly divide restaurant bills among friends. Scan receipts, assign items to individuals, and calculate each person's share, including tax and tip. Ideal for group dining and shared checks.
- Scan receipts
- Assign items to people
- Calculate individual totals
- Include tax and tip
- Group meal splitting
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TabSplits helps you split restaurant receipts quickly and fairly. Scan or choose a receipt, review detected items, add people, assign who had what, and see each person’s total including tax and tip. Perfect for dinners, group meals, shared tabs, and restaurant checks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TabSplits at Free against R8 Companion's $9.99. TabSplits also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). R8 Companion's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 1) and chart position (#12 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
TabSplits is free to download; R8 Companion costs $9.99 up front. R8 Companion sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. TabSplits asks for nothing beyond the download.
TabSplits holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: R8 Companion has 1.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of R8 Companion's written reviews are positive against 100% of TabSplits's.
R8 Companion ships an update every 2 weeks, TabSplits weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | R8 Companion | TabSplits |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #12 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Angela Mcarthur | Cypher Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
R8 Companion
TabSplits
Bugs and requests
R8 Companion
Reported bugs
2 issues- Bluetooth disconnection on mute button press
- Automatic speed limit setting changes
Requested features
6 requests- Option to control push notifications
- Wireless/Bluetooth firmware updates for R8
- CarPlay support
- Background app functionality
- Home screen widget
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- Speed camera alerts
TabSplits
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
R8 Companion
- Snacks - Contribution$1.99
- Drinks - Contribution$3.99
- Lunch - Contribution$6.99
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- Super Fan - Contribution$9.99
TabSplits
No in-app purchases









