I’m givinga 2 because their customer service is great. I have an S24 Ultra and it will not connect, it pairs and then the circle of death keeps spinning. Support tried everything they could to try to fix but no go. The camera will connect without issue. I did get the escort live app to […]
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Terrible. This is the worst thing ever. Driving on the freeway no speed limit shows up. Arrow icon is off by 500+ feet like I’m driving off road in the ditches through neighborhoods next to the road. No dashboard only map mode. I don’t need to see a map on a tiny phone screen. Bring […]
When it works, it’s decent. I like the Android Auto integration, and that alerts are read over the car speakers. My biggest complaint is that most of the time, it’ll get stuck on syncing emergency data and never properly run. When it does run, I can mute radar warnings, but it won’t store those lockouts […]
UPDATE: I updated (again) to the latest version and some things have improved but it’s still a huge problem getting a connection on start up. You can try to unpair the Bluetooth in your phone but even that doesn’t always fix it. I’ve actually reached my destination and the app still hasn’t connected to my […]
App will not load half the time, it just gets stuck in “syncing navigation data” indefinitely. Then when it does work it won’t actually connect to my radar detector it says “out of range.” Detector itself seems to work fine but the connectivity with the app is very poor. Needs to be updated or something […]
Seems like there may be some progress, still not to par. The app starts now as of 100924. However, the following are still concerns. The app doesn’t go into landscape after I’ve spent hundreds setting up mounts in my cars for it. I wish we had the option of using the iRadar app until they […]
Even with the new update this app is absolute dog s$&#. It still won’t connect 90% of the time. Settings never load etc. Update: The new version of the app is better at connecting, but it won’t run unless you give it access to your data, pictures, contacts and more. Absolutely unacceptable. Let us decide […]
A lot to improve. The “syncing emergency data” needs to go. It takes to long for the app to open. All those permissions on all the time is a horrible idea. You don’t need my contacts or my location on all the time. The map needs work. No zoom buttons and the vehicle icon is […]
This is another example of an app that makes me wonder if the developer has ever used it. Mostly garbage from what I’ve experienced thus far. Driving directions are horrendous in terms of predicting arrival time and getting you there via the quickest route, takes forever to re-route if you don’t take one of the […]
New to my Escort Redline 360c & DS, but so far the radar (and M2 dashcam) are great. However, other than being able to set up both, the application is problematic. For example, when I mute the regularly annoying ‘over speed’, not the set speed but the comparison of the car speed to the application […]
This “Drive Smarter” app is useless and a total data grab on their behalf. Installed one day and un-installed the next. If you don’t agree to giving them everything on your phone then it doesn’t work. There are many reasons why they are doing this and I don’t believe that the customer is their only […]
UI doesn’t function great. The company wants this app to act like driving assistance with GPS and Alexa. You can’t just open the app and change camera settings, watch clips, or update firmware. App requires way too many “all the time” permissions. Contacts, precise location, camera, notifications, and memory access. I paid way too much […]
The app is ‘meh.’ G-maps or W*ze probablybetter because those have more users? I’ve even done four 100+ mile trips (all with some hwy, 2 lane, etc) running all 3 apps a few times to compare. The detector is great, happy with IT – but I’m not paying for an app that’s not better than […]
Zero stars! Don’t buy their cameras! The device will not let you view camera footage without enabling every permission. It literally won’t let you do anything until you grant it everything. You used to be able to acknowledge and skip. The app doesn’t need my contacts in order for me to connect to my camera, […]
App will not work unless you have location services turned on all the time. I only want location services “on” when using the app only. Why does it need to be “on” when you’re not using the app, running in the background? I’m deleting this app and just use the radar as a stand alone […]
Same issues as described on every previous review. One of the biggest issue is the the m1 dash cam. It no longer work with drive smarter. The response I got was “the M1 is end of life in our system”. All it takes is a programming. The m1 dash cam is not even 8 years […]
10/1/25 still doesnt work. i tried emailing your support from the website and it say (email address not found) If I could I’d give a 0 star. I’m running through hoops to try and figure this out. it’s very annoying ima just delete the app and use a better radar detector it used to work. […]
While it has a good premise, it’s frustrating with all the bugs I have to wrestle with. If I stop to eat or get gas, I have to reboot the app… it won’t just pick up from the stop… it doesn’t automatically resync itself with my Escort. Also, the app maps lack any context… no […]
This app is completely useless. I have my phone location set to precise and my location constantly bounces in the app. I’m lucky if it holds my current location for more than 30 seconds. Therefore I cannot use it for navigation and my speed limit is never displayed correctly. Side note, I’ve used Waze, Google […]
Has potential but is a long way from being good. Map loads quickly. I have to click device for it to connect to my redline 360c. Several times it has prompted me to add a vehicle and device as it did not recognize my information I already put in. Then when I back out the […]