Police Scanner Radio Scanner Archives
Police Scanner Radio Scanner Archives
People use police scanners for all kinds of reasons. It helps some stay up to date on crime in the area while others use it for entertainment. In this quick list, we’ll round up the best police scanner apps for Android. The good news is that there are a few very decent options. Unfortunately, it’s not a category where we see any real releases year to year so you’ve likely seen all of these before. All of these apps are old, but still receive updates. Before we begin, it’s important to note that having and using a police scanner is illegal in some places so be sure to check your local laws before downloading any of these so you don’t get yourself into trouble. Let’s begin.
- Broadcastify
- Police Scanner
- Police Scanner X
- Scanner 911
- Scanner Radio
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Broadcastify
Price: Free / $15 per 6 months
Broadcastify is one of the newer police scanenr apps. It boasts over 6,000 police, fire, EMS, and aviation channels. The app is easy enough to use. It includes a search by location. You can also save channels on your favorites list for quick recall. There is a premium version as well. The premium version removes advertising and gives you access to 180 days of archived radio transmissions. It still has the occasional bug. However, it’s nothing to major. There is another Police Scanner app that uses Broadcastify as a source. It works pretty well too.
Police Scanner
Price: Free / $4.99
Police Scanner by Logicord is one of the more stable police scanner apps. This app boasts over 5000 police, fire, rescue, and other radio feeds. Some of the features include the ability to listen over slower Internet connections, the ability to find feeds based on your GPS location, and it supports international feeds as well. The interface could be better. However, it’s still easy to use. The pro version is available for $4.99 as an in-app purchase.
Police Scanner X
Price: Free
Police Scanner X is another decent police scanner. It contains thousands of scanner stations to sift through. They’re organized in top 50 feeds for faster access. It also has a resume function for faster access. Like most, there are some areas that it doesn’t have. It also has the occasional bug. However, the experience is generally enjoyable. You can pick up the app for free. At least, it’s free at the time of this writing.
Scanner 911
Price: Free
Scanner 911 is a fairly decent police scanner app. It offers up stations for police, fire, and EMS scanners around the United States. Stations are sorted by distance. Thus, if you search for Chicago, the results are the ones closest to Chicago. Additionally, it comes with an equalizer, lock screen controls, and Material Design. The app is completely free to download. You just have to deal with advertisements.
Scanner Radio
Price: Free / $2.99
Scanner Radio is among the most popular police scanner apps out there. There are 5300 radio stations from all around the world and it covers police, fire, weather, and amateur stations. It also has a ton of useful features, including the ability to send you a notification when a large number of people tune into a particular station. It also has Material Design. This is probably the best one available right now. We recommend you start here. The free version contains most features as well as advertising. The pro version is $2.99, removes ads, and adds a few extra features. We recommend the premium version because it’s just better.
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Scanner Radio - Fire and Police Scanner
Listen to live audio from over 7,000 fire and police scanners, weather radios, amateur radio repeaters, air traffic and marine radios from around the world. Turn on notifications to receive alerts anytime a scanner has more than 2000 listeners (find out about major events as they're breaking).
FEATURES
• View scanners located nearest you.
• View the top 50 scanners that have the most listeners.
• View list of scanners added most recently (new scanners are being added all the time).
• Add scanners you listen to the most to your Favorites for quick access.
• Browse the directory by location or genre (public safety, air traffic, railroad, marine, etc).
• Turn on notifications to be notified when major events are happening (details below).
• Add Scanner Radio widgets and shortcuts to your home screen for quick access.
• Supports Android Auto.
NOTIFICATION FEATURES
Receive a notification anytime:
• ...any scanner in the directory has more than 2000 listeners (configurable).
• ...a scanner within a certain distance of your location has more than a certain number of listeners.
• ...a specific scanner has more than a certain number of listeners.
• ...a Broadcastify alert is posted for one of your favorites.
• ...a scanner within a certain distance from you is added to the directory.
This is the free version of the app, below are the benefits of purchasing the Pro version (for only $2.99, a one-time purchase):
• No ads.
• Access to all 6 theme colors.
• Push notifications sent within 5 minutes (vs within 15 minutes).
• Ability to record the audio.
• The play button at the bottom of the directory screens and on the widgets can be used to start listening without having to go to the player screen.
The audio you're able to hear is provided by volunteers (and, in many cases, police and fire departments themselves) for Broadcastify and a few other sites using real police scanners and is the same audio you would hear using your own police scanner.
If you need assistance, please go to http://support.gordonedwards.net/
Explanation of why a couple of permissions are needed:
• The "Location" permission is required so that the app can determine what scanners are located in your area when you select "Nearby Scanners". When you select "Nearby Scanners" the app first attempts to determine your location via the network, if that fails the app then tries to determine your location via GPS.
• The "Photos/Media/Files" / "modify or delete the contents of your USB storage" permission is required in order to allow you to record the audio you're hearing and be able to save it to a location that you can access from your computer (requires Scanner Radio Pro to be installed or for you to be using Scanner Radio Pro).
5-0 Radio Police Scanner 9+
Live fire, air & police radio
Smartest Apps LLC
- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
Description
The top #2 free app and top #1 paid app in May/June 2020. The largest collection of live police, firefighter, aircraft, railroad, emergency, news, and ham radios. Be the first to know about weather, news, and crime updates.
Thanks for making us the best police scanner app on the market. This app is one of top 100 most downloaded iOS app since 2009 with tens of millions of downloads so far, millions more downloads than any other police scanner app.
Features
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- New “Feeds with Active Alerts” feature that shows you feeds with interesting on-going activity and breaking news happening right now along with a description of the alert, breaking info, location, and feed.
- Listen to feeds in the background. You can run other apps while listening to the police. Pause the feeds via the media controls on your device.
- Automatically attempts to reconnect the feed if you lose the connection.
- Listen to feeds on your desktop/laptop computer. Email yourself a link to the feed, and open that link on your browser or with your favorite mp3 player.
- Ability to add custom feeds
- Chat with other users
- The web browser also automatically detects feeds and integrates it with the radio. Now you can add feeds from the web by simply tapping on the feed's link via our browser.
- Share feeds with your friends by email. They do not need to buy this app to listen with you. They can listen in with any device that has a web browser.
- Worldwide coverage. Listen to feeds from the United States, Canada, Australia and more. Our app is always expanding and looking for new police radios to tap into.
- List scanners by county. Don't just list all feeds in a state, get only the ones that are from your city/county.
- Integrated map that finds your location and the location of the feed. Now you can find where the action is happening and follow along.
- Built-in police/EMS/fire/military codes and phonetic alphabet for easy interpretation. Good for any beginners who do not have the proper training and have trouble remembering what the codes mean.
- Save your favorites to the front screen of the app for quick one-tap access.
- This app will dynamically grab a new list of sources so that you will always be the first to get any new police feeds out there.
- See the popularity of each feed. Each feed lists the number of listeners who are following the action along with you.
- Choose new skins or make your own. Skins can be any photo you choose from your photos library.
- New police feeds and others are added on an hourly basis, so keep checking if we added yours recently.
Upgrade to 5-0 Radio Pro to remove ads, add even more feeds, and new features.
Legality
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It is legal in most countries to listen to police feeds. However, it is illegal in some places to use this app to aid in the commission of a crime or to pose as a police officer when you are not. It may also be illegal to use it while driving. Please consult your local laws before using this app outside of your home.
Is it fake?
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It's very real. Each feed comes from a person in that region with an expensive police scanner sharing the signal with you via the internet.
Real-time
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The delay between the real radio feed and this app is only a few seconds depending on buffering and internet speeds.
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You can now auto-open to a certain page or feed when you open the app. Choose which page/feed you want to open in the Settings page.
Love This App
I've been using this app for years. Ever since my iPod gen 2 was new. It has the ability to access emergency services radio from all over the world. But for me, I primarily use it to find out what's going on in my home town. When the fire whistle goes off it's nice to be able to listen in and find out what's going on and where. It can help to alleviate some anxiety for people like me, who can be a bit paranoid about their loved ones safety. It's pretty impressive, it even has my small towns emergency services radio on there and it's just a small town with a population of around 2000. There's no draw back to having this app. It doesn't take up much storage space on your data drive and even the free versions adverts are barely noticeable. Check it out, there's no reason not to really.
What’s going on in my neighborhood?
With everything going on in the world lately, local television seems to be caught up on events that have nothing to do with what is actually going on in my neighborhood. Are use the app to follow real police activity, in real time. It is nice to be able to find out what is actually happening in my city, and closer to home just by clicking on an app. Just three days ago for instants. I heard a helicopter circling my home. Before venturing outside I picked up my phone and clicked on the app. When it went to the channel which monitors my neighborhood police activity. I heard that there was hey situation involving four armed individuals who are being followed by the police. They were quite a few police cars in my neighborhood, but thanks to the app. I did not let my curiosity get the best of me. I stayed in my home safe and sound until the situation was resolved when the suspects were all apprehended by local police. Yes! They were armed individuals. Hats off to the San Diego police department for doing such a great job hats off to the creators of this app. It’s a great tool to keep One safe and sound. I also use it to monitor local air traffic control. It’s a great way to pass the time.
One of the best apps in the store
I've used this app for several years and gladly paid for the upgrade. I'm in public safety, and this app is my backup to my portable and pager.
Here are a few notes on getting the most out of the app...
The audio is a data stream (like listening to an Internet radio station). Therefore, it uses both battery/adapter power. Unless you have either unlimited data or a wifi connection, you might go over your limit. Also, it's a good idea to use a power adapter and not batteries.
The audio typically comes from local scanners connected to the Internet. Therefore the quality may vary. Also, there may be a lag from the time a station transmits, until you actually hear it.
All in all, it's a great app and highly recommended.
Information
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
- Languages
English, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
- Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Copyright
- © Smartest Apps LLC
- In-App Purchases
- 5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner$4.99
Family Sharing
With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.
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