CERNIUK  Useful for troubleshooting your network to see if someone's signal overlaps, for scanning for an open network, and for configuring a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) with multiple Wireless Access Points (WAPs) building a large wireless network from a single WAP with a wired connection.

Nicely designed interface that the developer clearly spent considerable amount of time and care building. Would have recommended some strategic borrowing of icons from standard system application resources to give it a more familiar feel. Hint : Dig into system packages. Some of the icons look a little windows-esk (sorry, no offense intended) A "not" is good for a disconnect where as there are better "filter" symbols for example.

Nice feature set with signal graphing capability that is glaringly absent from the Apple wireless utility. The signal graphing capability seems to be limited to only one WAP per graph where as being able to select multiple WAPs and graph together would be extremely useful.

Overall, nicer cleaner interface than most of the competition. A little too pricy to make it a no-brainer "buy this" without checking out the competition. At $9 I would not hesitate, at $19 I go looking at the others, especially freeware ones that I am used to running.  
(Version 1.2.4)

ROBERTCOOGAN  iStumbler is more than capable of doing what Airradar can. So is KisMAC for that matter. What Airadar has that they don't is ill-informed defensive posts.

And the only complaint anybody has really made is that it costs money, when others do the same thing for free. No complaints about lack of capabilities. No complaints about looks. Mactechhead, please read a bit more into the reviews next time. You have a lot of nerve criticizing the "n00bs" when you yourself offer very little substantive in your posts.  
(Version 1.2.1)

ZANGIEF  I guess I won't be updating this anymore, now that it's a paid app. I've already checked the box to not remind me of updates anymore. Le sigh.  
(Version 1.2.1)

MACTECHHEAD  Seems we have some comedians and n00bs reviewing something they know nothing of.

This program is very useful in many ways to trouble-shoot problematic wireless connections and offers far more detailed information than the Airport menu can.

For diagnostics or for war-driving , this would be a must have tool.

The free alternatives pale in contrast to this tool. Kismac isn't very friendly to use and neither are the developers. iStumbler has been dead for years and is unstable or unreliable and so are the rest of the lame suggestions above for the other 2 dead products.

I purchased this for my "on the road" needs and I am quite happy with this product!  
(Version 1.2.1)

BS0D  OK, I'm really not getting the point of this app. Honestly, I do understand why it would get such a good rating because the coding is beyond a doubt of quality. It is stable and all.

But why would anyone pay for this, when really any Mac comes with AirPort, which does the EXACT SAME THING?

What's the difference?

Someone please tell me, cause I got a serial with the last MUpromo but I'm having the hardest time finding a use for it...  
(Version 1.1.7)

TO PEACE  For any listeners to Mac Geek Gab: AirRadar is not being offered for free. The member download requires a serial, just as it would for anyone else. The link off the Mac Observer webpage is dead and comments to its status have been unanswered.

Also, this program is miscast as shareware. It is not. This is a regular program with a 15 day trial.  
(Version 1.1.7)

TARYNTOO  Signal and noise drop to zero?

I've noticed in the graph view (only 100 samples so far) that several access points that are being polled frequently drop to zero signal and noise, often for only one or two polls, but occasionally for a dozen or more polls. My Airport 'frisbee' never seems to do this, but my airport express and a neighbor's linksys drop regularly.

Is this an issue with AirRadar, my internal Wifi (Broadcom chipset in an aluminum iMac), the access points, or just a power saving mode on those routers?

I noticed that while viewing a graph, set to show 500 samples, the window went black, the graphs disappeared. Switching back to the scanner view, I saw that several of the access points were gone, I suppose because they'd been at zero beyond a time threshold. Very disconcerting behavior, and it appeared that I'd lost all those prior samples.  
(Version 1.1.7)

FLEWJ  Koingo is one of the most prolific and dependable software houses in the Mac community. Unlike some software updates, I never have to deliberate on any version update before I install it. I know that it will work as advertised and will do no harm to my system. If I have had small glitches with any of their product line, the company has been quick to respond. Usually Koingo is proactive in addressing problems before I am even aware of them. For that reason, I confidently make sure my copies are kept up to date. I am pleased and fortunate to have their products in my software "stable" and hope that any financial difficulty they might be having is short lived. They have my full support. I recommend their products and believe that the utility package is a reasonably priced, well rounded product line and should be on every Mac.   
(Version 1.1.7)

NEIL_M  This was freeware/donationware from the beginning - I used iStumbler, AirMoose, etc - AirRadar is much better IMHO.

I wanted the addition of vendor info - it was added almost immediately - I paid the $9.95 donation immediately.

Why is it so hard for some people to acknowledge the value of an app, the work the developer has done and make a small contribution?

It is obvious that so few donated, far fewer than might be expected - they have to now make it shareware.  
(Version 1.1.7)

NICKJ  AirRadar is an excellent piece of software, and it deserves a review that reflects your opinion of it *as a piece of software*.

A few points in defense of the good people at Koingo, who develop another app that I've come to love and depend on, MacPilot:

1) If you were *so* annoyed by the switch to $10 shareware, the program must have been useful to you and had value, otherwise you wouldn't care.

2) If you were *so* annoyed by the switch to $10 shareware, you obviously had no intention of paying for it, so why should anyone else care what your opinion is? You're just irritated that you're not getting it for free, so your evaluation of the software is negatively skewed.

3) What you are personally willing to pay for the program is irrelevant. You don't get to choose the amount. Koingo does. Pay it or don't pay it. And keep in mind, most people will drop $10 at McDonald's in a heart beat, but for some reason they don't see the value in a utility that they can use for years.

4) Bundles have impacted peoples' perceptions of what the value of software is. It is a shame that even a very modest regular price is considered "too high".

5) It's unfortunate that any 14 year old with a macbook their daddy bought them can come on here and post negative reviews of a great piece of software just because they were temporarily inconvenienced and now they have to steal the software they weren't going to buy in the first place.

The ratings and comment system needs to be revised somehow to protect hard working developers from idiots swinging wild on review boards.  
(Version 1.1.7)