2026-03-27
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#56 in Top Paid iPad Apps > Utilities
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Description
Take the guess work out of aligning any TV antenna. Within seconds Antenna Mate will accurately* point to the direction of your best** TV reception from anywhere in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Antenna Mate is used by professional installers, caravaners, and DIYers from city and country areas.
WE HAVE GOT YOU COVERED IN AUSTRALIA
* 591 broadcasting sites.
* 2,792 digital transmitters.
* All cities and towns in QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA and NT where digital terrestrial television is available***
WE HAVE GOT YOU COVERED IN NEW ZEALAND
* 35 broadcasting sites.
* 344 transmitters
* All cities and towns in the North and South Islands where digital terrestrial television is available****
WE HAVE GOT YOU COVERED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
* 1,151 broadcasting sites.
* 3,698 digital transmitters.
* All cities and towns in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands where digital terrestrial television is available*****
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Using your current location, your device's compass, and the target site's effective radiated power, Antenna Mate instantly estimates the signal strength of all nearby sites and automatically plots a bearing to the best one**.
Under normal circumstances you should get an initial result within seconds. The longer you leave Antenna Mate open, the more accurate it will become. For best results use Antenna Mate outside in an open space and away from objects which cause interference.
Antenna Mate doesn't need an internet connection, that's one of the reasons why it's so fast.
DETAILED TRANSMITTER INFO
Complete listings of all digital terrestrial transmitters are available at each site. Listings include the callsign, frequency (MHz), channel, polarisation, and effective radiated power (kW).
ALL SITES BY STRENGTH OR DISTANCE
Prefer to align your TV antenna with another broadcasting site? No worries! Sites can be listed from strongest to weakest, or closest to furthest away. Pick any site from the list and Antenna Mate instantly plots a new bearing to the targeted site.
Using an amplifier or high gain antenna? You can increase the search radius up to 200 km (120 mi) from your current location.
LIGHT AND DARK DISPLAY SWITCHING
When your device is in direct sunlight Antenna Mate will automatically switch to a light display making the arrow easy to see. Perfect for performing an alignment during the middle of the day.
USE IT UPSIDE DOWN, OR THE RIGHT WAY UP
Antenna Mate is smart enough to know when your device is being held upside down, or the right way up. Either way, it will always point to the targeted site.
SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK
We would love to hear your feedback or help you troubleshoot. Send an e-mail to support@antennamate.com.
* Time taken to find best broadcasting site and directional accuracy will vary based on device and external environmental factors.
** Best broadcasting site is measured by estimating maximum theoretical field strength in free space (No obstructions or reflections). Actual field strength will be lower. Closest broadcasting site is measured by estimating distance using line of sight. Distance is only an approximation.
*** Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority data.
**** Based on Radio Spectrum Management and OpenStreetMap data.
***** Based on Ofcom data.
What's New in Version 2.5.2
- Data for Australia updated as of 1 January, 2024.
Seller
Name
Tate Johnson
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
2.5.2
Size
9.5 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 4+
Compatibility
iOS 12.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPhone 17e, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air11M4Cellular, iPad Air13M4Cellular
Languages
English
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.1 of 5 (323 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2025-12-12
Antenna Mate
Absolute waste of money, from one day to the next it is totally different ! Don’t waste your time and money on this app !!
2025-09-07
Great app!
We use this app as we travel all over OZ, never lets us down !
2025-07-18
Sensational
Easy to use always accurate
2025-06-29
Antennae Mate
Exceptional
Have only had to resort to book reading twice in 10 years of use
2025-05-14
A must have app for caravaners!
This app Antenna Mate the best app for ensuring your TV antenna is pointed in the correct direction!
I have used this app for professional TV antenna installations for years.
I recommend this app…✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️
2025 and the app is still world class!
2025-03-20
Antenna direct
Excellent and simple to use.
2024-11-26
Antenna Mate
Great App, easy to use, fast and responsive.
2024-11-05
Top app
Works well very happy. 👍🏻
2024-11-04
Best app ever
Easy to use ! simple to read!
2024-10-28
Antenna Mate
Great concept, seems to work well, could do with a map of some sort but very easy to use.
Only had it a week so far travelling around south east QLD
2024-10-13
Great to use
Very easy to line up with the caravan antenna pin and have great reception quickly.
2024-10-11
Excellent
Very cool app. Would love to see a version which has the FM radio services
2024-09-25
Hopeless
Useless pointer doesn’t move
2024-09-11
Antenna Mate
A good app but confusing about 'moving the phone in a figure of eight' manner.
Is that horizontally or vertically or what. Is there a speed at which th it s should be done? And for how long should this be done?
2024-09-11
Very good
Finding it incredibly useful in setting up caravan TV.
The Polarity check on the second page is fantastic. We don’t waste time looking for a signal we can’t get.
2024-09-03
Direction Finding
I have only recently purchased the Antenna Mate App.
It seems that when seeking tv transmitters, the App points to a transmitter direction in what I believe is the reverse of the transmitter direction. Or I misunderstood “front” and “rear” of my winegard antenna.
2024-07-08
Perfect for a weekend out
This app is perfect for me driving around. Easy to use. 10 out of 10.
2024-06-01
DTV
Direction is unstable and points in close but varying lines
2024-05-21
Easy to use
So simple to use has never failed
Can’t always get a reception but not aps fault always shows where to point antenna
2024-05-19
Great app
Great app. Always works
2024-05-11
Stephen Ford
Such a useful and straight forward app. Caravanning necessity!
2024-03-12
Excellent app
I use Antenna Mate all the time for work and it’s brilliant, never failed yet.
2024-02-07
Not always right
An absolute must for caravans and RVs, but there have been times, over our 4 years on the road when the direction given was off and required some fine tuning but 8 out of 10 times it is spot on. It is the first app I suggest to anyone who is having trouble with their tv reception.
2024-01-08
Data
I think you should up transmitters in south Australia some have been turned off like the transmitter in Truro
2024-01-08
Arthur
Great app, really usefull when travelling. Shows all channels available, with direction to point antenna and relative signal strengh
2024-01-07
Excellent! :D
Absolutely brilliant! I need a sixth star to give it a proper rating ;) I've been using this app for a couple of years now and it's a very useful tool. I'm also impressed with the regular data updates for tower and frequency information.
2024-01-06
It’s just what mates do!
Awesome app.
2023-12-26
Antenna mate
Disgraceful
2023-09-13
Mr
Great app
2023-07-20
Excellent, and easy to use
Simple , fast and easy to use,
2023-06-22
Simon
Just had to replace my antenna which was a breeze with the app.
2023-04-13
Antennamate
Gives you absolutely everything you need to know. Brilliant.
2023-03-29
Doesnt work
Wont change location
2023-02-15
Great App
Very easy to use Great app
2022-11-22
Antenna mate
Poor direction, turn phone around and direction changes???
2022-10-30
Just works
Only improvements would be a map, but it’s probably not going to be very useful anyway. As I said it just works, and it’s simple to use.
2022-10-14
Can’t get work
I have been using this for a long time for camping and have the settings as suggested correct but it will not work what’s happening please!
2022-10-11
Doesn’t work
I have just bought the new iPad Air 5th generation wifi only but it doesn’t work anymore….any suggestions
2022-10-08
Doesn’t work
I bought this app for expecting something that could show me the direction of the nearest TV antenna mast. It pretends to do this , but the arrow shows a consistently different direction all the time. Just use a map.
2022-09-12
No longer works on iPad without cellular
I used to use this all the time via wifi on my iPad, but this now requires cellular and no longer works.
2022-08-26
Great App
I’ve used this app for about 3 years now and it’s easy and bomb proof and works every time. I watch others in vans do an antenna dance and I’m up and running in less that one minute. Highly recommended.
2022-06-24
Camping
Awesome and easy when camping
2022-06-13
Great app
Use the app to locate best reception for our caravan TV
2022-05-15
Avan traveller
Very handy, wish available for mobile phone transmissions
2022-04-20
Aussievan Antena
The Big Blue Group recommends Antenna Mate to all our customers that purchase our Aussievan Antennas. The App takes all the guess work out of wether the signal is Vertical or Horizontal also gives the direction and signal strength. Best app ever.
Wayne Eagles
National Sales Manager.
0481 507 062.
2022-04-03
Great App
Love the App but why is this only available on IOS ???.
2022-03-14
Clynton x
Thanks, work wells.
2022-03-10
No actual compass setting
No compass setting or directional settings for rural sites, only picks up singular channel list , my area has 2 towers and it cannot differentiate between the two. Quite poor for a service you pay for honestly
2022-03-05
Really works
After having trouble getting the tv tuned I started searching for an app to help me dingy the tv signal and this app works every time all the time. Highly recommended.
Joe B
2021-12-28
Excellent app
Works very quickly and accurately.
Point to note: it operates exactly like a real compass so hold your phone flat (horizontal to the ground - camera pointing to the ground) like you would read a compass.
If you do this it is accurate and fast.
If you hold your phone upright, as per a phone call, the compass will flick between the ‘right’ direction and 180 degrees opposite, the ‘wrong’ direction, so hold your phone flat while reading it and you’ll never have a problem.
2021-10-23
Top marks
I can’t thank you folks enough for making such an invaluable tool.
While my meter gives me numbers I need up on the roof during the install, it’s this App that I put into the customers hand so they can see themselves that their antenna is facing the wrong direction. Customer satisfaction is 75% of the job, and you folks have made it so much easier. I wish I had something like this 20 years ago.
2021-10-20
Brilliant
Never fails with accurate directions.
2021-07-26
Must have
This app is a must have. Never fails to get me reception. (When there is of course). Don’t leave home without it.
2021-07-07
Saves a lot of time and effort
Would recommend highly
2021-03-30
TV anywhere you go....
I've always found this app to be helpful for getting good reception at home or while traveling around in the motorhome. It makes it so easy to direct the antenna in the direction of the strongest signal when setting up each time at a new camp site.
2020-01-27
Invaluable
As a caravanner, this app is essential to a clear signal. While my fellow travellers guess the transmitter direction I am confident that I am pointing my antenna at the strongest signal.
2020-01-26
Excellent app
Awesome app, has rubbish tv reception, used app turned the antenna around and line it up !!! Boom all channels highly recommend
2020-01-13
Great app for caravan nerd
We use this app for setting up antenna when caravanning. Knowing where the closest transmitter is located using the directional finder on the app is great as well as what channels you should be able to receive makes this app a must for grey nomads.
2019-09-18
Love it.
It’s very quick, simple and easy to use and I would gladly recommend it to any one. Cheers
As above, no problems at all.
Cheers Tony.
2019-05-13
Makes it so easy to locate TV transmitter and tune TV
This app has proven to be ideal for locating TV transmitters while travelling around Australia in my caravan. The channel numbers make it a snap to tune the TV to just those channels. Thanks so much to the developer!
2019-01-25
Quick, accurate, stable, perfect !
Been using this application for years, never a single problem. Thanks very much to the developer.
2019-01-25
Excellent
Have used Antenna Mate for years and have found it to be excellent all over Australia, recommend this app
2019-01-03
So far so good
I’ve used this app’ in different location around WA metro and Country town in the south. All with successful results. Thanks.
2018-08-05
Frustration
I have used this for a month as I travel. I still can’t get ABC so I suppose the app is OK as I can get 1,3, 7,9,10 but I like ABC news.
I have reset to factory default after using the app to find signal. I’m currently in Roma so the ABC should be a shoe-in. But
No.
Does it matter which way the aerial is lined up? Or do the Wineguard aerials work equally well in the 180 degrees the app indicated.
2018-06-23
On iPhone it’s OK but not good on ipad.
On iPhone it’s quick but doesn’t tell you which is best signal or signal strength or elevation. Issues on 2nd device is a 1 Star
I tried to use my purchased app by also putting on iPad.
It gave me a list of transmitters, which isn’t too helpful, I want it to tell me which one is strongest.
It also wouldn’t allow compass like it does on my iPhone. Pretty frustrated.
2018-05-31
Highly Recommended
I’ve used this app for years. Great app that make setting up a TV antenna in new locations very easy.
2018-05-15
Antenna mate
Sorry about the first review (useless). It was my Antenna. Everything works fine now.
2017-11-24
Number one app
Has to be the best app in the store. Save a lot of time climbing up and down on the roof. The only bad thing is that I didn’t find it earlier.
2017-11-11
A must have
Easy to use, found reception straight away. I recommend this app!
2017-10-02
Best app for traveling in a caravan
I've used this app for a few years now and it's never let me down
I got a iPhone just to use this app, best thing I ever did. Great for traveling
2017-09-10
It simply works
Easy to use, removes any doubt where to point the antenna and removes all the fuss setting up when in a new location.
2017-09-08
Great
This app is excellent. Saves heaps of time. Tells you instantly where to point the Antenna.
2017-09-05
Very Handy
Travelling as we do all around Australia, permanently, this app is very useful. Always shows the best signal source and the direction pointer is excellent. We're very happy with this app.