Download Police Scanner and be the first to listen to the live audio of publi…
Police Scanner, Scanner Live Radio AppFrom our automated analysis, 13 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
This analysis describes version 1.29.0-260420093 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-13 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.29.0-260420093, updated 2026-10-12.
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
Download Police Scanner and be the first to listen to the live audio of public safety, wildfire alarm, earthquake alerts, breaking news, weather radar, major events and crime waves near you anytime.
Police Scanner Live Radio is the police scanner app of live audio streams including police scanners, public safety alerts, fire alarms, wildfires map and info, railroad radios, NOAA weather radio stations, hurricane, marine, aircraft, emergency, news, and amateur radio. Police Scanner Live Radio always keeps listeners updated with the latest news when major events are happening, such as wildfires, riots, protests, earthquake news, and other violent behaviors.…
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The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings that met the published evidence standard.
Bundles 6 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Ad Manager), InMobi and 2 more
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
Package artefact
Appworthy
sha256:cf710c6c36d7f3504788b78b71db730c8bf25adadee384531e73f9374d65d607Specific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.
The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.
Aggressive ad load: raised by 14 distinct reviewers (2.6% of 531 reviews scanned)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
531 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.
This used to be a good app but now it's been enshittified for more profit. I downloaded it the other day to get an idea of what was going on in my area based on the large amount of sirens, and got nothing but advertisements to upgrade to…
There are so many pop up, and other, ads on this app that it is barely usable. It takes you numerous steps to get TO the scanner area. During the time that you are listening, there are ads that constantly greet you. I can see maybe 1-2 at…
horrible at best! You won't be able to listen due to the non stop ads. They play back to back and will not stop unless you are willing to pay over $30.
A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.
Supporting measurements. They are not a complete list of possible harms or positives. “Not assessed” means we could not measure it — never zero, never a pass.
Android package 1.29.0-260420093, scanned 13 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.
Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 1.29.0-260420093 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-13 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.29.0-260420093, updated 2026-10-12.
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
No release notes were provided for this version.
No release notes were provided for this version.
police-scanner-google-police-scanner-radio-broadcastify-citizenAssessed 2026-10-13 from 531 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
This assessment is produced automatically. Six independent signals are read — user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.
No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.
There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.
Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.
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