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Scanner Radio Pro
 
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Scanner Radio Pro

by Gordon Edwards
Platform: Android Rated: Guidance Suggested
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (108 customer reviews)

Price: $2.99
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
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Latest Updates

What's new in version 3.9.6
  • - Increased the default size of the Broadcastify alert text and also made its size configurable.
  • - Added a "Display orientation" setting to the "Player Settings" and "Chat Settings" areas which can be used to have the player and chat screens be displayed in a specific orientation.
  • - Changed default threshold for listener alerts from 1000 listeners to 1500.
  • - Changed references to "Scanner Radio PIN" to "Scanner Radio ID".
  • - Fixed a bug which resulted in metadata (channel information) no longer being displayed after around 20 minutes when the "Streaming method" setting is set to "Progressive Download".
  • - Fixed a crash which could occur when changing the volume while on the player screen.
  • - Added back the ability to supply an e-mail address when reporting that a feed has no audio.
  • - On the "Favorites" screen, replaced the "About" menu choice with "Help".
  • - Changed default streaming method to "Progressive download".
  • - Added "Use alternate port?" setting to the "Player Settings" screen, for use in getting around network firewalls.
  • - Fixed a crash that could after selecting a scanner feed.
  • - Upgraded Flurry SDK to version 3.2.0.
  • Changes in the Chat Room area of the app:
  • - Text field on chat room screen now expands (up to three lines tall) as text is entered.
  • - Added the ability to select chat messages that announce when someone enters the chat room.
  • - Added the setting "Non-mod links clickable?" under "Chat Settings" which can be used to make links from users that aren't moderators be clickable.
  • - Changed the auto-scroll behavior on the chat room screen so that, after scrolling backwards, auto-scrolling will resume only after scrolling all the way down to the most recent message.
  • - Fixed a bug which caused the chat room greeting messages to not be displayed sometimes (and the screen appear to freeze).
  • - Added "Chat Room Rules" entry to chat room menu.
  • - Fixed a crash which could occur when viewing the "Top 50 chat rooms" list while in a chat room.
  • - Chat room "system" messages (such as those that are displayed when one enters a room) are now clickable.
  • - Fixed a crash that could occur when the chat room message list is being updated.

Product Details

  • ASIN: B004GL88GW
  • Original Release Date: March 23, 2011
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: March 23, 2011
  • Rated: Guidance Suggested This app may include dynamic content. What's this?
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (108 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #546 Paid in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Paid in Appstore for Android)
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Product Features

  • View scanners that are located nearest you, sorted by distance.
  • View the top 50 scanners that have the most listeners (list updated every 5 minutes).
  • View list of scanners added most recently (new additions are being added all the time).
  • Add scanners you listen to the most to your Favorites list for quick access.
  • Browse the directory of scanners by location or genre (public safety, air traffic, weather, railroad, etc).
  • Enable notifications to be notified when lots of people (such as over 1000, for example) are listening to any scanner (indicating that something big is happening). You can also be notified when scanners located near you (or specific scanners of your choosing) have more than a certain number of listeners.
  • Add Scanner Radio Pro widgets and shortcuts to your phone's home screen for quick access.
  • Add a "Scanner Radio Pro Favorite" shortcut to your home screen to launch a scanner feed via an alarm clock app or automation app.
  • Listen to RadioReference.com's audio archives to listen to audio that's been archived over the past 30 days. Note: You *must* have an account on RadioReference.com and purchase their "Premium Membership" ($15 for 6 months) in order to access their archives using the app.
  • No ads and fully functional widgets.

Product Description


Product Description
Scanner Radio
Browse newly added stations

Listen to live audio from over 2,900 police and fire scanners, weather radios, and amateur radio repeaters from around the world--with more being added daily.

Configure alerts to have the app notify you when lots of people are listening to a scanner--indicating that something big may be happening.

Volunteers provide all the audio using real scanner radios. If your area is not available, see the menu in the app for information on how to get it added.

Pro Version
  • Contains no ads
  • The play button at the top of the directory screens and on the widgets is functional
  • Allows you to listen to archived audio--from the past 2-3 weeks--if you have a RadioReference.com Premium subscription
  • Use with the free version of the app to listen to two scanners simultaneously

Developer Info
I've been a scanner radio enthusiast for the past 25 years and decided to develop an app that can be used to listen to scanner audio that is being streamed online.

Technical Details

  • Size: 2.1MB
  • Version: 3.9.6
  • Developed By: Gordon Edwards
  • Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
    • Read only access to phone state
    • com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
    • Get notified that the operating system has finished booting
    • Open network sockets
    • Access fine (e.g., GPS) location
    • Access information about Wi-Fi networks
    • Access the vibration feature
    • Access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, Wi-Fi) location
    • Access information about networks
    • PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
  • Minimum Operating System: Android 2.1
  • Approximate Download Time: Less than 30 seconds

Customer Reviews

If you like listening to police scanners this is the app for you. J. Nick  |  21 reviewers made a similar statement
Easy to use and nice layout. Simplethings  |  7 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
97 of 111 people found the following review helpful
This is an excellent application that delivers what it promises...as long as dedicated amateurs have one of their radios tuned to provide the sources it feeds.

While some people might find listening to emergency services radios voyeuristic or creepy: as somebody who spends far more time each day in a car trying to get to and from work, this app offers --at least where I live-- true value added.

My daily commute takes place between two major metropolitan areas, in an area that mostly is overlooked during drive-time traffic reporting. The police/fire feed for the county where that 90% of my daily commuting occurs provides valuable early warning about incidents on roads that traffic reporters would be telling me about far too late...if at all.

Easy to use; search by name, genre or location, or search for any audio within a radius near you. Rock solid functionality on an HTC Evo 4g

Very few differences between this and the free version. Paid version drops ads, and adds a pause/play button that is persistent between sessions (and you can run the free and paid version at the same time to follow two programming sources).
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64 of 79 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. April 1, 2011
By A Customer
I used this a long time ago on my blackberry and have been using it on android devices for a few years now. Great product... Always has been.
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67 of 83 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars great scaner app March 26, 2011
great app, works really well. Exactly what i was looking for. Works great on my Motorola Droid 2 Global. i highly recommend this app if you are looking for a police, fire, EMS scanner.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars The best radio scanner app
of all the radio scanner apps I have tried for android, Scanner Radio Pro
has the widest selection of sources and stations
Published 10 hours ago by Warren Bamesberger
4.0 out of 5 stars I like it.
Easy to connect, and easy to find local broadcasts. Helpful when on the road and needing information at any time.
Published 20 hours ago by Gary Swartzlander
2.0 out of 5 stars Not useful for me
I live in a rural place and I bought the app to listen to my county scanners, but my local scanners are not available on this app. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Mom2Many
3.0 out of 5 stars It's Okay
Considering I live in an area of a lot of big cities and my hand held scanner gets a lot of action, this doesn't provide many of the big cities near me. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sandra L. Goga
5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice!
WOW! beats my programmable scanner by far! I can use this on my tablet...it has great stations, favorites you set up too! Awesome software!
Published 1 month ago by Mihaly Cseh
3.0 out of 5 stars pretty cool app
I like the app (major police depts are there), I just wish it had Redmond, WA inside of the application. Otherwise, I'd recommend.
Published 1 month ago by Francis M. Shigley
1.0 out of 5 stars was good
purchased this to listen my city police and then it was removed app sucks now what a waste of money
Published 1 month ago by john s
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it
I love this one,you can hear police calls from all over the,United State.Any county, any state.Would recommand this to anyone to try.
Published 1 month ago by kate
3.0 out of 5 stars App is 5 Stars - Amazon Appstore Policies 1 Star
I paid for this app, but Amazon Appstore demands that I be signed in to it to use this app. I have uninstalled both the app and the Amazon Appstore and will re-purchase the app at... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Harold L. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Great scanner when you don't have a scanner
So long as you have access to wireless Internet, nothing is out of range. Good variety of areas covered, even in rural parts of the country (I live in rural Iowa and get my... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Photo Guy 19
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how do i install app to my android tablet? Be the first to reply
FAA Air Traffic Control frequencies
Ones hosted by RadioReference.com are already included in the directory.

I've wanted to include LiveATC.net's but they won't allow me to do so. You can listen to audio that's hosted by LiveATC.net by adding links to theirs in the "Custom Scanners" section of the app.

To do that, run... Read more
Mar 24, 2011 by Gordon Edwards |  See all 4 posts
Having trouble connecting?
I know this may sound like a dumb question,does this app work on a wifi only android tablet
May 18, 2011 by Boonyrat |  See all 3 posts
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