5-0 Radio Police Scanner App Reviews

VERSION
56.0.0
SCORE
4.6
TOTAL RATINGS
414,056
PRICE
Free

5-0 Radio Police Scanner App Description & Overview

What is 5-0 radio police scanner app? The largest collection of live police, firefighter, aircraft, railroad, emergency, news, and ham radios. Be the first to know about weather, news, and crime updates.

Thanks to our fans for making 5-0 Radio the #1 most downloaded police scanner app on the market. This app is one of top 100 most downloaded iOS apps since 2009.

Features
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- New “Feeds with Active Alerts” feature that shows you feeds with interesting on-going activity and breaking news happening right now along with a description of the alert, breaking info, location, and feed.
- Listen to feeds in the background. You can run other apps while listening to the police. Pause the feeds via the media controls on your device.
- Automatically attempts to reconnect the feed if you lose the connection.
- Listen to feeds on your desktop/laptop computer. Email yourself a link to the feed, and open that link on your browser or with your favorite mp3 player.
- Ability to add custom feeds
- Chat with other users
- The web browser also automatically detects feeds and integrates it with the radio. Now you can add feeds from the web by simply tapping on the feed's link via our browser.
- Share feeds with your friends by email. They do not need to buy this app to listen with you. They can listen in with any device that has a web browser.
- Worldwide coverage. Listen to feeds from the United States, Canada, Australia and more. Our app is always expanding and looking for new police radios to tap into.
- List scanners by county. Don't just list all feeds in a state, get only the ones that are from your city/county.
- Integrated map that finds your location and the location of the feed. Now you can find where the action is happening and follow along.
- Built-in police/EMS/fire/military codes and phonetic alphabet for easy interpretation. Good for any beginners who do not have the proper training and have trouble remembering what the codes mean.
- Save your favorites to the front screen of the app for quick one-tap access.
- This app will dynamically grab a new list of sources so that you will always be the first to get any new police feeds out there.
- See the popularity of each feed. Each feed lists the number of listeners who are following the action along with you.
- Choose new skins or make your own. Skins can be any photo you choose from your photos library.
- New police feeds and others are added on an hourly basis, so keep checking if we added yours recently.

Upgrade to 5-0 Radio Pro to remove ads, add even more feeds, and new features.

Legality
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It is legal in most countries to listen to police feeds. However, it is illegal in some places to use this app to aid in the commission of a crime or to pose as a police officer when you are not. It may also be illegal to use it while driving. Please consult your local laws before using this app outside of your home.

Is it fake?
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It's very real. Each feed comes from a person in that region with an expensive police scanner sharing the signal with you via the internet.

Real-time
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The delay between the real radio feed and this app is only a few seconds depending on buffering and internet speeds.

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App Name 5-0 Radio Police Scanner
Category News
Published
Updated 08 January 2024, Monday
File Size 46.95 MB

5-0 Radio Police Scanner Comments & Reviews 2024

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Very Good Scanner App. I like this scanner app a great deal. It does everything expected of a scanner, and its search function to find viable channels keep one from having to enter a bunch of frequency numbers (though you can do so if for some reason it doesn't find the channel you are looking for). It has a nice little timer that you can turn on in order to keep track of arrival time of units and total length of time the incident lasts. All in all a nice app though there are some units, like The Alaska State Troopers, do to their use of a "trunk dispatching and communication" system. Hopefully that will be next!

Decent Not Perfect. Does what it says mostly. I don't mind reasonable ads as the app provides a useful service. However one frequent ad is an invasive pop up that is very difficult dismiss and almost always offers something spammy,low-value, or a downright ripoff. That has to go to earn full stars. Only other complaint is that some local scanner stations aren't available—this is not a fault in the app, an increasing number of departments are switching to encrypted comms. These do not facilitate public awareness or transparency. If your jurisdiction does this encourage them to stop. Also traditional radio is less expensive.

Great App. I love knowing what's going on in my city and where to go to see some action. the rest of this review will be me pressing the right suggested word a couple of times. I'm at a time when you are so much for a long way in hell of an old lady at a news report that a new song on my iPhone to my friends to be able too see my friends to the game with a long day ahead with its new home and watch it with my mom and my dad and his colleagues at least a dozen or a time to be the same as I am so glad you enjoyed your birthday. Thanks for reading 😀

Good app however.... It tends to crash a lot, and it's usually right after an Ad comes up, which is often. Sometimes it closes on me 3 times in 10 minutes. Also, an improvement suggestion would be to show the time in the time zone of the radio station that is selected, so if it is in pacific time the clock could adjust to that time instead of staying local time. Sometimes it buffers a lot which is frustrating because it's usually right around when something good is happening, and sometimes crashes or skips parts. It is a good, entertaining, informative app but has a few issues that if fixed would make it perfect.

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I Like The Idea Of This App. I wish I could leave a better review. As it is , I may at some point either upgrade to the paid version, or find another app. The ads on the free version are horrible. Absolutely oppressive. It’s like being back in 1998 when pop ups were everywhere. It’s really hard most of the time to figure out how to close them before being taken to some full page mess. It would be one thing if they showed up before you start listening. But these are constant. And so, I very rarely find myself using this product. It’s a shame because it seems otherwise well put together. Unfortunately, the way it is, I can’t even think of leaving a higher rating. I added a star only because it’s free.

Full page ads are the worst. I love that this app can access publicly available scanner feeds, in areas around the world that are completely out of radio range from my old fashioned RF scanner hardware. Having been a shortwave, aviation, train, and emergency services listener for over 50 years, I’ve toned down my listening to just a few minutes on rare occasions, and with over 500 apps, I stick with the free versions when I can. Apple has a perfectly acceptable ad-banner methodology that works well, to make us aware of the ad, and give us a way to learn more, if we’re interested, and earn the software developer a little (sometimes a lot of) money for their effort. I find the full-page ads to be a reprehensible way to put these ads, usually for things we’re not interested in, in our face, and block access to the app controls. Disgusting. It’s even worse, when the advertisements contain links to dangerous places.

Good app annoying ads. I like this app for the most part. I use it daily. I realize that I don’t buy the premium version so I must deal with the ads. That used to be okay, but now they pop up and cover the screen. Yesterday I had one pop up that had audio so it cancelled out what I was listening to. I know the ads are important revenue for you, but if they are at the bottom of the screen anyway, why do they have to pop up as well? I for one would never buy anything they advertise because they are annoying. I can’t get those suckers closed fast enough. Plus there are political ads as well. I don’t even want to start on that one. Please try to reconsider the pop ups. Thanks.

Please make this Apple Car Play compatible like some others!!!. I’ve been using Scanner Radio (orange icon with grey radio) because that app shows up for Apple Car Play, but this app has so many more feeds! And what I’m trying to listen to isn’t always a feed option on Scanner Radio. Usually I will quickly pull up the app on Apple Car Play when I see a lot of emergency vehicles fly down the road, but I can’t with this app because there’s no Car Play compatibility! I don’t want to have to reach for my phone and pull up an app and scroll through while I’m driving. It’s a deal breaker for me. A sad one. :( P L E A S E MAKE THIS APPLE CAR PLAY COMPATIBLE! And I will gladly immediately buy pro.

Great app but sometimes I wonder. I love this app when it’s working! There’s been a few times I’ve got on it and it’s like everything was wiped off it ..... dead silence! I’m not sure why, if it was the app or intentionally done by my local departments but it’s really weird when it happens.... makes you wonder what’s going on they don’t want anyone to know about!!! Also, miss a lot because it seems everyone talks at the same time so you only get bits and pieces of what’s going on at times. It’s either really busy or silent! I do enjoy listening, it can be helpful! Nothing is perfect but I do recommend this app!

Everyone please read. Many of the emergency broadband channels are converting to encrypted frequencies meaning you need equipment that provides a special key integrated on the device to listen. so you may not be able to listen to your local emergency channel because it’s Encrypted. Somebody actually showed me an actual channel for emergency services through an older device, there was nothing but static when a transmission was broadcast. I would still give this app a five star because whatever channels are not encrypted are still great to listen to.

Good Choice in Scanners. 5-0 Radio is a very good choice for scanner apps. I have had it on multiple devices for over 4 years and have never been disappointed. There are a lot of options to get vital information from all around the world, however I mainly use the scanner to find out what happened when my local fire whistle blows. Calls come through very clear and easy to understand and finding channels is super easy. The only negative I can think of, is on the free app if you have just turned on scanner it will play an ad first, sometimes that causes the beginning of the call to be missed. Other then that it’s great!!

Had this app for years now.. So let's begin with it works most of the time, but not the times some people would really need it to. For instance to help save some lives of the people the were unconscious after a roll over which had landed them in the river just putting their unconscious heads out of reach of rising waters. Sure I might have made it if I wasn't fiddling with getting my iPad app to give me a mile marker point through the pending ads that restrict you from listening or if it simply just does not want you to hear so the man at the other end pushes the stop button as you press play over and over. Well anywho good app next to that, be nice if they'd give the guy that presses the stop button a talk too about the importance of this app and to not do that.

Everyone should have this. I am so thankful for this app. It has helped me to become more aware of the calls our local police and other emergency services take. A lot more happens than the news reports and there is a lot of good work those folks do. I live in a smaller city and our police were called to 3 different situations at practically the same time: one was domestic abuse, another a peeping Tom and another reported suicidal person. The team worked together and took them all seriously and being the first responders. This was all at 3 am. And this was in the midst of many riots in other cities and many people telling the news that police are not doing there job. Seriously? Those people need this app and to listen to it throughout the wee hours of the morning to appreciate these folks.

Important to have our local PD on here.. During these troubling times and to have our local Police Department mysteriously disappear for whatever reason from here (and I’m sure it’s a good valid reason) has been unsettling. Thank goodness during the Rioting and craziness out there, Concord California Police have returned. Being from a family of San Francisco Police Officers (including my late sister who was murdered) I know the importance of not letting everyone know what’s going on and where..... hmmmm the criminals are smart and have phones...... Just keep broadcasting, at least until the USA can act like responsible human beings and we feel safe again!! Thank You to ALL in Law Enforcement and Fire Protection. I honor you as heroes!!

Handy and useful. Wondering where an ambulance or fire or police are going when they blast their siren by your home? Tune in and listen in your smart phone to be informed. Also while traveling you may find out about accidents before the other drivers around you and you can take an early detour to avoid traffic jams. When the app asks for permission to access your location, if you allow it, it will keep you tuned to local activities that may be of interest as well as give you the time.

USED to be the best police scanner app…. …but the ads have gotten ridiculous. They are not only irrelevant (usually advertising stupid games), but they are LOUD and they actually blare over the scanner so you cannot hear what is being reported. Just tonight after hearing sirens nearby, I turned on the app to see if I could hear what was going on and could only hear three words before an obnoxious ad came blaring on over what I was trying to listen to and I couldn’t hear a word. They are impossible to “x” out of, so you are stuck listening to the whole thing and by the time you are able to close it, you missed the information that you wanted to hear in the first place. The ads make this app pointless to try to use; therefore, I am deleting it. Bums me out because I have used this app for years. 😐

Garbage. I downloaded this app years and years ago. It used to be great...fast, responsive, reliable, and minimal ads. Now? The app is absolute garbage. Every single time you open a feed, a totally irrelevant, loud, useless ad takes up the whole screen. Often, you can’t find the exit button to close the ad, and frequently this causes you to miss important audio. Want to switch feeds? More ads! Listening to an event or a feed for an extended period of time? Watch and wait as it silently pauses the feed every 8 minutes and 52 seconds on the dot. I, along with many other first responders, use this app to get vital radio traffic, and it just isn’t reliable enough for that anymore. This ad merely pulls audio feeds from Broadcastify, if you’re going to pay for a premium source, why pay this developer who has sold out when you could just pay the source? This app asked me to write a review for years, so here it finally is. 0 out of 5 stars, get something else.

This app is great but there's one thing. ..that I can't stand and it started about two weeks after I downloaded the app. I can listen fire & EMS in my county and I could listen to the sheriffs office also but now the sheriffs office won't play and the blue power button beside it only favorites isn't lite up like the other ones. Is there a reason for this or a way to turn it on. That is who my husband works through and I love being able to listen to this scanner while he is at work. In a sense it calms me because the scanner is always on at home on his days off so when he is gone and I still hear the scanner I feel better but can always listen an see what calls he is on.

Great app For Firefighters.. I'm a volunteer Firefighter and even though we have pagers a lot of the time there delayed from when the stations alarms go off and when we get the notice on our pagers. So a lot of times when I get the notice I respond drive to the station, get there only to find out they already left or I get to watch them speed past me down the road. This app helps me because I can hear when our stations tones go off and get up and go. So by the time I'm pulling in to the station our pagers go off.

Is $3.99 in-app purchase ACTUALLY available??. The prices for purchase are inconsistent. In the App Store, the free- version lists the in-app purchase of 5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner as $3.99. In the app itself, the upgrade for ‘More Features/Feeds/No Ads’ took me to the 5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner app in the App Store and wanted $4.99. Of note: the free and pro versions are listed as separate apps. Since the app doesn’t offer a way to contact the developer, I’m leaving a review here. I was considering purchasing because the ads are a huge drawback and discourage me from using the free version. For example, the ads don’t pop up consistently, sometimes they display when opening the app before selecting a feed or changing to a different feed and sometimes they don’t. Additionally, if the feeds are quiet and one turns up the volume, the ads are quite loud. Perhaps it was designed this way to persuade purchasing the app.

Love the App, but have a suggestion.... Other fellow firefighters and myself use this app on the job all the time to listen in on our surrounding areas to see if we could be heading their direction if the need more units. What I am suggesting, is separating frequencies so we don't have to listen to 6 different fire and police frequencies on the same app channel. It makes it hard to concentrate on what a fire channel is saying when police channels start to talk and cut off when fire is saying. Another item that I would wish the developers could change is the amount of ads (playing at full volume). If I’m listening to a fire, an ad jumps on louder than the radio traffic that is heard. Awesome app tho and easy to use.

And it’s for free!. I downloaded this app with skepticism because I was always under the impression that you had to have a police scanner. I remember my father and I listening to the scanner when I was a young boy hearing the fire department and other public agencies. There is really nothing bad about the app and the scanner functions. Upon load up there’s a brief 5 second..if that ad, and also sometimes throughout the usage of the app, but you can still hear what’s going on and you can usually fast forward through the ads. All in all this is an excellent app for listening in on what’s going on in one’s community.

Doesn’t work like it used to. This app has gone to crap. It used to work fine. You’d open the app and choose the scanner you want and watch a quick ad and then move onto the scanner you’ve chosen. It would play the radio traffic you’ve chosen. Now you do all the same, but you have to watch multiple ads and if you are lucky the scanner will work. It usually doesn’t. You usually have to fiddle with it and you are forced to watch a couple ads, then fiddle with it more, then watch more ads, then fiddle with it more, then watch more ads. Then after a few times of doing that, if you are lucky, the scanner works. But by then, you’ve been screwing around so long, you’ve missed the info that was broadcast that you were tuning in to hear. So it’s pointless. Way to screw up a good app. This app is almost useless now. I’d recommend people find a better app. I hope I find a better one.

Love This App. I've been using this app for years. Ever since my iPod gen 2 was new. It has the ability to access emergency services radio from all over the world. But for me, I primarily use it to find out what's going on in my home town. When the fire whistle goes off it's nice to be able to listen in and find out what's going on and where. It can help to alleviate some anxiety for people like me, who can be a bit paranoid about their loved ones safety. It's pretty impressive, it even has my small towns emergency services radio on there and it's just a small town with a population of around 2000. There's no draw back to having this app. It doesn't take up much storage space on your data drive and even the free versions adverts are barely noticeable. Check it out, there's no reason not to really.

Pulse Shooting. You should know that this was the app that provided all the info to Orlando when the media didn't even know the shooting was happening. It didn't fail us. Thank you for making it available. When i first started listening there were 4 active listeners to orlando fire. By 7am there were 7500 active listeners. In a time where so many needed to hear what was happening as they prayed and worried for their loved ones, 5-0 radio was there for them when the local news stations were not.

Better than other apps!. I have had this free version of this app for more than 10 years I usually listen during weather events (snow, ice, tornados) in Oklahoma. I recently downloaded a competitor app only to find out it’s the identical stream that comes from the same source, so don’t waste your money!! You have ads, of course, on this free app but just close them it doesn’t interrupt your stream. Also I haven’t found another app that lets you stream and check email and operate other apps while continuing to listen. It’s a great app, enjoy !

Quality and Informative for free. I will admit I hunted through play store for awhile till I found this one and it actually works! I live in A really high Crime low Police city that has an insane amount of murder shootings stabbings fire the whole 9yrds. So actually being able to be tunned in on the crime and to watch my back is a HUUGGEE RELIEF. Shot Out to all the Men Woman and just Officers in General that put their lives on the line just to make sure the citizens of the USA safe. THE ONLY DOWN SIDE about the app is the amount of ads and how pop-up-ie they are and you can easily click on spam. Otherwise I would give it 5 Stars. I did however purchase the 5-0 Pro so will update review here soon!

Great app. One thing to understand with this app is that there is a delay and transmission. I use it to listen to the Fire Station my son is a Explorer at and he often text me concerning calls he is on when I’ve not even heard the call on the scanner. My best guess is that it is roughly a 13 to 15 minute delay but as long as you understand that it’s fantastic. I would have to pay roughly $400 for a high quality scanner to get real time dispatches and I would have to remain in the transmission coverage area to hear the call. This app allows me to hear the calls from anywhere I have a connection to cellular or the web. Well worth the upgrade to pro to get rid of the ads and I think the Pro version stays in the background better then the free app does.

Been disappointed.....still. There’s no sense in complaining it never really improves a great deal. Various problems sometimes it sounds like you’re in a tunnel sometimes it sounds like a bubble machine sometimes you can barely understand anybody. Maybe you should try listening to it from our end from an iPad or a phone. It is not a pleasant experience. Comment: January 2, 2022, I understand about the transition from analog to digital. But it’s worth us having this program available when most of the time we’re here mostly static or unclear transmissions. Very disappointing over these last several years. Most of us are not in a position to afford a digital scanner.

Y am I having to wait through ads when I paid for this app?. Update: Somehow when I changed devices I ended up back here on the free version. So thankful I realized it and now am not using this one I am back with the 5.0 PRO Version that I paid for. I absolutely, definitely & completely recommend the paid no ads 5.0 Radio Pro! Used to like this app a lot ! When I hear a siren, I open it & click on my local in favorites to hear if and where there may be a fire.....but this time ads took over and not only 1 ad but multiple ads with no way to close them. By the time the radio started my local police scanner, the info & location had already been broadcasted. I thought I paid for an ad free app so why all of a sudden is this happening? So What’s Up??? Otherwise would be 4.5 - close to 5 stars!

The best scanner app I have found.. I have used this scanner app for years now. A few times I tried out other apps that did not come close to this one. I check out what is happening locally most of the time. I hear sirens in the town I live in, turn on the scanner app and quickly I am able to hear what is happening. It also has a list of what the codes stand for that I really appreciate. To be honest sometimes I listen to the scanner and I hear of car accidents and emergencies and get my mind wondering if it involves someone I know. I feel I need to contact my kids to make sure they are safe. They are adults. When that happens it is time to stop listening because I am getting a little too overboard. I also enjoy listening to the scanner in large cities. It is quite entertaining to me. There are only a few adds that really are not a bother. Years of using this app has not cost anything. It is one of the best apps I have on my phone. My only complaint is the channel for the county I live in at times has a lot of talking from a different county in my state and is a bit confusing and sometimes annoying. But I don’t know if that has anything to do with this app. It probably does not but I am not knowledgeable about how it works. I thank the administrators of this app for the free service I use quite frequently. Great job!

like a window. Like a window to the world outside the safety of the walls that protect us. Around you this law enforcement scanner makes it possible to know who, what and where events are happening. In real time the police chatter is non stop, sometimes humorous but mostly it is serious business as the men and women sworn to keep the peace are constantly on the move responding to calls all around us. It is not too hard to learn and get used to the way the codes and other information is passed along. For a hobby or for knowing what is going on near you I found it to be quite addicting and as good as a real handset. I hope you find it as useful as I have.

Pretty Good. I’ve messed around with this app for awhile now, Kinnda fun when your bored and like shows like Live PD or cops, LoL! I haven’t figured out if it’s really “ live “ or not but regardless, i enjoy listening from time to time. Wish there was another way besides maybe calling the cops for something happening in your area and also listening somehow to see if what you reported comes across the “ live “ feed? Would love to know if somebody else knows that it is for sure live or not, as they tend to switch stations for the serious stuff which makes sense too. Overall, it’s interesting and fun to listen to now and then... * 4 stars until I figure out if its really live or not! 5 starts if so. Cheers!!

Bomb threat. Today I was in shelter in place for 3 hours at my school due to a serious bomb threat. Listening in to the cops calmed my nerves. Sure, I heard them say the bomb was in the building right next to me, but at least I could relay that to my family and tell them how much I loved them. This app worked great EXCEPT for one thing. ADS. When you're in a fricken shelter in place because of something so serious, YOU DONT WANT ADS. Your adrenaline is pumping and you're crying your eyes out and when you're shaking so bad you can hardly hold your phone, you don't want to worry about clicking out of an Ad. Seriously!!!

Good App... Not Good When Traveling...... I enjoy using this app. However, it is not so good like when you are traveling. For example when I am traveling I try to tap the option "Local Scanner" and it does not work very good when you are traveling and you are trying to get the local police scanners. But if you know your city and all that and want to save it in your favorite list then that works and is easy. I just wish it would work better when I am traveling like if I am being pulled over it would be awesome if it would work wherever I am at or wherever that may be.

Great, but THE ADS ARE KILLING ME!!. The app functionality does what it’s expected to do, but when launching the app, every time, ads pop up over the screen and aren’t dismissible until they time out. The most recent ad was 15 seconds long before the cancel button was enabled! The problem is that the ads have audio, which takes over so I can’t hear the scanner audio. I only launch the app when the siren goes off in my town, and as soon as I start the scanner feed I want to hear, the ads pop up and take over, typically resulting in my missing what the call is about because I have to wait so long for the ad’s timer to expire to be able to dismiss it. 3 seconds is tolerable, 5 seconds is pushing it, but 15 seconds has made this app dead to me.

The crime in my neighborhood. Is almost constant so when sirens screech by and or the police helicopter Is hovering overhead it was not uncommon to see me gathered around with neighbors wondering WHAT JUSY HAPPENED?? Then wait for the news if any. BUT now anytime a situation happens or I'm just curious about what's going on in my neighbor-hood or around my city I click on the police scanner widget and I can listen in on police calls in real time or literally within a few seconds and communication between dispatch, patrols and even AIR comes in so clear and precise, with other apps I would get so fustrated and stressed because of too many ads, static, channel changes etc.., but not anymore with this app!!! Thanks I really am satisfied with this download.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaay more ads than previous versions!. Been using this app for years & the most recent version will play an ad in the middle of dispatch or officer response. Disappointed but great way to get people to spend the $5 to go ad-free I suppose. Either that or test other scanners apps to see if there is a better value for $5. Maybe just make it so the ads don’t interrupt the use of the app, say perhaps only play ads when changing stations? Just disappointing after using the app all these years. Seems to be an trend in many apps increasing ad frequency in free versions; especially ones only used occasionally such as this, which I use when hearing sirens or when others in my city text saying “turn your scanner on!” Any other scanner recommendations with less ads in the free version or more features in the paid version? Thank you fellow Law Enforcement scanning enthusiasts!

Seems to be the better app for this sort of thing. Ads aren’t as invasive as the one I was using prior. It seems to work great overall. The ONLY issue I ran in to was the scanner goes inactive, I think, is when switching between networks… WiFi to cellular, or cellular to WiFi. The app must lost a brief connection and causes the stream to cease. It would be really cool for the connection switch to live between network switching through “buffer magic”. I will continue to use it on vacations and times when it’s interesting to listen to areas I visit through work and leisure. If I notice the network switching is flawless I will 5-star.

Most Accurate App. 5-0 Radio Police Scanner is definitely the best police radio app I've used. Even on Thursday, when it was pretty quiet, I was able to listen for reports from downtown with very little lag time. I was able to put on my suit and climb on top of the Sykes building in time to see his car drive down Ashley St. I had planned for a lot of wind resistance, as my other apps are usually about three seconds behind, but I was able to fly to the Sykes roof and wait for the thief with two seconds to spare, perfect for diving onto the hood of his car. Five stars for impeccable accuracy.

No Longer Feasible. When first downloaded years ago it worked ok, with only one channel available for three different entities in my area. You could only hear one of them at a time, obviously, but it gave no option to prioritize which one you would like on top. That hindered the ability to follow a major important event going on because of interruptions from the other entities not involved or related to it. Now it is pretty much useless as all the entities have switched over to a different more secure radio system. This app is up to date and it does not pick up any traffic. Its time lapse counter never activates even after tapping the play arrow again, confirming that it has no access to the area trying to be monitored.

Awesome selection but Ads are SO annoying!. I highly recommend this app and the only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars, is because the ads that pop up are extremely annoying because it completely interrupts the radio transmission going on by the police dept you’re listening to. If they want ads, then they should fit them down at the bottom of the screen or something where the stereo speaker picture is, NOT take over the entire app interrupting what you were listening to.

Passing a English Essay. One time I had the opportunity to write a review an never knew there was such. I gotten up pretty early today to beat the rooster to turn on the tv for just the most amazing commercials. I see chime all day in tv. Well, I hadn’t had to get a real cup of coffee in a very long time an on my way to visit o precious family members also this early morning. We stopped at a truck stop dive yo... it’s was a messy place but, they , had; SUMATRA COFFEE ! Then out of anywhere this weirdos came around like a Internet agency that RV was parked getting fueled. Well, that’s all happened on the app that one time many months ago.. don’t you remember??

Not reliable. So to start is off none of the codes match up not even close. Most are missing and the ones up there have nothing to do with %60 of what is talked about. You can not change location Based on codes or any of that. So good luck. If you can. Pull up your codes online you might have a shot but the app likes to cut off on me if I exit. Or a long add comes up and I can’t hear anything and have to close out of what I’m doing and come back to this app to get it to stop. iPhone 11 Pro

One of the best apps in the store. I've used this app for several years and gladly paid for the upgrade. I'm in public safety, and this app is my backup to my portable and pager. Here are a few notes on getting the most out of the app... The audio is a data stream (like listening to an Internet radio station). Therefore, it uses both battery/adapter power. Unless you have either unlimited data or a wifi connection, you might go over your limit. Also, it's a good idea to use a power adapter and not batteries. The audio typically comes from local scanners connected to the Internet. Therefore the quality may vary. Also, there may be a lag from the time a station transmits, until you actually hear it. All in all, it's a great app and highly recommended.

Great app!🤯. Great app for hearing police, fire, EMS, public safety, etc. Usually we turn this on at night and listen for awhile and then fall asleep. I remember as a kid using my dad’s old school police scanner and just being fascinated and trying to learn the different codes. Of course with today’s technology and this app combined they offer the same experience: scanner for pretty much any station (even my small MI hometown of 3,000 people) AND it lists the codes for each department so you can look at what the situation really is.. it’s cool, I probably would pay for it if I had to.

Timing. Been using this app for a few months give or take. I work for my local Sheriff’s Office, and decided I would get this as it would be an alternative to a handheld portable scanner since they can cost upwards of $500. Only recently did I notice that the radio traffic is not in real time. It’s a recording of past transmissions. (My colleagues and I tested this hypothesis.) We would sit in different stations of the facility and listen to the facility radio, and the 5-0 Scanner app. The transmissions in the app are days or even weeks after they’ve been made over local traffic. While I understand the concerns of listening to radio traffic in real time, the app developers could at least put a small warning that the transmissions are not from the same day, let alone in sync. Overall, I’ll rate this app 3 stars as it is handy to give to the new recruits to test their knowledge on the 10-codes. [We’ll sit there and listen to the local traffic through the 5-0 scanner app as we don’t have the time to try and quiz newbies on the traffic with the facility radios. When something relating to us comes across, we have to act.]

Very easy to use. This app is not only very easy to use his phone to use you can find out what's going in your community locally who is getting arrested he's getting caught where the cops are and more importantly are they in your neighborhood the Apple tell you what's going on in your area and even surrounding areas and even areas you don't live in you can find I was going to Washington DC or Denver Colorado or even your hometown back home so the app is very flexible allows you to get water for mission from multiple radios around the country it's also raise now are you

5-0 Radio. I'm siting here tonight while in the mist of a tornado warning in North Texas...this is a common occurrence during the spring each year. This scanner app allows me to listen to all the active chatter from the local amateur radio operators in the area and it's much more informative than the local news channels... Well worth the piece of mind. I can listen to communications live and bake better decisions about what my family and I should do...I am glad I have this app and feel better about what goes on than listening to the TV Weather guys who can't stop talking and playing with their radar.

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Adverts ruin a good app. As it’s intended function, the app works great. However 15-second audio and video ads that take over the screen and blast out of your speakers ruin the app. By all means, run advertising if you need to, but don’t make them so intrusive that people just close the app.

It's OK But no Sounds for me.... I love the app itself but ahhh no sounds Don't like it I mean I need the sounds my friends have the app on Samsung(galaxy) and they have sounds If I don't get $0UNDS Athen they'd be rlly angry You know

Review. Excellent to be able to get the heads up what is happening around us. Well done.

Really works. This app really works and is a great way to keep up to date with what's going on in my area.

Big Jim. Use this app to keep up to date with fires in our area and their potential. I use it for my family’s safety

Great works well. Used it for a while no problems at all

Handy app. Recommend to anyone wanting to listen to what's happening with local emergency services

Too many annoying ads. Ads were annoying, but now completely block you from doing anything. Better apps out there

Best app!!!. Works well , I listen to it all the time...good to listen to what is going on in my area😀

Works ok for me!. I use this app when the scanner is broken - it works ok but the ads are a bit annoying. Probably if I spent some money on it I'd get rid of them, and I might do that one day. In the interim, it's doing a reasonable job.

It's amazing and a pretty good boredom killer. Nice job! I would go on but I could write a 20 page long book about the app but I won't because it's pointless

Scanner victoria Australia. Why can't we get local eg Melbourne metro Pakenham ,Gellong , Hastings , lilydale, backeshmarsh , vkc, police .is it because your system only covers analog air ways not digital .if so is their away to cover digital signals . Yours truly. Ray

No access. The public no longer has access to this channel, waste of time to download

Very handy but ads are painful. The app itself is fantastic, the ads that come up and stay there for 5-10 seconds are painful when you need to listen straight away.

Good app. This is a great app at first I had trouble finding Ballarat police station but I asked my Mum for help and she offered my to pick Grampians because Ballarat is in the Grampians region.

Actually works. I was sceptical about it working, but it actually does. Obviously mobile phones are used in most police work these days,but it’s still ok, interesting.

Awesome. Does what it says it'll do! But wish there were more areas available in NSW.

Thank you. Love the app as a fire fighter it’s great just to get & here what you need not all the rubbish keep up the great work David

Towie's. Awesome for tow truck drivers who want to step out of the truck for a while ! And perfect reception no matter your location, a problem with hand held scanners !!!

Ruined by ads. Clear sound and easy to use but too many ads, sometimes while listening to a stream a full screen ad will take over screen and play music over stream and you have to wait to close ad so I had to uninstall.

Close to perfect 🤷‍♂️. The app is unable to find anything local other wise very good app- I enjoy the music radio channels aswell TBH .

Great. Helps make me feel safe when I hear sirens in our town

I know whats happening. i can listen to the police ambulance and fire bragad

Awesome app. This is one of the most reliable police scanner on the App Store and would suggest this to everyone who wants to listen in to the police

Great app. Easy to use ,no drop outs navigating through towns and countries also easy

Entertaining. Easy to use, entertaining and interesting. I had zero problems using this app.

Suits my needs perfectly. Stable reliable feed for my aviation listening requirements.

This app just got better. New stations.. This app is the best especially now it gets a clear scanner of Tassie my home state. Also a clear Mackay where I currently live. I love it. It’s good knowing what is happening around our community

Very good!. I'm with the New South Wales Rural Fire Service and this is a great way to keep up to date when I can't be at the station. Very useful/fast with little delay. I've got it downloaded on all of my Apple products and I think it's the best app out there!

Would get higher rating but.... ...In times of stress the interruption of the advertising hampers being able to navigate to right station for current fire handling information

The ads?!. I know you can buy an ad-free version, but I would be happy to see the ads if I could even CLOSE them at some stage?!! I have to keep exiting the app and getting back into it, in the hopes I don’t have the same ad pop up! How annoying! Please fix this!

Local channel. It’s great for the local fire station, I can always hear what’s going on and very clearly but that’s the only scanner channel in my region. When I see the chopper flying above wether it’s the police or ambulance there’s no local channel for me know what’s going on.

Used to be good. Was good but now seems buggy, and only getting worse with each new version. Wish I could roll back to an older version.

Great app!. Great app that always works well. It's surprising to hear how close you are to an armed robbery in progress sometimes!

Police scanner. Great app just leave going in the background while you go about your business good to hear ya mates getting arrested

Functional. Works in a lot of places

Great app. When I hear a siren I turn it on and I can find out what's going on.

Keep iinfo. Excellent, keep you informed about what is going on in your area.

Great app. The app works great. Only issue is sometimes when opening the app the ads come up straight away and you need to wait a few seconds to get them out of the road to select what station you want to listen too. Apart from that, it’s great entertainment.

Ads are disappointing. Doesnt seem to work after latest iso update? Anyone else have this issue, top 100 feeds doesnt come up

Used to be better. Used to be better

Was great. Was great but lately I haven’t been able to get it to work they do not load and yes I’ve checked my connection have same problems with pro version

Highly recommended. Fantastic way to keep up with what is happening in emergency situations. Highly recommend

Not as good as it used to be. Unfortunately this app has slipped since I first installed it years ago! For 1, there is too many ads and 2, there is only one channel and it’s the fire department. I’m pretty sure there was an option for police and ambulance?! I don’t see that.

Fantastic. It's a great way of knowing what is going on area my area and if there is anything I should be looking out for.

Actually works. Surprisingly this app actually works well

Keep in touch with home. Works ok but some time give me greef sometimes with a apple virus message.

Please put. Warning no search button!

Bob. Wish we still could pick up the police Chanel that was great .but we can keep up with bush fires in our area thats cool

Am very happy with this. It’s been a lot of buzzing in the sky tonight from a chopper..it got the better of me so I downloaded a police scanner which is this one and boy have the police been busy tonight... But am glad to hear what’s going on..there’s nothing worse than hearing a low chopper hovering around and not knowing what’s going on... 2 thumbs up for this scanner...thank you and thank you to the police offers who are trying to keep our streets clean..keep up the good work..

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Ads.. Ads. Also can’t listen while certain apps are used like my ring camera, Facebook videos. But Instagram reels doesn’t mute. Other than that it’s good.

10/10 app. Very effective and enjoyable

Help to avoid areas of accident. This help to avoid accidents & it is nice to know what going in your areas and around in other areas.

Great app. Love this app - it works great !

Not working at all. Have the app running with a radio station in ontario, not having any audio come to me

No longer Enjoyable. Constant ads take over the entire screen from the moment you open the app. This take all the fun out of using it. Another app to get rid of....now.

Good quality. The quality is good and it’s easy to find what you need to listen to for your area.

Pretty good. Managed to find the three closest towns to me in the middle of nowhere and now I’m the first to know what’s up when I hear a gaggle of sirens flying down the highway. Also interesting to listen too the larger metropolitan areas

Good background distraction. App works great. Listen to local (Ontario, Canada) police radio. Good to have on in the back ground while working. Switch to large US cities for more action when board 🔥🇺🇸🔥

Awesome. The electric blues is totally great.

Too many ads. Too many ads. Use to be good, but awful now

5.0. instreting

Great app. Love this app local opp, fire and ambulance without switching nice and clear to listen to as well thanks

Great. It’s awesome and has alot of Canadian stations.

Ads. Nothing but ads much worse than before. I’m over this app.

Awesome app. Works as it should

Great..... Listening to the scanner at this troubled times is extremely sobering .....great app....

Availability. Some of the police and fire radios used to be accessible in my region but now they are not. That’s disappointing. Dufferin County and Caledon in Peel County Ontario Canada.

Good for RolePlay. I Use This If I Play RolePlay With My Friends And They Thing It Makes The RolePlay More Fun! Good Job!

5-0. Enjoy listening , as much as I can , especially this weekend with all that’s happening here in Ottawa . 😀❤️

Great, thumbs up.. I’m enjoying this scanner. Ive had no issues with it, personally. Never crashes, loads fast. Really enjoy how I can listen to it in the background while I do other things on my phone. Good app, I give it a big thumbs up. Really helps me stay informed about what’s going on in my city and where emergency services action is happening so I know to avoid that area if I’m heading out. I’d recommend it for sure!

Publicité. Beaucoup trop de publicité c’est incroyable

Most annoying commercials I’ve experienced. Commercials are the worst I’ve experienced

Garbage ad proxy. Not enough toilet paper in the world to wipe this mess of an ad server hiding as an app. To be clear, this like all other “scanner” apps are just rebroadcasting web feeds of scanners that other people maintain for free. These volunteers maintain their own radio scanners and broadcast them onto the web. This app simply compiles them all into a nice easy to use interface. Fine. That’s actually useful. But the non stop ads that are so irrelevant and impossible to close. Ads for casinos and for other games that appear to be meant for pre teen girls to learn how to “make boys like them”. Learn your target market and stop forcing middle aged men and women who want to listen to train and ambulance frequencies to click on ads for apps that are morally corrupt just to earn some money. I don’t recommend this spam app to anyone even though it, at times, does feed the correct stream.

Happy Camper. Get to know where and what the action is as it happens. Learn ahead of time of dangerous situations to avoid.

Cool scanner. Cool scanner but not police scanner

Orillia Ontario. It's now legal to smoke dope, eat chicken fingers and ruin Randy's stupid freddybear picnic !

Ex volunteer. Age 65. This is the app that I would like to wish all first responders first be safe. Second I love all of your fire hero’s SWJ THANK YOU ALL🤞🏻

Excellent. The app has so many options for your listening pleasure. Not just emergency services but also almost any type of music from many places. Great app.

Waaaay too much adverts :(. Great app. Super spamming for no pay. I get you have to advertise, but wow, thats a lot!

Great for conversation. My girlfriend is a paramedic and sometimes I’ll listen to her station and it allows us to have a special bond

Ni. Thank you to all Ottawa Police Service .to help the ppl in the cumunity

Amateur radio repeaters. I appreciate being able to quickly access radio nets to listen in when I am not at my station. Thanks!

Ads. Too many ads

5.0 radio review. Great way to stay up to date on a stormy night

Too many ads. I had paid for Pro, then they revoked my Pro status because they went to a subscription based model. Way too many ads and they want $4 a week which is crazy. They should have at least kept the previous Pro users as Pro instead of bumping us back down to free with ads.

Ottawa Fire is interesting. Interesting

Rose hunt. I like this app so far I’m still new to it so I’m still learning but so far I do like it so I’m giving u guys/girls 5 stars ⭐️ keep up the good work

Agressive advertising. For a novelty app, your forced and endless advertising is horrible.

5-0 Fan. I use 5-0 every day because I’m a delivery driver. When I hear a siren I can check to see what area to avoid because the traffic will be stopped or rerouted. Thank you 5-0

50 scanner app. App does not work

Best. Pretty cool to hear a lot

Listener9057. Ads interfere to much with feeds.

Ottawa 🇨🇦. The odd time the audio is not good..Fade in and out👍 Other than that, Love this App…

Good App, Bad ads. The app is good but the ads are very intrusive.

Scanner. It’s a scanner but not programmable

Terrible. Terrible app! Commercials keep coming on screen , it's a waste ..

Awesome. App. It works very well & It’s nice to know whats going on around me :) Don’t change a thing ,it’s very clear sounding & I Greatly Appreciate using this App as well. Thanks Julie :)

Not impressed. I used to use this to know if there was a fire in the Bldg and now can’t get any feed without 10 adds first! I could be burned before I find out if it’s a false alarm now…very disappointed.

Not the best app. Adds pop up

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I'm a firefighter 🚒. I love this app. We have pagers but I was wondering if there was an "alternative" and I love that I can hear my county fire, EMS, and Police scanners. I just downloaded it but I bet it will come in handy! The only thing I wish is if with your favorite channels the App would scan to them if there is chatter on them. Like if I get paged for an Alarm it would be awesome if the app would grab the Walkie-Talkie chatter for the location and I can hear exactly where it is and get updates as I'm going there. But LOVE IT! But if you could add a "pager" type function where I can get updates as I'm driving

You need to pay to use effectively. Great app that I have used off and on for a few years now. Have been using the free version as I am a casual user. Has been great up until this point but it seems the adds have doubled or tripled rendering it difficult to use. Would recommend if you are seeking an app that is subscription based. If your casual and seeking a free app look elsewhere. By the time you open it up, get through the adds, and the feed you are seeking loads, it’s likely you will miss what you were seeking to hear. Broadcastify via browser is way better and also free.

It's a major News catcher. I follow all kinds of news not just locally. When something is breaking I want to be up to date with I get that state/location area feed on this app. Listening to fire/police live local feed is much more informative and usually faster than any national news source. As far as my own local city feed our police are digital but this app has my local live police dispatch and fire coverage so I'm very happy indeed.

Great app!🤯. Great app for hearing police, fire, EMS, public safety, etc. Usually we turn this on at night and listen for awhile and then fall asleep. I remember as a kid using my dad’s old school police scanner and just being fascinated and trying to learn the different codes. Of course with today’s technology and this app combined they offer the same experience: scanner for pretty much any station (even my small MI hometown of 3,000 people) AND it lists the codes for each department so you can look at what the situation really is.. it’s cool, I probably would pay for it if I had to.

Love this scanner app. I have been listening to this app for years and have loved listening. But now i love it even more because both of my boys have become firefighters and it just like riding along with them. I love to hear how all the first responders are helping out in the community. These people need more recognition from the citizens because they do a fabulous job taking care of us. They are out saving lives. Just love this app so much. I recommend 100%

I LOVE this. I’ve gotten so I keep it on day and night. So many things happen in this town that nobody hears about. I truly believe that the police should get double their salary here and I’m not exaggerating. The only thing I don’t like is when it goes off for a week or more. I’m guessing the frequencies changed but why does it take that long to get it back online.? I can deal with the ads since after a few the sound goes off on them at least. Love love love it,, ,

Awesome selection but Ads are SO annoying!. I highly recommend this app and the only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars, is because the ads that pop up are extremely annoying because it completely interrupts the radio transmission going on by the police dept you’re listening to. If they want ads, then they should fit them down at the bottom of the screen or something where the stereo speaker picture is, NOT take over the entire app interrupting what you were listening to.

ABQ NM. App works great & does what you would expect. I suspect some of the reports are made on a private channel but, listening is still a good way to hear what’s going on around town. Sometimes the people on the scanners mumble like crazy but, that’s not the apps fault 😊 Have to deal with some ad pop ups but it’s more of a listing app anyway so, you’re not really annoyed b/c you aren’t staring at your phone. Would recommend for those who enjoy being informed and for noise neighbors 😎👍

Bomb threat. Today I was in shelter in place for 3 hours at my school due to a serious bomb threat. Listening in to the cops calmed my nerves. Sure, I heard them say the bomb was in the building right next to me, but at least I could relay that to my family and tell them how much I loved them. This app worked great EXCEPT for one thing. ADS. When you're in a fricken shelter in place because of something so serious, YOU DONT WANT ADS. Your adrenaline is pumping and you're crying your eyes out and when you're shaking so bad you can hardly hold your phone, you don't want to worry about clicking out of an Ad. Seriously!!!

Great. It's interesting the work they put into making us feel safe at night. I was concerned tonight with cops everywhere and the helicopter, listening to our local police take it serious and do what it takes to keep the neighborhood safe so quickly makes me feel safer at home, and believe more in the good these people do. So much negativity lately in the news, it's nice to see or (hear) the hard work they do to make us feel at ease and watched over!

Don’t hear half of what’s going on!. We have had this app for years now and it doesn’t get any better, in fact it got worse! We have cops flying by here all the time from our County, ambulances go by often due to the fact we are on a main state highway but yet in the country. We will turn it on hoping to find out what is going on and we get tuned I to to crap in the next town. Half the time you can’t even understand the cops the voices seem muffled. Honestly I hardly ever use it anymore because it doesn’t help at all!

Fun and easy to use.. I find this ad very easy and fun to use. Went searching for either a new radio station or, scanner feed. I just follow the prompts. Usually I find exactly what I’m looking for, but sometimes I am pleasantly surprised by what is available. I have found a couple of scanner feeds in England that I now follow. Also listening to radio, And/or scanner feeds in Texas where I have family. Kind of makes me feel like I’m taking a mini vacation on the weekends when I follow on the air programming from taxes. It’s also nice to follow my local emergency scanner bands here in San Diego.

Best app out there!. I live in a rather large city & this app helps me stay informed. I here sirens, the app lets me know what’s going on. Accidents, shootings, down traffic lights, weather related issues, basically I’ll know where to stay away from while I’m out in the city. It also gives me a better understanding what our police officers are going through & how they operate. If I’m ever pulled over, I have a better understanding of their procedures & why their asking what their asking of me.

Neighborhood High Speed Pursuit. I live in an incredibly dull part of upstate New York, and to my surprise at 2:30 in the morning, I heard tires squealing and sirens sounding off pretty much in my back yard. It freaked me out. I immediately downloaded this app and found out what was going on. It just so happened that there was a pursuit, and the two assailants were hiding in my backyard. So I sat in my living room, shotgun in lap, phone in hand, and waited for these criminals to break into my home. They never did, but thanks to this app I knew what was happening, and that I was not in fact hallucinating.

Bad privacy data. Using the address “thoughtfully provided” to anonymize ads from Google got me an Error 404. I usually don’t use anything associated with the company which I hope is soon broken up through a long-overdue antitrust action AND monitoring one’s use of the Internet becomes as criminal as monitoring one’s use of the phone (and that is further limited to billing (kept off-line) and recording calls placed, and the calls themselves, only under difficult-to-obtain court orders. I can only hope for restructuring of the ‘net to make tracking a user as difficult as monitoring the use of AM radio, especially by the corporations that prosper on such activities. Until then, AT LEAST YELL THE TRUTH!

What happened?. This app used to be the BEST! Now there are way too many ads and it just randomly stops. I used to open the app and listen while I did other things around the house or played games on my phone. Not anymore. If I try to put 5-0 in the background while I do other things on my phone, the app stops working. I will sometimes hear a minute or two of action and suddenly crickets… only to see that it telling me to select a station again. If I leave it on the app screen I have to fight ads every few seconds, most of which interrupts hearing dispatchers talk.

Review. This app used to be wonderful before the ads. I use this app as a first responder (volunteer assistant fire chief in a rural area) when I do not have another form of getting the dispatch, ie. if I do not have a radio on me, or radio reception is poor, which is common in my area. Since the ads are now all consuming, when the app is opened, I miss the initial dispatch because the ads override the audio and silence everything but the ad, which goes on anywhere from 1-2 minutes. This also happens during a call after the app has been opened as well. I don’t mind the ads, I get it is part of the “free” service. But it renders the app practically unusable.

Used to be great…. I live in a pretty rural area, so there isn’t a ton to listen to, so I generally only pick this up when I hear sirens in my area. Because of that it is not worth a subscription to me. And with this last update, the inundation of lengthy, annoying advertisements in order to push your new subscription service is completely obnoxious. I will just delete the program. I don’t need to know that badly. I don’t mind paying for an app or a service if it’s worth it, but I’m not giving you three bucks a month to listen to two channels once in a blue moon. I don’t need to talk to the other 86 listeners in my area thanks.

Best police scanner app I’ve found. I use this app all the time. I imagine myself to be Burt Reynolds driving the back roads running lookout for a sixteen wheeler full of illegal hooch. Alas it’s just me in my stupid minivan but this still lets me listen in on all the local agencies and then, just for fun, I can flip over to Baltimore PD or LAPD and see if I can’t hear them planning out their stories after they “accidentally” shoot another unarmed black teenager. I’m sorry that’s not funny at all… no it’s hilarious!

Great app. My son is a police officer in another city and this app lets me listen in when he’s working his shift. Without this app I would not have this ability. I’m in the fire service and I listen to radio traffic all the time. The sound quality is not as good as listening to the actual radio but it’s not terrible. I don’t use 10 codes so the list of 10 codes that’s provided is a great resource. My sons department also uses signal codes but I don’t see those available on the app. Overall this is a wonderful app.

Pulse Shooting. You should know that this was the app that provided all the info to Orlando when the media didn't even know the shooting was happening. It didn't fail us. Thank you for making it available. When i first started listening there were 4 active listeners to orlando fire. By 7am there were 7500 active listeners. In a time where so many needed to hear what was happening as they prayed and worried for their loved ones, 5-0 radio was there for them when the local news stations were not.

Finally!!. Finally a good scanner app that doesn’t make you sign up for anything after a 3 day trial or something like that. There are other apps that are also free with no subscription like this one but this one is the BEST APP BECAUSE where I live the feed I need to listen to for my area has 3-4 agencies using the one channel and this app tells you which police department is speaking or fire department...it makes such a big difference please never change this feature!!!!

Not Working!. I gave a 5 star because I loved it before it went out. I haven’t been able to listen in almost two weeks because the app isn’t working. I even did the update and it gave a couple reports but it was paramedics only no police stuff then it went out again. Very upsetting as I used it primarily for my safety when I’m working late delivering with Uber. Hope it’s fixed soon or I’ll have to use another. Ugh!

Great app For Firefighters.. I'm a volunteer Firefighter and even though we have pagers a lot of the time there delayed from when the stations alarms go off and when we get the notice on our pagers. So a lot of times when I get the notice I respond drive to the station, get there only to find out they already left or I get to watch them speed past me down the road. This app helps me because I can hear when our stations tones go off and get up and go. So by the time I'm pulling in to the station our pagers go off.

Great App. I love knowing what's going on in my city and where to go to see some action. the rest of this review will be me pressing the right suggested word a couple of times. I'm at a time when you are so much for a long way in hell of an old lady at a news report that a new song on my iPhone to my friends to be able too see my friends to the game with a long day ahead with its new home and watch it with my mom and my dad and his colleagues at least a dozen or a time to be the same as I am so glad you enjoyed your birthday. Thanks for reading 😀

Review. I’m a cab driver of 21 years and listening to this app lets me know where everything is happening. 95 percent of things that happen in this city and county are not reported on the news or anywhere else. We have homicides and deaths that we never hear about unless you listen to police activity. At night Reno is a very dangerous city to live in, that why I only work the airport till midnight then go home. I refuse to work the city anymore once the sun goes down!!!

Got Police Helicopters? Use 5-0 Radio. My formerly very quiet neighborhood now has Police Helicopters at least 3x per week now. To find out what the criminals are up to, it takes 30 seconds to open the free App and listen. Yes, sometimes you have deal with a 15 second ad. But I deleted the “other” free police app that had such long ads, the incident was over by the time I got through them. Ridiculous! Stick with this easy-to-use 5-0 Radio to find out what’s happening!

Fun app but quits alot. Every version has done this, it will work fine then suddenly I don’t hear it and when I check it has quit the stream and gone back to main menu. Mostly seems to be caused when messages is running and a message is received if my home screen is not on 5-0 Radio. App goes to show how stupid crooks are. Yesterday was listening to the local popo chase 3 thieves who did a home invasion around town, at one point one undercover says he is 4 cars behind them and gives exact location, if the idiots listened to their 50-radio feed they would have easily escaped. FWIW apps dropped feed twice while I was typing this. I give it 3 stars for entertainment value but take two away for poor performance.

Love the free app. I’m one of those that enjoys listening to the local police and fire and rescue. When I travel I enjoy listening to the local scanners as well. Gives me an idea if it’s worse or better than home. Had a pharmacy convention in Chicago. I was hearing what I thought was fireworks around the baseball stadium and it turned out to be shots fired. Never have I heard more radio activity than in Chicago. Admittedly never traveled to Detroit though. I’m still hooked on listening to Chicago all the way back in SC. Love this app

Incredible number of intrusive ads. It’s a decent app but the number and length of the ads makes it practically unusable. I have no issue with limited ads for users of free apps. But the long video ads run, the fact that they won’t let you dismiss them for a long time (at least 30 seconds), consecutive ads, and the misleading X on most of the ads that is not actually a way to dismiss but rather to take you to a website or the App Store is completely unreasonable. I might be willing to pay for this app, but given the way the ads are done I refuse to out of principle. I won’t reward the developers for subjecting free users to such intrusive ads.

Great app, saved $150+. I was about to go buy a portable trunking scanner and figured I would give this a quick shot before I spent the money. To get a quality scanner that has the capabilities of this app, you would spend a pretty penny. Paired with a Bluetooth speaker, this is as good if not better than any scanner I have used. I would suggest this to anybody thinking of getting a scanner. (As long as you have cell service that is....) Thanks for a great app!

Helps you understand to know how the police operate. On the side of the law, or the other side, with this app you have insight into knowing some of the activity and communication between police and even how sometimes their own misinformation may be revealed in some situations as in one live encounter I had between Portland Police officers one August in 2017. Right now with Police presence in my neighborhood on this warm May night for over an hour, now the time is ten-to-three in the morning however, I get no direct connection to their activity because some of their communication is via cell phone. This is a stake out for a career criminal at the end of my block I believe. This program has helped me to better understand police activity and be aware of my own possible encounters with them. Better than just my own scanner.

5.0 Nice To Have, If You Like To Hear What’s Going Down. This may be one of the best I’ve found, wish it had a few more uncoated crystal chips, So it would pick a little more Police activity going on.. but over all you can keep up with stuff easy...Thanks, 5.0 To Go....& If you Travel You know what has happened on the interstate so you can make that Decision to take next exit or back roads...Much Love to The app. I’ve had this app off and on when IPhone 4 came out New...😉

Best police scanner app ever!. This is really awesome and usually I do not write reviews but I just had to because this is so great if you wanna know what’s going on in your town or city maybe even state be cause where I live there are police cars and fire trucks going places a lot so I wanna know what they are saying. All though sometimes it is not very clear what the officers or fire fighters are saying over the radio. Overall this is a really really nice app to keep you updated on thing going on where you live or just anywhere!

Great site, except for the advertisements that block the dispatch. This has been a great site for me, when I’m not around any of my EMS gear. Normally, I can hear the dispatch and know where I have to be before I can get to my gear. However, lately , The advertisements have been blocking, the dispatcher talking or the transmission of the units. This is very frustrating when you’re trying to hear the dispatcher tell you the address do you need to go to.

Reality Radio. Interesting to listen in on Vegas Metro on any weekend obviously holidays are even more eventful, but also cool to check on what's happening in my backyard too. It's comprehensive and you can set up a favs list Sometimes when I'm in the mood... I'll poor myself a drink, play online poker and listen to it in the background on my iPad, not everyday but sometimes it can be very entertaining. Plus You set your own wallpaper I have a pic of Reno 911, but the app usually just runs in the background

A COP BLOCKER. I think we all understand that ads are necessary. We can tolerate them as long as they’re not shoved down own throat. We normally have the option of exiting after a brief introduction, (up to 10 seconds). This is not the case for 5-0. We are forced to endure the initial child like ads for child like apps for what feels like a few minutes. There’s no way of exiting even if you sit through the entire cartoon. The high speed pursuit, the 4 alarm fire or the bank robbery has already landed in court before you gain control of the app again. A cop blocker. Besides that it’s great. It’s real time first responder chatter.

Happy viewer. I really have nothing bad to say about this app. I heard that the police scanner apps u find in the App Store were delayed a little bit. I was skeptical about using them because the possibility of me listening to false or fake records. But recently I was out in the yard after dark. I seen a neighbors house down the road getting spot lighted. I turned on my app and listened to check out what was going on and sure enough I heard the police conversation regarding the situation. I give this app 5 stars

Very good app. Does everything that you want it to. My only complaint is how many ads there are. I understand that there will be advertisements in a free app, but every time I change the station, it loads this huge thing trying to get me to download a game. So it takes a while to load, then you have to wait 5-10 seconds before it will let you close it. Just a little excessive. Other than that, it works great. If pop ups and a lot of ads bother you, definitely get the paid version.

Great app. As with most free versions of an app this one contains advertisements, but they are not intrusive on the enjoyment of the app. The interface is nice and simple and easy to figure out. I have used this app for more than a year and it works flawlessly. Each channel comes in clear and there is no overlap. I listen for enjoyment only so I have not been interested in advanced features. Judging solely on the free version I would expect other paid versions to be as good.

WAY too many ads. The ads are ridiculous. For starters, you cannot simply click the 'x' on any of the ads at first because they do not display the 'x' until the ad has been visible for a while. You cannot click where the 'x' would normally be located because it changes from ad to ad. If you do click on the area where the 'x' would be and it's not there yet, it takes you to the ad. The ads will come on full volume, with Shaq trying to sell you some at-home pain remedy, playing over the radio until it allows you to exit the ad. It's pretty obvious the free version of this app is meant to encourage people to pay for the full version because this app is just a pain to use. Uninstalling.

Too many adds ,. App it’s good , works as it should , has plenty of scanner feeds to browse and listen to , now why 3 stars , well am using the free version and I understand ads will be displayed and it’s ok but when the large ads pop up and take the full screen for 15 seconds it’s really annoying and frustrating , am ok with y’all having ads in the bottom of my screen but taking over the whole screen is absurd and annoying , all be uninstalling soon and moving to a less app that doesn’t cover up and take over my screen every couple of minutes

Usually good. I like this app. But it does have it’s problems. It’s just not this app however. Problem is that for the Des Moines Police it doesn’t always work kind of like a server is down or something. Happens fairly frequently and seems like it’s down for 24+ hours at a time. No I don’t have the time to listen 24/7 but it’s kind of a pain when I do and no stream. Yet other Police are working just fine. Someone needs to see if something can be done about this. Otherwise a great app and would upgrade if that could be corrected.

Very useful indeed!. This scanner is exactly what you think it is. It gives you live feed in not only your area but all over the country and then some. I hear about crimes that are news worthy before the news crews know about it. It's awesome! But I just wish that my favorited stations would come on when there is someone talking or like a multifunctional radio that you can see multiple radio signals in a line it in boxes etc. Just a thought.

APP CHANGED? LIVE RADIO LOST STATIONS!. Hey I’ve notice there’s been plenty of Live Radio Streaming Music Stations lately not working or deleted from the Favourites Lists? Just curious wondering if someone is still employing operations functionality to testing and improving not only the reliance of the fluidity of working App but also the feeds of once greater numbers of selection of additional choices of musical genre lists available. Hope there will be new updates addressing this inquiry and concerns!

Ads. I love this app and have been using it for years now. Unfortunately the ads have gotten out of hand. I understand the need for ads and I respect that. But what I’m irritated about is the length of the ads and the audio taking over the scanner feed. Make it to where the scanner audio doesn’t cut out when an ad stats and give us the option to skip the ad. When an ad starts, it’s quicker to close and re-open the app just to get the scanner audio back.

Better Than Their Competitors. Other ‘free’ scanner apps provide a service but you have to wade through so many annoying ads to even begin to listen. I understand that ads are necessary when the app is free, but your ads are at the bottom of the app and you allow us to hear radio traffic immediately. That seems reasonable. A much more professional interface as well. Nice job!

Misses data and has a long delay. I compared this app to one available without installing, just using an address. You’ll have to search for it. Discovered that 5-0 is about 10 minutes slower in output to the other one. Also, there is only 1 add during the first 20 seconds and no fees with the other app. 5-0 has fewer comments heard on the station I listen to. I’m guessing it’s an older version that can miss data when you’re expecting it from more than one source as defined in the link title used. Otherwise it seems to work fine.

THE BEST IN REAL TIME POLICE SCANNER. If your skeptical that this police scanner gives real time feed as the police officers get it you can be skeptical no longer. I’ve been using this app for years now and had kept me safe and out of harms way even saved me from a trip downtown a time or to but this app is absolutely live the same Communication that the police officers get is what you get at the same time it’s amazing good job guys and affordable to’

Good scanner. Very decent scanner app. Picks up all the local traffic from city and county clearly. Also it's fun that you can pick up other places. I was listening to L.A. County hot shots and actually got to listens to the terrorist plot going in at LAX while they were handling it. Sad situation but it's the best news station to listen to cause you hear everything that's going on as it's happening.. With this, you don't need to go out and purchase an expensive handheld scanner because the app gives you the same as it does but cheaper. A+ rating

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Language English
Price Free
Adult Rating 17+ years and older
Current Version 56.0.0
Play Store com.smartestapple.50radiofree
Compatibility iOS 11.0 or later

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The application 5-0 Radio Police Scanner was published in the category News on 18 February 2010, Thursday and was developed by Smartest Apps LLC [Developer ID: 323131781]. This program file size is 46.95 MB. This app has been rated by 414,056 users and has a rating of 4.6 out of 5. 5-0 Radio Police Scanner - News app posted on 08 January 2024, Monday current version is 56.0.0 and works well on iOS 11.0 and higher versions. Google Play ID: com.smartestapple.50radiofree. Languages supported by the app:

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