V1 Companion

Name: V1 Companion
Price: 9.99 USD
Rating: 4.7 (386 reviews)
Author: Angela Mcarthur

V1 Radar Detector Companion

Only for iPhone

$9.99

386 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Utilities
Developer

Angela Mcarthur
Language

EN
English
Size

8.3
MB

iPhone

Powerful, yet simple! Quiets your V1 using proven real-world intelligence built on 5+ years of refined radar frequency data. Set it, forget it, and drive. It just works! **FEATURING - GPS location based 'false muting' via one of the best app systems called SpotLocks™ V1 Companion™ is a feature rich app, designed to give you the most out of your V1 radar detector, while enhancing your driving experience along the way. Featuring intelligent alerts and advanced muting, it takes situational awareness to another level! V1 Companion™ is the COMPLETE solution to enjoying your V1. V1 Companion™'s alerting and muting systems are optimized for each V1 platform. Intelligent voice announcements and on-screen visuals will always keep you informed and aware of the situation around you. V1 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 V1 Companion™ do the rest. Or, you can manually 'lock' or 'unlock' locations with ease from the main alert screen. • View and modify your V1's internal hardware settings. You no longer have to exit the app, and run the V1 connection app, to modify your V1's internal settings. • The ONLY iOS app with "Dynamic Volume Control" for V1 Gen2, completely silences unwanted alerts (No more annoying initial audio blip accompanying false alerts). • Play detector tones through app. • 'GPS Warmup' keeps the detector quiet for a 'user set' number of seconds or until a GPS connection is established with your iPhone. Useful for parking garages etc. • V1 Firmware version check & notification of new firmware. • 'Proximity' meter. • High resolution meters for front & rear signal strengths of the priority alert (Not limited to the # of bars on the V1 display). • MyRadarIQ™ - Threat probability meter. • 'K & X falses in area' meter. • 'Custom Phrases' for threat's audio announcements. • 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. • Advanced BSM/CAS/Ka False Muting (Optimized for each V1 platform). • 'Ghost' muting quiets false alerts when you are traveling behind a false emitting vehicle. • "Passive Mute™"- Quiets the V1 below user set speeds & during weak K & X signals. • Total bogey count display (Above the V1’s limit of 9). • Vehicle speed (MPH or KMH) display. • Mute status with the ability to manually mute/unmute alerts. • Detailed & intelligent voice announcements of direction, band, frequency, strength, number of alerts, occurrences of mixed signals & more. • V1 mode display (All, logic, Adv. logic - Tap to Toggle). • Automatic muting of Ka, K, and X bands ('Time before mute' set for each band). • 'Reduce Speed' notification for user set speed. • ‘Visual Awareness™’ – Slowly flashes the V1 display when the "Passive Mute™" system is actively muting. • Priority ‘Visual Awareness™’ - Rapidly flashes the V1 display after a Ka signal has been muted. • ‘Urgency Alerts™’ - Unmutes growing threats & announces these alerts via voice & notifications. • ‘Alert History’ - View your past alerts with detailed information about each encounter. • ‘Dark Mode’ support for use with V1 concealed display and/or iPhone as main display. • Compass heading. • ‘J-Out’ alert for Ka false alerts. • Imperial/metric. • Detailed trip summary at the end of your ride including duration, distance, alerts, muting stats, battery, & more. • Automatic connection to Bluetooth enabled V1's (V1 with Bluetooth LE Dongle & V1G2 supported). • iPhone & Apple Watch notifications of direction, band, & frequency of each alert. • Tips/Help system. This app requires a Valentine One V1G2 or V1 Radar Detector that is compatible with Valentine Research's Bluetooth LE Dongle. You should have Valentine Research's V1Connection App (freely available in the App store) operational beforehand, to ensure compatibility with the V1 Companion App. Some portions of this program are Copyright (c) 2020 Valentine Research, Inc.

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

386 Ratings

True companion to the V1
04/11/2023

gogydm
This is the best app for the V1G2. It works exactly as intended, though of course nothing is absolutely perfect. SpotLocks takes care of all of the stationary radar and his built-in database of frequencies - most Blind-spot radar you are going to encounter. Customization of the app is enough to make it work for you, without being too much or too complicated to figure out. Once I had all my settings dialed in, I haven't messed with the app. One of the best features, that I am yet to see with another V1 iPhone app, is the dynamic control of the volume. It makes a silent drive when youre encountering stationary K-band and BSM systems, yet still alert quietly when manually. This implementation hands down makes this app better than the rest it for me.
True companion to the V1
04/11/2023

gogydm

This is the best app for the V1G2. It works exactly as intended, though of course nothing is absolutely perfect. SpotLocks takes care of all of the stationary radar and his built-in database of frequencies - most Blind-spot radar you are going to encounter. Customization of the app is enough to make it work for you, without being too much or too complicated to figure out. Once I had all my settings dialed in, I haven't messed with the app. One of the best features, that I am yet to see with another V1 iPhone app, is the dynamic control of the volume. It makes a silent drive when youre encountering stationary K-band and BSM systems, yet still alert quietly when manually. This implementation hands down makes this app better than the rest it for me.
Has potential and makes sense.
06/27/2022

nebul0us9
After trying all the other ones available, this is by far the best out there of the very few available at this time. And definitely better than the ever so confusing and over priced V1Driver. This is going in the direction and made the way an app should be made, opposed to fumbling around with it constantly adding pins etc. I would rather use this app here due to the simplicity of it even if not quite perfect yet. Having to constantly add things manually like on other apps of the alike preoccupies your thinking and makes it unsafe to drive at that point. I will stick with this app for now, unless something comes along better. It’s all still very new with Bluetooth enabling GPS options via smart devices, and a big game changer at this point to compete with escorts redline 360c which already has all of this all in one. I do like the fact the app has options opposed to escort models of the alike (being an owner of both devices)does in fact give a lot more control over your detector, but there is still a long way to go before I see one as perfect as I’d like to see it work.
Has potential and makes sense.
06/27/2022

nebul0us9

After trying all the other ones available, this is by far the best out there of the very few available at this time. And definitely better than the ever so confusing and over priced V1Driver. This is going in the direction and made the way an app should be made, opposed to fumbling around with it constantly adding pins etc. I would rather use this app here due to the simplicity of it even if not quite perfect yet. Having to constantly add things manually like on other apps of the alike preoccupies your thinking and makes it unsafe to drive at that point. I will stick with this app for now, unless something comes along better. It’s all still very new with Bluetooth enabling GPS options via smart devices, and a big game changer at this point to compete with escorts redline 360c which already has all of this all in one. I do like the fact the app has options opposed to escort models of the alike (being an owner of both devices)does in fact give a lot more control over your detector, but there is still a long way to go before I see one as perfect as I’d like to see it work.
One last thing and it’s perfect…
09/29/2023

R6780233565
If it could be used in landscape mode it would be perfect for me... I do use it more than any of the other apps out there. But really want landscape support since my pro max phone gets in the way of other things to see on dash while in portrait orientation. That’s it. Nothing else to dislike it is by far the most quiet v1 ride to work and around town. Great work on last version update. It’s a KA warning system and has since eliminated 99.9 of all other false. bSM and ghost is excellent. And spot locks never let me down.App support site down.. still hoping you are working on landscape option. Thanks!
One last thing and it’s perfect…
09/29/2023

R6780233565

If it could be used in landscape mode it would be perfect for me... I do use it more than any of the other apps out there. But really want landscape support since my pro max phone gets in the way of other things to see on dash while in portrait orientation. That’s it. Nothing else to dislike it is by far the most quiet v1 ride to work and around town. Great work on last version update. It’s a KA warning system and has since eliminated 99.9 of all other false. bSM and ghost is excellent. And spot locks never let me down.App support site down.. still hoping you are working on landscape option. Thanks!
Superb
01/17/2024

DVMinMaine
This is overall one of the best apps I have on my phone. It works flawlessly, works as advertised, and makes (IMO) the best radar detector on the market even better. The screens and graphics could use a little cleaning up to make them more legible and less cluttered, and an explanation of some of the symbols that appear on the screen would be ideal, but this is a small price to pay for the functionality offered in this package. Absolutely, totally, and inarguably, worth every penny of the asking price.
Superb
01/17/2024

DVMinMaine

This is overall one of the best apps I have on my phone. It works flawlessly, works as advertised, and makes (IMO) the best radar detector on the market even better. The screens and graphics could use a little cleaning up to make them more legible and less cluttered, and an explanation of some of the symbols that appear on the screen would be ideal, but this is a small price to pay for the functionality offered in this package. Absolutely, totally, and inarguably, worth every penny of the asking price.

Version 3.26: • Misc. optimizations and bug fixes. Other recent updates: Big Update! This update provides full support for latest V1 Gen2 firmware V4.1037 features as well as new app specific features*** • MyRadarIQ™ - Threat assessment intelligent system for the radar companion series of apps. A new meter, visible at the top of the main alert screen, will show a graphical representation of the probability of a police presence (Ka or Laser) in the direction of your travel. Using your personal alert data, whenever a high probability exists for an encounter ahead, you will know about it well in advance of facing the actual threat. The meter will go from yellow (low threat), to orange (medium threat), to red (high threat) and flash on and off and a voice announcement will occur. The meter will also flash red when a Ka or Laser alert is actively being received to help draw attention to the alert. Probabilities are calculated down to the actual day of the week you are traveling, increasing the accuracy on any given day. • Accessibility option to flash screen on alert. • Alert display for, and identification of, Photo Radar. • Latest historical BSM/CAS data for better protection against K falsing. • Compiled with latest XCode 26. • New iOS 26 Liquid Glass UI elements. • New light, dark, & tinted icons. 4.1037 Firmware Features supported in the app's detector settings: • New 'K Sensitivity' setting. Select from Full, Original, or Relaxed sensitivity. • New 'X Sensitivity' setting. Select from Full, Original, or Relaxed sensitivity. • New Photo Radar settings. Select which photo radar you want the V1 to detect. • Original detector volume saved and restored upon power cycle. V3.0 introduced one of the most intelligent 'location based lockout systems' for any iOS app called SpotLocks™ featuring: • Automatic, intelligent, location based learning / unlearning of potential false alerts (you have the ability to turn this feature on or off). • Discrete signal locking™ - helps prevent locking out real police radar in close frequency range to the SpotLock™ frequency. • Frequency drift compensation™ - helps compensate for changes of the location's frequency drifting up and down over time at the saved location. • BSM guard™ - helps to keep non-stationary vehicle BSM/CAS signals from polluting the SpotLock™ stationary location database. • Continuous location tuning - Whether a SpotLock™ is actively locked or learning, the SpotLock™ system will continue to learn and tune itself over time to better handle future encounters. • Manual creation/deletion of SpotLocks™ - Manually create/delete SpotLocks™ by easily tapping a graphical 'lock' image on your phone screen if desired. • SpotLocks™ take advantage of the advanced muting ability of the V1 Gen2, so all SpotLocks™ are quiet from the onset, with no annoying initial 'blip' of audio. What others are saying: "V1 Companion Wow! ...so far it works so well and is so quiet that I was thinking the V1G2 was faulty!! It wasn't until the drive summary popped up that I realized it was obviously working hard in the background to keep my sanity intact from all of the weak K band sources." - D "It’s by far the best V1 app I’ve tried." "It’s frequently updated with new and advanced features." - IA "First drive today with V1 Companion and I am HAPPY!... The Ghost and BSM filtering works nicely!" - NCT "This app is my go-to now because of its simplicity. It’s what I’m looking for to just quiet down the V1 without all the technical advanced features in other apps that seems overwhelming to use." -RV "This release has really been a game changer for me… EXACTLY what I needed for my OCD using the V1 in my CX5." - C "This app transforms my V1G2 from unusable in city to works really good." - JB "[Other apps’] random beeps are a deal breaker. [They are] only marginally better than the gen1 with annoying weak notifications. The [V1] Companion rocks at killing unnecessary noise!" - GH