5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner App Reviews

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App does what it is supposed to do.. My issue is with the people broadcasting the live feeds. Whenever there is an actual emergency the live feeds are cut and that endangers many people because there is no live information or raw data coming to them and informed decisions cannot be made putting people and entire families at a higher risk of danger or becoming victims. This isn’t as bad of a problem for those people living in a covered area that does not have radio transmission that are encrypted and denied the public’s ear. Been using this app for years and it was awesome when the broadcasts were not encrypted. I did spring for the pay version too. No regrets there.

Great scanner app - worth fee for pro version. Have had the free app for years - PD and FD near me were boring to listen to. Lately FD is many runs deep, using mutual aid (calling other departments to help). Police is super busy on calls like assault, man with knife, stolen vehicles, etc. The ads on the free version caused the steam to stop, without the ads, I hear 95-99% of the calls during any hour. Worth 5 bucks for sure. If someone happens nationally, say activity shooter, wild fires, etc; search that area and start listening. You can explain what’s happening, real time, better than the news. A+.

It has improved.. The local county and city channels are grouped together so when listening it jumps back and forth making it difficult to track sometimes. There used to be a lot of white noise, but it sounds much better now. This app has improved considerably over the years. This is still my default for listening to local communications. I would recommend this app to get a basic idea of what’s going on in your neighborhood. You may not get the TAC channels, but great info for your personal piece of mind.

Not much to hear these days. Ever since local law fire and rescue agencies switched from digital to Marx listening to what’s going on in our area has gotten quite dull. And now lacks law enforcement go to tac which further silences scanner traffic. I realize this is not the fault of 5.0 radio but it may be the reason behind fewer listeners. I do enjoy listening to other countries and the different municipalities here in our own country. Keep up the great work 5.0 radio!

Here’s the best advice ever. Discipline yourself to stay aware of News Alerts on your phone... then when you hear there is something significantly interesting (active shooter / plane crash / terrorism , etc) then flip on your 5-0 Radio app faster than a millennial would whip out their camera app during a Trump supporter encounter. Check your Top 100 feed, look for the highest hit count, and you’ll hear that saga unfold in real time. If the highest hit count = Chicago PD it’s a normal day. What’s really fun is sitting in a shopping center parking lot with your 5-0 app bluetoothed up to your car radio and sit there with sunglasses while people watching. They hear the police radio and think your undercover... hilarity ensues. Get the paid for version to avoid the distraction and enjoy this awesome app!

The Real Deal: None Better (Especially Using Headphones). I was reluctant having used cheaper scanners, in the past, but new year, so try something new. This app is DEFINITELY WORTH the upgrade. Think of anything you want, in a scanner and this app has it. Living in ChIraq, on the edge (1.5 miles from) one of the 3 worse killing zones in this post-industrial, hyper-segregated nightmare, violence is part of everyday life. For me, this not a ‘cop groupie’ entertainment toy, it similar to the best weather app, for a long distance trucker: essential. Do not hesitate. You can ‘Google’ the police codes and print them, but the app, also has a pull down menu.

I used to love this app. I’m not sure exactly when this happened or if it’s even the app’s fault. I live in San Diego, and for some reason SD Police Dispatch feed and the SD Fire-Rescue feed have not worked for somewhere around a year. Perhaps it’s a bug that needs to be looked at, or SD does not want people listening in. The Lindbergh Field feed, Chula Vista, and other relatively nearby feeds work, the two I would like to listen to most often, don’t. I will keep checking. In case trouble shooters check this, I’m using an iPhone X.

Amazing app!. I have been using the free version of this app for over a year. It's been very reliable and instrumental for knowing where trouble is happening. Decided today to buy the ad free version because I've used it so much and wanted to help fund its developers. It's fun to listen in, and very helpful to have it handy when danger looms in my hometown. It proved crucial last year, when icy road conditions were happening, and I was able to get home thanks to the information I was able to get from local first responders using the app.

Excellent for Law Enforcement Chaplains. As a law enforcement chaplain. I love working for these officers. These police men and women that I serve in the Sacramento area have been crucified the media and I'm truly disappointed. But I thank God for this scanner I have been able to pray and respond when I am called out. Please pray for our officers safety and don't trust everything you here in the media. I understand when they say black life's matter and I'm with. But may I give you a friendly reminder also. "Blue lives matter too! It's a pleasure standing side by side with these officers I call family. Chaplain Derrick.

Why pay?. I do not fully understand the difference between the free and the paid version of this app. 10 minutes of using this app I realized the free version was sufficient enough. I’m still getting ads from time to time, the map is useless, the chat is a weird online forum, like a lesser version of Reddit - which is accessible only through a web browser instead of within the app itself. Full of advertisements as well, furthermore the “chat” isn’t at all specific to the radio “station” you’re listening to and so you’d have to dig through comments to find anyone on the same radio as you. Very dumb. The extra radio stations are not valuable at all, there are only a handful and not interesting. I don’t bow why anyone would use or need this feature anyways. I don’t understand what I’m getting for $4.99 vs free…. I honestly can’t tell the difference. I’m pretty disappointed. If I wasn’t lazy, I’d probably ask for a refund- I deserve it because this a a useless paid app. Don’t buy. Use the free version.

Pro?-drops my connections and doesn't let me get it back. Sure the ads are gone, but $4 for that just seems a bit excessive. I didn't need extra feeds, I live in an area with only one relevant feed! Don't care about the find friends thing, or anything else pro offers, iPhones offer that already. Waste of time... All I wanted was ads gone. What I got was that plus my connection randomly dropping and not being able to restart for 2-3 minutes at a time. So they'll be in the middle of talking and *bam* there goes my radio, and when I go back to connect? Nothing. It won't start. Even when I close and reopen the app, nothing. Thanks, pro.

OUTSTANDING!. Remember 30 years ago having to buy 'crystals' for your 4-channel hand held, or the 10-channel desk model that were pre-set to various PD frequencies? LOL ! Those days have long passed, and what's great, the available phone apps that brings you all the action from around the world! This app is satisfying in every way. No more buying high dollar scanners when this App turns your phone into a multi-state, multi-city, multi-agency scanner! You will NOT be disappointed!

The best. I’ve used this app for years and years and I adore it. When you want to hear the scanner you want your feed fast. I can open this app and my local feed is right there and I’m listening in seconds. Last December I woke up after a night shift to a sky filled with smoke. In seconds I had the scanner on, knew that there was something called the Marshall Fire and that we were going to be evacuated. This allowed me to gather kids and pets and have some extra time before the evacuation order came. We ended up losing our house so this extra time was truly priceless.

5.0 Scanner. If you know the frequencies of the organizations you want to listen to, then a "real" scanner is for you. However, if you don't, then this is your best bet for finding out what is going on. My pet peeve is, it covers the railroad I want to monitor, but not the section I'm interested in. I live in the north; it just covers the south. I have to try to figure out if the trains I hear are coming my way. But, for local 911 and other civilian channels, it does a right fine job of keeping me informed. Either way, it's a worthwhile purchase.

Worth the $5 in my opinion. I was wondering if the Pro version would be worth it. The answer is YES! No annoying pop up ads and much more offered such as radio stations and more. Although I’m not totally sure that’s not offered in the free version. Regardless only real complaint is wishing there was more channels available in my county. I think there are basically clustered in the offered listings. I could have gotten this app cheaper less than a year ago. That would have been better too.

Great App.... I listen to local only stations, but love knowing what the issues are in our town. My son-n-law is an officer and I can see trials and tribulations the officers incur day in day out. I am enjoying the EMS/Fire, Sheriff Dept. as well since they are all listed together. I wish I was able to identify immediately which dept. is broadcasting. I usually can determine from locations, but not always. It would be nice to select a single department only. The app has worked great and I have recommended it to friends. It is a great service to those who have an interest or need to listen to calls. Most of the time there are 24 + listeners.

What I like…. Just saying that I love this application is it's widespread ability to bring events to my attention like the Buffalo shooting it was both interesting and so sad but to hear it live as the police are responding is absolutely amazing. It hasn't been that long ago that we didn't have the ability to follow unfolding events in the same way that we can today. Thank you for the application and the effort that was expended in making it great

Great Police Scanner App. Great app as long as you can listen In your area. Where I used to live the police changed their frequencies so I couldn’t listen to my local police anymore. I just recently moved and now I can listen again. I like hearing whats going on in my area. I Also like listening to New York City and Long Island police being I was born there. You can go online to broadcasting witch has the same channels but the app is more convenient. You can also listen to some other countries witch is pretty cool.

Loved the free version, problem with pro version. When I used the free 5-0 radio app, it was listed in my cellular list on my iPhone so I could turn the cellular on to listen away from home when not on WiFi. But now that I paid for the pro version, it is no longer in the list and I can’t figure out how to turn in cellular for the app. Seems I have to be in WiFi to use it which doesn’t help me when I’m away from home. I really like the app, but if I can only use it in my house it’s not much help.

Doesn’t have my exact area yet but it’s still great. This app seems to have the same coverage other ones do, and the audio transmissions are clear. Unlike others, they aren’t greedy and don’t charge you monthly. One charge up front, no ads, fast customer service if you contact them for anything. All these scanners get their feeds from volunteer area citizens with physical scanners willing to share. So don’t blame the app if yours isn’t covered yet. It just means no one in your area has a physical scanner, or isn’t willing to share it publicly.

It’s amazing. Been using this app for a couple months now. I can listen to the police activity in all major cities and even a lot of the smaller ones. Very well put together. I tried watching the news while a mass shooting was occurring and just couldn’t stand hearing the blood hungry media babbling away. Funny thing is that FB could get it better than them. Anyways I flip on the scanner to that city and bam, I am getting live updates straight from the police. The media? A joke. This? Straight talk from law enforcement themselves. 20 years ago I was listening to a local scanner, now I can listen to the exact Police Department that is investigating a burglary at one of the jobs sites my employer protects with visual monitoring. I can check the scanner 20, 40, 100 miles away. Pay the few bucks and get the pro.

very disappointing app. downloaded this for my area of montgomery county OH. Fire ems is great ( fire ems dropped since i bought pro version) but no police. dayton, kettering, huber, etc. Why are theses not available? also, in TN there is entry says Metro Nashville Fire, it is NOT fire at all . listening it is law enforcement . scanner id says Vanderbuilt Univ. it is a parking service channel please change the feed. If available, add Metro Fire for nashville. would be good to listen i have friends there. I. bought the Pro version and right now i’m very disappointed in what is here. Please add more for dayton oh area. thank you 5/23 update Don’t waste your money this app is rarely update and most of the channels are weather or ham radio related which you can get elsewhere.

One of my most favorite apps!. It's exciting to listen to all the action and a little scary and sad to know what's happening so close to home. BUT!!!... I would have to say, the best thing about this app is the added respect and love for law enforcement it has given me. What they go through each and every day is astonishing. Firstly, the patience that these guys have far exceeds anything you'll ever hear about in social media... The daily dangerous situations they are placed in (in order to protect us) makes me want to go up and hug every single one of them and personally thank them. These are some true heroes! Side note: I do sometimes hear of some really awful, hideous, almost unbearable situations these guys are called to respond to... If you are really sensitive to these scenarios then this might not be the app for you. I have shut it down a few times when I can feel myself losing hope in humanity. I guess as with most things, balance is the key.

Great app. Hands down this is my favorite app by far on my phone. I listen to all the emergency traffic in my local area and I’ve also listen to the civil unrest throughout the country from coast to coast. I would’ve given it a five star rating if only I could freeze one specific traffic wheel, instead of switching from fire to state police and then to local police, if I if I could freeze it on just fire or my city police without it switching from one to the other as it scans would be great. Regardless though it’s an awesome App

Offline Feeds. I used to think this was a 5 star app however the only feed I listen too has gone offline for the past few days rendering this app useless. My research has shown me that these feeds actually come from volunteers who “feed” them to this app as well as all others so downloading a different app will not solve the problem. There is no feed directly from the source itself. I think you should be transparent about that upfront. Seems I wasted my money.

Knowing What’s going on in my Community & Neighboring Towns. 5-0 Radio Pro Truly gives me an my Family Insight of How “Sam’s “ - AKA Duty Sargents am Police Chiefs are Policing around my Home an Community ? I Now have a Much Greater Understanding of Our Local Fire , Sherrifs, Police & Ambulatory EMT’s Daily Work shifts an What they are Subjected Too on a Daily Basis ! Sure there’s Some Sour Grapes out there like We’ve Seen on TV an Social Media,But 99.9 % of Our First Responders Are Doing the Best they Can even with Hours of Over Working , an Emotionally, Mentally, & Physically Exhausted ! “God Bless You All“ for what you Chose to Do ? Still Watching & Listening at any given Time !

Disappointed. I'm totally blind and using this app with Voiceover on a bluetooth keyboard. I've noticed there are unlabeled buttons, and although I can record, I cannot find a way to play back the recordings, or even a list of the recordings? I saw the alarm button and a few other buttons including a record button, but there are unlabeled buttons and I could not get any of them to play anything, and didn't know what they were? Very confusing. Love idea. I've made recordings I can't even play back. I hope this is fixed soon, or that you make a tab labeled playback and make that accessible. Maybe I'm missing something. Hope so and love this app. Also love the idea of being able to record and having it stop during silences. Thanks for reading this and you can email me with any questions.

Too many agencies on one scanner feed. I listen to Kingman AZ. FD, but miss half the calls because of so much other traffic. This one scanner feed has FD dispatch that dispatches for 4 FD’s in the area, which is good, but It also has City PD, County Sheriffs, State PD, and a private Amb. Company and another law enforcement agency that I can’t even make out because it’s so scratchy. Why can’t it be broken up? All the other feeds I have used in the past for other area do that. PD and FD should be separated and and the private Amb shouldn’t be on public safety. This app crashed a lot also, but with the last update, that seems to have helped greatly. I’m sure this is a great app for the feeds I saw that just cover one agency, but this feed is annoying and frustrating.

Best Scanner Hands Down !. I’m a retired firefighter/paramedic and have listened to this scanner for years. I prefer to the others because of its reliability and the easy record option for playback. I also listen to the FairfaxCounty Police scanner because a relative Works for them but was disappointed because it has not been I service recently. Not sure if a volunteer dropped it. Can you advise why it’s down or how I could use my scanner to repost Thanks. Tom 🚒

Crucial App! Important and Necessary to boot.. Title pretty much says it all. There are many good apps, nice to have, fun to play and generally creative. But this app goes into the realm of necessity for us as we live in a fire prone mountainous demographic. Being able to monitor fire in our area let’s us know the status of a fire faster than any radio, tv or internet can provide. Everyone I recommend this to LOVES it also. Thank you developers for giving me such an import and crucial tool for my phone.

Very Pleased!. I am not a professional reviewer, I am just someone who tries to find the best apps that my interests suggest. I downloaded this app a few days ago and I have nothing but good things to say about it. I owned a scanner years ago that was stolen and since then I really wanted a replacement for it. I finally found it in this app. Not only does this app provide some of the biggest departments in the country but it also allows me to listen to my hometown departments. That is no small feat considering my town has only about 4000 residents! There has been no loading issues no glitches, nothing has been out of what I hoped for. I definitely give this app 5 stars!!!

God Bless our local law enforcement. Just got this a few weeks ago while watching a TV show of that was beyond eye opening. I have nephew who serves always -on or off duty, while raising a family and more close friends that are from a ll walks of life. It's been a few years since i rode along with him on a few Saturday nights. The way it was on the show about Chicago cops, I just decided to listen to some feeds. This current unrest and false blame for police always being like the criminal. I pray for all police and feel much better listening to them keep on rocking in spite of the chaos. Great app as anyone can access anyplace - almost to be in touch with the never ending affirmative response ALWAYS from the patrol unit when asked to go to next call. We are blessed and need to THANK our police.

It’s OK. The free version of this is so temperamental and buggy that i took a chance because some reviews said the $5 is worth it. Yeah ok it works WAY better than the free one.. but it still has ‘dead’ stations that dont activate, then inexplicably later on there’ll be 20 people listening and it’s ‘back on.’ It has a lag sometimes, and other times there is a complete replay of a 5-8 minute segment. Several medical calls and ‘police chases’ have been like that. The only way to tell is the ‘time stamp’ the dispatchers say after each transmission. All of of a sudden, yer tossed back to the start of the encounter. Since EMS radios dont normally do that, it has to be some function of the app. I also wish there wasnt such a huge conglomerate of ‘regional public safety’ channels, because all of the transmissions step all over each other and my medium sized city doesnt have separate EMS/fire/police, it just scrambles them all together. Dont put the county sheriff, highway patrol, and ems/fire/police together and expect a glowing review. Overall: yeah i didnt have to spend $400 to get all of this with a head unit or H/T, and its portable so i can listen at home or work. It’s worth the $5. There isnt a better app out there yet cuz i evaluate several besides this one every month.

Great app for knowing what’s happening near by. When there’s annoying sirens going off, super bright spotlight beaming down from a helicopter above mimicking the holly light from Jesus I turn to this app to get the 411 on my block! Best part about having this app is I’m no longer peeking out of the window blinds, sleeping with one eye open or pretending to have ninja stealth techniques shadow hiding skills while I avoid the creaky areas crawling on all fours to go hide in the closet. This app has helped me regain lost hours of sleep. Highly recommend buying the pro version as well as getting security cameras on your home and motion lights 14 cameras and 8 lights in plenty on my tiny house that sleeps 7!

Awesome. I have listened to scanners many years (even back in the 'crystal' days 😊). I used to have a Crystal scanner that scooted me out of bed and onto the road for responses when I was a volunteer fireman / medic many years ago. It was tough going to work after battling a house fire at 3 am and then trying to get to work on time. I have assisted in many, many residential emergencies and vehicle emergency situations. I have tremendous respect for the law enforcement and firemen / emergency medical responders today. I love this app. This app is awesome beyond belief!

Worth the upgrade.. I love listening to my favorite music while driving around with the local scanner playing over my music so I stay up to date. This app possibly saved my family from injury as well. A couple months ago, we had a couple tornados touch down and this app picked up the storm teams frequency so I heard exactly where the storm was going and was able to warn my family to take cover. I hope this app stay operational forever. I’ve been using it over 5 years maybe longer. Download it and just pay for the upgrade , you will never want a refund!!

Generally fair but needs improvement. This is the third scanner app I’ve tried, all with pretty much the same results. I use it to monitor Minneapolis Fire Department. It’s easy to use and to open. But unfortunately there are 3 shortcomings: first, the audio quality is inconsistent, ranging from loud & clear to almost unintelligible, often cutting in and out in the middle of a transmission. Second, the app often closes by itself. If I haven’t heard any radio traffic in a while, I check my phone and sure enough, the app closed. Third, even when the app is open, sometimes it seems to stop working for a few hours. I know because the Minneapolis Fire Dept. broadcasts radio checks at specific times and if I don’t receive those, I know something’s wrong. I’ve even known the app to go silent for days at a time. Verdict: fairly good when it works, but inconsistent and unreliable.

Works well for me!. I currently volunteer in EMS in rural NY. My pager and IaR only give the intial call-out. 5-0 allows me to follow my station and others from call-out back to available. We have it running in the background at the station. We know what is happening in our rural county and can anticipate potential mutual aid calls. I also listen once in awhile to previous locations I have lived in. Both urban and rural areas in NY, Michigan, and California. It has a 2 minute delay from the actual calls. I used the free app for awhile. I finally paid for the Pro version. Worth the cost.

Better than Nothing!. I am a firefighter's wife, and I used to listen to our home scanner when my husband was on a big call just for something more productive to do than sitting and wondering what he could be getting into there. When our county switched to digital radios our home scanner no longer worked. A fellow fire wife recommended this app to me tonight, and so far so good. I'm definitely not hearing as much of the radio traffic as I used to with the home scanner but I was able to hear enough to have an idea of what was going on and when he might be getting home. The quality for the audio was good, and the app itself was very easy to use.

5-0 RADIO PRO. Being a former police officer for many years & now a security guard, a great police radio scanner is an extremely important tool to have with you while on duty. I can honestly tell you that this police radio scanner app is the best in the business it’s extremely accurate and never fails to work properlyI would highly recommend this app not only for entertainment but for the safety of all that is concerned considering the way this world is going today at least you would be forewarned of a dangerous situation heading your way.

Delayed and seems to crash a lot lately. I’ve used this app for years and liked it but lately it’s been having problems with crashing. I’ll open it and it immediately crashes. Sometimes after 5 or 6 tries it will stay on. They don’t seem to do updates often so it takes a while to get fixed when this happens. Also be aware that the stuff you hear is delayed. When you hear the dispatchers say the time on the air it’s always 3-4 minutes behind what the time actually is. I’ve heard sirens going by so I open the app and it’s a good few minutes before I hear what’s going on, on this scanner app. Another thing is they decide what to broadcast when you’re listening to a channel that includes a couple different cities. Just like now, I was listening to them search for a way to get access to a brush fire for a good 30 minutes. Why? I know there’s other stuff going on so why are they choosing to only put this out. I stick with this app because I like the recording feature and I did pay for pro years ago but there is more and more competition on the App Store that’s becoming tempting. If something major changes, I’ll update my review.

High speed chase.. I’ve been using this app for about 3 years. The other day on my way home from work at 1:00am, I noticed several police heading east on hwy 94 in hudson Wisconsin. So I tuned on the app. Turns out they were on a high speed chase that started in Minnesota. I was entertained all the way home. The chase ended with out any one getting hurt and the drive was apprehended. It sure was fun to listen too and how professional the police were working together at the same time from 2 different states. I recommend this app.

Same channels like other scanners but most user friendly!. In my experience all the scanner apps have all the same channels only differing in the format! This channel is no different in that respect yet I like this scanner app the most because of the user friendly format! While It’s definitely entertaining to listen to alameda & broward county sheriff stations, The reason I bought this app was to listen to what’s going on locally in my area this app was the priciest so I payed the 5$ wishing I could listen to a local police radio alas same stations as the 3 free apps without ads disrupting the radio and a cool map feature making the 5$ price more than fair! If they charged 25$ for an updated version with small town and suburban stations it would make this app stand out more and offer angsty teens and million dollar trust fund babies the opportunity to hear Marin @ snohomish county calls about latte & dog pee on lawn emergencies!

I LOVE 5-0 Radio Pro. I was introduced to this app a few months ago after using other scanner apps. This one is perfect. The quality of the feeds are great, and the extra features are an added bonus. I recommend people upgrade to the pro version, as it has so much more to offer, like more feeds, custom skins and the ability to record dispatches. This app is extremely helpful in knowing what calls my department is on and what ones the surrounding departments are on. Having all this information at my fingertips has been very helpful in informing the people I know around me on what is happening. 🚒🚨

Great scanner App. Could you please add Cairo Police Dept in Cairo, GA and Grady County Sheriff's Office. They were under Grady Co Public Safety but that selection has stopped working. Thanks! Keep up the great work! My dad and my husband are both police officers. I have not been able to listen to them on my scanner anymore since they swapped over to digital. I could not afford the new scanners. Now I can listen to them all the time with this app. It has an approximately 45 second lag behind the actual radios but it is loud and clear. I love it!!!

LEOs Wife. I know I shouldn’t listen since my husband is on patrol, & Some spouses/partners may disagree, but I have for the last 15+ years, it makes me feel like I’m with him, especially since when he was deployed in the army I never knew what was going on & blackouts were frightening. This is just a good as any other scanner, there is a 1 minute delay from the LEOs scanner to this, but I believe that’s a safety feature for LEOs, so they still have a 1minute advantage. Great for anyone who wonders what our brave men & women go through, not just the officers, but dispatch too for quickly getting info to them & handling the emergencies over the phone.

Gets the job done!. I am a mail in my early 50s and have listened to scanners since the 1970s. This application does get the job done effectively. It should be noted that this application is a bit heavy on battery charge. There are many choices from which to select, literally hundreds if not more. However, if you intend to listen to activity from foreign locations outside of the United States, please note the reception is extremely weak and spotty. Also, you may not find your local law enforcement on this app but there are many others from which to choose. I've tried several other scanner applications and find this one the best that is currently available as of September 2016. Happy scanning!

Great App. I have tried other police scanner apps in the past. I have used this one for years. Now I do have a Uniden police scanner. I will still use this when I'm outside working around the house. Just a reminder these scanner feeds are provided by volunteers. So when a feed goes off line it’s not the app’s fault. It’s a provider who is having equipment issues. Also more cities are shutting down their police and fire transmissions so know one can hear them. That’s why the only way that you can hear the Chicago zones is on an extended online delay. You can thank Mayor Beetlejuice for that. And she can edit out anything she doesn’t want the public to hear

Love it!. I've had 50 for a few years now. When I first got it I had an iPod and I'd turn it on when our volunteer fire whistle blew or when the police went flying by. I used it during last years flood to hear what was going on. I had a real scanner years ago and wanted to buy a new one but it was just more than I could afford. When it came time to up grade my phone I went with a smart phone instead if a flip phone just so I could have access to this app in my car. I listen to it instead of the radio , I line to know about wrecks up ahead and about crime going on in an area I might want to avoid. I've recommend it to many people.

Pro Works Well:Clear & No Ads. I live in a town with less than 14,000 peeps. After realizing a digital scanner starts at $200 and would have to be programmed, I realized it would be better to take a chance on this $5 app. I sure am delighted with the savings. In fifteen minutes, I had easily added multiple local fire, EMS, and police favorites. As I write this in the middle of the night, I am hearing callouts for vehicle stops, an overdose, and other activity. This keeps me in the loop as to what is happening in the surrounding area and next county over. I recognize the roads and apartment buildings being identified. It will be beneficial to add other cities around the nation to keep an eye on my family for weather and other events. Even railroad lines are included. The sound quality is nice. No ads with pro. Better than the scanner for me.

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Not worth it. Stick with the free version. Don't expect to find the missing location you're looking for just because it has "over 50,000" more feeds. This number seems to be purely padded by extra freely-available internet radio stations. The recording feature doesn't work. The "chat" feature merely takes you out of the app and onto a webpage with an embedded Disqus comment section.

Great app. Great app easy to use and very entertaining. Only wish it hade Australian Police and aircraft frequencies on it but it fun listening to other countries police and fire. Highly rate and recommend this app.

Waste of money. Offline more than its online

Great App. Excellent app, easy to use, clear signal.

Snaggie. Quite a useful app It could be even more useful if it had a ‘cast’ to a Chromecast Audio device option. I would then use it almost 24/7. If a similar app provides this option in the meantime, I will immediately switch to it.

Great App. Very useful in our recent bushfire emergency

Sick App. One of the best apps I’ve ever used.

Good when it works. Crashed a month ago and still not back online.

Top app. This is a must app during bushfire time around Australia.

Great App. Saves me carrying around exta’s for the handheld Its in my pocket all the time good audio and selection of chanells

Finally fixed after years!. This app was broken for years. I had all but given up thinking it would ever be fixed. So glad it is finally fixed! Works great again on my custom streams. Thank you for making it usable again! Nice.

Clunky & frustrating. It’s probably a great app if you live in the USA. Every time I open the app it opens on a Los Angeles station. Asking for local feeds yields zero results - lucky that I know a couple of local feeds that I could search by country- state- region.

Perfect. I am a volunteer firefighter and is good to keep aware of what it happening around me

Reliable App. Pro version is the way to go. Works reliably when required.

Was great until qld police went digital.. Loved the app for many years, Redcliffe/ Caboolture police went digital this year and the feed stopped. It was the no 1 listened to channel worldwide. Hopefully someone will spend the money to buy a digital scanner one day and get it going again.

Amazing. I find it interesting that you can listen in on live events on other side of the world.....amazing

It’s great. Hi thank you for a great app I say it’s the best its so handy when at fires thank you again David

5.0 radio pro review. I never rate anything five star but as far as police radio apps go this is pretty much on the money. The reception sometimes is a little hit and miss but it depends on where you are. I bought the pro version as I was sick of the adds . Am very happy now I don't have the interruption of the adds . Hopefully it will never ask me to rate it again or I will have to charge them money for my time

Awesome app. Fun little app for those sticky beaks like myself who need to know what is going on. Would be better if it had more Brisbane frequencies.

Don’t pay for this!!!!. I just payed for this app when it is the same as the free one

Awesome app. One of the best Radio Apps around. Has come in handy so many times. Only bug is that it can have a bit of an echo when starting up. Just have to stop and press play again to get rid of it

Stick to free version. Great little app, but upon purchasing the Pro version I’ve been disappointed to find nothing extra or new as promised! Stick to the free app.

Great, aside from an annoying audio glitch. I find this app to be very useful, although when using it with Bluetooth audio devices, it sometimes doubles the audio, milliseconds apart, so it sounds like there's an echo. Stopping playback and starting it again fixes the issue until the next time the app is used.

Crashes iPhone constantly. Ever since the last update any attempt to use the app will crash my phone and require a hard reset

Alright scanner. It was alright until now. Can't find my city

Not happy waste. Not picking up local police ch Mackay Queensland not happy. Lost my money. The free one had picked it up but not now nor is the paid version. Want my money back

5-0 radio. Great, no hassles and has a lot of frequencies

5-0 Radio Pro Insanely Useful. 5-0 Radio Pro is very useful by far as it keeps me updated whenever I see or hear emergency vehicles approaching into my area. It’s especially comforting when the treacherous bushfire season comes around. My heart sinks when I can see smoke anywhere in my area which has a high concentration of bushland, gum trees and things that burn extremely well when they want too! It just helps with that peace of mind that our brave men and women of the Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) & the Country Fire Service (CFS) of South Australia are on scene as it were and taking care of business. The app helped immensely during the Sampson Flat Bushfire in 2015 when the information that we received from the app, helped us make the decision to leave as the fire had jumped containment lines. We could hear the frantic calls of the strike teams saying it was heading towards Golden Grove and they needed every available truck to assist. As we were leaving there was rein-enforcements coming up from Adelaide at 3am in the morning. When it was safe to return home the next day, the app kept me constantly updated with the chatter amongst the strike teams, had my binoculars in hand and I kept watch all day as I was the only home at the time. Bomber after bomber came flying over my place dropping water and retardant over the fire front which was on the other side of hill and in the valley where they couldn’t get at it, because of the immensely steep terrain. That happened for almost two weeks after the fire had started. It burned through thousands and thousands of hectares of land, making it one of the worst in recent South Australian memory. Thanks to the creators of this app. You helped us in our time of great need. Cheers!

Great App. No issues!

Keep Tabs on Bushfire. This App is sure handy in bushfire season in Wedt Australia. Can hear where the firemen are at & what’s happening. Last week a major bush fire came within 500m of our house with helitankers all round every few minutes all day. The App helps us stay ready to fight on our property off Thomas Rd. Saved our butts.

Real time information. We live in a fire risk area and this app allows real time monitoring of emergency services. Great asset. Thanks.

Review. As an Emergency Services person, I use this app a lot to be aware of what is occurring. Have used it for years, and would miss it if it were to disappear.

Finally a scanner that works great. Tried many but landed on this one, it always works, has masses of vlobal choice and great sound. Makes me completely happy, the interface is extremely user friendly. Great app.

So cool. We love it ..... It needs Dandenong police

Lost local station. What happened to my local station NSW Sierra for the south coast loved listening to it and now gone please explain why Thanks

Great to listen to. Awesome do try it.

Bummer. This app is garbage it use to work well in Aus but since digital upgrade buy various departments nothing works apart from one or two feeds won't open most feeds anymore it's a real shame

Comprehensive coverage. Very reliable covers most stations.

Hardly anything but static. Only station that worked - briefly, was Gippsland Police Q1 and Q2. All the other I tried were either static or wouldn't play. Interface looks OK, but if you can't listen to things what's the point? $6 wasted.

5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner. I use this great app for listening to further information on CFA D8 comms when I don't have access to a portable.

Great app. Good to see police are doing a great job! Keeping us safe.

Big Fan. Been using app for a couple of years. Shame no Brisbane anymore and sometimes Gold Coast plays up. Apart from that good little investment to see what is going bump in the night.

Happy. I have had this app on my phone’s fore around 5 years. It has always bean a way of knowing what is happening back at home. More local feeds would be good. I’m happy to recommend this app to everyone.

Useful. This app does what it says it will do.

Great app. Works really well if any emergency happens near by, can find out what is going on

I like it. Does what it says, use it to monitor bushfire radio.

Great app. Awesome app, love your work!

Good app. Ok here on fire listening but the police have gone to scrambling in Victoria Australia

Very good. App is very good at what it does but could do with more built in Australian frequencies

Great App. A great app which I use a lot.

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Great app. Great app listen to daily and when I sleep.. luckily one of the police feeds is in city I live.. bonus music feeds the greatest.. try xrds clarksdale miss for example.. should have given five stars but needs more feeds (which may be, on my part, unfair to say because I don’t know the logistics of getting feeds.. ) Maybe generalization of music types too ie. big band, swing, punk... All around though well worth the $$ for pro version.. keep up the good work..

Nothing comes in. I was told if I bought the pro I would get police scanner instead of just fire but all I get is fire waste of my money

Brant county. Hoping someone can fix the feed for brant country OPP. it’s been down for over a month. Please help!

Cool app. 153.800 I’m looking for. Cool please scanner. 👍👍😎

Great App to listen in. Can be fun listening in to what’s happening in your neighborhood with the 5-0, fire dept, or paramedics. Unfortunately the regional police dept where I live (Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada) doesn’t seem to come in at all anymore for some reason, but it used to no problem. All the OPP channels seem to work just fine.

Great app. I’ve had this for a few years and was disappointed when I found out they didn’t have my local PD in their stations but today I just found that they do have Edmonton Police on it. Spend over an hour and a half listening. It didn’t crash or anything. I love listening to stuff listening around my city and around the world. GET IT if you’re looking for something to listen to.

Very disappointed - not worth $6.99. I’ve been using the free version for many years . The interface was clunky and the ads were annoying , but it kinda worked. So I decided to upgrade to the paid Pro version for “ the many improvements” Aside from the almost hidden features (Recording & Timer) still has Ads and the interface looks like it was made by a first timer. Soooooo,not worth the $6.99 . Getting a refund !

Highmiler. It's a good app but need more Canadian police scanners and to be able to enter different counties

Best App. By far the best police scanner app. Love it

Upgraded to paid Pro only to find my city is no longer covered, and it used to be there😡😡😡😡😡😡. Upgraded to paid Pro only to find my city is no longer covered, and it used to be there😡😡😡😡😡😡

The best police scanner. It’s the best police scanner pro Had for years now easy to use

Great App. Clear, precise, great when needed Hasn’t work for several months. Was great when working.

My fav app!. Love the old radio plays and the selection on this app is great. Wish it was Apple Watch compatable

Plus de postes de radios à Québec Svp. Ça serait bien qu’il y ait plus de postes de radios de police pour Québec, il y a seulement 2-6 public safety channel...

TopGuns. I give this TopGuns in my book. Lots of variety locally and over the continent.

Good but... It’s very goos but can you add RCMP channels please

Needs Perth county opp. Used to be a lot better. They lost a ton of channels and have not gotten them back, plus no OPP for almost any county... I paid full price for this app and it has let me down. Do not buy it if you want access to OPP

Lame. Truly meant for the USA

Becoming less useful.. This app while good has had a lot of my favourite stations drop off in the recent past. I think a lot of this has to do with stations going digital from analogue. I now only use it to listen to just one channel whereas in past I had three or four favourites. I am fearing that my local police and fire will be headed in the same direction in the next year and my need for 5-0 radio will be gone.

Listen 24/7. I listen to my local station 24/7.

Police Scanner Radio. On my older iPod nothing seems to work very well almost no stations connect. Newer iPhone XR the Scanner is great and the radio stations have gotten better for connecting. The odd thing sometimes you want to listen to a progressive rock station and it’s New Age music so that’s interesting a lot of radio stations do not connect but there is a lot to choose from… the scanner is awesome otherwise I would have given it 5 stars!

Yes. Great

Not Enough Scanners in Canada. Used to be able to get Fire EMS and Police in Ontario and Toronto. Now can only get automated Fire.

Garbage add on. I paid the $5.39 to get the pro version which is supposed to have a lot more feeds and lots of extras, the new feeds are just people doing air casts and I haven’t found 1 new feature yet!! Not impressed and want my money back!!

Poor ATC feeds.. All I’m getting with ATC tower feeds from Toronto is static and broken mike feeds.

5.0 radio pro. Works great for GTA Canada

5.0 ten-four. ( Roger and out ) it's a good app , it's missing lacklustre by only one repeater . Give us more action!!!!!!!. My go to app for action.

The sound too lower for listen. The sound too lower for listen 😡

Great. Great

Most interesting crime fighting tool. Let's you know what type of unbelievable things can happen . We are in Edmonton Alberta Canada . For a while the scanners didn't pick up EPS. Now it's back on again , . Good for awareness in our local community and we can warn others if anything is close. If a person is caught using a scanner to help with a crime that's a major offence that can land a person in jail so be smart . So many eediots! Lol And a few are cops in my city . CRAZYFUNNYCATS66 Instagram Edmonton police now uses an encrypted technology so they are offline now

Johnny3290. Hi my name is Jean Marc and I’m writing to you guys as the scanner for Ottawa is off line and was wondering when it will be fixed as I have family who live in Ottawa

Terrible. Never works

Great!. Great just wish more local in Alberta

Awesome!. Great APP. I love it. I’ve owned it for years and I’ve gotten so much enjoyment out of it that I purchased the pro version. It has so many different police and emergency stations. It lists all the codes and the definitions for each and every code. All stations are different so it has the name for every station and the meaning of the codes for each one. Great APP and I would highly recommend!

5-0 radio. Best app ever !!!!!

False advertise :(. Not for Canada and New Brunswick !! That say Police Scanner but it’s only Fire Scanner ... $ 6.99 !! It’s a Joke !

Don’t do it , app sucks unless you live in a big city no way to search. Live in northern Alberta and there was only 15 city’s waste of 5.50

More agencies listed would be appreciated.. More agencies needed.

Nice app works well. but not free of bugs. Yes I even paid for the app. Not sorry I did! It sometimes locks up etc. But...the fix is easy and quick, restart the app. Hours of fun (if you are like me and enjoy this kinda thing) Lotsa net music -free listening. I use my dongle and my trusty over-the-ear headphones(decent ones, not junky...cans) and the music is, quite enjoyable. Worth the coin? I think so. If your not sure about paying for the app try it out free, you just have to endure the advertising. JwA

Lacking. I wish it got my Regional Police band. I could hear who they are beating up in real time.

Copy that. Use it all the time.

Service. The service for this app has been really choppy lately..hard to make stuff out etc.

Pretty Good. Giving 3 stars because I paid for the pro version to NOT get ads but yet I still get pop ups.

Great App. Clear comms. Ads are pretty annoying for the free version but the paid is a cheap cost for hours of uninterrupted listening.

Thanks for the app. This is the best app it keeps you aware of what is happening and I always keep my eyes open when stuff is happening thank you for this app

Not worth the money. This app does not have many feeds for Edmonton..

Bugs. Doesn’t work any more since the last update. No feeds are online. Please find a work around, as I paid for this app.

Very useful I love it!. Last year I lived in a small town, about 2,000 ppl, there was a shooting down my street and I wouldn’t known as fast what was going on if it wasn’t for 5-0 radio! Only complaint is that the feed stops the OS time I have to reboot the app, no big deal, not sure if it’s the app of iPhone software :p

5-0 radio app review. Love this app, keeps us in the local loop of things you don’t hear in the news.

Fantastic App. Works great! No problems, yet! Very happy customer so far! Thanks!

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The first app I ever paid for. Also the oldest app on my phone besides the default apps that come with iPhones. Came for the police radio selection, stayed for the bonus internet radio station feeds. Have seen some excellent radio stations come and go. (Looking at you, psytrance radio) This app is a part of my daily life, and it doesn’t collect any data on you. What more could you want? Thanks devs

Just fun background noise!. I listen to 5-0 Radio at work all the time. I worked in a prison a few years back and it’s fun to hear call outs, and it also is great background noise in my office. The only downfall is when people come into my office and just listen to it as well (Insert dumb picture of men and women laughing around a small radio with squiggly sound lines coming off of it with a Text bubble “How many bodies?”) Just a fun app to have.

Scanner Channels. I really would like to see not only more law Enforcement channels per state, especially TX, but more mid-sized towns like Kyle, Tx, San Marcos, Tx as well as Hays county Sheriff’s Dept. & Texas DPS areas. They are extremely helpful in staying informed on nearby problems, traffic issues going on in real time and sometimes for just plain entertainment. If there is a clear view LEO’s want to show that are not hidden this would be a great addition to the beginning.

Simple, fast, find out what’s happening.. Wherever we go, when we hear sirens in our area we can find out what’s going on. Easy search engine to find your area. And while many of the radio stations are inoperative, there’s still plenty of interesting ones to listen to. I’ve had this app many years and it’s still a reliable favorite that doesn’t bother you with updates.

Great App. I have 3 brothers who are cops in 3 different departments. Having 5-0 radio helps me to check in on a daily basis with what they are dealing with day in and out. I’ve listened to swat calls that one of them was involved with. Knowing he finished that job and was safe and sound was amazing to me. Also, I was able to hear things that the public wasn’t even aware of. I like be this App!

Hooked on this app!!. I mean it. I listen to 5.0 radio daily. It's opened my eyes to so much. I'm way more conscious of my surroundings and have truly gained a deep respect for our men & women in law enforcement our firefighters & EMS. The calls they have to go on have made me cry, made me laugh and made me want to shake everyone of their hands. They don't get enough credit and get way too much grief for what they do for us. And all this coming from a girl who has had run ins with the law & paid the price for it.

I love this app!. I’ve tried out multiple different scanner apps & this one is by far the best I’ve tried. I love how I can choose a channel to automatically open & play when I open the app. The auto recording option has helped me a lot when I needed to go back & listen to something. Thank you to everyone behind this app!

Must have App, if you care about your neighborhood. Very informative about all the police and rescue activity going on in your neighborhood. It also allows you to hear what is going on around the world. You never get bored listening to this, and truly makes you grateful and appreciative of all the men, women, and police dogs putting themselves in harms way to protect and serve the citizens.

Love this app!! Please add my towns !. I live in east Orange and really like to know what is going on in my neighborhood. I listen to Essex county police scanner feed and west orange police scanner feed since my town is not available. Please add east orange, nj And orange, nj as well since I'm always in that town. Another town to add once those have been added- Florham park, nj. That's my hometown and my parents still live there. Would love to hear what's going on in their neck of the woods and know they're ok. Thanks a bunch !

Great service. If a bonus music station doesn't work -just search for it again and delete the old one-normally it will come right back -I use this every time I'm in my car-- You pay only a couple bucks for this great app-some of the police stations are pretty interesting in the major cities like Chicago from, that now I don't use those as much because I'm busy with work. And everything overall great job with this one team!!!

Lost My Feed In My County After Purchase. Is there any way to tell the person that runs the Lake County Public Safety feed in Ohio the service is mostly garbled followed by long static noise? Whoever is running this feed is doing a poor job at best. I bought this app to hear the feed in Lake County, Ohio. The person running the feed said his dad is sick or something and can no longer manage the feed. Why is my ability to listen to my community subject to the misfortune of someone I don't even know? Rip off. Update. Now, whoever took over the feeds for Lake County Ohio, doesn’t supply a great feed and it seems to be HEAVILY censored. Constant static and heavily garbled transmissions interspersed with long periods of super loud, annoying static. Be aware that if you purchase this app, your feed may disappear without notice. Also be aware that the producers of this app offer NO support and ignore requests for support. If I could rate negative stars, this would be a minus 2, at best.

For the love of all that is Holy, please stop asking me to rate this app!!!. It’s great! It works! But, and it’s a BIG but, you are prompted virtually every single time you use the app (even AFTER PAYING for the “PRO” version!) to give a rating. I used to ignore it, but then figured if I just gave it what it wanted it would stop harassing me. This is my last ditch attempt to quell the bombardment of requests to rate this app.

Good when working. I love the ap. I used it on the road at night as a delivery manager. It helped to know what was happening so I could redirect carriers from potential harm or situations that where unfolding to keep them safe. Things are much scarier at night with not a lot of lighting or people so it has been a helpful tool so that they can return later to an area. I give it 3 stars because it crashes a lot. It has gotten better.

Works well. I can only pick up one agency in my area but on that it works just like a regular scanner.... except I don't have to carry around (and keep charged) a whole separate device. The channel it picks up for me is fire rescue for our county, so if an event is big enough, I'll know ( I work as a photojournalist... We subscribe to a service that monitors most agencies, but I have several times picked up something on the app before getting a text from our monitoring service. )

And it quit. So, I’ve had this app for several years, and finally took up on the invitation to rate it. I gave it four stars because it does not always connect and I have to stop it and start it again. This morning after giving it four stars it now connects to nothing at all. My local law-enforcement will not connect at all, while when I check others, they connect but no sound comes through. Is the system down this morning?

My Favorite App!. My favorite app I have it on all the time. The only reason i didn’t give it 5 stars is the chat feature. It’s basically just one big message board for listeners all over the U.S. which makes no sense. They should have the chat feature by the station you’re listening to so you are chatting with the right group of people. That would make it a 5 star app!

Well made app, long time user. Nothing is fun like hearing sirens in your neighborhood and switching on your 5.0 radio app and finding out what's going on. As long as you have Wi-Fi or cell service, it works. With all the trunking and different things going on with emergency radios, this app makes it easy to get a glimpse of what is going on, on the most commonly used channels. Learn your 10-codes and enjoy being in the know.

Great App - recommended. If you want to listen to police / EMS activity this will let you do it. The app provides a list of codes and their meanings as well. Cool features like local channels, a list of top 100 channels and access to other countries. This is available to the general public and for many reasons some channels are not available. It’s amazing what is, available.

App OK-Questionable Billing Practices Tho. App is okay, except that it will randomly close out on its own and seems to be kinda unreliable in that sense. My problem though is that the price of this app was shown as lower than what they charged. In the app details it even talked about the temporary price break, yet the amount charged was not the one listed. I would have rather spent that money on a better app, one that didn’t crash so often, if only I’d known they were using a bait & switch advertising scheme. Don’t buy if you’re happy with the free version. Only reason I’d say to buy this is if you really hate ads, that’s the benefit here.

Very Disappointed.. same exact thing as the 5-0 Free App. The only positive about the $5 pro version is the fact that there’s no annoying ads popping up every 5 seconds, but other than that there’s no extra radio feeds like it promised… I was really hoping there would be Bronx NYPD radio feeds but the feeds listed are exactly the same as the free version, nothing added, their all the same feeds! Just keep your $5 and deal with the ads, nothing is different about this app! You’ve been warned!!!

The old app icon is back!!!. I love this app. It’s my go to during the day to check in on my feed to make sure it’s working OK and my go to for other feeds at other times as well. My only complaint with the latest updates (which were awesome) was the major downgrade with the ugly new app icon. I am SO glad the old icon is back. This would’ve been 5 stars anyway but with the old app icon back I’d give it even higher if I could.

NOT Live. Great app, fun to hear local incidents. Stick with Free version though if you just want to listen. I "upgraded" bc it used the word LIVE on pro description, not on free description. Free was 16min delay when I listened, and I wanted to hear things as they happened. Says literally says listen LIVE on the description of pro! Turns out, it's also 16min delay. So there is no reason to get pro if you just want to listen bc mandatory delay for scanners to keep criminals from tracking being tracked. Misleading description to make money. Wasted $3.99.

What's going on in your town or across country. It is not like old-school scanners that scan multiple counties - however it is very cool to keep track of your neighborhood (if they participate) or if something big is going down in a part of the country (ie Baltimore riots) -- and makes you appreciate the true dedication of police/emt/fire work and their day to day reality - which is service to the people.

Best Scanner Hands Down !. I’m a retired firefighter/paramedic and have listened to this scanner for years. I prefer to the others because of its reliability and the easy record option for playback. I also listen to the FairfaxCounty Police scanner because a relative Works for them but was disappointed because it has not been I service recently. Not sure if a volunteer dropped it. Can you advise why it’s down or how I could use my scanner to repost Thanks. Tom 🚒

Crucial App! Important and Necessary to boot.. Title pretty much says it all. There are many good apps, nice to have, fun to play and generally creative. But this app goes into the realm of necessity for us as we live in a fire prone mountainous demographic. Being able to monitor fire in our area let’s us know the status of a fire faster than any radio, tv or internet can provide. Everyone I recommend this to LOVES it also. Thank you developers for giving me such an import and crucial tool for my phone.

Not liking it. The layout and formatting is horrible. This app should be so easy to use a first grader should know how to use it. I feel like I never get to a home screen when I first open the app. It should list what you want to listen to. Fire/ems/police/ etc. It just takes you to an an area to listen to. You click on a link and it takes you to the internet browser to look at advertisements. I am listening to a popular part of the city where I am from and I hear no radio traffic whatsoever. So far very disappointed, please update this app so it is competitive with today's competition.

Unexpectedly good. My friend told me to get this app to keep tabs on the recent California fires as I was in an evacuation zone. Really impressed with the choice and quality of options! I was able to listen to the fire command and the tanker pilots as well as gain an understanding of what was happening on the ground based on the exchanges between fire companies. Tried the free version, but made my buying decision almost immediately. Very cool!

Great App. This is a great app when it works. It is not working at this time. I do not not if it is ever going to work again. I contacted the app center but don’t see any change. It has been off for over a week. I paid money for 5-0 Radio Pro. I may have to contact our state Attorney General to see about getting re-embursed if it doesn’t work anymore.

Hate when ads silence the scanner. I really enjoy this app. I don’t even mind the ads but I do not like when an add blocks the transmission of the messages coming over and then I need to hit start again. I have used this app while traveling to hear what is going on in situations around us. We were on the highway stuck in traffic and I was able to go the scanner to find out that there was an accident. I definitely would recommend it.

Great Resource. I've used this a number of times in high-stress situations. A wildfire was encroaching on some buildings I take care of for work. As the fire department rolled in, I could see the elevated mobile command center and, with the app, hear their observations and commands with minimal (1 sec) delay. Another time, the highways were stopped in Atlanta. The broadcast I found made it obvious that a rolling shutdown was taking place. But...who was it? All the sudden the president's motorcade comes rolling by. Most of the times, it will be an accident, but you get names and descriptions a lot of the time in open broadcast. Fires in my neighborhood. Get raw sourced info when you research a breaking news event. I just wish there was a way to post media in addition to listening to the stream.

Great App. Grew up in a family of New York firefighters. My dad always had his scanner going and when he was at work I would listen to see the calls he responded to and hear his voice on the radio. This app provides the access to my home police calls and responses though the fire scanner was removed. Definitely recommend.

Great Little app that works very well!. For the price of the Pro version you just cannot beat this application. It works great and does not seem to cause any issues with any other apps and/or games. I would love to see a frequency listing for each feed if possible. That function may be in the app already and I just have not found it yet. It's worth tripe what I paid for it.

Roger that. This app has been around since before the iPhone — it was an iPod touch app. It still has the whole police radio EMT alert thing going on which is fun and a boredom-killer, and useful in a real emergency, or just to find out what that siren is about down the street. But the hidden jewel here is the internet radio and recording function — it does what no other does. If you’re not looking for it you won’t find it — because it’s what’s not there. Nuff said.

Five stars. Helps a LEO wife sleep at night. So thankful for this app makes each day a little easier! I did end up buying the full version but to me it’s worth it just to have no adds you can custom the background too which is nice! Makes it feel more personal! Not even sure who else would use this but as a LEO wife it gives peace of mind all the time to even hear it in the background!! Five stars and to me it was worth the five dollars!

Fantastic; really cool stuff.. I really like this app; within two minutes I was totally sold on how cool it is. A) the novelty factor of it is great 😆 B) the innovation that is available for iOS these days is really shown in this app, and C) the area I've moved to has a lot of police activity, I hate to say. This app keeps me in the know and that's a little comforting when I see three cop cars fly by, I know if it's next door or the next neighborhood. Two thumbs way up.

Daily User. I really enjoy this app. There’s nothing like it. It’s the best app I I have that I can not only run my own feeds plus the broadcastify feeds. I broadcast 2 of my own private feeds and also need to check quality for a broadcastify feed. The only reason I didn’t rate it 5 stars is because I have an issue occasionally where I get double the audio. Kind of sounds like an echo. It’s usually pretty simple to fix, but still slightly annoying.

iOS/iPadOS 17 issue **UPDATED**. The latest update corrected the issues below, app functions perfectly. Exceptional response! Thank you. On both iPhone and iPad when you stop the stream it freezes the app, you cannot go back to the menu, you must hard close and restart the app. I deleted and reinstalled with no improvement.

Greatly appreciated. This app affords me the opportunity to hear local agencies and be aware of possible needs. As a retired dispatcher from a large Central Texas agency, I get to keep up with old friends. I, also, use it as a training aid for a VFD in Northeast Texas. There’s not enough radio traffic up here to use as an example. The volunteer agencies can not afford some of the training other agencies have. I’m glad to be able to share knowledge.

Pretty Good. •Ok I love 5.0 Radio but when I bought the New Pro version I expected more. •In the pictures it has a new look to it (white back round) you don't get that at least I didn't! • It doesn't get better reception for me. •nothing's changed but the siren and 1 or 2 other minor don't matter kind of details. •I don't mean to hate on this app really! I love it best scanner all out there. But I'd stick with the free version and keep ur $3.00!

Five Stars So Far!. Love this app so far!! It's cool to listen to local police departments nearby. Definitely worth the buy. This app has one of the largest collections of feeds out there and the ability to add and personalize your own makes it even better. Very user friendly and easy to use. My only request would be if you guys could add a feed for The Colony, Texas? I would love you guys forever! Thank you!

Great app for local first response activity. When I hear sirens, I open this app to catch up on local happenings. There is approximately a five minute delay between first responder radio traffic and the audio on this app. I do wish that this app would allow programming of frequencies, as not every locality makes their radio traffic available online. For the inherent limitations of the technology, this is a very good app.

It's good to know what's happening.. The area of California that I live in is highly prone to wildfires, now more than ever with the drought. I've been listening to the Madera, Mariposa, and Merced counties fire feed, via this app, almost every day since I downloaded it. I've listened in on the Sky, Willow, and Sundance Fires that have plagued my local area this year. I've found it very useful for receiving live updates and details from the front lines as to the fires behaviors. It's just too bad they don't have a live feed for Eastern Madera County EMS.

Great Radio Scanner for my daily commute. Really enjoy this scanner app bs the other I have tried. I use the WAZE app and this app combined and listen on the way to/from work. This little gem has saved me twice now from getting onto a highway where there had been a major accident that just occurred and would have gotten me stuck for several hours with no way out.

Love this app. This app doesn’t disappoint, I paid for the app and don’t have to worry about ads. Just a one time fee and you have it for life. I use this app when I’m doing deliveries so I know about road closures or situations before I come across them. I would definitely recommend not only for convenience but to know what’s happening within you community.

Works well. I have used this app for several years now and it works well within the limitations that it is picking up other's online scanner feeds and giving them to you through an app. It's easier than going to the feed's site and quicker. I have tried several of the other similar apps and did not like them as well as this one.

Was a Scanner Geek Years Ago.... ...and soon realized there were only two or three channels I listened to almost all the time. This has no scanning ability, instead you can listen to only one station at a time. No problem though, it's all I need. Excellent app, intuitive interface, and enjoyable to have on in the background while I work in my home office.

Awesome App, but.... I have had this app on my phone for a while now and it's been great. I can listen to everything from Police, Fire, EMS, to pilots talking to ATC at Philadelphia International Airport. I'm giving it 4 out of 5 stars because I noticed that several feeds that I had saved as a favorite no longer works (New Castle County PD; Philadelphia Fire). It says there are 20 listeners but the feed won't play for me. I even tried going directly to the website and it still won't play. Not sure what's up with that.

Works great... But. The app does exactly what it says it will do. It's easy to set up and has most of the important frequencies. In our area, it’s missing two frequencies that are difficult to scan. I understand why those are missing. Suggestion...enable the app to monitor more than one frequency at a time To monitor my son, daughter, and son-in-law I need three frequencies. I know what this says about area agency interconnect ability. I serve on the area LEPC.

Really want to give five stars but…. For the area I listen to, I can’t hear the officers radio. I hear the dispatcher but only hear the officers very little. Maybe not the apps fault but it’s disappointing especially since I paid for the service. Wish I could get ahold of the company. Would be good to have just the Northumberland County PA police instead of the fire and EMS together but maybe it’s not possible. I enjoy the fire and EMS too but it blocks the police. Still a good app.

Most Useful in an Emergency Like a brush fire.. 5-0 Radio is very useful when there is an emergency in our local area. With crazy fires and mud flows, 5-0 Radio is an important app to have. We live in a rural farm area way out in the county. Great weather info as well. Very useful in other parts of the globe when crazy news events are happening. During the Boston Bomber manhunt the coverage was priceless. The Pro Version is excellent. Very helpful for neighborhood watch too. 5-0 ROCKS