radio.net PRIME

Flooded with ads despite being a paid version. Everytime you change station and every x minutes, you'll get an intrusive add, defeating the purpose of paying for the prime version (the argument of having less ads than the free one is flimsy to say the least).

So many good things about this app. HUGE selection of stations, great audio, simple controls, reliable. One unforgivable negative is the lack of backup/restore functions, so if you change devices or use multiple and have 100 favourites, set aside a lot of time to do something stupid that no programmer should ever make you do. One of my best purchases ever, but I paid 8% of the current cost, so you'd have to make a big decision about if it will be such a great purchase for you.

My previous review gave this app three stars. Most of my complaints were about the interface, which they were in the process of changing any way. It looks better now that radio and podcasts are more separated. (It's still totally useless building podcasts into this app as there are much better apps dedicated to podcasts.) And radio favourites are easier to manage, but they could still use folders! But it's a good enough improvement to earn back a star. Except that it has also lost a star because there is no buffering. I have not been able to listen to any station without constant drop outs. There no longer seems to be an option that lets me set a high buffering time frame, nor can I choose a lower bitrate for any of these channels. I feel like these are two of the most basic options for a radio app, and this one now has neither. Still the best of a bad bunch of apps. Why is it so hard to build a decent radio app?