Liveatc Air Radio App Reviews

Love your app it works amazingly I just wanted to suggest adding Lihue airport. I travel through this airport a lot and would love to have it included. Thanks!

Downloaded it to listen to cvg Cincinnati northern Kentucky and its not there

I bought this app assuming all functionality available on the website would be available. I’m disappointed that access to the archives is not available.

I’m on the Board of Directors of 2 aviation associations. When I purchased this app, KBAF in Westfield, MA was monitored on a regular basis. We not only let it run in the hanger to familiarize the newbies to our ground and tower squawk/lingo, but to be informed of incoming aircraft to our events. It’s a win-win situation for everyone!!! SADLY..... 2 weeks after I purchased this app and talked it up within our organizations, it went radio silent at our Airfield. It was, and still is, a kick in the gut of our curriculum. I wish you all better luck at your own airfield than we’ve had with ours.

I love it I’m a big plane fan and I love it just needs one thing automatically switch to the next channel. But other than that it’s a great app

This app offered more channels before it was upgraded. I am a pilot and I used it to see if my friends were arriving. Now, it is almost useless for my purposes...

As a rusty pilot I find this app so helpful and easy to listen to real time transmissions. This is the best and only solo way I have found to easily practice ATC comms. Many thanks!

This app worked once and now the local channels have been “temporarily unavailable” for over a month. I want my money back.

This app is great as it is one of the few if not the only app that allows you to listen to live ATC throughout the country and the world. One feature I would like to see added is to allow the app user to input the frequency changes when tracking a specific flight as well as creating a log of those frequency changes and the option to save them so the user will have the most recent and updated frequencies if they have changed.

App doesn’t work for me. No channels are available.

If your airport is listed it will tune in. I use it all the time!

The app has been down for over a week for kpsm. Please send status or refund the cost.

Too much static can’t hear what the atc guy is saying but I can hear the pilots. Can you guys fix this please ? Until then 1 star

Just wasted a couple bucks on this app, it’s useless. While the Chanel loads, you aren’t able to use any of the tabs or scroll. The app freezes while the channel loads. Then on 100% of the channels I attempted to use, it gave me a “streaming error.”

I can only give you four stars because I can’t tune in Fullerton tower, even though it says station is up. John Wayne tower, on the other hand, tunes in great. Your thoughts, please. Thank you.

Any reason why a feed will go down every two minutes or less when in high buffer? The example is KMSY dep/app/tower.

I listen via Bluetooth in my vehicle. Turn off vehicle, turn off app...come back at night and the app is immediately on my radio via Bluetooth! Only way to stop this is to cycle power on the phone. So is this thing sucking data the whole day?

As I’m writing this I am listening to a Southwest plane do a touch and go at Sac International. You can have other apps open while listening and it’s all live. Definitely worth the price. 5 Stars!

When I first got the app a little while ago it worked great and I had a lot of fun using it. Now however, it seems to have a major problem with connectivity and it seems like every airport I have tried is not connected or as the app puts it , a streaming error. I wonder if this is fixable.

Whenever I tried to listen to Kstl the red bar would indicate sound but no audio would come through, that channel was working fine on the website

What happen ? This was a Great app, now I can’t pull up the airports I like the most. Are they going to fix this ???

I really like this app and have used in the past. In the past the app worked really well, now the stream times out. Please fix this app, I have 1 gb internet which is plenty to stream.

Very useful to find out firsthand what’s happening in preparation for travel. And with more and more gate to gate satellite-based inflight Wi-Fi you can follow your flight throughout. That said - please consider the following: 1) Please list the frequencies a station is covering as per of the table cell when opening to select a feed (favorites, change channel, or directory). When listening to the feed there is a list. This doesn’t need the description- just a comma separated list of frequencies. 2) Would be great to have more than airport diagram linked, but also departure/arrival/approach plates. 3)This one is tougher and not sure it’s possible. But would love to be able to enter a flight number and find what channel the flight is on. 4) In the feed frequency page, it would be great to know if feeds are mixed, or if a stereo split then which feed is in which ear. This probably means a bigger change but it would be helpful. Thanks for a great app and thanks to everyone who provides feeds to the system.

I remember 10 years ago when I first knew of this site that on my laptop I could get multiple channels for the entire airport. I wouldn’t have purchased it

I didn’t use it very much. It worked fine. It would be a cool app except it won’t turn off - even if I close the app! The only way to turn it off was to delete it. I’ll try it again when they fix that bug.

This app has greatly helped me improve My radio communications and made me get Better grades in aviation school. I focus usually on my local region. Or I listen to other airports that I’m planning to fly into.

It’s strange how many 1-star reviews criticize either the availability of a particular field or the quality of the reception. Do they realize the feeds are crowd sourced? One guy complained about paying $4 for the app. Well, this app is worth every penny of $4 for those interested in aviation like me. If you want a field added, then go buy a scanner and hook it up. If you’re dependent on this app for a critical operational function that is broken when the feed goes down, then you’re insane, buy a VHF radio. In the meantime, try to accomplish 5% of what this app does for $4 and I’ll applaud you cheapskates with both hands.

Use it all the time when on long trips. Won’t load for some reason:(

Love the access via nearby and other airports. I use it to help my ATC communication improve. One item of feedback. When I am on an airline flight and my flight is being handed off to another frequency it would be great to be able to search on frequency like you can on the web site.

I wish they would put Metter or riedsville airport in Georgia in the search engine so I could listen to my friends and dad.

We sure wish you could add KSWO to your list. There are allot of parents that would love to hear their student pilots at OSU!!!

Great app, very simple and intuitive, especially with timer. Would love to get an archives, especially when you’ve been charged for this app. Thanx

Best app on my phone. Thanks Live ATC

Just know that I’m a brand new ATC operator and my boss uses it to listen in on the ATC facility when she’s not in. This app is pretty cool, feed is pretty spot on to what we hear in our headsets from the pilots, OI is easy to use. 8.5/10 would recommend

I'd recommend fixing frequency loss. I wouldn't mind so much if it was a free app....but when I pay for it, it shouldn't drop like this. When it's up, it's great to listen to, especially when watching the planes on Flight Aware (free app) at the same time!! Try it!

Student pilot here, exactly what you need to listen in on the radio, get and practice taking down ATIS info and even airport diagrams. Perfect.

The software seems to work but you can’t select a discrete frequency which means several frequencies are taking over each other. The frequencies are listed separately but they are for information only. Who knows, maybe there is some law restricting this feature but it would be very nice to have.

I love this app and use it all the time. For the past three weeks every time I press play it air traffic control and then goes back to the play button. I have a race it off my phone and download again several times to no avail. Please fix!

Please

What the heck?! Why?! Just why was it removed? I enjoyed listing to atc and the planes flying in and out of the airport but I can no longer do that! That’s not fair! There is literally no reason why it should have been removed.

Quick Shut out to the programmers. Thanks for working on the streaming. That has always been something that has plagued me.

This app was was great until they removed my local airport, without warning, without any refunds, without explanation. Gone, just gone. Not hint if it can or will be re-added.

This was a complete waste of money and time.

I've tried over 20 frequencies at the 3 New York airports, nothing but occasional static. Freshly updated to latest version.

This app didn’t have kcvg a tad bummed but great app!

I use this app all the time. As a pilot I enjoy listening to ATC and pilots and follow them on a “radar app” as well. The app works well but I wish there was a way to input a frequency vs choosing from a list. Some of the sectors for Seattle Center aren’t available to listen to. Update?? Otherwise I think the app is the best of its kind.

LAX Final Approach (North/South) is still unlistenable due to a squelch issue on a noisy channel. Nearly a year after bringing it to their attention, still no fix..

Please make the app fit the screen size of the iPhone X. I absolutely love your app and use it daily.

1.stations are available one day and off the next. Not as reliable as I would want. 2.its not free, thus making me think that they would put in effort to try and keep stations that they already have! Not relying on (us) people to do the work for them and add the stations. It's good but not great. But I still like it. They just need to put more work on it.

Just a heads up that LAX South final approach freq has changed from 124.9 to 132.37, so on the LAX North/South final approach channel, all you hear is the North side now.

I personally want to be part of an act crew and learning all of the callouts and phonetic alphabet is great in this apps software, so if you are leaning towards downloading this app I wouldn’t hesitate to do so.

Tried listening to my local airport and it worked for about 3 mins and stopped. Waste of $4

I live in FL and home FBO is Venice, FL and Key West International Airport with stops all over FL and I would not have bought this had I known very limited airports are on it! Don't buy this APP!

It's fun to listen to the different parts of the world and how different ATC is and how much it is the same.

As a real 121 airline pilot I purchased this app to track other flights, you can not set a frequency to listen to such as departure or Center frequency's there is a list of airports with some frequencies, but there is no way to track a flight along the whole route. If you want to listen to random ATC it is ok. But that is it. I should have saved $4.50.

An amazing app! It is very clear to hear the pilots and controllers (sometimes more difficult if you don't know what they are saying) but the quality and the amount of airports offered is fantastic!!!

I enjoy using this app a great deal. I use in addition to other apps.

Needs a Now Playing button on the Home page/tab and or on the Toolbar at the bottom.

Doesn't seem to get updated very often, lot of airports missing

I'm a University of North Dakota flight student and it works great for me. I use it all the time.

Love it. Great variety of airports and channels and kudos to those volunteers that make this such a fun app

Living in San Bruno hill over 3 decades and all runaways visible insights and watching planes land and takeoff was a real treat for a lifetime. As a ham radio operator since teens I have been a fascinated listening KSFO frequencies. This app is the closest you can get listening to the frequencies. Now that I'm close to retirement I've move up north and start listening to 3 airports in my area. KSMF,KMCC,KMHR.

This software was last updated in 2015, time for an update pleeeeeeeease. Thanks. 5 stars for the fact that it's live atc and it works.

Great app, but lost my favorite channel. Please bring back LGB!

Pretty nifty app, and definitely works as advertised with no hiccups. Part of me wishes it were prettier but I'm just glad somebody is filling this niche and scratching my itch for atc :)

I purchased this app for my student pilot training because I was terrified of having to talk to ATC. After using this app, my fear vanished. In fact, I gained so much confidence by listening to "tower talk" that when it came time for my first cross country solo flight, I was extremely confident--and ended up having no jitters whatsoever when talking to tower. I highly, highly, highly recommended the LIVE ATC app!

I purchased this app mostly to listen to the Oshkosh air show tower and the frequency hasn't been up for almost a year.

This is a good app - but it doesn't have the past recordings (archives). I'm not sure why, this seems like it would be a very easy feature to include so we don't have to go to the website to listen to the archives. Also the receivers need to be located closer to the broadcasting sites to reduce static.

Wasted my money. Trusted the reviews... mistake! Expected more airports and if you select another airport it reads : status unavailable. Shouldn't have been a pay app.

I recommend this app for a download as it is of fine quality.

Paired with a flight-tracking app, this one makes listening in on far-flung reaches that much more enjoyable. If there is another update I'd love to see some kind of chat function, access to the interesting recordings on their website, and time of day included on each airport's listings.

Awesome app - reliable and intuitive !

I don't understand why your new update deleted a majority of the frequencies on the app that I actually used. KMCO had a good 8 channels and now there's only two. I used to use KISM for their information since it's a local airport, now I cannot. I paid for the full version, it was great, all the way up until yesterday when it decided to update and remove everything. Please fix this....

You should put Panamá on your atc please!!

Get it! This app is legit!

KFLL Fort Lauderdale international airport only has ground live ATC. Waste of money!

Great app just would be nice if the ability to listen to recording archives was available like the website. Other than that the app is fantastic

EVERY time I’m flying the app doesn’t work and as soon as I’m not it seems to work fine. What’s the point?

I love this app just because I enjoy planes very good variety of airports too.

No updates in years

Does not include many airports. I am directly next to Corpus Christi international, and it doesn’t include them.

The App is great except that I can't hear the one airport closest to my house, Love Field.

Great app works wonderfully. Helps with ATC commas while flight training.

Not happy with App. I was at CVG airport viewing and saw the sign to download this app while I was there with the kids. So I thought this would be good for the kids to hear and I bought the app. well, once it downloaded, CVG was not even a option. This was very misleading, considering the sign even says to type in CVG. I spend $4.00 for nothing. I tried to contact the APP, but could not find any info! What a WASTE!

I tracked one of my best friend and her moms flight from ORD to FLL and back with NO interruptions!

As others had stated. One day after purchase of this app my local airport was removed... this can't possibly be planned. It still works for major airports though. Wish they didn't charge for something that doesn't fully do what it advertises.

Pretty good app. Only complaint is that it's only live you can't listen back to what your saying when you are flying but aside from that it's good

I use this app to learn the communications better and the app does that perfectly.

Up until a week ago, I would have given this app 5 stars easy. But for the past week, all I hear is static. Sometimes I can hear voices, but mostly loud static. This is a huge b***** as I loved listening to this as I am a student pilot in training. Worked fine until a week ago. My girlfriend who has this app on her phone says the same thing. Not sure what changed but hopefully they fix it. If this app gets fixed, I would happily give it a 5 star rating.

Purchased, but all will not download

Thank you guys so much for updating this app!

Beautiful App Update - great job for iPhone X.

Hopefully we will get CarPlay support.

... if you could somehow tag an airplane and automatically follow them through the various towers and channels as they are being handed over! =:-O But I love the app already!

Great app but latest update has been a huge downgrade in reliability as sound.

I thought this app was abondand two years ago but after the version 2.0 update, this brings a great new layout, more iOS-like look and feel, improved navigation, & optimization for iPhone X. Despite a small bug or two, this app is so much better than before.

Cleveland could be back

Thank you for the 2.0 update! You had abandoned us!

Absolutely horrible app. Half the stations are not broadcasting on the correct frequency, and it does not hold a signal for clear transmission even under wifi conditions. Save your 4 dollars and just listen to it free online. Quality might be better.

New version has new look. It trashes any saved favorites saying they are incompatible. How lazy. It seems to connect to a stream quicker, but it still won’t stay connected reliably.

All stations regardless of location/network/signal strength stream for a few seconds, then drop and reconnect constantly. Hardly worth the money. I keep trying, and it keeps failing. Zero stars.

Love the new update! I’m an active pilot working on my IFR rating, live ATC is a great way to listen to live ATC in a great variety of locations, it’s an excellent learning tool. Highly recommend!