The 4 Best Free Police Scanner Apps (2024)

Updated on September 23, 2020

The legality of these apps depend on where you live, or maybe more importantly, where you use it (i.e., tuning in at home might be fine, but it could be illegal to drive around with a police scanner running).

Learn Short Codes While You Listen: 5-0 Radio Police Scanner

One way to get a free police scanner is with the 5-0 Radio Police Scanner app. While it does make you watch ads occasionally, it gives you access to lots of feeds all around the world and includes police scanner codes on the same screen as the feed.

You can get the pro app for more police feeds, no ads, a sleep timer/alarm, a siren noise maker, weather feeds, and other features.

This police scanner also includes access to online radio stations.

This scanner radio works on iOS and Windows 11/10/8.

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Get Alerts When Something Big Is Happening: Scanner Radio

One thing that sets the Scanner Radio app apart from the other police scanners in this list is that you can set up mobile alerts to get notified when lots of people are listening to a specific feed, which usually indicates increased activity on the scanner.

Feeds in this police radio app can be browsed by ones near you, the top 50, location, and source (e.g., ScanBC, RailroadRadio, Broadcastify).

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Stream Police Radio Feeds From Any Device: Broadcastify

More than 7,000 live audio streams are available atBroadcastify, with feeds not only from police radios but alsopublic safety, aircraft, rail, and marine live audio streams.

Live broadcasts are categorized into sections likeTop 50 Live Audio Feeds, Latest 50 Feed Additions, andOfficial Feedsso that you can easily navigate to what you might be looking for. There's also a Browse by Location page to find local police scanners.

Broadcastify also includes these features:

• Uses have the opportunity to broadcast their own stream.
• There are several ways to listen, like through iTunes, a phone,or your web browser.

You can use this free police scanner on Android devices. A premium Broadcastify subscription is necessary if you want unlimited, continuous listening times, no ads, and other exclusive features.

Record Police Feeds From Thousands of Locations: Police Scanner

This police scanner app not only connects you to over 50,000 feeds, but also lets you record what you hear and play it back later.

Here are a few notable features:

• The interface can be customized (e.g., change the background image or hide buttons and labels).
• Custom police scanner feeds can be added to the app by URL.
• You can share the feed URL with others where they can listen in a web browser.

Police Scanner is free for iPhone and iPad users only. Police Scanner + is available for purchase if you want extra features like no ads, bonus content such as weather and airport feeds, local police codes, and more.

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