Sleep Timer
This app needs either a built in sleep timer or enable it to be stopped by the iOS timer.
Randomly opens in background
This app randomly opens itself in the background on a regular basis and tries to stream, even with no TG selected, and interrupts other audio. Seems to do it more when I’m connected to Bluetooth. Developer said they would be releasing an update to fix this “in a few weeks,” but that was months ago and it never came.
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Station issue
Can find the station for my city anywhere
Love it but…
I love this app. But lately have had issues of it getting stuck while using on my iPad. I even replaced my iPad thinking it was the issue. It will work and then all of a sudden I will no longer be hearing radio traffic and look over it will have either the blue or red light lit up and no sound. I turn off and on and it may work for another second or so then does the same thing. I have relaunched the app, rebooted both the old and new iPad, reset both etc still happening.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your comment. Please contact us at rdio-scanner@saubeo.solutions and we will be happy to assist you with your issue.
Now has Ads even with a Subscription
The latest update now has ads even for subscribers. Time to look for an alternative to Rdio Scanner.
Update: I received a response to this review from the developer who proceeded to gaslight me.
Update: I received a response to this review from the developer who proceeded to gaslight me.
Very Limited
Basic if that, ended up switching to Thinline Radio.
Randomly opens in background
This app randomly opens in the background and tries to stream (even if I have no TG selected) multiple times a day. Seems to do it more when I’m connected to Bluetooth.
No customer support
Purchased the app Monday 12/22 and have not heard back about getting the needed access code, sent 3 emails and nothing. Just give me a refund of $39.99
Blah blah blah
Bottled water?
Remove Ads?
I have a paid subscription but still have ads on the bottom is there a way to remove those?
Needs some tweaks
Streams audio fine, but could use some tweaks. Some of the channels are duplicated and appear on the “Select TG” screen multiple times. When I open the app, there are always random channels selected and I have to change which ones I want to listen to every time. Sometimes, after closing the app, it’ll randomly start playing audio again, especially if I connect Bluetooth.
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NO Comms NO Connection 🤷♂️
Lost connection or signal, pretty much lost everything since last update, all functionality gone. Deleted, reinstalled & Restored & still not working. Nothing works, Live feed for any TG is non functional, selected/deselected all TG’s, cant even listen to the last previous call. Crazy but true, but this worked flawlessly just last month. Please fix it, redo the code or what have you. What ever needs doing.
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Latest update reintroduces the connection timeout bug
Updated Sept 13th, 2025
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Unless the app is in the foreground, AND there is semi-frequent activity, the app goes to sleep and drops its connection to the server. Depending on what channels I’m listening to, I’m almost always having to unlock my phone screen and get it to wake up before it’ll re-establish its connection to the server. This is pretty frustrating as the long gaps in time have me wondering if it’s truly quiet, or the app died again.
Can’t you please fix this?!
Also add a few memory buttons that can be used to remember various talkgroup settings? Depending on where I am, I listen to various talk groups IDs and specific channels. Instead of having to reprogram those every time, it would be convenient to recall mem-1, mem-2, or mem-3 for example.
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Unless the app is in the foreground, AND there is semi-frequent activity, the app goes to sleep and drops its connection to the server. Depending on what channels I’m listening to, I’m almost always having to unlock my phone screen and get it to wake up before it’ll re-establish its connection to the server. This is pretty frustrating as the long gaps in time have me wondering if it’s truly quiet, or the app died again.
Can’t you please fix this?!
Also add a few memory buttons that can be used to remember various talkgroup settings? Depending on where I am, I listen to various talk groups IDs and specific channels. Instead of having to reprogram those every time, it would be convenient to recall mem-1, mem-2, or mem-3 for example.
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Scanner
Best scanner I’ve found thus far.
Thanks for fixing background audio!
I noticed the difference right away! This is a huge update despite any other minor issues that others might be having. Thanks so much for delivering on this. It was much needed! Appreciate all the efforts being done to continue to make this app better and better!
Response from developer
Thanks! But wait for the upcoming v1.11 (still in beta) which brings back the audio notifications as with v1.9 but will auto switch between the two modes depending on if you want to listen music at the same time.
CarPlay broken with 1.10 Update
I really enjoy this app, 5 stars before the newest 1.10 update because it has made it so that CarPlay doesn’t display the app in the “now playing” section. I can no longer see the talk group or skip ahead using the steering wheel controls. I think this might be due to the way the app treats the audio as background only. Is it possible to add a toggle to turn off the background only audio so CarPlay works again?
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Response from developer
Thanks for your suggestion, we will work on something that should satisfy everyone.
Notification and connection issues
With the latest version released yesterday, the connection is still lost if paused or live turned off and the app is backgrounded (but not closed) for a few minutes. When you bring the app back up and try to go live or search, it just has the loading line forever. The app really needs reconnect logic. Also, with the simultaneous audio app change (where you can play other audio/video with RDIO still going), I can no longer see the radio call on CarPlay or my Lock Screen to know which TG is playing.
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Update working great
Stays connected and plays with other ongoing audio on device
Won’t stay connected
The app just doesn’t seem to want to stay connected to the talk group.
Will Not Stay Connected to the Server
Ever since the March 2025 update, the app will not stay connected to the server. Previously I would run into problems occasionally but could reconnect by clicking on settings and hitting connect. I never understood why that was necessary. Why shouldn’t clicking on live on the main screen automatically ensure a connection is active or attempts to reconnect? Now it’s even worse. The only way I can connect is by killing the app and then reopening it. This is becoming too frustrating given the annual cost of the app.
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Response from developer
Please update 1.9.6
