# Scanner Radio — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of Scanner Radio by Marco Papa, rated 1.06/5 from 48 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scanner-radio/id314312824/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scanner-radio/id314312824.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 47 ## Newest reviews (20 of 51) ### 1/5 — No stars *2020-09-17, version 7.4.2* Worthless Paid for nothing There is NOTHING for me in this app. Don’t waste your money. ### 1/5 — Do not download this one! *2020-09-10, version 7.4.2* Waste of money. Doesn’t work. Has the same name as the orange app that does work. Want my money back. 🙁 ### 1/5 — You are a joke of an app that does nothing. Total garbage. Do not buy *2020-08-29, version 7.4.2* How is this Pp even allowed in the App Store. Would have given negative rating if that was possible. ### 1/5 — No data just links to bad websites. Waste of money! *2020-08-10, version 7.4.2* Don’t buy. No data just links to bad websites. Reporting to Apple. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2020-07-29, version 7.4.2* Waste ### 1/5 — Don’t waist your money *2020-07-05, version 7.4.2* This app does nothing, does not even load any information, waist of time and money ### 1/5 — No stars *2020-06-13, version 7.4.2* Does not work ### 1/5 — Does nothing *2020-06-12, version 7.4.2* When the app opens it does nothing. There are no listings and no way to get listings. Seems like abandonware. Bought it by accident thinking it was a similar app a friend was using. ### 1/5 — Non functional app *2020-06-02, version 7.4.2* App is useless with no way to setup and non existent website. ### 1/5 — Nothing *2020-06-02, version 7.4.2* It gives you tabs of options but every single tab is blank. ### 1/5 — App i does not function at all. Scam *2020-06-01, version 7.4.2* How are this app allowed in the apple store. Total scam ### 1/5 — Empty *2020-06-01, version 7.4.2* Bought it and literally nothing is listed, anywhere. Directory is completely blank. ### 1/5 — Junk *2020-05-31, version 7.4.2* Agree, this is totally worthless! I want a refund! ### 1/5 — Rip Off *2020-05-30, version 7.4.2* Take your choice: 1. Buy this app 2. Flush a dollar down the toilet. At least option Two gives you 10 seconds of entertainment. ### 1/5 — Total waste *2020-05-13, version 7.4.2* Apple should be ashamed to even allow this and take our money ### 1/5 — Scam *2020-05-13, version 7.4.2* There’s nothing on this app. It should be removed from store. Don’t buy this scam. ### 1/5 — Scam *2020-05-07, version 7.4.2* There’s nothing there. Don’t get duped. ### 1/5 — Junk! *2020-04-30, version 7.4.2* Lost .99 I will contact apple and repot this scam. ### 1/5 — Do not buy *2020-04-23, version 7.4.2* Waste of money. Does not work ### 1/5 — COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY - I am reporting to Apple *2020-04-10, version 7.4.2* iPhone app seems like a scam. The main window in the app is completely blank with icons at the bottom which when clicked on opens another blank window. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Don’t get *2023-11-25* Just paid and downloaded and app will not open ### 1/5 — Worthless trash *2022-12-04, version 7.4.2* Don’t buy this app. Wasted 99 cents, app won’t run on any of my devices and there is nobody available to address the issue. Shame on Apple for allowing worthless apps like this to be sold in the App Store. ### 1/5 — Developer support doesn’t even exist *2022-08-02, version 7.4.2* Downloaded and it won’t even open. Tried going to app developer support page and they don’t even have a domain anymore. Apple should be ashamed for even allowing scammers like this on the App Store to sell their junk. ### 1/5 — Waste of money! *2021-11-21, version 7.4.2* Sure glad it was only $0.99! The app didn’t have anything on it. My guess is nothing available in my area. Would have been nice to know before. It literally had nothing! ### 1/5 — Don’t buy!!! *2021-07-15, version 7.4.2* App doesn’t work…. Waste of money… ### 1/5 — App was blank. Don’t waste your dollar *2021-04-15, version 7.4.2* Total waste of time and dollar. ### 1/5 — Took my money Zero stars if possible *2021-03-28, version 7.4.2* Nothing there!! Don’t do it!! ### 1/5 — Scam/Garbage! Don’t buy *2021-01-03, version 7.4.2* The doesn’t work at all! If you click to go the help page it takes you to a bunch of click bait adds! ### 1/5 — Zero stars if I could *2020-10-26, version 7.4.2* I gave it a chance bc I thought it was the one my dad had; Nope ! nothing comes up! All blank!! Wasted $ ### 1/5 — I want my $ back! *2020-09-18, version 7.4.2* I wasn’t paying attention and I should have read the other reviews. There is nothing in this app! It connects to nothing! Don’t waste your money! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best scanner app *2012-08-22, version 6.0* This is a "crowded" fild, but after after having purchased 6 scanner radio apps from the App Store, this is the best:. Nightly updates of feeds, reporting of online/offline status, background play, and most of all extremely good sound quality. I highly recommend this app. ### 5/5 — Best scanner radio app *2010-02-09, version 0* This is a "crowded" field, but after havin purchased all, this is the best: nightly updates of feeds, reporing of online/offline status, background play and most of all, extremely good sound quality. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Great App! *2009-12-04, version 0* Certainly not the flashiest scanner app I have seen, but this one does offer the most channels to listen to and seems to always be updated and accurate for finding online agencies! I have bought 5 scanner apps, some offer some different bells and whistles which are very nice, but this app offers the most to frequencies to listen to! Some record, some offer maps, some offer outdated and often inaccurate 10 codes, some show how many listeners are listening, some even look more like a real scanner, some have "banks" and let you listen to more than one channel at a time, and some let you run the app in the background while you still have access to your other apps. Maybe they can incorporate the best features of all the scanner apps in future updates! Thanks! ### 5/5 — Worth the money. *2009-11-24, version 0* I work in the emergency service field and recommend this app to everyone I work with. It would be nice to have a shorter delay and to be able to add frequency codes if you've got them, but other than that I love it. It's the best scanner app available. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2009-10-20, version 0* As a scanner buff for over 30 years, I also own almost all the scanner apps. The best thing about this app are the number of feeds to choose from (it seems to have them all!) and the ability to share what you are listening to via facebook and twitter. That's a good feature. It's not my favorite scanner app (though it is in the top 3) because I am not crazy about the GUI. It's rather plain. And moreso, I recently discovered another scanner app that actually scans multiple feeds for activity the same way a real scanner does. I've gotten spoiled with that feature. That being said, this is a solid app. I'll love it when the developers combine all the best features into a single app. 5 stars for the selection alone and the ability to add custom feeds. ### 5/5 — This is almost perfect *2009-10-09, version 0* This app is the best scanner apps but I would love to be able to put my own frequency feed for whatever police or fire or whatever it may be I have a book for all the feed frequencies for like a real scanner when u have to actually put them in and it'd be great to do it on any of these scanner apps, thank u for making this one it's great ### 5/5 — 5 stars - Excellent *2009-09-16, version 0* This app works great. I see a lot of disappointed reviews from people on this app because they expect too much from it. Peolpe are always talking about the poor quality they seem to get and nothing close in there area. Everybody thats complaining all had the chance to go on-line and review the coverage areas first hand before purchasing this app. As far as the quality goes, I've listened to scanners my whole life and I hear the same poor quality once in awhile on regular scanners also. This is very common among scanners today because most sites are running on 800 band trunked systems today. Back before when scanners all ran on 400 ban and lower the quality of reception was much greater. This app works just as good as my quality 1000 channel dual trunking hand held scanner but without the bulky ness to carry around. I would recommend this scanner app to anyone that is thinking about about purchasing it. ### 5/5 — I really enjoy this app! *2009-07-30, version 0* For the price, who can complain? This app is so easy to use, my blind relatives could probably use it. I haven't had any of the problems that some people here are complaining about. My fave stations are the Chicago police and the Vegas police. A great app at a great price! ### 5/5 — Best Scanner App Yet *2009-07-12, version 0* Loads Fast and sorry to say it's better than Emergency Radio and Police Scan you get all the NYPD freqs all and everything works even Boston PD the other 2 Scanner Programs are always offline or just don't work. I would pay 5 bucks for this app if I had to but for 99 cents you can't go wrong. Buy it you'll like it trust me ### 5/5 — Great!!!! *2009-06-19, version 0* This app is the best! And for .99cents wow! I bought my scanner for 200 and I can't even get all the channels this app has! For .99cents you get the whole united states and some! Can't believe people complain! Can your scanner do what this app can do? And can it fit in your pocket? Great app. --- *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 2026-06-10.*