Squawster - Police Scanner
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Live Broadcastify Police, Fire & EMS scanners and Incident Alerts
- Rating
- 4.3
- 91 ratings
- Downloads
- 22.4K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Oct 22
- 2026 · v1.0.10
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About Squawster - Police Scanner
LISTEN LIVE
• Browse feeds by location, from your country down to your county, or use Near Me to find what is around you.
• Jump to the top, newest, and official feeds, or search for a place, agency, or ZIP code.
• Tap a feed and it plays instantly, with a clean now playing bar that follows you across the app.
BROADCASTIFY CALLS
• Listen to individual radio calls from trunked and conventional systems, grouped into public playlists by county.
• Hold a single talkgroup, or ignore the ones you do not want for 30 seconds, 5 minutes, or for good.
INCIDENTS AND ALERTS
• Stay ahead of major events and breaking incidents with real-time alerts, powered by Incident Source.
• Get notified the moment something significant is happening, so you know what to listen to and when.
BUILT TO KEEP PLAYING
• Audio keeps going when your screen is locked, with full lock screen and notification controls.
• Save your favorite feeds and get back to them fast.
SQUAWSTER PRO
Upgrade to Squawster Pro to unlock:
• Feed archive playback, so you can go back and hear what you missed.
• Cloud-synced favorites across your devices.
• An ad-free experience.
• Push notifications for major events from Incident Source.
Already a Broadcastify Premium subscriber? Sign in to unlock Pro at no extra cost.
Squawster is built by the team behind Broadcastify, RadioReference, and Incident Source, the largest source of public safety and scanner audio in the world.
Squawster Pro is an auto-renewing subscription billed through Google Play. Payment is charged to your Google Play account at confirmation of purchase, and it renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Google Play subscriptions.
Terms of Use: https://squawster.com/terms/
Privacy Policy: https://squawster.com/privacy/
What’s new
Version 1.0.10 · Updated October 22, 2026
- Calls Playlist Hang Bug Fixed - Feeds that go offline stop right away instead of trying to reconnect. - Between calls, the lock screen and notifications show "Waiting for calls" instead of the last call. - Signing in works on the first tap, with a clear message if it fails. - Radiant Glow incidents show the reported address. - The text box stays above the keyboard when reporting a problem. - Smaller app, plus performance and stability fixes.
User reviews
Great app that allows more BCFY calls functionality than others!
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