Scanner911 Police Radio Pro app review: the TiVo equivalent of scanner apps

Introduction

Get a real radio scanner on your iPhone or iPad with Scanner911 Police Radio Pro. Offering you live police, firefighter, EMS, air traffic control, and railroad scanner radio bands, this app is a really versatile and functional tool that stands above and beyond the competitor apps in this category.

At $2.99, this app is definitely more expensive than other scanner apps, of which I have reviewed a handful, but I think this one offers far more than just an ad-free experience and the ability to play scans while you use other apps.

Let's take a look at these unique features.

Instant Replay

Did you miss the name of that song you just heard? Or perhaps you were listening to a police feed and missed an important detail of a live event? You'll never have to try and fill in the gaps yourself because this app rectifies this huge drawback of regular radio programming.

The developers of Scanner911 Police Radio Pro describe this app by likening it to TiVo. This bewildering description made perfect sense when I found out that the scanner is always recording any channel you're currently playing, letting you hit pause, rewind, and get an instant replay of what was just said.

Furthermore, anything you have heard so far has been recorded, so it can also be saved directly to your mobile device.

 

Other Features

Scanners from local cities as well as other cities in the U.S., Canada, and Australia are available on this app. Not only can you listen to all the police fire, EMS, ATC, and railroad scanner feeds on other apps, but you will also get access to more feeds exclusive to Scanner911 Police Radio Pro.

Many people are in the habit of falling asleep to the radio, or waking up to it the old-school way. Scanner911 Police Radio Pro has a sleep timer as well as alarm feature included in-app to make this a possibility.

Search for your preferential topics of interest by looking up words or phrases in the scanner name search feature. As with other scanner apps, you can carry on listening to a particular radio feed while you are using other apps too and you can also gain control of the playback functions directly from the lock screen of your iOS device like you do with music.

 

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Enjoy live feeds of all scanner apps in one place, plus more exclusive feeds
• Listen to anything you missed by using the playback feature
• Enjoy recordings of scans you've already listened to
• Edit, upload, email, and tweet recordings

 

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Final Words

I can see why Scanner911 Police Radio Pro was chosen as App Of The Week by CNET.com and featured on the Wired website. If scanner apps are your thing, then I would definitely recommend grabbing this one on your iPhone or iPad!