Black Cat ACARS

A full featured program that decodes and displays VHF ACARS transmissions, available for macOS and Windows.

Tune your VHF radio / scanner to an ACARS frequency and feed the audio into your computer's sound card input, and start receiving and displaying ACARS transmissions in minutes.

"Have compared your new ACARS decoder to Multipsk and a very expensive commercial decoder. The commercial one would show 4 received and decoded, Multipsk (has never been a great ACARS decoder) did one where your new decoder had 15 received and decoded in the same time frame. Very impressive. Also discovered your Plane list, and Message list windows which are very handy."
- Jerry Schmidt

Buy Your Copy of Black Cat ACARS Today

Start decoding ACARS transmissions in just minutes!

$19.99 Registration code sent by email, software download

Black Cat ACARS is only $19.99, which entitles you to all updates and new versions released over the next full year, free of charge, which of course you can continue to use forever.

Free To Try!

Not sure you're ready to buy Black Cat ACARS? You can download a fully featured copy to try out, before you buy it.

Download a copy of Black Cat ACARS version 1.0.1 for Windows 8, 10: https://www.blackcatsystems.com/download/ACARS-Windows.zip (April 1, 2019)

Download a copy of Black Cat ACARS version 1.0.1 for macOS 10.10 through 11 Big Sur, 64 Bit Application: https://www.blackcatsystems.com/download/ACARS-macOS.zip (April 1, 2019)

If macOS complains it cannot open the app, right click the app icon, and select Open.
HighSierra/Catalina/Big Sur users please download the beta version below if you have microphone permission issues

Beta Versions:

Remember these are betas, and updates can break things. When downloading a new copy, please keep your existing copy, in case you need to go back to it.

Download a copy of Black Cat ACARS version 2.0.0b3 for Windows 8, 10: https://www.blackcatsystems.com/download/ACARS-Windows_beta.zip (November 28, 2020)

Download a copy of Black Cat ACARS version 2.0.0b3 for macOS 10.10 through 11 Big Sur, 64 Bit Application: https://www.blackcatsystems.com/download/ACARS-macOS_beta.zip (November 28, 2020)

If macOS complains it cannot open the app, right click the app icon, and select Open.

Email your comments and questions to info@blackcatsystems.com

Last modified November 28, 2020