Police “Scanner” Radio Pro app review: a top notch radio scanner with proven and tested technology

Introduction

Police “Scanner” Radio Pro is a a scanner app for your iPhone or iPad that has an incredible design, beautiful graphics, and amazing functionality.

On sale temporarily at a very affordable $1.99, this app utilizes the gold standard in streaming technology to bring you a solid and bug-free scanner which works seamlessly. It is no wonder that it has been featured on Apple 2010 iTunes Rewind and received a highly respectable rating of 4.5 out of 5 on MacWorld.com.

Let's explore in detail what this app brings to its users.

The Real Deal

Police “Scanner” Radio Pro brings you all the popular emergency frequencies from various feeds such as Police, Fire, Emergency Medical Services, and NOAA Weather, including the New York Fire Department, as well as the Los Angeles Police Department channels, allowing you to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to what's going on on the streets of various cities.

To keep you constantly informed about the events, the developers have added a ton of features which will make you feel like you are part of the action!

One of the best features of Police “Scanner” Radio Pro towards this end is the support for Metadata Tags. Metadata Tags allow you to view information on which department is talking every time a call goes out. This amazing feature is available exclusively on apps by the developer, Christopher Coudriet, and only on certain feeds within this app.

To further track down exactly where the call is coming from, you can use the interactive high-resolution maps that are integrated into this app with all the gesture-based capabilities such as pinch-to-zoom.

 

Additional Features

Police “Scanner” Radio Pro brings you all the regular features contained in most scanner apps, such as a sleep timer, auto-lock disable, a favorites section, and the option to add or edit any feeds. All these features are well thought-out before being woven into the fabric of this app. The developers have ensured not to include any redundant frills just to hike up the price.

The controls are familiar just like the music player down to the pause, play, and volume controls on the lock screen. The LCD scrolling text displays feed info in a manner that will make you feel like it's the real thing. To add an additional element of authenticity, you can listen to Police “Scanner” Radio Pro feeds in your car stereo as this app fully supports stereo bluetooth A2DP audio output.

 

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Listen to all your favorite emergency frequencies such as NYFD and LAPD
• at the fraction of the cost of a real scanner
• use the integrated maps to pinch and zoom your way to every call
• Follow along with the action using the built in police code list so you never miss a beat

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Final Words

Police “Scanner” Radio Pro is definitely one of the better scanners available not just in the App Store, but also when compared to regular scanners. There are far too many iPhone and iPad apps in this category that are just copies of one another and don't really focus on giving the user the same experience as the real thing, but this app definitely delivers.