Simple Radio – Live AM FM App 12+

Always reliable

I have been using this radio player for several years now and have enjoyed using it even outside of the U.S. where I live. A few years ago, while on holiday in Europe, listened to local radio stations back home for news on the hurricane that was affecting our home town. Its super easy to use, and most importantly, extremely reliable. I’ve found this player to be far more reliable than ones you would pay for and it continues to get better if that’s possible. I was especially surprised to find that the maker of this app is also very responsive and if ever correspondence, a quick reply. Who could ask for more? I like it. I’m very thankful for this app.

Alarm please!!!

Unless you just need a bedtime timer to shut the thing off stick with the free version. The ads aren't really that big of deal. I bought the app, $3.99, stupidly thinking that "timer" meant alarm. Wrong. You are basically paying for no ads and a bedtime shutoff timer. Where's the alarm? Was hoping to can my bedside alarm clock for this app. Urghhh. I'm going to look for an app that does what this app does but has an alarm. Sound quality is great. Never lost a station. The app even cast to my Google home easily. Felt the app was a little limited on local stations but I found every station in the Dallas area that I listen to 95% of the time. Did I mention the app has no alarm!?!

Below is the developers reply. Thank you. After reading I’ve found out that an alarm won’t do much since Apple has not opened the alarm app to developers. This may or may not be true. Is so the feature is useless as I discovered from another app. Used the app all day never lost signal with station. Easy to use and loving it more each day. Changing star rating from three to four.

Developer Response ,

Hi there! Thank you for using Simple Radio and taking the time to contact us. Unfortunately, this feature is currently not available. I'll submit your suggestion as a feature request for consideration by our product team. If you would like to provide further comments or suggestions, please contact us at simple@streema.com. Thank you!

I give 2 stars, here is why

I paid for premium years ago when it was a 1 time fee for life. Now it seems they are trying to get out of that agreement. I constantly have to hit “renew subscription” which appears to work but the app certainly does not act like a premium version.

I have an iPhone X. The app does not reconnect on its own if the connection is dropped. This is especially dangerous when driving. I cannot recommend this app to anyone who wants to use it in their car while driving. You may wind up trying to reconnect to what you are listening several times while driving which I have experience. The app does not reconnect automatically to what I am listening to if connection is lost at home.

Are they still honoring premium prescriptions for people like me who were sold the 1 time deal or has a bait and switch been pulled and now that’s why it doesn’t keep connection when driving and requires manual reconnection?

Developer Response ,

The situation you are describing is not related to your 1 time payment Premium version. This is unfortunately a bug our team needs to investigate. To assist you, could you please send screenshots related to your report and device details to ios-cs@streema.com? We look forward to your email. Thank you very much!