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
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
Song titles now show correctly on iHeart stations (e.g. KIIS FM, Z100). Station jingles no longer appear as a song.
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
