Scanner Radio Pro

by Gordon Edwards

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?

All Ages

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for all users and contains no objectionable content or advertisements.




Guidance Suggested

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for most users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, infrequent or mild references to violence, profanity, or crude themes, or other content not suitable for all ages.







Mature

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for mature users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, mild sexual and suggestive themes, nudity within medical, informational, or artistic contexts, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for mature audiences.







Adult

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for adults. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, sexual and suggestive themes, nudity, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for adult audiences.



This application contains content that is downloading real-time, based on inputs from the user or developer. The maturity rating associated with this application pertains only to the static elements of the application and does not cover any dynamic information (e.g. websites, friend postings, tweets). Dynamic content is defined as any content that may change within the application. Content can include animations, video or audio.
• 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)
  • #43 in Appstore for Android > Entertainment

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.

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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

97 of 111 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent application; coverage ultimately depends on the dedication of others... October 29, 2011

By 35-year Technology Consumer TOP 100 REVIEWER

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).

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.

67 of 83 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars great scaner app March 26, 2011

By Howard M. Harte

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.