Android App Review: Scanner Radio and Scanner Radio Pro

Do you like watching "Cops"?  I have to admit it is one of my personal guilty pleasures.  I think that's why I like listening to police scanners.

Scanner Radio and Scanner Radio Pro are apps  for Android by Gordon Edwards.  The app allow you to listen to over 2,300 live audio streams of police and fire department communications as well as some other government agencies (and railroad, and weather, etc.) radio streams where available.  The scanner has a "favorites" to keep track of the most commonly listened to streams and can leverage the GPS in android device to quickly find the closest radio streams near you.

The app also has the top 50 scanners so there is always something interesting to hear. (My personal recommendations are Chicago and L.A. Police departments.  There is some crazy stuff going on in those towns all the time.)

There is also a "New Additions" section where the latest scanners are added.  Right now as I write this, I am listening to a scanner in Queensland Australia where they are having major flooding.  There are scanners from about 25 countries available, but just to list a few there is Germany, Japan, Canada, United Kingdom, and Chile.

Scanner Radio can also be configured to notify you when a large amount of people start listening to a stream, which can be indicative that something big is going on. 

The Pro version is ad-free and allows you to archived audio streams but a subscription to RadioReference.com is required.  The Pro version is $2.99.