This app brings back memories of my trips to Radio Shack back in the day to look at scanners to listen to police, fire, aircraft and other emergency frequencies. SuperScanner! (US$9.99) recreates those days with a slick iPad app that gives you access to these stations. You're not stuck with just your local police and other public frequencies, but can hop all over the US and the world.
When running, the app looks just like the beloved 16-channel hardware scanners. The major difference is that you can search for any location, program frequencies in, and then listen for hours. You can program favorites, have the app switch frequencies at a set time, or touch an active frequency to hold it there. SuperScanner! can be se