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title: "CicadaTAK - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "CicadaTAK turns your phone into a live tactical display for places with no   cell service and no internet — backcountry, disaster response, large   properties, search grids, event perimeters.    It is"
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# CicadaTAK — United States
> A TAK App for CicadaTak Radios

![CicadaTAK App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/1b/0e/49/1b0e49e6-a84c-0c13-df95-343199d0ae35/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Merbella Studios](https://apptail.io/developer/merbella-studios-cRzyBb)
**Category:** Utilities
**Rating:** 5.0/5 (1 ratings)
**Price:** $2.99
**Bundle ID:** com.cicadatak.mobile
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 1.2.48 (65) (released 2026-10-30)
**Original Release:** 2026-06-17
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id6763765541)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/cicadatak-GpNA/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/cicadatak-GpNA/united-states)

## CicadaTAK Description
CicadaTAK turns your phone into a live tactical display for places with no
  cell service and no internet — backcountry, disaster response, large
  properties, search grids, event perimeters.

  It is the companion app for CicadaTAK mesh nodes: 900 MHz radios you
  build yourself from a fully documented hardware recipe (parts list and
  instructions at cicadatak.com). Nodes form a self-healing mesh that reaches
  over a mile per hop and relays through every teammate, so coverage grows as
  the team spreads out. Your phone joins a node's WiFi and the radios do the
  rest.

  WORKS WITH ATAK AND iTAK
  • Nodes speak Cursor-on-Target in both directions — positions, chat and
  markers pass between this app and ATAK or iTAK devices on the same node
  • No TAK server, no data plan, no setup beyond joining the node's WiFi
  • Run this app, run ATAK, or run both side by side on one team

  LIVE TEAM MAP
  • Teammates update live with callsigns, colors and breadcrumb trails
  • A position that stops being current turns grey and shows its age instead of
  vanishing, so you always know how old the picture is
  • Offline maps — download aerial, topo and street layers onto the node and use
  them with zero internet
  • Drop markers, draw geofence zones, measure distance and bearing, save routes

  ENCRYPTED TEAM CHAT
  • End-to-end encrypted with your team passphrase — the key never leaves your
  team
  • Share photos from camera or gallery, carried over the radio, never through a
  server
  • Delivery receipts, canned quick replies, and roll call for fast
  accountability
  
  PUSH-TO-TALK VOICE
  • Live streaming PTT to the whole team — real voice traffic, not recorded
  clips
  • Tuned to stay intelligible on marginal links

  LONG-RANGE LoRa BRIDGE
  • Nodes fitted with LoRa hardware bridge to Meshtastic radios, carrying
  positions and text far beyond the main mesh
  • Three privacy modes, from open interoperability to fully dark

  RUN THE NETWORK FROM YOUR POCKET
  • Set up a new node from the app — no laptop, no terminal
  • Live topology graph of every radio link, colored by measured throughput
  • Node list with signal, battery and hardware status; one-tap ping for
  round-trip time
  • Trade speed for range across the whole team at once, with automatic revert
  if a node doesn't come back
  • Update node firmware over the air

  YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS
  • No accounts, no sign-up, no cloud, no analytics
  • Everything travels phone to your own radio to your teammates' phones
  • There is no server in the path, so there is nothing for us to see

  IMPORTANT
  • Full functionality requires CicadaTAK node hardware. Without a node the app
  runs in Standalone Mode: your own GPS on the map, offline map browsing, and
  every screen navigable — mesh chat, PTT and team positions activate when you
  connect to a node.
  • Nodes operate in the 902–928 MHz license-free ISM band on the United States
  channel plan, which is also licence-exempt in Canada,Mexico, and Australia. No radio
  license required.
  • Build your nodes at cicadatak.com — an open, fully documented hardware build
  on an open-source radio and mesh foundation.

## CicadaTAK Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/c9/92/2c/c9922cd5-915a-7f30-68f9-8e716a809ad6/01-map-portrait.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/55/16/77/5516776d-1bac-d8be-58af-53aa326ccb62/09-fleet-bandwidth.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/f0/20/6d/f0206d2b-56b2-9a49-0d89-f38396c0206e/10-lora-meshtastic-mode.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/61/d9/d1/61d9d1d1-44b1-d63a-8a43-8cd9a25debce/08-mesh-topology.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/ff/29/3b/ff293ba7-f39d-e631-3cda-c21e93ede554/05-chat.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/13/cd/b3/13cdb3a5-9f37-2180-9aa1-6c9fc9702f7b/07-ptt.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/89/e0/79/89e07950-b2e4-bce5-1723-b5fe1466cc26/04-map-landscape.png/2688x1242.png)
- [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/ed/91/cf/ed91cf11-3a8e-f4ac-138c-efcf509946dd/03-map-landscape-mesh.png/2688x1242.png)
- [Screenshot 9](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/86/29/50/862950e8-4f03-5300-3a0b-82abac07c304/02-map-portrait-mesh.png/1242x2688.png)

## CicadaTAK Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 1 (100%)
- 4 stars: 0 (0%)
- 3 stars: 0 (0%)
- 2 stars: 0 (0%)
- 1 stars: 0 (0%)




## CicadaTAK Discovered Keywords
- cicadatak



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