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Radio - Receiver
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Top complaints - extracted from 26 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"stations"
8 negative reviews mention this · 31% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cannot play iHeartRadio stations. Stay clear away from this app. It cannot play every single radio station as most of them are owned by iHeartRadio and cannot be played on this app. Useless if you ask me. Just use iHeartRadio or Music." - itsmetoeknee36
2
"radio"
7 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cannot play iHeartRadio stations. Stay clear away from this app. It cannot play every single radio station as most of them are owned by iHeartRadio and cannot be played on this app. Useless if you ask me. Just use iHeartRadio or Music." - itsmetoeknee36
3
"station"
6 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cannot play iHeartRadio stations. Stay clear away from this app. It cannot play every single radio station as most of them are owned by iHeartRadio and cannot be played on this app. Useless if you ask me. Just use iHeartRadio or Music." - itsmetoeknee36
4
"work"
6 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Flaky. A warning, this app has not been maintained, and Siri shortcuts only work intermittently. It’s also not eligible for a straightforward refund request, they’ll ask you to talk to the developer that hasn’t updated in eight months. As a result…" - dordr
5
"every"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cannot play iHeartRadio stations. Stay clear away from this app. It cannot play every single radio station as most of them are owned by iHeartRadio and cannot be played on this app. Useless if you ask me. Just use iHeartRadio or Music." - itsmetoeknee36
6
"other"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "A lot to be desired. Overall it is an okay app. Yes, you will get access to a lot of channels, but the channels also possess ads. As many as a minute worth of ads before any non-ad content (i.e. music) plays. Also some stations take a long time to load and play…" - Mr. Write Right
7
"does"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Issues!. Browsing by genre or location does not work for radio stations, so you have to know what station you want, type in the call letters and hope it is available!" - Bangsmith
8
"play"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cannot play iHeartRadio stations. Stay clear away from this app. It cannot play every single radio station as most of them are owned by iHeartRadio and cannot be played on this app. Useless if you ask me. Just use iHeartRadio or Music." - itsmetoeknee36
9
"money"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "A lot to be desired. Overall it is an okay app. Yes, you will get access to a lot of channels, but the channels also possess ads. As many as a minute worth of ads before any non-ad content (i.e. music) plays. Also some stations take a long time to load and play…" - Mr. Write Right
10
"favorites"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Watch App still needs to be updated to have favorites and not jump to volume.. Hi, I have been using this app for nearly 3 years. But I generally prefer to use the watch app for convenience. I have noticed with the recent watchOS update that the favorites button is no longer featured. That was a saving grace for me to…" - knse88
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"find"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Watch App still needs to be updated to have favorites and not jump to volume.. Hi, I have been using this app for nearly 3 years. But I generally prefer to use the watch app for convenience. I have noticed with the recent watchOS update that the favorites button is no longer featured. That was a saving grace for me to…" - knse88
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"iphone"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Runs Hot. Yesterday’s update causes my iPhone 12 to run really hot every time I use the app. Never happened before yesterday’s update. Immediately when I close the app my phone cools down. There’s no link or email to notify them of the bug. I hope t…" - ibl0b
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Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Cannot play iHeartRadio stations
Stay clear away from this app. It cannot play every single radio station as most of them are owned by iHeartRadio and cannot be played on this app. Useless if you ask me. Just use iHeartRadio or Music.
A lot to be desired
Overall it is an okay app. Yes, you will get access to a lot of channels, but the channels also possess ads. As many as a minute worth of ads before any non-ad content (i.e. music) plays. Also some stations take a long time to load and play. I would recommend other streaming music apps before purchasing this one. I wish I could get my money back.
Watch App still needs to be updated to have favorites and not jump to volume.
Hi, I have been using this app for nearly 3 years. But I generally prefer to use the watch app for convenience. I have noticed with the recent watchOS update that the favorites button is no longer featured. That was a saving grace for me to find my saved stations. Now I have to use the rewind forward buttons which takes away convenience I needed. Also I would like to suggest in future updates to incorporate a recents tab to go back to previous stations as another option for the app user. These can and need to be fixed.
Flaky
A warning, this app has not been maintained, and Siri shortcuts only work intermittently. It’s also not eligible for a straightforward refund request, they’ll ask you to talk to the developer that hasn’t updated in eight months. As a result, I’d have to recommend almost any other streaming radio app.
No HomePod support
Well, based on the description and various reviews - everything looked good.
So, made the purchase and I am sad to not find any HomePod support - as is stated in the description.
I checked everything including Settings and can’t find any way to support HomePod.
Sad.
So, made the purchase and I am sad to not find any HomePod support - as is stated in the description.
I checked everything including Settings and can’t find any way to support HomePod.
Sad.
Runs Hot
Yesterday’s update causes my iPhone 12 to run really hot every time I use the app. Never happened before yesterday’s update. Immediately when I close the app my phone cools down. There’s no link or email to notify them of the bug. I hope they fix it because I like the app but this bug makes it annoying to use.
Won’t connect
Every time I launch the app on my AppleTV this app hangs on the loading screen with the message “Connecting to radio directory...”
The only way to fix this is to uninstall/reinstall the app. Needless to say, having to do this 100% of the time makes the app not worth using.
I have the app synced via Dropbox. Please fix ASAP.
The only way to fix this is to uninstall/reinstall the app. Needless to say, having to do this 100% of the time makes the app not worth using.
I have the app synced via Dropbox. Please fix ASAP.
Receiver
Not what I needed. I can’t tune into a local station
Homepod Compatibility!
I bought this app for $3.99 cause the description says you can use it directly from the homepod but Siri keep saying it can't help me with what Am looking for🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️! Any help would be greatly appreciated
False advertisement
It does not allow for alarms to be set with podcasts. I honestly want my money back.
Not working for me at all
I just bought this November 14 2018 and no sound at all on my iPhone 8 Plus selecting a channel and the play button even though my other apps are currently working well with good sound levels. I was hoping it would be a big step up from just saving radio stations to my home screen. Not working at all do complete waste of money.
Used to work great
The last two updates have made it to where it will only work on WiFi and not over any data. It was an amazing app before. Now not so much.
False Advertising- No Podcast Alarm
Yet another app that claims it can wake you up to a podcast yet the button is greyed out!
Apple TV version stops if ATV goes to Screen saver mode
When Using this app on the Apple TV it always stops when the ATV goes to screen saver mode which makes it unusable.
If that can be fixed I would probably start using it again.
A bonus feature would be to allow the TV screen to go in to dark mode so you dont have to have a bright TV screen all the time.
If that can be fixed I would probably start using it again.
A bonus feature would be to allow the TV screen to go in to dark mode so you dont have to have a bright TV screen all the time.
No iPhone 5 support, no multitask.
No iPhone 5 support, no multitask (does not play in background) and no ability to add station to favorites. Looks like the developer has not work to improve this app in a long time or it's just been lazy.
It does not restart!
I installed it on my iPad. It worked until I quit the app. Now it doesn't recognize my internet connection. All other apps do. I uninstalled it... And reinstalled. Restarted my iPad many times. It doesn't worth the time. Annoting and doesn't work.
Don't buy this!
Waste of money. I am only interested in one local talk radio radio station. It is listed on the website and plays there. But the App only contains a subset of what's on the website! Doesn't contain the station I need. Regret purchase. Buyer beware.
Looks good, sounds good BUT!!!!!
This thing keeps shorting out on me every two minutes. My network is in tip-top shape. In addition to this my favorite vTuner stations from I.FM aren't on here. I feel ripped off... Think of buying something but it's different than what you wanted... Buuuut it's "ok" and THEN it doesn't work. Seriously... I blame Apple. I thought they reviewed apps before their sold in their marketplace. iPhone users... We're approaching androidgedon of crappy apps.
Pass
Searched for spanish stations and found every country in the hemisphere.
Surprise! Only station per country shows
What a waste of my 99 cents!
Deleting as we speak
Surprise! Only station per country shows
What a waste of my 99 cents!
Deleting as we speak
Too many ads!
Beautifully designed app ruined by far too many over the air ads. Completely ruins the listening experience. I thought by paying for the app upfront I would avoid this. But unfortunately I was mistaken. I feel like I was hoodwinked.
Favorites Gone
Same issue as others have reported: my favorites, synced across multiple devices via Dropbox, have disappeared. Interestingly, when I re-add stations, they go back to their original position in the sorted list. Stations not previously in favorites go to the top, as expected.
Also, window size is now off in the Apple TV client. Page titles are cut off, and editing option is not visible.
Also, window size is now off in the Apple TV client. Page titles are cut off, and editing option is not visible.
Issues!
Browsing by genre or location does not work for radio stations, so you have to know what station you want, type in the call letters and hope it is available!
Works only over WiFi
Hi I have used this app without issue for a couple of years now. Worked great until the last update. Now it only works over WiFi on both phone in our household. We used this mainly while driving so the usefulness of the app has lowered considerably. Please fix, or we will switch to a different app.
Problems with alarm feature
Good concept just not executed well. There is something wrong with the alarm feature. It went off and when I chose snooze, it shut off of the alarm for approximately 30 seconds. Not really what I was expecting.
Not happy
I already had a user account established that allowed me to access vTuner content using my Yamaha receiver. I downloaded this app fully expecting to be able to log into the same account and access my existing favorites. Disappointed to find that I could not access my favorites, and that the available content does not appear to be the same. Even though both are clearly vTuner, it appears that one has nothing to do with the other. If that is not the case, I hope the app developer will fix this oversight.
Better apps can be had
This app was great, but the makers haven't show any interest in it for a long time! You can find much better radio apps, some are even free!
Sentiment summary
94%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
3%
Negative (1-2★)