“Listen to live police & fire radio”
“Browse interesting audio clips”
“Easily find nearby scanners”
“Listen to the most popular scanners”
“Listen in on breaking news”
“Save your favorites for quick access”
“View scanner location maps”
A closer look at the screenshots
A listener count and linked news headline accompany the player, putting the audio beside event context.
A titled audio clip has a play count and map, giving browsing a story example and location.
Local department names appear with listener counts in the nearby-scanner list.
An active-event flag and listener count highlight a feed within a familiar list layout.
Timestamped events and an alerts switch show the connection between incidents and notifications.
A short saved-feed list shows the result of choosing favourites, with open space below it.
A map with a coverage outline makes the scanner's geographic area the whole image.
About this app
Scanner Radio is the #1 police scanner and alerts you of breaking news so you can listen to the action live with millions of others. Stay up to date with your local news, traffic, emergency and public safety or listen in during major national live events in real time. Features: • Breaking news alerts to get the scoop before anyone else. • View scanners located nearest you. • View the most popular scanners. • View the newest scanners being added all the time. • Star your favorite scanners for quick access. • Browse thousands of scanners from all over the world by location or genre (public safety, air traffic, railroad, marine, etc). • CarPlay support Receive an alert anytime: • A scanner in the directory has more than a certain amount of listeners • A specific scanner has more than a certain number of listeners • A Broadcastify alert is posted for one of your favorites • A Broadcastify alert is posted for any scanner • A Broadcastify alert is posted for any scanner near you • A new scanner comes online near you Turn on notifications to receive alerts anytime a scanner has more than 2000 listeners (find out about major events as they're breaking). The audio you're able to hear is provided by volunteers (and, in many cases, police and fire departments themselves) for Broadcastify.com and a few other sites using real scanner radios. For assistance, please go to http://support.gordonedwards.net Terms of Use: https://scanner-radio.firebaseapp.com
Headlines in this set
7 screenshots · 7 with a headline
“Listen to live police & fire radio”
The headline names the listening action and the two service types directly.
“Browse interesting audio clips”
“Browse” presents recorded clips as something to choose from; “interesting” leaves the appeal to the examples.
“Easily find nearby scanners”
“Nearby” makes location the filter, while “easily” states a usability benefit for the search.
“Listen to the most popular scanners”
“Most popular” gives the reader a selection method based on listening activity.
“Listen in on breaking news”
“Listen in” applies an audio action to breaking news, distinguishing the offer from reading headlines.
“Save your favorites for quick access”
The sentence gives both the action, saving favourites, and the reason, quick return access.
“View scanner location maps”
The direct label explains that the map concerns scanner locations.
How News sets are usually built
Most News apps feature-per-slide, with text-top-device-bottom (78% of sets, 89% of screens).