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)

NOVMAX  This program is absolutely stupid! Assistance from it, no! IMHO.  
(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)

ALKOFOX  Wow! I've been itching to get a version of AirRadar for free!

I was able to register the application within 10 seconds of subscribing to the "Some thing big is coming" eLetter.

The application works and looks top notch.

Thanks!  
(Version 1.1.7)

ROBERTCOOGAN  This is very hard to understand...but keep in mind that iStumbler does the same exact thing, and is still free. It is a shame, because AIrRadar has a much better GUI.  
(Version 1.1.7)

CRWRIGHT  Absolutely unconscionable behaviour - tantamount to malware, honestly - to offer an automatic "upgrade" to a free application that deletes the previous version and replaces it with a "trial" version... which in turn disables itself immediately on the grounds that it is past the trial period.

I hope they lose their shirts on AirRadar during these "difficult times" as users are repulsed by such sneaky (or simply short-sighted and stupid... I suppose we could cut them a little slack) tactics.

I would have been happy to consider purchasing an upgrade to the application, had I been presented with the option in an informed fashion... particularly had I been persuaded that there was good cause to do so - either in new features or on moral grounds. I was not given that opportunity. I was tricked into downloading a trojan horse that deleted my functional freeware app and immediately disabled the replacement. Not cricket. Not clever.

I will certainly boycott Koingo's applications. Fortunately there are plenty of excellent alternatives.  
(Version 1.1.7)