Live Breaking News & Alerts. Police, Fire, Weather Radios, Air Traffic, & more.
Scanner Radio - Police Scanner delivers live audio from 8,000+ fire and police scanners, NOAA weather radios, ham repeaters, and more, offering timely insight into incidents worldwide. It holds notable regional rankings in NEWS_MAGAZINES (IR #6, US #10, AU #13) and maintains a strong 4.75 rating from 474,584 ratings, backed by 10,000,000+ total downloads. With easy browse-by-location, favorites, and home-screen widgets, it’s a comprehensive scanner radio experience.
Pros & Cons
Global coverage with 8,000+ scanner feeds across police, fire, weather, aviation, and marine
Notifications, favorites, and home-screen widgets for quick access
Huge installed base and a long-standing presence with a strong rating
Easy discovery through location/genre browsing and top-scanners view
Lacks explicit emphasis on EMS or county-level feeds that some competitors highlight
Feed quality and update frequency can vary due to reliance on third-party sources
Content is user-contributed/public feeds, which may lead to variability in availability and reliability
About Scanner Radio - Police Scanner
Scanner Radio - Police Scanner is a news & magazines app developed by GordonEdwards.net LLC.
How many times has Scanner Radio - Police Scanner been downloaded?
Scanner Radio - Police Scanner has been downloaded 40 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 0 times. It is ranked #8 in news & magazines.
What is the rating of Scanner Radio - Police Scanner?
Scanner Radio - Police Scanner is rated 4.75 out of 5 stars, based on 470 thousand ratings.
Is Scanner Radio - Police Scanner free?
Scanner Radio - Police Scanner is free to download. The last update was on August 11, 2023.
What are the requirements for Scanner Radio - Police Scanner?
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play April 2010.
Description
Listen to live audio from over 8,000 fire and police scanners, NOAA weather radio stations, ham radio repeaters, air traffic (ATC), and marine radios from around the world. Turn on notifications to receive alerts anytime a scanner has more than 2500 listeners (to find out about major events and breaking news).
FEATURES
• View scanners located near you. • View the top 50 scanners (those that have the most listeners). • View scanners added most recently (new scanners are being added all the time). • Add scanners you listen to the most to your Favorites for quick access. • Browse the directory by location or genre (public safety, aviation, railroad, marine, weather, etc). • Turn on notifications to be notified when major events are happening (details below). • Add Scanner Radio widgets and shortcuts to your home screen for quick access.
NOTIFICATION FEATURES
Receive a notification anytime:
• ...any scanner in the directory has more than 2500 listeners (configurable). • ...a scanner near you has more than a certain number of listeners. • ...a specific scanner has more than a certain number of listeners. • ...a Broadcastify alert is posted for one of your favorites. • ...a scanner near you is added to the directory.
Using the notifications feature is a great way to find out about breaking news events before they're covered in the media.
Below are the benefits of upgrading to Scanner Radio Pro:
• No ads. • Access to all 7 theme colors. • Ability to record what you're hearing.
The audio you're able to hear is provided by volunteers (and, in many cases, police and fire departments and 911 dispatch centers themselves) for Broadcastify and a few other sites using real police scanners, ham radios, weather radios, aviation radios, and marine radios and is the same as what you'd hear using your own police scanner.
Some of the more popular departments that you can listen to using the app include LAPD, Chicago Police, and Detroit Police. During hurricane season it can be useful to listen to ham radio "hurricane net" scanners which contain weather conditions and damage reports when hurricanes and tropical storms are approaching or making landfall as well as NOAA weather radio scanners. Browse the directory to find scanners from far away to hear what citizens in other parts of the country and the world are experiencing.
Interested in providing scanner radio audio for your area? If so, you'll need a real scanner radio, a computer, and a cable to get the audio from the scanner to the computer. Once you have that, program the scanner to monitor what you'd like to make available from your area (police dispatch channels, fire departments, 911 centers, ham radio repeaters, a NOAA weather radio station, air traffic control, etc). If someone near you is providing a feed that contains both police and fire you could provide a feed that contains only police, only fire, or one that covers only certain districts/precincts. Next, go to Broadcastify's web site and click on the Broadcast button to sign-up (it's completely free) to provide scanner audio for your area. As a provider you'll have complete access to the audio archives for all of the scanners they host.
Scanner Radio has been featured in:
• The "Amazing Android Apps for Dummies" book • Android Police's "7 best police scanner apps" article • Android Authority's "5 Best Police Scanner Apps for Android" article • The Droid Guy's "7 Best Police Scanner Apps for Free on Android" article • Make Tech Easier's "4 of the Best Police Scanner Apps for Android" article
The Scanner Radio app is a perfect companion to the Watch Duty, Pulse Point, Mobile Patrol, and Citizen apps as well as weather, hurricane tracker, wildfire, and breaking news apps.
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Comments on Scanner Radio - Police Scanner for Android
★★★★★Tiffany Martin· Jun 5, 2026
Works pretty great, even for the free subscription! You can listen in all over the world and in numerous areas. Comes in handy if you hear sirens and need to know if you need to keep an extra eye out on what's going on around you! Highly recommend!
★★★★★January December· May 20, 2026
Just be so cool: so maybe nothing happens a protocol. Has to reach sign 10-22 see ا/ا () when you confirm that is in fact that person sends a letter signatures and send back depending on nature of responsibility ongoing will be remailed information what I see is a line of signatures that need to formation leading too noted no harm no foal no correction needed ps Alli
★★★★★B.J “Bjg” Glancy· Apr 19, 2026
I have always enjoyed listening to scanners, and this one is great. My radio shack scanner doesn't send me a notification that something important, or I might want to listen too, is going on, like this app does....lol Thank you kindly ☺️ 🐾, Bj
★☆☆☆☆Joshua Cronin· Apr 17, 2026
So I purchased a full version of this app a while ago. There is no separate pro version on the play store. How do I restore my purchase? I won't be paying a subscription.
★☆☆☆☆Jason Parks· Jun 15, 2026
Used to be good... Now on S25 Ultra Android kills it consistently, and I can no longer rely on it for alerts unless it's in the foreground or actively playing audio. Which destroyed its purpose and my use case scenario. Unless devs have some workaround? It's sadly no longer a usable app for me.
★★☆☆☆Jason Arnold· Jun 3, 2026
This app is starting to lose its prime reason for being a scanner app. As of lately every time there is an event the feeds go offline. The whole point is to listen to the action. Example June 2 to 3rd Bakersfield CA. there is a hostage situation. Nope, feed is down. Nevada city, CA. man hunt, nope feed is down. The list goes on.
★☆☆☆☆ke4mcl ke4mcl· Apr 22, 2026
Bait and switch. Free for 3 days then a subscription. Nope
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Trust & Safety: No explicit permissions are listed in the requested-permissions field. The app relies on third-party audio feeds (Broadcastify and partners) contributed by volunteers and official sources, so safety and content quality can vary by feed.
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