Police Scanner Radio & Fire
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Description
Scanner Radio is the #1 police scanner and alerts you of breaking news so you can listen to the action live with millions of others. Stay up to date with your local news, traffic, emergency and public safety or listen in during major national live events in real time. Features: • Breaking news alerts to get the scoop before anyone else. • View scanners located nearest you. • View the most popular scanners. • View the newest scanners being added all the time. • Star your favorite scanners for quick access. • Browse thousands of scanners from all over the world by location or genre (public safety, air traffic, railroad, marine, etc). • CarPlay support Receive an alert anytime: • A scanner in the directory has more than a certain amount of listeners • A specific scanner has more than a certain number of listeners • A Broadcastify alert is posted for one of your favorites • A Broadcastify alert is posted for any scanner • A Broadcastify alert is posted for any scanner near you • A new scanner comes online near you Turn on notifications to receive alerts anytime a scanner has more than 2000 listeners (find out about major events as they're breaking). The audio you're able to hear is provided by volunteers (and, in many cases, police and fire departments themselves) for Broadcastify.com and a few other sites using real scanner radios. For assistance, please go to http://support.gordonedwards.net Terms of Use: https://scanner-radio.firebaseapp.com
What's New
Bug fixes
Details
- Developer
- GordonEdwards.net LLC
- Main Category
- News
- Version
- 2.6.10
- Version Release
- 2026-06-04
- Initial Release
- 2012-02-05
- Size
- 75 MB
- Age Rating
- 12+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- EN
- Bundle ID
- net.gordonedwards.Scanner-Radio-Deluxe
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.64 (521,589)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-06-13
Rank History
Free · Max 90 days · Top 5 categories shown (Y-axis: rank, lower is better)
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Paid Rankings
No rankings
Competitive Benchmark — News Top 10
What it takes to beat this app — comparison with the category's top apps. The orange row is the current app.
| # | App | Price | Rating | Ratings | Langs | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | X | Free | ★ 4.59 | 10,776,328 | 41 | 2026-06-11 |
| 2 | Free | ★ 4.76 | 3,435,219 | 32 | 2026-06-08 | |
| 3 | CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio | Free | ★ 4.89 | 24,114 | 2 | 2026-06-10 |
| 4 | Substack | Free | ★ 4.87 | 468,138 | 15 | 2026-06-09 |
| 5 | Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network | Free | ★ 4.71 | 2,089,373 | 9 | 2026-06-10 |
| 6 | NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts | Free | ★ 4.78 | 1,361,683 | 2 | 2026-06-11 |
| 7 | Citizen: Safety & Live Video | Free | ★ 4.73 | 504,806 | 0 | 2026-06-10 |
| 8 | Ground News | Free | ★ 4.72 | 44,105 | 1 | 2026-06-01 |
| 9 | Police Scanner Radio & Fire | Free | ★ 4.64 | 521,589 | 1 | 2026-06-04 |
| 10 | Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods | Free | ★ 4.93 | 39,499 | 5 | 2026-06-05 |
User Reviews
This app is informative on what's going on in your area. Fire, severe weather, crime can be listened to while it's happening. Excellent app!
The scanner works well and is very informational. I just wish there was not a delay and so much censoring.
Blocking full screen ads kill the usability. Even if you wait for them to finish they don’t go away. In app screen ads, full screen blocking. No.
Police Scanner Radio & Fire is THE ESSENTIAL Radio Application for iOS & Android. Although these applications utilize the feeds from Broadcastify or other Digital relays I fully appreciate the effort and support for a flawless application built on stability. Reliable and consistent with little “fluff”. I would be happy to review for social media if given the opportunity! Thanks folks for 10+ years of radio support.
Very good app to have to see what’s going on. Truly enjoy it.
Great app love this thing!
Thank you to the first responders and volunteers. In an area where there are only volunteer first responders, I greatly appreciate the those that keep these vital services available. They’re the ones to run towards danger instead of away.
This used to be a somewhat useful scanner app…until they updated the definition of the word “free”. The app is not free, it is the classic “hope this idiot user forgets that that they signed up for our trash app and pays us $7.99 a month until they die!”, kind of free. I can almost hear the snickering of some total nerd/weasels now, laughing about how much money they could leech off of their users. Bottom line, your app blows. All you’ve done is applied an incredibly simple interface over the free (actually free!) chatter of hardworking first responders. You should be awarded approximately ZERO dollars for that, so I plan on paying you just that…thanks for destroying your own app, so I never have to watch some awful banner ads about some equally dorky game scroll down my screen, or squint my eyes real hard to locate a tiny “x” in the corner that’s nearly impossible to tap. Your apps embodies everything that is wrong generally with apps, the internet or even just humanity!
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I love to listen to what is going on in my neighborhood. This app works perfectly for that.
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