OpenMHz User Reviews
Customer Experience
~ Based on 74 written reviews from the US App Store.
What users say
Summarized from real user reviews of OpenMHz. Based on 164 reviews and a 4.0/5 average, it highlights the 8 positives and 10 negatives reviewers mention most about this News app.
Positive things
- 💰Completely free with no ads or subscriptions
- 🎙️Access to hard-to-find radio channels and frequencies
- 📚Archive feature allows listening to past calls and events
- 🎯Ability to select specific talk groups and agencies
- 🌍Extensive coverage across USA with many local systems
- 🔊Clear audio quality when working properly
- ⚡Lightweight and responsive interface
- 👨💻Dedicated developer actively improving the app
Negative things
- 🐛Frequent crashes and freezing issues
- 🔄Data not refreshing or getting stuck on old timestamps
- 📵App stops working after a few days of use
- 🔊Audio squelching and feedback problems
- ⚠️Inconsistent autoplay functionality
- 🔌App doesn't continue playing when screen locks
- 📱Poor performance on iPhone and iPad
- 🗂️Difficult navigation and confusing interface
- 🔍Missing coverage in some populated areas
- ⏱️Not truly real-time, delayed audio feeds
Is OpenMHz Safe?
OpenMHz appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for OpenMHz is 79/100.
This assessment is based on 164 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4/5.
Safety Analysis
~ Based on 164 App Store ratings for OpenMHz.
Is OpenMHz Legit?
OpenMHz appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for OpenMHz is 73/100.
Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.
Top reviews
I love this app I use it almost everyday because 1. I’m nosey LOL and 2. Where my grandma lives is in a ghetto neighborhood so I like to keep track of things. However today the apps not working it’s suck on 3Am nothing past it. It’s almost 2Pm where I’m at currently there’s no way calls have not been made in since 3AM. Please fix this I would hate to have to find the next best thing.
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Great app. An auto refresh would be fantastic!
I really wish there was a way to save talk group preferences as a favorites list. I’d even pay for a pro version of the app if it was available!
Overall, very good app. Lots of choices if scanner sorted by area. My one recommendation would be, is add a search feature to the talk groups. Its very difficult to exclude channels you dont want.
Scanner shows way too many duplicate channels sand cannot find one channel in my area. Useless app!
Not a single New Mexico station
It’s not refreshing for today it’s stuck on 12 pm for Sacramento
Hi, every time I enable the archive feature, select a date and what not and then when I unselect it, it doesn’t change. When you see like the vertical list of the radio logs, it’s still at the archive date and I always have to uninstall the app and reinstall it for it to fix itself. Everything else is perfect though.
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Up until last week, 2026-03-02 the app was working fine; however; it’s now been 11 days of no service! When will the issue be fixed?
Still working.
I absolutely love how being able to get down to listen to direct channels only.
I’ve been using this app for a few months now to listen to Charlotte (NC) Fire. In the past few weeks it has steadily lost ops channels. My husband is a dispatcher so I know when there’s a call on a certain channel and it’s not coming through. Lost Echo first, and now Hotel is gone, and all feeds have gotten very spotty and break up terribly. Sad, cause I really loved this app but it’s not much good to me anymore.
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Great app I'm sure they adding more departments and cities I use it on my iPhone 13 and it's plays a couple of transmissions/conversations out of nowhere it pauses 2-6 seconds into a transmission app freezes only choice is to force close and open it sometimes after that it reopen let you choice what department freezes again
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Best scanner app with archives no cost!!!
Hey developer… this app is great I enjoy listening to the call that go on in the world quick question for you. Could you please add meridian Mississippi frequencies. Thanks so much.
Simply the best police scanner app out there
Great app. I love how it operates! I listen to the Sacramento area but its squelches a lot. So most of the time I cannot hear any words only the squelching. Could this be fixed?
Charlotte NC is not updating
When it works it is the best app. But lately all I get most of the time is the loading spinner.
This app used to be fairly reliable and consistent but the past few months it’s been consistently useless. Logs never show up the screen is just blank refreshing the page does nothing or breaks the app completely.
