# OpenMHz — user reviews > 74 indexed App Store user reviews of OpenMHz by Luke Berndt, rated 4.00/5 from 164 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/openmhz/id6466666994/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/openmhz/id6466666994.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 95 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 22 ## What do users think of OpenMHz? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 💰 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 **Cons** - 🐛 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 **Commonly reported bugs** - App freezes and requires force restart - Archive feature doesn't properly reset when disabled - Blank screen with no content loading - Data stuck on old timestamps and not updating - Logs not displaying or showing blank screens - App crashes when minimized and reopened - Specific channels (Charlotte NC, Sacramento) not updating - Audio plays out of order with incorrect timestamps - Talk groups disappearing from feeds - Spotty and breaking audio feeds - Loading spinner stuck indefinitely - App won't open or crashes on startup **Most requested features** - Ability to bookmark or favorite systems and talk groups - Custom group creation and naming - Search functionality for talk groups instead of scrolling - Background audio playback when screen is locked - iPad landscape mode support - Save user preferences and last selected channels - CarPlay support - Map view with icons and geolocation - Day/date indicators in archive listings - Feedback/support contact option within app - Meridian Mississippi frequencies - Real-time audio instead of delayed playback ## Newest reviews (16 of 74) ### 3/5 — Bug or glitch *2026-07-26, version 1.1.1* 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. ### 4/5 — Good app *2026-06-29, version 1.1.1* Great app. An auto refresh would be fantastic! ### 4/5 — My favorite app but *2026-06-18, version 1.1.1* 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! ### 3/5 — Good..could be better *2026-06-02, version 1.1.1* 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. ### 2/5 — Too many duplicate channels *2026-05-30, version 1.1.1* Scanner shows way too many duplicate channels sand cannot find one channel in my area. Useless app! ### 4/5 — Archive Problem *2026-04-13, version 1.1.1* 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. ### 3/5 — Steadily failing *2025-10-27, version 1.1.1* 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. ### 3/5 — Good app just freezes up force restart and does the same thing again *2025-10-14, version 1.1.1* 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 ### 4/5 — Great App *2025-08-10, version 1.1.1* 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? ### 3/5 — Charlotte is not working? *2025-07-13, version 1.1.1* Charlotte NC is not updating ### 2/5 — Used to be great *2025-06-20, version 1.1.1* 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. ### 3/5 — Technical issues *2025-06-04, version 1.1.1* I’ve had this scanner for a while and it’s been great but now it’s having feedback issues to where you can’t hear the call. I love that you can specifically save it for your area. Hopefully whoever made the apps can adjust whatever they need to so there is no more feedback/static. I would have given 5 stars but the app is unusable at the moment. ### 4/5 — Calls not in real time *2025-06-02, version 1.1.1* Doesn’t capture the calls in real time. You have to click on the list to hear the calls ### 4/5 — Best scanner App *2025-04-23, version 1.1.1* This is the best way to hear what’s happening with my city’s first responders. I have trouble with the app’s autoplay function. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But overall this app is indispensable. ### 3/5 — For my iPhone *2025-04-21, version 1.1.1* Glitches a lot for my iPhone ### 4/5 — Custom groups / TG bookmarks please *2025-02-28, version 1.1.1* An amazing amount of functionality and content availabile with zero ads or cost. One thing that would significantly enhance this would be the ability to create custom groups or bookmark/favorite TGs. My local system has a gigantic number of talk groups, and that would save a ton of manual scrolling and repetitive selection. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Limited areas *2026-05-09, version 1.1.1* Not a single New Mexico station ### 1/5 — App Not Working *2026-03-13, version 1.1.1* 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? ### 1/5 — When it works it’s the best *2025-07-05, version 1.1.1* When it works it is the best app. But lately all I get most of the time is the loading spinner. ### 1/5 — Non Functional *2025-05-30, version 1.1.1* More often than not the app and website don’t work, stick to other free scanners. ### 1/5 — Increasingly buggy *2025-02-08, version 1.1.1* Great idea for an app, but needs more attention from the developer to iron out the bugs and make it more of a stable platform ### 1/5 — New Update *2024-12-05, version 1.1.1* New update is not good. It has all kinds of bugs that need worked out. Probably rolled out the new version too early. ### 1/5 — No listing for my general area *2024-10-09, version 1.0.5* I live in a large and very populated city in California, yet there is no station/scanner listed or searchable for anywhere near where I live. But there are listings for far less populated areas. What gives? (Re: Stockton, CA / San Joaquin County) ### 1/5 — Only USA *2024-10-09, version 1.0.5* Not for Australia ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2024-08-15, version 1.0.5* Great if it works ### 1/5 — Very Disappointed *2024-08-15, version 1.0.5* I downloaded app and was so excited that there was finally a police/fire/EMS scanner app that actually worked and had numerous agencies that worked. Until day 2-4, the app quit working. I deleted the entire app and redownloaded it, it worked again, but for less than 8 hours. Now, I’ve redownloaded it and it’s blank! Dead! Nothing! So disappointed. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Not working *2026-04-28, version 1.1.1* It’s not refreshing for today it’s stuck on 12 pm for Sacramento ### 5/5 — OpenMhz *2025-11-18, version 1.1.1* Still working. ### 5/5 — Excellent app, easy to use as well! *2025-11-02, version 1.1.1* I absolutely love how being able to get down to listen to direct channels only. ### 5/5 — Best Scanner App *2025-10-01, version 1.1.1* Best scanner app with archives no cost!!! ### 5/5 — Scanner in my area *2025-09-25, version 1.1.1* 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. ### 5/5 — The best *2025-09-13, version 1.1.1* Simply the best police scanner app out there ### 5/5 — Great app! *2025-06-08, version 1.1.1* I’ve used this for 15 mins and I’m in love! Awesome free app. Kudos to the developer! My only wish is the audio would play in the background. But still gets 5 stars ### 5/5 — OpenMhz *2025-05-31, version 1.1.1* Not gonna work anymore for san Diego police. ### 5/5 — This is Greatness *2025-04-10, version 1.1.1* I love the ability to change the talk groups, but sometimes I dont know how to keep it running and have to hit play again. ### 5/5 — A+ *2025-02-16, version 1.1.1* Great app. As a feeder to this I love the ability to be able to listen to my site any time I want from anywhere. Not to mention, free, without adds or interruptions. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-05.*