DFW Scanner app review: an incident alert system for the DFW Metroplex & North Texas region

Introduction

With the advent of technology, we have iPhones and iPads that can even play a part in saving your life someday if a disaster was to occur in your area, be it a natural one or a man-made one.

DFW Scanne app was developed as an incident alert system for the good people of the DFW Metroplex & North Texas area covering various occurrences including fire, police, and EMS feeds from across the Metroplex.

To get this safety app, you can purchase the DFW scanner radio from the App Store for 99 cents. Let's take a look at how this DFW app fares in action.

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Stunning UI

DFW Scanner only takes up 23.5 MB on your iOS device, though this is pretty hefty for a scanner app, which are usually only a few MB at best.

The user interface is beautiful, with various stations listed that you can listen to. When you select one, it will automatically begin streaming your feed along with a control panel that appears at the bottom of the screen while you navigate through the news stories. This is a splendid feature that has been missing in many apps of this variety.

Using these controls, you can pause or play the feed, change feeds, and tap the info button for information on the feed where available. The control panel also displays, in a retro-digital style, the feed that you are listening to.

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News Stories

The app also lists out all the relevant news articles that will inform you of the incidents happening in your area. You can check out the image gallery right from your iOS device and even submit your own if you happen to be in the area at the time.

Unfortunately I did find this app to be lacking in the information it brings, not because of scarcity of news events, but because the news is not delivered instantaneously; rather, there is a delay of anywhere between eight to eighteen hours! This sort of defeats the purpose of having an incident-alert app, in my opinion.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Enjoy a beautiful and sophisticated user interface
• Listen to real police, medical, and fire radio
• Submit photos to the developers to include them in the image gallery

Cons

• The information received by users is delayed by several hours

Final Words

This app is one of the best-looking scanners available for download on your iPhone or iPad. I hope that the developers of DFW Scanner are able to work on the issues with the delay in news output to make their users happy!