TuneIn Radio 12.7.3
Intuitive and sleek GUI
The first thing that strikes you about this app is its neat design and suggestions of songs and stations that you might like. Just scroll through suggestions, tap on a song or station to listen or favorite them for later. That's just the homescreen, under browse you can start searching for stations.
There's a section with local stations, the ones you've listened to recently, trending and music ones. You can also search stations by genre or location, as they're filtered by continent and country. In addition, you can find radios in your language or check out the top podcasts.
Details on stations and their followers
Each station featured in this radio app comes with a list of programs it airs, the number of broadcasts and followers. You have the option to follow the station, after you've read a short description of the music or programs. In addition, controls for pause or stop are featured on the bottom of the screen making it easy to browse and listen at the same time. You can also tap on an icon and hear to the previous 10 seconds of the broadcasting, in case you missed some important piece of information.
Car mode and account preferences
Signing up is really easy, you can use one of your other social networking accounts, even while you're still listening to music, the broadcasting doesn't stop which is quite neat. And because people usually listen to radio while they're driving, the app comes with a car mode, packed with your favorite stations, an icon for voice search, recent stations and recommended ones.
Under settings, you can set the app to restart the last played stream when it starts up, buffer 5 seconds before playing, enable auto lockscreen or record the tracks you've been listening to. The latter is available only if you upgrade to the premium version. In addition, the app comes with widgets for your homescreen.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI9
Great design, browsing is made effortlessly, however there are few customization options and no additional themes. |
Function9
Streaming is made flawlessly, no buffering or interruptions. However, this also depends on your internet connection. |
Security7
The app takes up a lot of battery resources, so keep that in mind if you wish to listen for a long period of time. |
Battery8
It requires online registration and quite a few permissions, to your location and even contacts. |
Price8
The app is free of charge, but comes with ads and in-app purchases. The pro version is 9,99$, quite steep. |
Compatibility8
The developer didn't mention Android versions required for this app. |
Sleek and neat app for listening to radio stations from all over the world.
Specifications
- price:
- Free with ads
- current version:
- 12.7.3
- reviewed version:
- 12.7.3
- developer:
- TuneIn Inc
- category:
- AUDIO
- os version req.:
- Varies with device
- age rating:
- N/A
- in-app purchases:
- Yes. unlock features for 9,99$
- hits:
- 427