“Do not accept free trial!! — I canceled the same day i started the free trial and was still charged over$40. Do not use this app”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 507 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.7 ★166,021 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
90 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Download the Police Scanner App and be the first to know about wildfire info, public safety, breaking news, fire alarms, crime waves, and emergency alerts near you.
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Preview
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Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
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 2.40.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.40.0, updated 2026-09-22.
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 a price and a billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say 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.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
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: Raised by 30 distinct reviewers — 5.9% of the 507 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
One source only — shown, not confirmed 4
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.
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (6 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
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 (3.2% of 507 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 507 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports of unexpected charges
A large number of reviewers report being charged when they did not expect it — including being charged after cancelling during a free trial, or when a trial turned into a paid plan without warning. We cannot see anyone's billing, so this is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Surprise charges: raised by 21 distinct reviewers (4.1% of 507 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Took my money! — I signed up for the free trial and still got charged!!! Don’t fall for this app!”
“I want a refund — You told me I was getting a free trial and charged me for a year subscription on the SAME DAY I want my money back now”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.40.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown4
Lowest$2.99
Highest$39.99
Radio Scanner Pro Weekly$2.99
Radio Scanner Pro Monthly$9.99
Police Scanner Pro 1-year plan$29.99
Police Scanner, Fire Radio Pro$39.99