RTÉ Radio Player 4+

I have reviewed before and expressed my frustrations as per all of the other reviewers. I have noticed a slight improvement regarding the ad when you tap the start button .. it’s not coming on as much .. a bit of a relief. I have said before … RTE should have a look at how Global Radio in the UK have set up their app … you can Pause AND Rewind LIVE radio. I often pause at the start of a programme and wait about 10-15 mins and then start listening .. and I can fast forward through the ads. I love the fact that if I missed something “what did he/she just say ?”… I can rewind a few seconds to rehear what I may have missed /misheard. I love that I can pause any live programme if I have to take a call or if someone wants to speak with me .. and I miss nothing. It’s the way forward RTE .. go for it ! I enjoy RTE radio .. this review is about the app.

Wow I decided to write a review because I’m so disappointed with this app. And when I went to write a review, I couldn’t believe the amount of other people who have the same frustrations and disappointments with using the app. First, it takes ages to load and then you have to listen to a really long ad. And if you come out of the app to take a call or do something else on your phone and want to go back in you have to listen to the same ad or another ad all over again. After a few weeks of putting up with this, I have stopped using the app altogether. I really can’t believe that our national broadcaster has such a poor app. And it’s so disappointing because Radio One has some fantastic programmes. I am an avid radio listener but I have found myself going to order radio stations now to avoid the ads. One workaround I have found recently is to listen to Radio One on a web browser instead and this means that I don’t have to listen to those endless ads when I first log in. Please sort this problem out ASAP Radio One. You have asked for our reviews so please take our complaint about this issue seriously.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to be able to listen to the radio on the go. I listen every day using earphones, in the house, outdoors and abroad on holidays, like this morning, but the ads drive me crazy. You open the app…an ad, I’d get over this, but… you bend to pick something up, lose an earphone and get an ad, you stop to talk to someone and pause the app.. you get an ad. If you interrupt the signal for any reason you get an ad. You can get the same bloody ad five times in five minutes and then you have the normal programme ad breaks as well. I can see from the other reviews you must be aware of this and how frustrating and irritating it is, so please listen to the people and fix it. Thank you in advance?