TV Fool
Worth it
Confidence: Medium
Use it if you're a cord-cutter choosing an antenna . it's free and remains the community-standard signal planner.
Comparison
TV Fool and RabbitEars.Info both land on Worth it.
Use it if you're a cord-cutter choosing an antenna . it's free and remains the community-standard signal planner.
Free, community-validated signal maps . the standard first stop before buying a TV antenna.
| Compare | TV Fool | RabbitEars.Info |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Worth it | Worth it |
| Best for | Cord-cutters picking a first antenna | Cordcutters choosing an antenna |
| Who it's not for | Cord-cutters needing guaranteed-current channel data | Anyone shopping for business or team software |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; the site publishes no security page. | Minor public findings: one disclosed XSS report and low antivirus trust scores; Reddit reports browser trust has been restored.15 |
| Support quality | Active user forum, no official support | Hobbyist-run; Discord community, no formal support |
| Public sentiment | Long the go-to free antenna planner for cord-cutters, but recent users report stale channel data and occasional site outages.⁴ | Cordcutters treat it as the default free tool for antenna planning, though many struggle to interpret its signal reports. |
| Biggest gotcha | Reports can be stale after FCC channel repacks; users found missing stations⁴ | OpenBugBounty shows a disclosed XSS report (OBB-3402690); fix status unclear15 |