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Donut Scanner

donut scanner · News

Donut Scanner turns live police and emergency dispatch traffic into a real-time feed of what's happening around you — car accidents, fires, assaults, gun incidents, thefts, missing people, and more.

Free

PRICE
Free
No in-app purchases
BUSINESS MODEL
Free
No overall Grossing estimate available
RATING
★ 4.7
12 ratings · Top 15%

Evidence scope: No current overall US chart position is available. Category-chart positions shown in discovery are a separate scope. Revenue is a directional model estimate, not verified earnings.

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A product spec, phased build plan, differentiation notes, and screen references.

  • START_HERE
  • AGENTS
  • EVIDENCE
  • SPEC
  • BUILD_PLAN
  • DIFFERENTIATION
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Feature spec

Goal: Send a clear invoice after finishing a job.

  • Add a client, line items, a due date, and payment instructions.
  • Preview the total before exporting a PDF.
  • Keep an editable draft if export fails.

Screen plan

Invoice editor: Client at the top, editable line items in the middle, total and preview action at the bottom.

States: Empty draft, validation errors beside each field, exporting, and a retry action that preserves the draft.

Differentiate and validate

Hypothesis: Contractors need faster repeat invoices more than more templates.

First experiment: Test duplicating a previous job with five contractors. Watch where they hesitate before expanding the feature set.

The full kit adds a phased build plan, evidence notes, tool prompts, and implementation guidance. It is a plan for your coding agent, not a finished app.

Usage: Mechanics are fair game; never reuse the original name, branding, assets, or verbatim copy.

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App Store description

Donut Scanner turns live police and emergency dispatch traffic into a real-time feed of what's happening around you — car accidents, fires, assaults, gun incidents, thefts, missing people, and more. KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW • Live incident feed built from real scanner traffic • Breaking section for urgent incidents as they unfold • Incident details with a location map, dispatch timeline, and playable dispatch audio when available • Weekly report: incident totals and trends near you, broken down by category • Search incidents, filter by category, and tune your feed to a radius around you — or browse city feeds EXPLORE THE MAP • Color-coded incident pins by category, with address and ZIP search • Sex offender registry mode: view registered offenders near any area, with photos, registration status, and offense details sourced from public state registries ALERTS, YOUR WAY • Pick how each category reaches you: instant push, end-of-day digest, in-app only, or off • Set your alert radius anywhere from 1 to 100 miles • Preview your estimated alert volume before you commit DONUT PRO Upgrade to our most powerful experience: • Ad-free • Saved locations — keep tabs on home, work, school, and the places your people are • Push alerts for incidents near your saved locations Coverage keeps growing across the U.S. If we haven't reached your area yet, you can still browse city feeds and look around on the Explore map. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://donutscanner.com/privacy

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AI-GENERATED OPPORTUNITY HYPOTHESES

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Hypothesis 1

Incorporate user-generated content and community features.

Assumption to check: Limited content variety in news apps

Validate with people who use this workflow before building.

Hypothesis 2

Enhance search functionality with advanced filters.

Assumption to check: Difficulty in finding specific articles

Validate with people who use this workflow before building.

Hypothesis 3

Implement offline caching for articles.

Assumption to check: No offline reading options

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Hypothesis 4

Allow customizable notification settings.

Assumption to check: Notifications can be overwhelming

Validate with people who use this workflow before building.

Build scope

Plan a focused first version with your coding agent. These are planning assumptions, not a delivery guarantee.

Define the first version

Choose one audience and one core workflow. Use the kit to agree on its screens, data, and acceptance criteria before building.

Set boundaries

Decide which secondary features, integrations, and platform support can wait. Your version does not need to reproduce everything in the original.

Check the hard parts

Validate external services, specialist technology, data access, and ongoing costs for your chosen scope.

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