Classical KING 4+

I love being connected to the music, but the connection frequently disconnects.

We are sorry to hear that you were having connection issues. Since you were last using it in 2022 we had the entire app rebuilt and recoded with good results. We also were able to add upgrades and fixes that many listeners were asking about - we hope you will have a chance to try it out and let us know what you think!

Beginning with iOS 14, I get an iOS popup ("King FM pasted from <app>") whenever King FM version 3.2.1 moves to the foreground, telling me that King FM is reading my clipboard. This is even though I have not tried to paste anything into it. Since King FM hasn't been updated in about 2 years, it has been doing this to all of us for at least that long, and silently before iOS 14 started telling us. I'm sure that we all copy and paste information that is no business of King FM's developer, yet this developer has been silently slurping it all up until recently, for undocumented purposes. Because of this, I am deleting this app until 1) the developer Jacobs Media (jacapps) comes clean on this practice, tells us precisely why and for what purpose it has been doing this, and posts an update that fixes this privacy problem; or 2) Apple releases an updated iOS that gives us the ability to block this type of behavior. These actions may not be enough, given that Jacobs Media has already abused its trust. Do you copy passwords or other sensitive text to your clipboard? Do you copy photos with sensitive GPS location information in them? If so, then you should worry about this too.

We are so sorry you experienced this in 2020. We released a new version this year with many fixes and updates and we hope you will be able to try it and let us know what you think. We do not copy information from your device with our app or read your clipboard.

No ipad app, only portrait mode, little useless articles on main page, no easy view of current work playing, hasn't been updated in 3 years. I end up listening to KUSC on my ipad, only because they have a polished app. It's unfortunate, since the KING desktop site has a nice separate window with controls and the composer/work info prominently shown. Good app=more people listening at pledge drive time.

We are sorry you had this experience with our app in the past. We recently released a new version this year and it has many fixes including compatibility with iPad. We hope you will get a chance to try it and let us know what you think.