Public Radio App App Reviews

This is an exellent app. I've got several stations selected and can easily shift between them when I see a program I want to hear. Adding stations to the list was simple and straightforward.

To be continued..,

Not good! Unless you want to hear comercial all the time! Not worth it!

This is a great app. It's simple to use and straight-forward in its controls. I love being able to listen to any public radio station in the country wherever I am in the country! And it's clear -- no radio interference with mountains or physical terrain.

The app hangs a lot. Freezes up, forcing a reboot. As with any of these, you must be running the app in the foreground. If you click on a link to go to a station's website, Safari is opened and the app turns off. I'm sure this is an OS issue, but it's very frustrating when a streaming app can't run in the background while you check your mail or use any other app.

Best NPR app out there! Maybe best radio app period!

The app worked great for a few days, and then I added 47 public radio stations, and then it bogged down. It would no longer show the listings of any station. It would play for a few minutes, and then just quit, throwing me back to my home screen. So I deleted all but my "favorite" station, and the problem remained. Now it's time for me to delete the app, and consider it a $3 charitable contribution to public radio.

This app allows you to find audio shows on topics ranging from the daily news hour to special focus topics like Darwin, British Invasion, fashion - you name it - and then bookmark it for a convenient listen. The controls are simple and intuitive. This app is a wonderful alternative info source aside from the regular Itunes podcasts I've rummaged through. Thanks a million smiles for this one, folks!

Function rich. Deadly slow. Buffering needs improvement. Connections drop too often.

I love this app comes in very handy on long drives when the radio stations keep changing.

The best app for US public radio. Support is excellent. Sent a "feature request" email from the app asking if they could add WTMD and KXT, and the next day they were. Audio quality is great. Interface is intuitive, very few taps needed. Loads very fast. Being able to pause live radio is great. Almost endless archives of on demand shows. Search is great. Pick a topic = listen to the story. Kudos folks!

The thing I like about this app (I have all the public radio apps) is that it has PAUSE for the live stream. Everything else just stops the stream and I miss what I was listening to. With this app, I can pause the stream, take my call and pick it back up. Also the rewind feature is nice if I didn't quite catch it the first time.

This is by far the worst app I have ever purchased. It doesn't work don't waste your money

This app worked great for more than a year but now it is completely worthless. It won't connect to the station and has stopped playing popular programs all together. I'm very disappointed.

I have written many terrible reviews to the official NPR App . . . to no avail. I swear that they just don't care. I run in the morning and their App always closed down when it went into sleep mode. I came across this App and LOVE IT!!!!!!! I can now finaly listen to my NPR without crash. I highly recommned it!

This app allows access to a much wider variety of public radio content than the other apps. Full featured intuitive interface works great. Thanks Listener-Interactive.

Easiest app to use for NPR if you want to listen to a multitude of stations live AND for on demand playing of your favorite shows. If it fails on you, delete it and redownload. This has fixed mine twice in the seven years I've used this. :-)

This is a terrific app -- my favorite for radio streaming. However, the developers need to update for multitasking. We paid for this app and trust that the developers will provide updates in a timely fashion. Come on folks, let's get going.

How in the heck do i find a list of live streams? When first accessing this app, it asked me to select a favorite station, which I did, but now when I try to use the live button to access other live streams, it does nothing. I read the help info but it was of no use. I bought this to put on a second iPod Touch I own when I had to send my first one in for repair. On my first one, I had public radio app that worked very well and was easy to navigate. I wanted to put it on my 2nd iPod but can't seem to find it. This one seemed closest to the other one but now I'm frustrated because I can't find a list of live streams. So, based on it's lack in intuitiveness, and the price ($2.99), I am giving it two stars.

This was a wonderful app, but lately crashes all the time. Also, this seems like an orphan app, and hasn't been updated since 3/11. Needs to catch up.

This is so much better then the freebee that I've used up to now but I find that once you have a few stations listed, it's a bit annoying scrolling up and down to click on your favorites. It works in slow motion and if you don't scroll perfectly, it will scroll left to right which shows you station programs by time of day. Again, though once listening, the app works well, the process could definitly be improved.

This is by far the worst app I've ever used. It's loaded with glitches and bugs and is not user friendly. Really annoyed I paid for something so poorly designed.

Love the streaming audio and varied program choice. However this app is subject to frequent interruptions. I'd rather have it working ALL of the time. After all, that's what I paid for.

I have owned this ap for probably close to a year. I've seen NPR patch it and patch it, but there are still underlying problems that don't go away. I have used it over 3G and over Wi-Fi, and there are constant problems with buffering content that after this long, shouldn't be there anymore. This ap is too old to still be this buggy. It needs an update badly, I'm tired of having something that I paid for not really work.

No longer works because it is not compatible with latest OS update.

Has more on demand and background playing.

With the wide selection of programs, my favorites are All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Living in France, I want to keep up with human interest and news analysis across the pond. The connection drops sometimes, but I blame that on my own WiFi connection. The app is great for "On Demand" playing an entire show or selected parts of the program. I carry my phone with me from room to room and play and replay. The "Live" keeps me connected to stations in places where I grew up, lived or visited. I love the app.

I have yet to be able to actually listen to anything on this using a wifi connection that works fine with Tunein Radio, Stitcher and other such apps. If you search for a program, they give you yesterday's programs (e.g., PBS News Hour), not the current one. So, I added live streams that I knew where playing that show, but the list of live stations didn't work, so I wasn't able to switch between them except by deleting the currently "playing" one from my list. Playing was in quotes because even these never actually played anything, but buffered endlessly. Save your money!!!

Can’t play on any devices. Disappointing. Loved listening on walks

I've used this a little bit since installing it yesterday - seems MUCH better than the free NPR apps. Much more stable, better sound quality. Good selection of stations, easy to use. Seems to work faily well with 3G (buffer emptied once - hopefully that's not going to be a regular issue - will update later). Haven't used it with wifi yet.

Doesn't work. Every time I pressed a button, the app would freeze and I'd have to restart. Every. Time. How do I get my $2.99 back?

Can't use this as it is too frequently interrupted on my bike commute, even in areas with strong coverage. Always restarts with the same ad.

The free public radio app may not be perfect, but it does work. This paid app has yet to load and play a single public radio station feed. I'm listening to music on the free app while I write this. What a disappointment! }:-/

This "APP" was a BIG waste of $3.00! The free Public Radio App is exceedingly better-Has more options, structure and HAS VIDEO!!! Try it and compare and you'll be happy you get so much more FOR FREE!!!

Can't bookmark anything, and that stuff about the streaming is a bunch of hewy- it pauses to buffer almost immediately. I already deleted it, 2.99 down the toilet!

Keeps turning itself off!!

I really like the features in this app and use it daily, but since upgrading my 4g to iOS 4.1 the app crashes a lot. Within minutes of starting it just exits and must be restarted. Please fix! Update-app has developed more problems; in addition to frequent crashes, it also gets stuck playing short audio segment repeating over and over. Would not recommend purchasing this app at all until these issues are fixed.

All kinds of problems with this app--sometimes programs don't load, aren't updated promptly, cut off even with great wifi access, etc. I wish they would fix this, but so far, nope! (Also a dated design, bad UI, and mediocre UX.)

This app worked only on the very first radio station I chose. The problem is- I chose the wrong station. When I tried to correct that error, this app has not worked since. Nothing- the first station will not play, no station will play. Total waste of money.

I purchased this app because it boasted an alarm function. That function is buggy, unreliable, and functional about 50% of the time...not what you want to rely on to wake you up. When it does work, it stops playing after about 2 minutes. On the up side, however, the long buffer allows you to skip things you don't want to hear, and also transfer from wifi to 3G without interruption, like some apps do.

On demand listening immediately exits app

Overall great aggregator of NPR stations, across the nation. The on-demand feature is cool too. But the app crashes more than one would like.

I used to love this app - it worked great. But now each station I listen to cuts out after 2-5 min and I have to manually restart it. Really frustrating when listening to a story of interest. Also, some stations are no longer accessible at all with the app. I haven't been able to get WCAI/WNAN in ages! I'm finally giving up using this app.

I am updating my previous review. At first it didn't work, but the authors suggested I delete it and reload it in case there was a loading issue. I took their suggestion and am pleased to say it is working great and I am enjoying BBC and podcasts daily. Glad I got help and persisted!

Awful, constant freezing, can't change the station. Very disappointing.

This app stopped working well after I upgraded my iPhone to iOS 8. The developer has updated it now and it’s working again. Out of all the iOS radio apps, I find this one the easiest to use so it’s back on my home screen now.

I love this app, but this app loves to crash! When it stays connected, it does everything it's supposed to do, and I dig it. However, often on drives around town (with a consistent signal) it will not only pause to rebuffer (which I understand), but will frequently crash completely out of the app. Much of the time this will occur immediately after acquiring and buffering the signal, so I end up having to completely start over - several times in a row. If that issue could be sorted out, the rest is gravy.

On Demand button causes immediate closure of app. It didn't do this at first. Now I see that others had same issue. Previous review was 5 stars. Please fix this. This is a good app if there are not continuing critical bugs.

This app does not work on iPhone 7. Severe need of update. Please refund my payment

It needs an update but good for how I use it: Select several public radio stations across the country and listen to live radio stream in the time zone that provides the program you want. E.g you live on the East Coast and want to listen to Morning Edition at noon: Listen to Hawaii public radio. The pause/ stop control doesn't work well from the lock screen.

Slows your phone - impossible to find a specific station - total garbage

The broadcasts through this app are terribly spotty. You often can't listen to a program for even 30 seconds at a time without the app hanging. There is no apparently connection to the program or time you are listening. It is more frustrating than it is worth. If there is ANY other option out there, use it instead. (Update: This app is even less reliable than when I tried it the first time. Do NOT bother with it.)

This app was my favorite but not anymore. This app hasn't been updated since iOS 4, back in 2011. When it works right it's great but it now crashes after a few minutes. It's mostly apple's fault (iOS 8 is a disaster) but this app should be updated to work on it. I've submitted feedback but have had no response. When they fix this I will repost a review when this app works like it once did.

Consistently cuts OFF- Why don't you fix it?????

Overall good, but the stations schedule are out of date. I like how I can see several stations schedules at once (even if out of date).

This app does not allow one to change stations and the selections options ar every limited. What a waste of money!!!

This would be a 5 star app if it didn't cut off so often. Please update it.

Crashes and replays content frequently

A warning appears that the app will slow down your phone because it has not been updated for ios10. DO NOT BUY

I enjoy this Public Radio app and along with the free Public Radio app, With both apps, I can access all the wonderful Public Radio content that is out there. This app has a nice feature called bookmarks that enables you to bookmark shows or podcast that you want to access later. You can select stations that are your favor and have them on your opening screen saved and configured by you. You get access to On Demand content and have the ability to sort by three different options as you can see from the screen shots. You can share shows via e-mail. The live window shows you what is on and what will be on like a tv guide. I like the free Public Radio app better for searching or browsing stations by content or state, but that app with it's additional features and functions that the free app doesn't have will enable you to access and find all the Public Radio content you could ever hope for. It is worth getting if you are a public radio addict or just a regular listener along with the free app. I recommend it.