Police Scanner Radio & Fire: iPhone vs Android
Police Scanner Radio & Fire gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Police Scanner Radio & Fire by GordonEdwards.net LLC is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
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App details
App privacy Measured
Police Scanner Radio & Fire’s App Store privacy label declares 2 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 2 linked to your identity and 3 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v8.7, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Police Scanner Radio & Fire downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 5k+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 5k+ | 10M+ Measured |
| Total | 10k+ Confidence | 50M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Police Scanner Radio & Fire's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Ad-led
How Police Scanner Radio & Fire makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 2 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 3 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 4 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 5 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 6 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 7 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 8 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 9 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 10 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription |
Hidden keywords
Police Scanner Radio & Fire shows up in App Store search (US) for 5 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 537k |
| Google Play | 4.8 ★ | 504k 67k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.7 ★ weighted by ratings | 1M |
What users say about Police Scanner Radio & Fire
From the 93 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's ability to provide real-time local emergency information and its ease of use when functional. However, significant complaints focus on intrusive advertising, billing issues with subscriptions, and frequent technical failures or lack of coverage in specific regions.
Mixed (51% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about ads, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Useful: “I recommend it if your looking to find what’s going on”
- Features & content: “The sleep timer is one of the great features”
- Ads: “Ads are a bit long but don’t pop up too often”
- Fun: “Retired police chief and enjoy listening to my Department responding to calls for service”
Common complaints
- Ads: “Advertising is a nuisance”
- Price & subscription: “Impossible to stop monthly charge”
- Crashes & bugs: “Literally bugged the app so badly”
- Privacy & data: “I sign up for free trial and got scammed to pay 42 dollar subscription”
About Police Scanner Radio & Fire
Stay up to date with your local news, traffic, emergency and public safety or listen in during major national live events in real time.
Features:
• Breaking news alerts to get the scoop before anyone else.
• View scanners located nearest you.
• View the most popular scanners.
• View the newest scanners being added all the time.
• Star your favorite scanners for quick access.
• Browse thousands of scanners from all over the world by location or genre (public safety, air traffic, railroad, marine, etc).
• CarPlay support
Receive an alert anytime:
• A scanner in the directory has more than a certain amount of listeners
• A specific scanner has more than a certain number of listeners
• A Broadcastify alert is posted for one of your favorites
• A Broadcastify alert is posted for any scanner
• A Broadcastify alert is posted for any scanner near you
• A new scanner comes online near you
Turn on notifications to receive alerts anytime a scanner has more than 2000 listeners (find out about major events as they're breaking).
The audio you're able to hear is provided by volunteers (and, in many cases, police and fire departments themselves) for Broadcastify.com and a few other sites using real scanner radios.
For assistance, please go to http://support.gordonedwards.net
Terms of Use: https://scanner-radio.firebaseapp.com
Police Scanner Radio & Fire iPhone
Police Scanner Radio & Fire gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Police Scanner Radio & Fire is #9 in News Free in United States and charting in 4 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 News FreePolice Scanner Radio & Fire on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Police Scanner Radio & Fire’s App Store privacy label declares 2 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 2 linked to your identity and 3 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Police Scanner Radio & Fire downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Police Scanner Radio & Fire's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Police Scanner Radio & Fire before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How Police Scanner Radio & Fire makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 2 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 3 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 4 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 5 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 6 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 7 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 8 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 9 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription | |
| 10 | Scanner Radio Pro subscription |
Hidden keywords
Police Scanner Radio & Fire shows up in App Store search (US) for 5 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | NewsFree | #9 |
| United States | NewsGrossing | #16 |
 Canada | NewsFree | #8 |
 Australia | NewsFree | #10 |
| Canada | NewsGrossing | #23 |
 United Kingdom | NewsFree | #49 |
| Australia | NewsGrossing | #32 |
Apps near Police Scanner Radio & Fire on the chart
News Free, around #9.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
What users say about Police Scanner Radio & Fire
From the 93 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's ability to provide real-time local emergency information and its ease of use when functional. However, significant complaints focus on intrusive advertising, billing issues with subscriptions, and frequent technical failures or lack of coverage in specific regions.
Mixed (51% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about ads, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Useful: “I recommend it if your looking to find what’s going on”
- Features & content: “The sleep timer is one of the great features”
- Ads: “Ads are a bit long but don’t pop up too often”
- Fun: “Retired police chief and enjoy listening to my Department responding to calls for service”
Common complaints
- Ads: “Advertising is a nuisance”
- Price & subscription: “Impossible to stop monthly charge”
- Crashes & bugs: “Literally bugged the app so badly”
- Privacy & data: “I sign up for free trial and got scammed to pay 42 dollar subscription”
About Police Scanner Radio & Fire
Stay up to date with your local news, traffic, emergency and public safety or listen in during major national live events in real time.
Features:
• Breaking news alerts to get the scoop before anyone else.
• View scanners located nearest you.
• View the most popular scanners.
• View the newest scanners being added all the time.
• Star your favorite scanners for quick access.
• Browse thousands of scanners from all over the world by location or genre (public safety, air traffic, railroad, marine, etc).
• CarPlay support
Receive an alert anytime:
• A scanner in the directory has more than a certain amount of listeners
• A specific scanner has more than a certain number of listeners
• A Broadcastify alert is posted for one of your favorites
• A Broadcastify alert is posted for any scanner
• A Broadcastify alert is posted for any scanner near you
• A new scanner comes online near you
Turn on notifications to receive alerts anytime a scanner has more than 2000 listeners (find out about major events as they're breaking).
The audio you're able to hear is provided by volunteers (and, in many cases, police and fire departments themselves) for Broadcastify.com and a few other sites using real scanner radios.
For assistance, please go to http://support.gordonedwards.net
Terms of Use: https://scanner-radio.firebaseapp.com