“Ads — Even though I paid for the yearly subscription, I’m still having pop up ads.”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 406 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.6 ★28,260 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
23 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
HEAR IT LIVE. READ IT IN REAL-TIME. Transform your iPhone into a professional-grade emergency radio. Police Scanner 911 is the first and only scanner app featuring live AI Transcription, allowing you to read dispatch audio as it happens. Whether you are a breaking news junkie, a true crime enthusiast, or a neighbor concerned about local safety, this is the ultimate tool for situational awareness.
Join thousands of listeners and tap into the world’s largest network of live audio feeds, powered by Broadcastify.
WHY WE ARE DIFFERENT: Legacy scanner apps are filled with static and confusion. We use advanced audio processing and Artificial Intelligence to give you clarity.
KEY FEATURES:
AI LIVE TRANSCRIPTION (Premium) Don't just listen—read. Our cutting-edge speech-to-text engine captions police and fire dispatch audio in real-time.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 2.0.21 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.0.21, updated 2026-10-01.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 16 distinct reviewers (3.9% of 406 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Trial converts to a charge
The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.
What we saw: Trial converts to a charge: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.5% of 406 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Hard to cancel: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (2.0% of 406 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Overrun with full screen ads every 2 minutes. — Awful!”
“Way too many advertisements! — Not worth it try another app. P.S. I was offered money to write a positive review.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.0.21.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown8
Lowest$4.99
Highest$49.99
Police Scanner Premium - Weekly$4.99
Police Scanner Premium - Monthly$9.99
Police Scanner Monthly$9.99
Police Scanner Premium - 1 Year$39.99
Police Scanner Sub - 1 Year$39.99
Show 3 more purchases
Police Scanner Premium Yearly$29.99
Unlocks All Features + No Ads$49.99
Police Scanner Premium$4.99