V1Sidekick
Valentine One Gen2 Companion
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
New: Apple Watch Standalone Mode — if your iPhone dies mid-drive, your Apple Watch connects directly to the V1 and keeps alerting. Plus live display and push alerts.
V1Sidekick connects to your Valentine One Gen2 over Bluetooth and turns your iPhone into the display it always deserved — then adds the situational awareness a detector alone can't give you.
FREE FOREVER
• Live V1 display: bands, direction arrows, signal strength, and frequencies, styled after the detector itself
• Alert tones through your phone or car speakers, with smart muting
• Full detector control: modes, band toggles, filters, Savvy auto-mute
V1SIDEKICK PRO — 7-DAY FREE TRIAL, THEN $9.99/YEAR
• Push alerts on your Lock Screen — the only V1 app that alerts you even with the app in the background, and they break through Driving Focus
• Crowdsourced threat map: community-reported hotspots with your speed, heading, and compass
• Live weather radar overlay with severe-weather alerts and "rain starting in N minutes" warnings on your route
• Full-range spectrum analyzer with max hold — watch every band the V1 sweeps
• Apple Watch companion: alerts and mute on your wrist
SOUND PACKS
Make alerts yours. Upload your own sound per band (Pro), or grab a themed one-time pack — More sounds coming soon.
COMING SOON
CarPlay (pending Apple approval) and private group track sharing are in the works and included with Pro at no extra charge.
REQUIREMENTS
Requires a Valentine One Gen2 radar detector (with built-in Bluetooth). No detector handy? Demo mode simulates a full drive so you can explore every feature.
V1Sidekick is an independent app, not affiliated with Valentine Research, Inc.
Ratings & Reviews
Your Apple Watch can now connect directly to your V1.
• Standalone Mode: if your iPhone dies, disconnects, or the app closes mid-drive, your watch can take over — connecting straight to the detector so alerts, haptics, and mute keep working on your wrist. When your iPhone is back, it resumes automatically.
• Watch settings: see your connection source at a glance (via iPhone or Direct), live signal strength, and alert haptic controls, right on the watch.
• Faster, smarter handoffs between iPhone and watch, plus a connection log on both devices for troubleshooting.
• Fixes: alert icon rendering, mute reliability in standalone mode, and more.
Initial setup and detector pairing are done in the iPhone app. The live V1 display and alert sounds on your iPhone remain free forever. The Apple Watch app, including Standalone Mode, is part of V1Sidekick Pro.
The developer, David Taubman, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Identifiers
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- David Taubman
- Size
- 3.1 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- V1Sidekick Pro — Yearly $9.99
- Animal Noises Sound Pack $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 David Taubman