Internet radio
Touch any city and hear a local station through the RadioBrowser community directory. Keeps playing in the background while you explore.
Radio networks
The radio layer of the planet.
Touch a place and hear it. Then switch on the networks you normally can't see: LoRaWAN gateways, Meshtastic and MeshCore mesh nodes, and amateur-radio APRS stations, all plotted on the same globe as the aircraft and cameras.
Free · iPhone, iPad and Apple Silicon Macs · no account, no tracking
Thousandsof internet radio stations
~30kpublicly listed LoRaWAN gateways
5network layers: radio, LoRaWAN, Meshtastic, MeshCore, APRS
£0no account, no key, no radio needed
Five layers
From FM playlists to off-grid mesh.
One category in the Layers panel, five very different networks. Turn on the ones you care about and tap any pin for the details its operators publish.
Emergency scanner feeds
Public police, fire, EMS, marine and aviation scanner streams where they're published, and you can add your own stream URL to the list.
LoRaWAN gateways
Publicly listed gateways from Packet Broker. Tap one for its operator, whether it's community or commercial, its EUI, antennas, placement, altitude and when it was last seen.
Meshtastic nodes
Nodes that owners have shared to the Meshtastic community map, with role and last report. A quick way to see whether there's a mesh near you.
MeshCore nodes
Nodes published to the official MeshCore map, shown alongside Meshtastic so you can compare the two networks in one place.
Ham radio (APRS)
Amateur-radio APRS stations near the map, received through APRS-IS. Callsign, symbol and last position, read-only.
Sources
Public listings, credited on every pin.
PlanetEar reads the public maps and directories each community already publishes. It never transmits, and it doesn't scan the airwaves itself.
| What | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Internet radio | RadioBrowser (radio-browser.info) | Free, community-run station directory. No key. |
| Scanner feeds | RadioBrowser + your own URLs | Public streams where operators publish them; add any stream address yourself. |
| LoRaWAN gateways | Packet Broker | Publicly listed gateways. Reporting is incomplete; not a coverage or reachability map. |
| Meshtastic nodes | Meshtastic community map | Opt-in reports from node owners. Not a live scan and not every node. |
| MeshCore nodes | MeshCore official map | Opt-in reports. A listing is not proof of a reachable radio link. |
| APRS stations | APRS-IS | Receive-only. Positions as reported by the amateur-radio network. |
A pin means someone published that node or gateway to a public map. It doesn't mean you can reach it from where you're standing. Treat the mesh and LoRaWAN layers as a directory, not a signal-strength survey.
Questions
Frequently asked
Do I need a radio or any hardware?
No. Everything here comes over the internet from public directories and maps, so a phone, iPad or Mac is all you need. If you do own a Meshtastic or MeshCore node, it's a handy way to see who else is around.
Does PlanetEar transmit anything?
No. It's receive-only and listing-only. It plays internet audio streams and reads public maps. It never keys a transmitter and it doesn't scan radio frequencies itself.
Is the LoRaWAN map complete?
No, and nothing could be. Packet Broker lists gateways whose operators chose to publish them, roughly 30,000 worldwide, which is a fraction of what's deployed. It shows where the network is thick, not whether a device will connect.
Why isn't my Meshtastic node showing?
Only nodes shared to the community map appear, and reports can be hours or days old. If you want yours visible, opt in on the Meshtastic map; PlanetEar will pick it up on its next refresh.
Can I add my own scanner stream?
Yes. Paste any public stream URL into the radio layer and it joins the list, so a local scanner you already listen to can live on the globe.
Does audio keep playing when I switch apps?
Yes. Radio and scanner audio continues in the background, with the usual lock-screen controls.
Hear the planet. See the networks.
Radio, scanners, LoRaWAN, mesh and ham-radio on one globe. Free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Mac.