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Scanner Radio

by Gordon Edwards
Rated: All Ages
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,524 customer reviews)

Price: FREE
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
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This app needs permission to access:

  • Access fine (e.g., GPS) location
  • Access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, Wi-Fi) location
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Latest Updates

What's new in version 3.11.2
  • • Links on a feed's information/details page are now opened in the device's web browser instead of within the same screen.
  • • When one exists, a feed provider's information link/URL is now included on their feed's information/details page.
  • • Fixed a bug which can cause the app to disconnect from a feed and reconnect unnecessarily.
  • • Fixed a crash that could occur while the PlayerService service is stopping.
  • • Fixed a crash that occurred on some devices when player screen displayed.

Product Details

  • ASIN: B004DLNC4I
  • Release Date: January 31, 2011
  • Rated: All Ages This app may include dynamic content. What's this?
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,524 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,448 Free in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Free 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 widgets and shortcuts to your phone's home screen for quick access.
  • Add a "Scanner Radio Favorite" shortcut to your home screen to launch a scanner feed via an alarm clock app or automation app.
  • Listen to Broadcastify.com's audio archives to listen to audio that's been archived over the past 30 days. Note: You *must* have an account on Broadcastify.com and purchase their "Premium Membership" ($15 for 6 months) in order to access their archives using the app.

Product Description

Listen to live audio from over 5,800 police and fire scanners, weather radios, and amateur radio repeaters from around the world (with new scanners being added daily). Perfect for the scanner enthusiast, Scanner Radio is bound to keep you listening for hours.

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

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

Technical Details

Size: 4.9MB
Version: 3.11.2
Developed By: Gordon Edwards ( Privacy Policy Click to see complete result in a new window )
Application Permissions: ( Help me understand what permissions mean )
  • Access fine (e.g., GPS) location
  • Access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, Wi-Fi) location
  • Open network sockets
  • Access information about networks
  • Access the vibration feature
  • PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
  • Access information about Wi-Fi networks
  • Read from external storage
  • Get notified that the operating system has finished booting
  • Read only access to device state
  • Write to external storage
  • Allows installation of home screen shortcuts
Minimum Operating System: Android 2.3
Approximate Download Time: Less than 1 minute

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
50 of 52 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Loving this app! December 18, 2011
By KayJay
Verified Purchase
As a former scanner listener, this is a perfect addition to my kindle fire. It runs great, I don't know about battery life because I use the app while plugged in most of the time. I enjoy listening to my local scanner feeds, popular scan feeds and international feeds. The app even can ping you when there is high activity on a feed and alerts people of emergencies. This has happened twice in the past few weeks for me. Good feature. The chat plug-in is an amusing add on as well.
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149 of 168 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect April 2, 2011
Does everything it says! Scans all different frequencies!! Reminds me of when I was a child except this is digital with favorite's. LoL
Must download!!
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204 of 235 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.. top quality of its type May 17, 2011
On my HTC Thunderbolt it does not use much battery at all if you use a set of ear buds. The Speaker and Media Player will chew your battery if LOUD, but try a set of low power drain ear buds. I have been known to fall asleep with it on and let it run all night with plenty of battery left in the morning!

Those of you that are moaning about no stations in your area, then log onto Radio Reference and provide a local feed for your area! This is a ham radio oriented, all volunteer hobby. You have to contribute something to get something in that world. Be far with your complaints.

From a programming standpoint the app is very well written and well debugged. Five stars all the way!
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152 of 175 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars scanner March 26, 2011
it uses the battery up quickly so plug your phone in before you use the scanner - otherwise great app - it even allows you to select your favorite stations
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars FUN! December 26, 2011
By Brian
Verified Purchase
Just got the kindle fire and found this app on accident. Incredibly easy to operate and runs smooth. No complaints what so ever.
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35 of 39 people found the following review helpful
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I love my Galaxy Tab. I have spent many hours with it and love the fact that I can go more than a week with minimal use without having to plug it in. When using it heavily, I still get two or three days between charges. Remembering how I had to plug my HTC Thunderbolt in every night without fail even if I didn't use it for anything but a couple of calls, THIS device is fantastic in that regard. That said, when I added this app to it one evening (and ONLY this app) my battery was dead the next morning after going to bed with it at 82%. I went through all my settings to make sure I had it set overnight the same way as always (bluetooth off, GPS off, airplane mode, etc.) and everything was correct. I plugged it in for a couple of hours to get it back to 100%, didn't use it much all day and by the time I went to bed, the battery was back down to 10%! I'm the kind of guy who's pretty good with electronics, so I went through everything to see if anything was out of the ordinary. The battery use log showed "85% display" for the reason the battery was depleted but the display had been off all night and all day; the ONLY thing different was this one single app I had downloaded. I uninstalled it, plugged my Tab in to fully charge it and then went 10 entire days before I had to plug it in again! Just for the fun of it, two weeks later I reinstalled it and the same exact scenario played itself out all over again. It is no longer an app on my otherwise perfect Tab and never will be again as long as it drains the battery for no apparent or good reason.
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Cool app March 25, 2011
By Mr. J
Verified Purchase
Works like a charm. Gives you 80% of the functionality of a $300 scanner, for free! I live in a town of 4000 in Vermont, and this app even had my town on its access list. Impressive.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars works great! December 25, 2011
By JK
This app works great...I live near a fire station & I hear the sirens going out all the time so I D/L it, then found out u can listen in all around the US and the whole world too. Mostly fire & rescue action so far, a great app though
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