5-0 Radio Police Scanner

I enjoy listening to the Boston scanner as my son lived in Cambridge, then Boston and now Back Bay. I alert him when an ambulance is heading his way and once went right to his apartment building at night. He was shocked when I told him you have the police and ambulance at your building. I even let him know at midnight when the building next door in Back Bay was on fire. I volunteer as a non- paid employee for Palm Beach County Sheriff Department in the Citizen’s Observer Rover Unit for over 24 years and love what I do as a trained volunteer. I am proud to be a part of my sheriff department’s volunteer unit. The Boston dispatchers are hard working folks. The Boston police really care about their communities. The Boston fire department is impressive when they set up staging. I love how the police call out the police codes to the dispatchers and repeat it in lay men’s terms too. I enjoy the Bangor Maine scanner. Palm Beach County stopped scanning so I listen elsewhere. Thank you Boston folks for keeping the streets safe.

I like this app, because I can listen to NOAA weather reports even when power is out. It. Gets a lot more locations than the other police/fire apps when you don’t know the numbers to tune in with. I found this scanner app to be the best of those available in the app store. I have had this app for sometime and also am annoyed by the ads that happen to play when you are listening to a call. It always seems to happen when the call is near home. PLEASE APP DEVELOPER: listen to the comments about the ads. Surely you started this app to allow others to be informed. It helps wives listen to husbands at work, works as a back up for our front line of help to citizens, it helps us to inform others of dangers, etc. The ads are interferring with your patrons who are listening and using the app for the good of the people. We don’t mind you making money. Please find a way to put ads on here that don’t interfere with the important stuff. Maybe let an add play, but have it shut off when the scanner comes on. We would all be agreeable to that. Or allow us to buy ad-free use.

I've been using this app for years. Ever since my iPod gen 2 was new. It has the ability to access emergency services radio from all over the world. But for me, I primarily use it to find out what's going on in my home town. When the fire whistle goes off it's nice to be able to listen in and find out what's going on and where. It can help to alleviate some anxiety for people like me, who can be a bit paranoid about their loved ones safety. It's pretty impressive, it even has my small towns emergency services radio on there and it's just a small town with a population of around 2000. There's no draw back to having this app. It doesn't take up much storage space on your data drive and even the free versions adverts are barely noticeable. Check it out, there's no reason not to really.

I've used this app for several years and gladly paid for the upgrade. I'm in public safety, and this app is my backup to my portable and pager. Here are a few notes on getting the most out of the app... The audio is a data stream (like listening to an Internet radio station). Therefore, it uses both battery/adapter power. Unless you have either unlimited data or a wifi connection, you might go over your limit. Also, it's a good idea to use a power adapter and not batteries. The audio typically comes from local scanners connected to the Internet. Therefore the quality may vary. Also, there may be a lag from the time a station transmits, until you actually hear it. All in all, it's a great app and highly recommended.

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I love this app and use it a lot. I’ve also recommended to many people. So why the two stars? I get that there needs to be ads to keep it free (thank you btw) but the new ad system is horrible. We had a big emergency on our street and needed to know what was happening and threw the app on and the video ad came on super loud and played over what was being said in the scanner. Missed the whole thing and whether or not we needed to be concerned. Now every time I put this on, the ads are just more than intrusive. Also, after having the app going for a while, I went to see if there were any new feeds in my area and got nailed with another ad. I have the volume up to hear the scanner and the ad just scared the hell out of me and my neighbors. Please go back to just the rotating banner ads. The video ones are just horrible and defeat the purpose of being able to throw it on fast when there is trouble nearby.