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Fire Radio Scanner 2 app review: listen to Live Police, Fire ,and EMS frequencies at the fraction of the cost of a real scanner

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Introduction

Your search for the ultimate scanner app is over with the introduction of Fire Radio Scanner 2. This realistic-looking and feature-packed app turns your iPhone or iPad into what looks almost exactly like a real digital radio scanner.

 

Created by the developers of another highly popular scanner app called Police Scanner Radio, this app gives you access to Live Police, Fire, and EMS frequencies at a modest price tag of just $1.99.

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Fire Radio Scanner 2

$1.99

Intelligent Interface

The first thing you will notice about Fire Radio Scanner 2 is its unique and amazing interface. This app has high resolution retina display graphics that bring out the realistic-looking LCD scrolling text while the intuitive and easy-to-navigate interface allows or smooth function and high performance.

 

Fire Radio Scanner 2 also contains a high-resolution 3D map which is integrated into the app, allowing you to use gesture based features such as pinch-to-zoom to zero in on the location of each call.

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Fire Radio Scanner 2 screenshot 1
Fire Radio Scanner 2 screenshot 1

Support For Metadata Tags

The one feature that sets apart Fire Radio Scanner 2 from other scanner apps is that it support Metadata tags, allowing you to see which department is talking every time a call goes out. This feature is exclusive to this app and it means that users are brought closer than ever to a real scanner.

 

Search using the powerful search engine, save your favorite stations, and even add or edit them to your liking. This app employs regular iPod controls, allowing you to pause and play from anywhere including the pull-up menu. A sleep timer is built-in so that you can fall asleep listening to your favorite station.

 

This app fully supports stereo Bluetooth A2DP audio output of scanner channels so that you may listen to your favorite stream anywhere that Bluetooth and network connectivity are present, such as your vehicle. Background audio support is also fully integrated so that you may listen to your favorite feeds while you use other apps or attend to other tasks.

 

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Fire Radio Scanner 2 screenshot 2
Fire Radio Scanner 2 screenshot 2

Fire Radio Scanner 2

$1.99

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • See which department is talking each time a call goes out
  • View the interactive high-resolution map and zero in on the location of the feed source
  • Get access to live police, fire, and EMS frequencies
  • Listen to feeds in your vehicle or any place with Bluetooth and network connectivity

 

Cons

  • There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Fire Radio Scanner 2 screenshot 3
Fire Radio Scanner 2 screenshot 3

Final Words

With its awesome new feature of Metadata Tags support, Fire Radio Scanner 2 stands tall amidst the iPhone and iPad scanner apps. Furthermore, the look and feel of the interface really makes you feel like you are connected to the feeds and the stereo Bluetooth support ensures utmost portability, making this a fantastic and highly recommended app.

 

Fire Radio Scanner 2

$1.99
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Neha Sinha

Neha has been writing and editing since 2010 and has been reviewing iOS apps since early 2014. She has lived in four different countries and loves having the world at her fingertips thanks to these awesome apps.