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Description of the shooter program for iPhone. IStrelka is the best radar detector for iOS and Android. Personal experience of use. Among other advantages of the program it is worth noting

The situation on the road was taken under strict control by traffic police officers. The number of fines that fall into our monthly Mailbox, sometimes unsettled family budget. Today, motorists have every chance to reduce their number and at the same time increase their level of safety on the road. A mobile “servant” is at your service - the iStrelka application!

iStrelka is better than any instructor for a driver: the application does not get boring, at the same time it warns you and allows you to listen to music or an audiobook at the same time. Even if you suddenly get lost on the road, not paying attention to a sign or other restriction, iStrelka will notify you. The service warns about cameras, traffic police posts, crossings, dangerous turns, speed bumps, etc. Even when traveling outside the country, you don’t have to worry that you will end up in the clutches of cameras.

From my personal experience of using the application, what I liked most was the ability to personalize settings. You can set the distance at your convenience for which iStrelka should warn, select a suitable sound alert, voice reminder or beeper. The database of dangerous points can be expanded by adding your own.

Unlike its analogues, whose functionality is much poorer, this service has been taught to detect violations at a long distance. Avtodoria allows you to measure the average speed in the area between two cameras. The application will show you this average and remind you with a beeper throughout the entire section.

The application interface is not cluttered: everything is thought out for easy use. The functionality of the service does not require an Internet connection. The developers kindly warn that running the iStrelka application in the background can “eat up” the battery, but even this problem can be easily solved if you use a charging cable in the car.

The high, at first glance, price of the application will pay off with the first fine. Just imagine how much money and nerves iStrelka will help you save. And the leading position in the top applications from the Navigation category speaks for itself that iStrelka is a “must have” for all car enthusiasts. In a word, if you are driving and have an iPhone or Android smartphone, the application is a must. The version for Android devices is called Strelka Radar Detector. Download without hesitation!

The appearance of stationary and mobile cameras on the roads that record speed violations has greatly complicated the lives of car owners. Moreover, conventional anti-radars, which operate on the principle of detecting radiation, turned out to be helpless against visual fixation systems. But smartphone applications that contain a database of camera locations and road signs came to our aid. If the car approaches an object, the program warns about this. Let's try to check how much it can be useful app radar detector for iPhone.

Three of the most popular in the Russian App were purchased for testing Store applications: HUD Speed- 199 rubles, Mapcam info- 279 rubles (monthly subscription to updated databases 59 rubles), Arrow- 279 rubles. They all have high ratings and a large number of reviews. To test the programs, I traveled along the route from Altufyevo metro station to Tverskaya street (from the outskirts to the center of Moscow). The trails along this route are crammed with cameras, perfect for testing. Let's see who is capable of what...


To objectively compare the performance of radar detectors, each application was installed on separate device(iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4S, iPhone 6). And during the test, all three programs worked simultaneously.

I was pleasantly surprised that all applications work stably even on Phone 3GS with firmware 6.1.6.

In addition, all tested radar detectors operate autonomously, without the need to connect to the Internet. Updated object databases can be downloaded as needed. Now in more detail about each...

HUD Speed

Remember the motion sensor from the movie "Aliens". This is approximately how cameras are displayed relative to your car in HUD Speed. There is no map, just a black screen with radar dots.


When approaching the cameras, this radar detector for iPhone displays a notification about their operating mode in the form of a picture. And also the information is duplicated by voice. This could be speed control or lane control for public transport.


There are very few settings here; you can only influence the sound. The database contains objects by country: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan. In particular, 12,564 objects were downloaded for Russia.

The application honestly worked the entire route, warning about cameras 500 meters away. But with accuracy it turned out to be the worst of all. The distance to the object is shown with an error of 100 meters. You have already passed the camera, but HUD Speed ​​is still counting the distance to it. Since the cameras are located almost one after another on Altufevskoye Highway, the countdown is interrupted before reaching zero and a warning about new camera. In general, there is a problem with accuracy.


HUD Speed ​​has one unique feature that its competitors don't have - glass projection. If you place your iPhone closer to the windshield, you can see the reflection from the screen without being distracted from the road. For this purpose, the application has a special HUD mode that shows inverted the speed of movement and the distance to the next camera. The idea is good, but not very well implemented. The distance to the camera is shown in small font, and the speed of movement is shown in large font. It would be more relevant to do the opposite - display the distance to the camera in large numbers. Unfortunately, you can't change anything in the settings.

Mapcam

The first thing I did after launching the application was to go into the settings to adjust the screen brightness. For some reason Mapcam suppresses it to a minimum. There are significantly more settings here, unlike HUD Speed.

The working screen is confusing at first. But when you start moving, you realize that the needles scattered everywhere are the camera viewing sectors.


Among the features of this radar detector for iPhone, we can note the most accurate location of the cameras. The indicated objects correspond to real ones almost up to a meter. Warnings are triggered at 700 meters. It’s too far for the city, but this can be adjusted. In addition to cameras, the application warns about speed bumps.


Arrow

In Strelka, camera locations are not displayed at all. Only a gray screen and speed numbers. When approaching the camera, information about the object and the type of restriction is displayed.


This is the only radar detector for iPhone that displays information about inactive cameras and dummies. And here I was very surprised. It turns out that half of the cameras on Altufevskoye Highway are dummies!


Here's one of them. Everything seems to be in place, but the transmitter equipment is missing.


Another surprise from Strelka awaited me when I drove through the coverage area of ​​a camera I knew. In HUD Speed ​​and Mapcam, the warnings had already gone off, but the Arrow was silent. I began to look for the familiar box on the pole with my eyes and did not find it. They filmed it just the other day. And this has already been noted in the Strelka database. Very prompt. Out of curiosity, I looked at Yandex maps - the camera was still there.

Like Mapcam, the arrow shows speed bumps and possible locations of police checkpoints. There are 43202 objects in the database.


There is another one in Strelka useful feature, which other radar detectors do not have - notification in hidden mode. When another application is running, the same Yandex.Navigator, when approaching the camera, Strelka displays a message about the object as a pop-up banner.

Results

In fact, all tested radar detectors for iPhone turned out to be working. Each copes with the task of warning about cameras and will help you save on fines. But if we compare them with each other, then I got the following result.

As I wrote at the beginning, all applications work autonomously, even without connecting to a cellular network.

Therefore, owners of older smartphone models can use their iPhones as radar detectors.

Thanks to the General Account ijuice.ru for the applications provided.

The radar detector helps to avoid troubles on the roads: it warns that there are posts with speed measuring devices nearby. We have prepared for you a list of the newest ones with the “Radar Detector” function for iPhone.

Choosing a radar detector with great functionality for iPhone.

  1. Radarbot works with your GPS so you can make route adjustments and receive radar alerts at the same time.
  2. Like the previous software, it can work when the screen is dark with voice notifications.
  3. The application will not bother you in vain - it only lets you know about those radars that are on this path, excluding all unnecessary ones.
  4. If you're riding a motorcycle or in a noisy car, you can turn on vibration mode so you don't miss an alert.
  5. There is a good built-in speed detector and a speed warning function.
  6. Live chat allows you to send voice alerts to other app users and ask them questions.

The app is constantly being improved and updated to stay relevant and useful.

HUD Speed

Quite with an unusual feature - Head-Up Display, which allows you to project an image from the iPhone screen directly onto the windshield so that you are not distracted while driving and can easily view the route and warnings. In general, the application also relies on existing databases to detect cameras, radars, dangerous roads, traffic police posts, etc. When approaching a controlled area or exceeding the speed limit, you will receive a voice warning.

Recently, protecting the driver from receiving so-called “chain letters” has become increasingly important. We all have to face a situation when, while driving, we may not pay attention to a sign or not see it behind a truck standing on the side of the road, and here we are, without slowing down, flying, suspecting nothing, and straight towards the camera, which is happy to automatic mode takes down the license plate number of the car and sends a letter of happiness with a minimum fine of 500 rubles. Unpleasant, don't you agree?

Several options can be proposed to solve this problem.

  1. Buying a radar detector. Among the disadvantages - it is not able to detect all types of cameras (Avtodoriya, Strelka), a large number of false alarms, it beeps 3-5 km away - especially if you are driving along hills on the highway.
  2. Not paying fines is all right, but it automatically deprives you of the opportunity to travel abroad, and the bailiff service is not asleep.
  3. Purchasing the iStrelka application. Let's look at this option in more detail.

Let's start right away with the main thing - the cost is 169 rubles. This is a third of the minimum fine and ten times less than buying the simplest radar detector. But money doesn’t buy happiness... In addition to warning about cameras and traffic police posts, the program can warn about speed bumps, crossings, dangerous turns, and even just those points that you enter for your convenience. The program does not have in-app purchases, time limits, or other inconvenient inconveniences. The user pays only once and uses, uses, uses... The program allows you to download not only the constantly updated main database of cameras and other dangers, but also download any camera database, which is convenient when traveling outside the country.

iStrelka works in the background - you can drive using your favorite navigation program, listen to an audiobook, radio. At the right time, you will receive a radar warning, not just one, but up to three warnings for each type of radar. The first for 1000-2000 m, the second for 300-1000 m and the third for 50-300 m. This helps protect against the Strelka camera, which catches violators at a great distance, “leads”, and takes photographs in close proximity to itself.

And then there is Avtodoriya, which measures the average speed in the area between two cameras. The program will show you this average and remind you with a beeper throughout the entire section.

For each notification, you can specify the distance within which you want to warn the user and set up an audio notification:

  • warning melody;
  • voice prompt (professional studio voice);
  • beeper (tone sound) with increasing duty cycle, the ability to set the frequency and duration of the signal and pause, as well as enable vibration and notifications.

But even this is not the main thing - the program is not a call for drivers to break the rules, it calls for paying attention to cameras, dangers and trying not to violate traffic rules. This means it helps prevent accidents and possibly save someone’s life by warning the driver about the restriction in time. After all, cameras are often installed on the most dangerous sections of roads...

There is also a version for Android, in case you have a “zoo” of devices from two ecosystems. You can easily create a common database of cameras under your personal email and synchronize it between all devices.

The camera database is updated daily thanks to the work of rd-forum.ru and speedcamonline.ru. These are proven and reliable services that today have the most complete database of cameras in Russia.

You can see how the program works in the video from the developers:

You can download iStrelka on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, a version for Android is available.

We all strive to make our lives as safe as possible. In the modern world, various people are increasingly responsible for our security. electronic devices. Most gadgets whose mission is to protect us are aimed at warning the user of potential danger. But, you must admit that we cannot trust just anyone.

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Everything that concerns our peace and well-being should be High Quality and time-tested. One of similar devices is iRadar from Cobra. This is a new radar detector against Strelka, and other types of radars, which works in conjunction with the iPhone via Bluetooth, and uses its functions: 3G and GPS.

It is important to note here that 95% of people identify a radar detector with a radar detector, meaning the same thing. In fact, a radar detector is a device that blocks the radar signal or interferes with its operation, and a radar detector is the thing that informs you about scanning the speed of your movement.

Car gadget iRadar will warn the user about all troubles within the highways with using iPhone. In order to connect your device to your iPhone, you will need to download iOS app iRadar, which is distributed free of charge. As a rule, most automotive radar detectors (radar detectors) are stand-alone devices that can only respond to laser radar emissions. And devices in the lower price range are not at all capable of warning the owner about dangers on the road: hazardous areas, high-speed video cameras and stationary police posts.


How does iRadar work?

Device iRadar by Cobra using installed on iPhone apps iRadar from AppStore, is able to inform the user both about the speed of movement, tracking it via GPS, and show the direction of movement and charge level. When determining a threat, the application will display all the characteristics: from range and signal strength to vehicle speed. The most competitive and powerful advantage is the function of full-scale scanning of potential threats, be it moving video recorders, speed bumps and others thanks to information base AURA.

Launching the application iRadar, You get access to all dangerous places on the navigation map. You can also mark dangerous places yourself, about which the program will warn you in the future. The application has the necessary number of settings, thanks to which you can set the operating parameters as accurately as possible.



What does it work with?

Application iRadar works on iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S, 5, iPod Touch And iPad tablets. But, since the iPod Touch (and some iPad models) does not have a 3G module, many important functions become unavailable.

Appearance/design of the device:

The glossy, black, stylish body of the device hides great capabilities. In addition to the main function - signaling the owner about a potential thunderstorm, the device has volume control and mute buttons, a USB connector and the ability to connect a power supply to the cigarette lighter.

Price:

Device cost iRadar is approximately $130.