CarWave – Radio & Podcasts
Live FM radio & song finder
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
CarWave brings the world's radio stations and podcasts to your iPhone and your car — simple to use while driving, beautiful at home.
MADE FOR THE CAR
• CarPlay with large logos, your recent stations first and favorites one tap away.
• "Hey Siri, play Jazz FM on CarWave" — hands on the wheel.
• Next and previous move through the list you started from.
PODCASTS
• Search, follow and discover the top podcasts in your country.
• Pick up where you left off — on iPhone, in CarPlay and on Apple Watch.
• Skip back 15 s, forward 30 s, 1.5× and 2× speed, sleep timer.
• Download episodes and listen offline; played episodes clear themselves.
• "Hey Siri, play The Daily on CarWave" — podcasts by voice, too.
WHAT'S PLAYING?
• Identify songs even when the station doesn't send the title.
• Recently played songs, collected for you.
• See the song title, find it in Apple Music, Spotify or YouTube Music.
FIND SOMETHING GREAT
• Stations from every country, with genres like pop, rock, jazz, news, classical and more.
• Stations near you, based on your location.
• Search by name — even if you don't spell it exactly.
• Add any stream yourself with its address.
LISTEN LIKE NEVER BEFORE
• Rewind live radio up to 90 seconds — missed the news or the name of a song? Go back.
• Pause and continue exactly where you stopped.
• Automatic reconnect: drive through a tunnel, the stream comes back by itself.
MORE
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center button.
• Apple Watch app to control playback and pick favorites.
• Favorites synced with iCloud.
• Share stations and podcasts with a link that opens straight in CarWave.
• Sleep timer, AirPlay and Bluetooth output.
• Mobile data saving is on automatically; see your cellular usage for the last 14 days.
• Available in 10 languages.
CarWave uses the open Radio Browser directory. Stations are operated by their broadcasters; availability and content may change.
Ratings & Reviews
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When the radio directory can't be reached, your last saved station lists are shown, so popular, genres and nearby never come up empty. Speed and stability improvements.
The developer, PHI SOFTWARE, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- PHI SOFTWARE YAZILIM VE DANISMANLIK HIZMETLERI TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI
- Size
- 19 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 9 more
- English, Arabic, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Realistic Violence
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Horror/Fear Themes
Medical Treatment information
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Sexual Content or Nudity
- Copyright
- © 2026 PHI SOFTWARE
