Scanner Radio

by Gordon Edwards

Product Details

• ASIN: B004DLNC4I
• Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Rated: All Ages This app may include dynamic content. What's this?

All Ages

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

Guidance Suggested

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application has material that 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 has material that 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 has material that 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: 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)
  • #221 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 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.

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.

149 of 168 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect April 2, 2011

By N. Carter

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!!

204 of 235 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.. top quality of its type May 17, 2011

By Coarsegold

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!

152 of 175 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars scanner March 26, 2011

By ChristieDvs

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

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.

35 of 39 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars The perfect app - IF you want your battery drained every day! November 20, 2011

By GaryTucson

Verified Purchase

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.

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.

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