AccuRadio: Curated Music Radio

I absolutely love this app. I used to have Pandora and was glad to remove it when I learned about AccuRadio. However, one of the things that annoys me is that I like to select channels as my favorites and I like them organized. The app doesn’t allow me to organize without turning on a song which I’m sure they would appreciate we didn’t do because of royalty fees. I’d like to be able to organize my channels without having to turn on the song. Also there isn’t any way to give feedback or make general comments to somebody if you have a suggestion or a comment to make. I know their website indicates that they do but I’ve never ever received a response. And so for that I only had to give it four stars. Plus a paid option would be nice too. An example for suggestion would be: have you ever considered putting children’s music on? When I have children in my car—and that’s a lot of times—I would like to put children’s music, you know, for little kids that would be a great way to entertain them on long drives. Also, I have to give prop for all the foreign language music. Thank you for opening up my mind and heart to new cultures! 🥰

I just deleted the app after being a faithful AccuRadio user for years. I actually don’t know how long it’s been but definitely before Windows 7 and the iPhone 6. I understand free always comes with a price and ads are the price you pay for using “free” AccuRadio but the the incessant ads have gotten out of control with over a dozen Purple Mattress ads an hour with a handful of Geico ads is too much. I’d be willing to pay for AccuRadio but apparently they’re happy force feeding me their advertising but I’ve gotten up from the table. Are they really that stupid that they think people are gonna rush out and buy something they’ve gotten nauseated hearing about? Costco had a Purple Mattress promo and the sales rep asked if I’d like to feel the most amazing mattress ever. I said I’d no never! Thanks to their ads on AccuRadio I’d sleep on the cold rocky ground before I’d ever allow one of those things in my home even if it were free. Then she grimaced and said, I hear about the AccuRadio ads all the time.

Been a faithful listener ever since radio365 got forced out and recommended this app. Been loving this app until this recent update. Now I’m sorry I updated the app, but it started “hanging” and failing to load. Ads used to appear now and then, one at a time, in between the music. No problem. Throw one in now and then, not so bad. I detest ads but understand the need for ads. Now, the update has crammed a whole load of ads upfront on each channel, shoves them at you all at once, and if you think it’s just a one-time indignity when the app starts, switch channels and you get served that insult all over again; the experience is not quite as annoying as a sharp stick in the ear, but close. Ads have become in-yer-face rude, intrusive. Sadly, the ads are going to be the reason I dump this app. 😕

Really like this free music app. Probably my favorite right now. With its curated channels, with tons of genres to choose from, it's like radio for your phone - but with the added bonus of unlimited song skips, and you can create your own channels by blending several of them together. Tip: Sign up for an account (free) and you can mark your favorite channels and songs, ban the songs or artists you don't like, and (most importantly) you’ll get fewer commercials per hour. They really don't play a ton of commercials if you're logged in... Blows terrestrial radio and other free streaming services away in that regard. My only complaint is sometimes the app hangs and I have to close and restart it to get the music flowing again. Other than that this is an awesome music service.

Accuradio is truly outstanding, with hundreds of channels and within each channel thousands of songs. In short, there is plenty of good music to suit the taste of everybody. All free, with unlimited skipping. Some reviews contain complaints about commercials - true, there is a visual banner promoting the installation of other apps, but it's not invasive, so it can be ignored. Invasive commercials are audio buy-this-buy-that between songs or sets of songs. There are no invasive audio commercials in Accuradio, while virtually all other free Internet radios have invasive audio commercials and very limited or no skipping. What else can we look for? To conclude, for me Accuradio is truly outstanding, so I give it 5 stars, actually, I would give it 10 stars if it were possible.

Compared to other, more popular music radio apps, AccuRadio is pretty good. There seem to be very few, if any commercials in between songs. Being able to blend multiple stations, or banning a specific artist or song from a station are both really nice features. My only issues with the app are that a station sometimes takes up to a minute to start, whether I’m on WiFi or not, and that the sound quality is just okay. An option for higher quality streaming would be great for me! And adding a paid option to remove ads might be a good idea.

I would love to rate this app higher, but because of their ads, I just can’t. Ads play about every 15 to 20 minutes, which would be fine except it’s the same ads over and over. I’m tired of hearing about the decision to choose Capital One being easier than hiring Slash for my band. No commercial should ever play more than once an hour. Ever. If you don’t have enough advertisers yet, donate the time to public service announcements. Just stop playing the same commercials over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. Get it?

First off, I’m a bit biased here. I actually created one of the playlists here (Beaches, Guitars and Tiki Bars). But I listened to AccuRadio long before that. I’ve always listened to streaming audio the way I grew up on radio - namely, find a cool station, leave it on, and go about your business with a nifty soundtrack. However, that’s not as easy in the corporate radio world that we currently live in, where it’s all about appealing to the lowest common denominator. That does not happen here. Whatever your taste in music typically is, or whatever your taste in music is at any given time, you’ll find it here. More so than Pandora or IHeart.

AccuRadio is probably the best free radio app on the app store; with great variety and “free skips.” But there is one very annoying problem with this app. When searching for specific songs to add on your “Five-Star Radio” album, it is virtually impossible to find the song you are looking for; you cannot search a specific song, rather just the artist. And there is no real way to determine if the sought-after song even exists on the app! Would there be a way to implement a feature that allows the user to search for a specific song on the app? If so, it would be much appreciated. Also, it would be nice to see a comprehensive list of all of the songs played on each “radio station.” Thanks for the feedback, and have a nice day. P.S., even though there’s meant to be “unlimited skips,” it seems the app will freeze if it experiences excessive skipping.

I love everything Disney! If you do too, this is the place for you! There are three separate Disney channels to listen to, that run continuously. They are all based on Disney movies, so you can listen to all of your favorite songs, for free! This is the best app for Disney lovers everywhere! So happy I found this app, I can play my favorite Disney songs continuously, day and night! And I can switch from one station to another, and back to the same stations again for different songs, unlimited skips! Fantastic, thank you, Accuradio!

Been using AccuRadio driving to and from work. Over the last year, I’ve built a 4-5 star list of over 400 songs. Sometimes I listen to my blended stations, sometimes to my favorites. Either way, I get to listen to the music I want. AccuRadio preloads about 5 minutes of music so that when I go through a low signal area, the music still plays. Take a little time to mark songs you like and you will always have access. Highly recommend this music service.

I love AccuRadio on the internet on my computer.. The app is great it just has one small problem. It repeats songs and get them out of order with the album artwork from time to time. It never does this on my computer running from the website. Fix it and I’ll give you that 5th star.

The ability to blend genres on this app is sadly missing in many other music apps. Definitely the best feature along with the amazing variety available. So called “stations” on other apps play the same tunes over and over again. Also, other than Pandora, there seems to be no other ability to blend genres. This is my new go to app when I want tremendous variety! Thank you and please keep up the good work. I certainly don’t mind ads when I have unlimited skips. Kudos!!

Unfortunately, Pandora no longer works on my out of date IPad Mini. This is the only free music app I could find for my IPad. Lots of ads, but I'm used to that with Pandora. The worst thing for me with AccuRadio, is that I can't look at a list of songs that I have heard already. You can only see channel history and not song history. I also listen to a lot of Broadway show tunes, and the selection here is so very limited. Mostly older stuff. Very few shows of the past 10 to 15 years, and of those, only very successful award winning shows. I have tried looking for specific shows, with absolutely no success. Just not happy with this app.

The music stops playing by itself sometimes when I’m not on the app. It plays the same songs quite too much even after I put one star. It’s only after I ban some artists and songs that I finally get to hear other artists or songs that I didn’t even know were there. Also, the app continues to play the song or artist I banned. Ex: I ban the song....two songs later it reappears. I ban the artist...the song after the song playing has that artist. I’m not talking a feature on a song. I’m talking the artist by him or herself or featuring some other artist. The app has so much potential, but its errors like these that prevent the app from living up to what it could be.

This app has REALLY changed in recent months. You get two (maybe three) songs then there are two or three commercials. I’m glad that the developers are making money but they’ve killed their product by over commercialization. When I first used AccuRadio it was a delight to listen to mostly uninterrupted music and the occasional commercials hardly interrupted the flow of the music. It used to be an absolute delight. Now the commercials are so frequent and obtrusive that it’s hard to enjoy the music. I’ll keep this app for now in hopes that it changes back to streaming music in stead of streaming the praises of coffee shops and insurance companies. If it remains unchanged I’ll be gone.

I love AccuRadio! Awesome selection of channels and songs! The commercials aren’t the worst compared to some services I’ve used with commercials, but would be willing to pay a small fee to have commercial-free - maybe something like LiveXLive’s $30/year option. The only thing AccuRadio is missing that I REALLY wish it has is compatibility with Apple CarPlay. I would use it a lot more if it was an app on my car’s display.

This app has an excellent variety of music genres, and I love being able to blend stations together. that is my favorite feature. The problems I have are with the app’s functionality. Many times the app freezes when I try to load a station. When that happens I have to either reload the station or close the app and reopen it. There are also many times when the app will not play in the background. When that happens I have to close the app and reopen it. Very frustrating.

I downloaded the app and enjoyed it for a short period of time. But I also deleted the app the same day. Once I realize that for every 3 to 4 songs is 2 to 3 advertisements. And you can’t even pay to stop the advertisements. I understand that everyone Has to make money and that’s fine. But they should let me know before I download it and give them all my personal information to sign up. That’s this is the prerequisite for using their app.

Been using this platform for a very long time. Have it on my handheld and smart tv as well. TV version is extremely tedious to scroll through to get to your desired station, can you make it a little more intuitive please. On my phone I have to choose my music preference before I can log in- how about people like me that enjoy all kinds of music? I don’t want to choose and I shouldn’t be forced to. All in all a great app but it works a hundred times better on computer/tablet than it does on TV and phone

I use to love this app with my last phone an iPhone 5. I was able to search for the artist of my choice and play genres I asked for. This new version only permits me to choose the genres of their choice. I’ve started using Tunein radio and it’s allowing me more freedom of choice. I haven’t decided if I’m going to keep this app on my phone yet, I’m leaning towards removal. My suggestion is to bring back the features of the old version and let me decide what “I” want to listen to. I don’t use Alexa for my music for much of the same reasons, they let you choose the artist, but they only have a couple of tracks for each.

Incredible variety of stations covering every decade of popular music in the 20th and 21st centuries and many cultural niches with an endless catalogue of songs, this is my favorite music app by far. I don’t even have any complaints about ads and I really appreciate that it lacks a paid “premium” subscription sort of thing. I hope to keep listening for many years, thank you AccuRadio! Harry :-)

I love this app this is my go to music app. Their is some issues with crashing, but overall I love it. I have a few recommendations for your app. 1.) I think you should be able to pay monthly to be able to listen data and add free. 2.) I think you should be able to search a song to add to your 5 star radio or one certain station.

AccuRadio is my favorite music app! I subscribe to Apple Music but I can say without fear of contradiction that AccuRadio is the one I tune into 9 out of 10 times! The more I listen to AccuRadio the better it gets! It definitely leaves Pandora in its dust! Sure, there are occasional ads, but they’re never invasive or annoying. The bottom line is, I love this app! I highly recommend it!

If you like to listen to different genres of music, there is no better app. I can listen to a mix of jazz, rock, classical, new age, Broadway, whatever. The variety is fantastic. App works fine. I would have given five stars if there was a paid version that removes the ads and has higher quality audio (the normal quality is fine).

This is my favorite app wherever I go. It’s on all my phones, on my work computer and I have told family and friends about it. It’s darn near perfect. The only thing I would suggest for future upgrades is to be able to search for certain songs so I can add them to my own radio channel. Especially love how tuned in AccuRadio is to the community and how supportive they are!

I love this app, and the fact that it's accessible! I enjoy the fact that the buttons are not hard to find, and you don't have to go searching for all all the playback controls, and scroll through irrelevant ads. Plus, you can't go wrong with unlimitted skipps! If I had to choose a radio app, I'd definitely choose AccuRadio!

I am so excited to find this app! I have looked forever for a streaming service that provides other-than-mainstream music. Of course they have that too but also World! I can listen to anything from NatAm (!) to Japanese, to Klezmer and anything in between! And free? I would gladly pay! This is my new go-to app!

Hard to believe something so good can be free, at least to the listener. Yrs ago when I listened to music all the time I had good stereo equipment. Now I listen on an IPad. You can guess the difference. So now I have to get some good stereo eq. again. Thanks AccuRadio for making me spend more money. Maybe I can find some good used Chinese stuff. Anyway I will be donating as I can

Great music and a awesome variety of stations. However there are waaaay too many commercials to keep a good flow and no way to pay to stop them. It’s like every three or so a commercial hits. Especially if you skip through a couple of songs. That’s way to much breaking up a good mood. Overall, I do use the app a few times a week, mostly early or mid day for a little me time. It’s worth the download, but could be better.

The 2 latest upgrades have made performance much worse on my iPhone. It takes a very long time to load the first song and the program simply stops in mid-song and you have to start a whole new session with the same very long wait. Trying to listen on a subway where station stops with stronger signals are short is often impossible. The program was working better for a while; please figure out why performance has declined

I love AccuRadio for it’s wide variety of channels, including older songs that most media seems to have forgotten about. With it’s star rating system, available channel building and WIDE selection of songs, this is the BEST customizable streaming music source I’ve found yet! Thank you, AccuRadio!

Been with Accuradio since the beginning and don’t use any other music platforms because Accuradio is so versatile and I don’t have to download anything because of that versatility…..even with the advertisements….they’re fairly short and help keep Accuradio free for us sooooooo advertise away, I Love Accuradio!

This is a gem of an app and service! Excellent quality of music, a huge assortment of stations and genres, unlimited skips and customization. Blending a station is awesome. Very little interruptions by way of ads. Better than Pandora! Thank you AccuRadio for all your hard work!

My favorite part of the app is not a function, but a great little detail! I love how this app includes the release year, this helps me figure out when a particular genre was popular. I also love the variety and the ability to blend multiple channels to create a unique listening experience.

I can deal with the ads and interruptions because there are so many genres to choose from. The biggest problem I have is choosing which station to listen to at any given moment. It’s outstanding!

Used to love Accuradio for its extensive genres, for years it was the best Broadway radio, but with such an unreliable app I just can’t listen like I want because after the first minute of a song the app crashes. And this is not a new issue. Researching their support forum finds many people experiencing the exact same issue for more than a few versions and yet the issue still hasn’t been addressed. There are far more reliable music apps out there that are gaining users.

I used to love this app. It was my go to music app (over Pandora and my iTunes). However now it does work on my iPad now and when I tried loading it back on to my rarely used (for anything but books), I get a message it isn’t compatible for my older kindle and when searched on my kindle 2017 there is no AccuRadio app. Very disappointed. I don’t really want to have to make playlists in my iTunes or use Pandora but will need to delete this app unless fixed.

What’s not to like? Big deal, Y’all have to listen to a few ads. On cable you have to pay for the content and you still have to listen to the ads. Boo-Hoo, quit crying!

I really like the app and the wide range of stations available. However the app often crashes. There are many songs I can no longer listen to because it always crashes during that song.

It would be worth 5 starts if they would allow a small fee to remove the banner Ads. It’s a big turn off having them at the bottom and then showing up so frequently between songs. I know you make money off Ad revenue, but you could also make money with an in-app purchase that granted an Ad free version.

We’ve been listening to this at work for a couple weeks now. Every person that walks by starts singing. From people in their 50’s to people in their 20’s.

I like this app. I like being able to skip a song, I do know they need commercials to be able to fund the cause but the only thing I would change is no commercials when skipping a song.

I use this app a lot, it has so much variety. It would be a great app if for a reasonable fee we could listen offline and download some stations for off line, and also make it add free. I’m getting tired of Zyzel or whatever the wise owl is. There weren’t any adds for a few months and now they are appearing again. What has changed? Now it’s Geico the frog.

I love this app and have used it for 10+ years BUT it only works now with my old iPad not my new one. Is this the rare app that doesn’t upgrade? That’s fine for people with old equipment but I’d like to listen to it on modern equipment. I can use the browser mode but it stops after every song. PIA

I have 263 songs in my Five Star Radio station. I listen every day. They will play the same songs that I just heard the previous days. If I hit forward to try to get some variety, I just spend time listening to their commercials every 3 songs. Going back to IHeart and Pandora

Love the variety. I listen to classical while working because it’s less distracting. Wish I could select or tailor a no opera option. The concentration selection is fairly close. Also wish I could avoid the commercials.

I’ve loved AccuRadio service for years. The watch app looks great but it annoyingly keeps popping up on my watch every time an ad plays. I want to keep the watch app in the background.

When it works it is awesome. It stopped working and won’t play. I have deleted and reinstalled the app and it still won’t work. It is stuck in the loading phase and won’t play anything now for a few days. Please fix!

This is my first music app, and I thought it was okay. BUT, there could be some improvements. Like for instance, the fact that it crashes ALL the time! And there are way to many commercials! I think that we should have the option to pay to not have commercials. That way, we get what we want and you get what you want🤑. That’s pretty much it.