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Last 30 days
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88.9K reviews
Last 30 days
Last 30 days
Avg rev. per download
88.9K reviews
Performance Insights
Category rankings
Competition level
Low competitionUnder 100K on both downloads and revenue — the kind of niche a small team can still take.
On the store
Released December 2009 · 71 releases since
5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner is an iOS app (Free) by Smartest Apps LLC in the news category, holding #22 in the free news charts and #31 in the grossing rankings. It draws an estimated 40K downloads a month and holds a 4.6-star rating.
- Monetizes through in-app purchases ranging from $2.99 to $39.99.
- Ships new versions about one a fortnight.
- Latest version is 67.6, released April 30, 2026.
- 80% of ratings are five-star.
- Available in 32 languages.
- Strongest in US, CA, AU.
- Downloads at 48.0 MB and requires iOS 13.0+.
- Rated 9+.
App details
- Version
- 67.6
- Release status
- Worldwide
- Age rating
- 9+
- Requires
- iOS 13.0+
- Size
- 48.0 MB
- Languages
- Arabic, HY, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Price
- Free
- First seen
- December 2009
- Top markets
- US, CA, AU
- Publisher country
- US
- Website
- Visit website
- Support
- Visit support
Release history
71 versions tracked
- Version 67.6Latest
- Version 67.5
- Version 67.4
- Version 67.3
- Version 67.2
- Version 67.1
- Version 67.0
- Version 66.9
- Version 66.8
- Version 66.7
- Version 66.6
- Version 66.5
Ships about one a fortnight.
In-app purchases
3 products · United States
- 5-0 Radio Pro+ (Annual)Yearly$39.99
- 5-0 Radio Pro+ (Weekly)Weekly$2.99
- 5-0 Radio Pro+ (Monthly)Monthly$9.99
What users say
- 5.0
Remarkable Application. Easy to Use
This app is excellent...and a real eye opener when it comes to what the nation's police forces face minute by minute. It is very telling of where the top crime areas are because this apps listeners flock to those cities (channels) with the most crime. After using this, I ask why would anybody need to buy a real scanner, except that some agencies might not be covered by this app. After listening to frequencies of the Top Ten of the Top 100 list, it is clear these cities would burn to the ground in a couple of days if their cops, firefighters, and emergency responders ever said "we're done" you deal with it. This app is also a great way to figure out where you should use extreme caution ...let alone think about living. The audio on most channels is amazingly clear and you can quickly get addicted and possibly depressed by listening to the non-stop drama. What is more telling is the fact that all the cities in the top ten are all run by Obama's minions like Apartheid Democrat Rahm Emanuel who runs Chicago....always at the top of the listener list due to the abject misery and crime in this city. This app is a telling and chilling blow by blow realtime saga of what is happening to people trapped in these Democratic Apartheid cities (DAC's). As an amateur anthropologist, this app provides a painful and scary insight into how law abiding people trapped in these killing fields cope minute to minute with violent crime. As said earlier, Chicago, Obama's home town, is top of the list. God help people living in these cities (especially Chicago) if their public safety people ever go on strike.
Reviewed on version 39.1
- 5.0
THIS APP USE TO BE A GOOD SCANNER APP !
I have used this scanner app for years to listen to police and fire calls. I even paid $ to upgraded to 5-0 scanner PRO, but now the last two times I went to open it up to listen for a fire call in my area a full page ad pops up and doesn't allow the fire call to come thru at all, (audio or video) at the beginning of the call. So ya miss were that fire call is at totally .The developer has taken steps to stop the ads if you previously paid for the PRO upgrade. This is a fine pc of software without the ads and works very well. .UPDATE: A big thank you to the developers of this app for giving the answer to the problem people were having with the ads for people that purchased the Pro upgrade (ad free) years ago like I did and give us the ability to get rid of the ads with out having to pay anything additional. Like I said in my original review and I'll say it again, it's a very fine pc of software that works very well. If you like listening to emergency frequencies, you will love this app. Thank you again to developers !!!
Reviewed on version 66.6
- 4.0
Scanner App
I’ve used a few apps for police/EMS scanners and this one is my favorite. I paid for the pro version which was worth the price to upgrade since I listen to the scanner activity for my city through an AirPod as white noise a lot. I listen while cleaning, working, and even fall asleep at night listening to it. I like that it doesn’t seem to drain my battery even while running almost constantly most days. It didn’t seem like there would be many added features with paying for the pro version but the enhancements it does have are worth the price. I like that it automatically connects to the last feed I was listen to and that I have the ability to customize the wallpaper. I also appreciate that it automatically reconnects if the feed is interrupted for some reason. Obviously the lack of ads interrupting the stream is the biggest improvement. Overall the interface is simple and easy to navigate and the one time I had a question, support was quick to respond with a solution. I recommend this app to people all the time and actually just learned recently that there must not be a version in the Google operating system which was surprising since this is such a popular app on iOS. Thanks for providing a great app.
Reviewed on version 61.0
About 5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner
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Free police scanner app with no subscription or account required. 5-0 Radio is the #1 most downloaded police scanner app since 2009. Use our crime radar to be the first to know about hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, shootings, riots, looting, protests, earthquakes, bombings, terrorist, radiation, nuclear fallout, outbreaks, biological or chemical attacks, and crime waves happening near you.
Tap into over 50,000 live police, firefighter, emergency medical ambulance, emt, air traffic control (ATC), airport, plane, railroad, trains, ham radio, NOAA weather, news, talk, sports, and music stations.
* 5-0 Radio is a Police Scanner app designed for Pros * - Free to use without a subscription or any payment - Live Captions (read what they're saying) - Rewind a Feed and Share/Listen to Audio from the Past - Record Feeds and Share Recordings via Email, AirDrop, Text, etc. - More Feeds than Competing Apps - Sleep Timer (turns off when you're asleep) - Police Siren Noise Maker - Access and Use Cool New Player Backgrounds - Even more extra Airport/Railroad/NOAA weather/Radio/Scanner feeds - Get new feature updates + More
As seen on ABC News, CNN, FOX News, New York Times, NPR, Wired, Yahoo! News, and various other major news organizations.
Listen to real events happening live in other parts of the world or in your local town. Listen to radio chatter in the background while you run other apps. Listen to new music as you surf the web. Share the stations you are listening to with your friends. They do not need to buy this app to listen to the feeds that you share with them.
* Features * - "Past Recordings From This Feed" lets you access our archives and listen to past audio from the feed. - You can rewind time and go back to an earlier time frame in a feed, even if you weren't actively recording the audio. - “Feeds with Active Alerts” shows you feeds with interesting on-going activity happening right now along with a description of the alert and feed. - Listen to feeds in the background while you run other apps or write emails/text messages. - Chat with other listeners in real time. - International support, including USA, Canada, Australia, UK, Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Europe, Israel, and more. - Automatically attempts to reconnect the feed if you lose the connection. - Browse one of the largest collection of feeds you will ever find in the App Store. - Search through the feeds with any keywords (enter your city name to find local radio stations). - Browse through radio feeds by genre (Police, Railroad, Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, R & B, etc.) - Customizable Interface. Download new skins for free or create your skins. - Integrated map finds your location and the location of most scanner feeds. - List the Top 100 most-current-listeners feeds so that you wouldn't miss an important event - The catalog is instantly updated as soon as you start browsing it, with new feeds added every few hours. - Built-in Web Browser; so that you can browse the web while using this app. The built-in web browser is a powerful browser that can block ads. - Use the built-in web browser to browse the web for more feeds such as air traffic control feeds, weather, and railroad. - Search for air traffic control feeds by the airport code (i.e. LAX, JFK, HKG). - Share feeds to your friends by email. All they need is a computer or iPhone to listen to your feeds. - Listen to feeds on your own desktop computer or laptop. Just email a link to the feed to yourself and open it with a web browser. - You location not listed here? Add your own feeds. There are plenty of feeds on the internet. Now you can add them all to one app. - Your favorite feeds show up as soon as you start the app, and they can be sorted/edited by you.
Feed Requests For feed requests, go to https://SmartestApple.com for more information
Privacy Policy: https://smartestapple.com/privacy
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Screenshots
10 iPhone screenshots
5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner iOS app monetises through in-app purchases. The current products and price points are listed in the in-app purchases table on this page.
5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner iOS app generates an estimated monthly revenue of $70K.
5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner iOS app download estimates are updated daily. The app maintains a 4.6-star rating based on 88.9K user reviews, indicating strong user satisfaction in the news market.
5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner iOS app ranks #22 in the free news charts and #31 in revenue rankings. The app's performance metrics suggest significant growth potential in a low-competition segment.
You can download 5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner iOS app from the App Store for iOS devices, requiring iOS 13.0 or later. The app offers in-app purchases for enhanced functionality.
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