CamerAlert

Now it contains 240. Better but far from good

I have an inbuilt sat nav in my VW Golf, which unfortunately won't let me use Pocketgpsworld's database, so I have this running on my iPhone in the background, and it hasn't missed a camera yet! 👍👍👍👍👍👍 My iPhone is now telling me that this app will NOT work with the next iOS update as it's a 32 bit app, and only 64 bit apps will be supported. Pleeeeeeese! update this app, I really couldn't be without it. UPDATE: 01.06.24. It’s a long time since my original review, and I just had to update it as I’m now using it with a new iPhone 15 Pro on the latest Beta iOS 17 version. The app continues to work admirably even though it’s been left on the shelf for so long. I’ve not encountered any problems at all, and I have it running in the background whilst using Google or Apple Maps on Carplay. The database is updated on a regular basis, at least once to twice a week, so there must still be a lot of individuals reporting cameras. I’ve subscribed to several other ‘so called’ camera detectors, and NONE are a patch on this one. I can honestly say I’ve not passed a camera position, be it fixed or mobile that CamerAlert has not warned me of. It will be a sad day if/when this app does stop working, but I just hope that time is a long way off yet! Long Live CamerAlert!

Just moved to iPhone 15 and the average speed box when travelling through average speed camera zones is behind the “floating island” so you can’t see it

I’ve seen a few comments saying this app doesn’t work. They’re wrong. I use it almost every day, I still get alerts sent by Bluetooth to my car. The database is still updated weekly. It may not be quite as up to date as it used to be due to the reduced user base but it’s still very good. The app may be five years old but it works and it works well. I’m not saying it couldn’t do with an update as there are still a few bugs, such as it going to sleep if you’re stationary for a while but it DOES work satisfactorily.

I have been using this for many years on a navman before this app. This is the best licence protector I have seen as the inforcement people are very sneaky where they park or operate. Keep up the good work. I am currently using on iPhone 8 large and although I get the odd app crash I have no other issues with audio output even when the phone is BT to the car the speaker output from phone is still active. Sham there is no update to the app.

A licence-saver. Dropped one star owing to alert fonts that are too small to read while driving.

Save your money, do not subscribe to get the latest camera database (btw the new camera locations are notified by the users not the developers), as you won’t get any audio notifications as the Bluetooth audio routing to your car stereo or even through your phones speakers does not work after the latest couple of iOS updates. Have used this app & the previous iterations for many years, so I am used to having to spend time fiddling with the outdated interface to get it to work; but now it won’t work at all, tested on 2 different iPhones in 2 different cars with no luck. The developers seemingly have no intention of updating this app and are just content to get the money from people subscribing to get an up to date camera database to replace the very out of date one the free app comes with. Apple should remove this app as it is not fit for purpose any more.

Have used the app for many years but today it just won’t open. Have tried deleting and reloading to no avail. I wonder if there has been an update or is one forthcoming?

The app is now 4 years old without an update. It works but the GUI is no longer safe to use to report new cameras. All the ‘buttons’ are far too small on the new high res screens and there is no voice compatibility to control it hands-free. The camera data is still the best out there, with weekly full database updates and smaller updates in between. Shame that the same care is not given to the app.

I’ve had this app for years and would strongly recommend it. Regular updated and reliable.