# Police Scanner: Crime Radar — user reviews > 212 indexed App Store user reviews of Police Scanner by Sepia Software LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 28,113 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/police-scanner-crime-radar/id1075599309/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/police-scanner-crime-radar/id1075599309.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 22,561 · 4★ 2,534 · 3★ 1,092 · 2★ 448 · 1★ 1,478 ## What do users think of Police Scanner? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Great app - 🔍 Helpful for situational awareness - 🔊 Clear audio quality - 📡 Wide coverage of channels - 🤝 Useful for retired first responders **Cons** - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🔍 Issues with favorite channels - 🔇 Sound quality problems - 🔋 Drains battery - 🤬 Aggressive advertising - 🔒 Difficult to cancel subscription **Commonly reported bugs** - Channels not working consistently - App crashing or freezing - Subscription issues and billing problems **Most requested features** - Notification system for important events - More local channel coverage - Option to disable ads for paid subscribers - Easier subscription management ## Newest reviews (19 of 212) ### 2/5 — Not quite as advertised *2026-08-05, version 2.0.14* It’s says 24 hour active, but it only goes back 12 hours. Quite disappointing considering what they charge and the fact that I can listen to the same scanner for free. I paid specially for the archives. ### 1/5 — Not user friendly *2026-07-12, version 2.0.13* Not user friendly canceled! ### 1/5 — SCAM ALERT! STOLE $39.99 FROM ME!!!! *2026-07-07, version 2.0.13* I’ve been looking for a new scanner app since my last one stopped working. Downloaded this one for the free trial to see if it worked well (IT DID NOT, poor quality app, glitches and doesnt work half the time). My subscription screen says it will charge me AFTER the trial ends. Almost immediately thereafter it charged me $39.99 for a year’s subscription. I DON’T WANT A YEAR OF THIS GARBAGE, MUCH LESS EVEN A FREE TRIAL. They aren’t responding to multiple emails like a scam artist. Calling my bank to dispute the charge. Scam artists!!! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work all the time *2026-06-26, version 2.0.12* I’ll hear something going on in my neighborhood and of course that’s when the scanner doesn’t work, ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2026-06-19, version 2.0.12* Only shows live time but doesn’t go back the 30min waste of money ### 1/5 — Costly app *2026-06-17, version 2.0.12* No one time purchase. no free with ad version. $40 per month ### 1/5 — SCAM *2026-06-16, version 2.0.12* Supposed to be a free trial but was instantly charged $50 DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS IS A SCAM ### 1/5 — Not happy *2026-06-08, version 2.0.12* Unsubscribed before payment due date still on my account like I’m being forced to pay 😡😡😡messed up my whole Apple Store. I can’t download nothing on my phone that important then on top of it, you can’t get a hold of support . Very annoying. ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-05-31, version 2.0.12* You gotta pay to listen to the stations might I add crime radar does the same thing that this does and more 100% free ### 1/5 — Requires subscription to use *2026-05-30, version 2.0.12* Stupid app ### 1/5 — Not free. Liars. *2026-05-26, version 2.0.12* Not free. Impossible to use. No free version ### 1/5 — Anonymous *2026-05-24, version 2.0.12* Not my area, not even my state. ### 1/5 — Absolutely do not download this app *2026-05-22, version 2.0.12* This app is trying to charge my card 50 bucks and putting me into the negatives and they will not respond to my messages POs ### 1/5 — MISLEADING *2026-05-21, version 2.0.12* says it’s free but it costs money. What a scam ### 1/5 — Doesn’t have my county *2026-05-15, version 2.0.12* Doesn’t have my county, and I haven’t found where to cancel my free trial before I get charged ### 1/5 — Misleading 7 day free trial *2026-05-14, version 2.0.12* This was supposed to be a 7 day free trial before charging the full amount and instead was charged the full amount. No free trial. I want a refund! ### 1/5 — Not Free *2026-05-13, version 2.0.12* Literally not free ### 1/5 — doesn’t say pay *2026-05-09, version 2.0.12* doesn’t say pay but you download the app and go in the app it try’s to make u pay to use when the doesn’t mention or shouldn’t need to pay to use ### 1/5 — Nope *2026-05-08, version 2.0.12* Not paying for something I cannot try out first…WITHOUT putting all my financial information in! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Trash app *2026-09-06, version 2.0.17* This scanner app is doing the one job it has and still failing. 113 people sitting there staring at a map of Waukesha County like something’s about to happen, and the app just slaps up “This feed is off the air right now.” Then a giant orange refresh button, like hitting that is going to invent a radio signal. Half the time the feed isn’t even dead. The app just lost the stream, choked on the server, or decided midnight on a weekend was a good time to lie to you. “Try Again” is developer-speak for “we don’t know, you figure it out.” Enhance Audio. Show Captions. Volume slider ready. Map looking official. All the costume of a real scanner — and then silence. It’s a flashlight with no batteries. Broadcastify-style apps have been like this for years: pretty UI, dead streams, and a star button so you can favorite the disappointment. The cops didn’t go off the air. The app just quit and blamed the feed. ### 1/5 — They don’t have the area I live in on here *2026-08-24, version 2.0.15* I live in a area that is private from the actual county and they don’t have it on here ### 1/5 — Waist of time *2026-08-22, version 2.0.15* This app is trash . It won’t give you local scans ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-08-22, version 2.0.15* I am in Santa Rosa county Florida and there is no local reports on this app. I can here emergency vehicles up and down the road but app says no activity ### 1/5 — Audio Doesn’t work *2026-08-19, version 2.0.15* Audio isn’t working ### 1/5 — Still nothing for my city *2026-08-18, version 2.0.15* I mean the county is there but the feed is not. I’ll check back next year. Again. ### 1/5 — DO NOT DOWNLOAD *2026-08-16, version 2.0.15* If you’ve seen ads of this app, you’d know that they say “This is police scanner, it is a completely free app” NOT FREE. THEY FORCE YOU TO GET A FREE TRIAL TO EVEN SEE THE MAP, AND ONCE YOU GET THE TRIAL YOU CANNOT CANCEL IT, AND THEY MAKE IT TO WHERE YOU CANT CANCEL IT SO THEY CAN CHARGE YOU FORTY BUCKS. And lastly it is NOT USER FRIENDLY. ### 1/5 — False advertisement *2026-07-31, version 2.0.14* When I downloaded it, I read somewhere that it's free to listen with no account necessary, yet when I opened it, I immediately was greeted with an inescapable pay wall. I signed up for a free trial, because I badly needed the app in the moment, but now I'll be cancelling after also discovering that the app itself also wasn't helpful. ### 1/5 — Not gud *2026-07-23, version 2.0.13* Other scanners is just better I like a refund ### 1/5 — False advertising *2026-07-18, version 2.0.13* We can’t get police calls or it is not a Police Scanner for any work miles around my area, which makes it worthless to me. The whole point was to see what’s going on. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Feeds *2026-06-02, version 2.0.12* Love this so much thank you ### 5/5 — FTP *2026-04-29, version 2.0.12* It’s good ### 5/5 — Mr.scanner Runyun Mckiggee *2026-03-21, version 2.0.10* It’s hotter than fish grease ### 5/5 — Love & helpful *2026-03-07, version 2.0.10* This is a perfect way to tell whats going on. Im very grateful this is free ### 5/5 — Police scanner *2026-03-03, version 2.0.9* This is really cool the best I ever came across good feedback and very loud! ### 5/5 — Great Scanner App *2025-12-24, version 2.0.4* I appreciate this app.. no problems no spyware ### 5/5 — Unlink *2025-12-17, version 2.0.2* I keep getting other areas, Alerts. I uncheck those, I still keep getting them. It’s hard to sign in in an emergency to get right where I need to go. ### 5/5 — Change in app *2025-12-10, version 2.0.0* Did they change the appearance of this app? ### 5/5 — Scanner *2025-12-05, version 1.5.2* Awesome ### 5/5 — Very cool application *2025-10-31, version 1.5.2* Like walkie talkie’s --- *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 2026-09-08.*