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iScan app review: listen to police and fire radios
Introduction
iScan - Live Police and Fire Scanner Premium is a very fun iPhone and iPad app for those of you who want to sneakily listen in on police and fire radio broadcasts, so be sure to check it out if you live in the United States, Canada, or Australia.
Although this isn’t the kind of app that I can imagine myself using much, I would like to commend the developer on a job well done because I’ve seen comparable developments that were highly temperamental; this is definitely one of the better additions to the genre.
Listen to Police and Fire Radio Broadcasts
What we have here is a great app in the Entertainment category of the App Store that you can use to listen in on real-time feeds of fire and police radio broadcasts, with support for broadcasts from the USA, Australia, and Canada.
One cool thing about this app is that Alpha tags enable you to easily see at a glance which channel is active so you can jump right to it, plus you can view the location of playing feeds so you can see if they are nearby.
Police and fire scanner
Share Feeds Online
iScan - Live Police and Fire Scanner Premium also allows you to set up Happening Now Push notifications to receive alerts when an incident occurs, and there is a library of police 10-codes to help you better understand what is being said.
What’s more, you’ll be pleased to know that you can share any interesting feeds you find with your friends and family online via Facebook, Twitter, email, and text message so that everyone can have a cheeky listen to the local services departments!
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Pros & Cons
Pros
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Listen in on real-time feeds of fire and police radio broadcasts
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Provides support for broadcasts from the USA, Australia, and Canada
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Easily see at a glance which channel is active so you can jump right to it
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View the location of playing feeds so you can see if they are nearby
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Set up Happening Now Push notifications to receive alerts when an incident occurs
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Includes a library of police 10-codes to help you better understand what is being said
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Set up a sleep timer so the audio fades out after 5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes
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Share your finds with others online via Facebook, Twitter, email, and text message
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Save your most frequently used feeds to your Favorites list for quick and easy future access
Cons
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There is nothing negative to say about this app
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Final Words
iScan - Live Police and Fire Scanner Premium is well conceived and very well developed, and as far as police radio scanner apps on iPhone and iPad go, well, I really don’t think you can go amiss with this one!
MarkBangs
Mark is an opinionated writer who loves to review apps. In 2012, he started reviewing Apple apps on a regular basis and wonders how he survived up to that point without these apps.