Audacy

Name: Audacy
Rating: 4.58413 (81134 reviews)

Music

View in App Store

Audacy

Music

4.6

81.1K ratings

Age Rating

12+

Seller

Audacy, Inc.

View in App Store

Price Intelligence:

Average for the Music category The most popular in-app price for the app

Grow your in-app revenue

while we take care of your subscription management.
Mobile SDK by Qonversion.

Learn more

Price Intelligence based on:

213,517

apps aggregated

8,172,290

in-app prices defined

main categories

In-App Purchase Price (Subscription or Non-Recurring)

vs. average for the Music category, $, by region

Build, analyze, and grow in-app subscriptions

with the most powerful mobile SDK for subscriptions

Explore

User Reviews for Audacy

Good but frustrating and disappointing.

Please read other reviewers frustrating reviews as of recent (Jan-Apr 2022). I am experiencing the same things as them. Below are a few positive experiences thoughI utilize this app because my local sports radio station WFAN 660AM is on it. So even when I’m not in the car, I can listen to my favorite sports talk radio station. The rewind feature is useful if I miss a segment or interview, and having each show upload “segments”as podcast sound bites is useful too so I can catch up later if I want too. What is frustrating is that sometimes this app does not play when the phone screen is locked. This forces me to restart my phone and log out of my account and then back in. Last year I was super excited when I learned that I would be able to listen to the AM radio broadcast of the Yankee game. This is the most frustrating thing….I live within broadcast metro area and sometimes I can listen to the game and sometimes it says I’m “out of the broadcast region” even when I’m listening in a location where it’s worked before. This is a big turn off for me and has me looked for the Yankee radio stream elsewhere. I have the location-service feature turned on, and I’ve even pre-selected the region to see if that would work in the app settings and it doesn’t work. This is extremely frustrating because radio broadcasts should be available no matter the situation.

Acam1223, Apr 20, 2022

User experience is erratic

Playback is sometimes fine, but other times extremely frustrating. Program playback will sometimes spontaneously stop playing, at a commercial break or just in the middle of a segment. There doesn’t appear to be a discernible pattern as to when or why this happens. When that happens and you hit play to restart, it either will not start at all, or restarts from the beginning. When it decides to restart from the beginning even though you just want playback to continue from where it spontaneously stopped, the playback timeline incorrectly shows you’re restarting at the point it froze. Very aggravating. Also, sometimes the timeline slider will not allow you to move it at all. When that happens you have to pick a different program, and then go back to the program you’re listening to, or sometimes kill and restart the app. In either case you need to make a mental note of where you were in the timeline slider so you can get back to the right place after restarting the program or the app. The playback feature is a great feature when it works. When it doesn’t, the behavior it exhibits is very aggravating and is a bad user experience.

Bill__2, Sep 29, 2021

What happened?

This app used to be great. I’d listen to my local AM news station while getting ready for work in the morning and never had a problem. It would stop playing if I opened another app with sound, like a website with embedded video, but other than that playback was continuous and reliable. But after COVID and moving to working from home, I didn’t need it; I’d watch the news on tv instead. For whatever reason, I tried to use it this morning for the first time in awhile and all of a sudden (to me anyway) it won’t play in the background if I’m using another app or if the phone is locked. What in the world possessed the developers to make this change? Now the app is completely useless. I’m not going to drain my battery keeping my phone awake to listen to news I can just as easily get somewhere else. Change it back.ETA: thanks for your response. While I’m still baffled as to why that functionality became optional, enabling background refresh did work.

Ckelley116, Jan 07, 2022

Tragically, my most used app.

This is both my most used app, and the absolute worst app I use. I stream out of market sports radio (shout out 97.1 The Ticket Detroit). It constantly crashes. It gets stuck in endless commercial loops. It goes mute, to which the only option is to start the show at the beginning, fast forward 15 seconds at a time through hours of radio until it clicks back on. It randomly doesn’t play certain shows. The new wrinkle(I assume they added this as an April fools, and due to covid-19 just forgot to shut it off) is that it plays with no audio, and the only way to get it to work is to restart my device, delete and reinstall the app, rinse and repeat until it decides to play. If there are any alternative options for radio streaming out there, please someone let me know. I cannot understate what a simmering kettle of goat droppings this app is. It was terrible years ago, and continues to get incrementally worse with each update. Pure trash. I would happily pay a few bucks for a functioning app, especially considering how frequently I use said app.

deeznutz19, May 27, 2020

The good the bad the ugly

The good is I get to catch the ONLY station I listen to on here because it’s not available anywhere else. The bad is whether I’m home on wifi or on the road (truck driver) this app since the station switched to it has ALWAYS and CONTINUALLY lets me down because it stops like it crashes interrupting what I’m listening to. I can’t go back using the 15 sec button because that doesn’t work properly and it takes forever then that stops. Continual buffering is a huge problem also. The ugly is you guys haven’t fixed this bug yet I’ve been listening over a year and it’s never been addressed. I know the station I listen to can’t be the only problem on here. There’s got to be other people and things they listen to going through the same thing. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE! (maybe my bad and ugly review parts should be switched) also I’m on spectrum wifi with the highest package no issues and my cell is on 5g with Verizon and a iPhone 12 Pro max so it’s not me.

Knownbyfew, Oct 15, 2021

Lots of potential, but frustrating

I use this app primarily to listen to WFAN’s sports talk content. I could listen on the radio, but my schedule makes it more convenient to listen via streaming. I have two main frustrations: 1) is difficulty finding content, like Richard Neer’s Saturday and Sunday broadcasts, on the app. If I use the search feature in the app to search “Richard Neer” or “Neer” nothing comes up. So instead, I have to Google, put in “Richard Neer” and search thru several results to find a link that will bring me to his Audacy content, usually via an Apple podcasts link. This method usually works, but not always, and it’s cumbersome. Frustration number 2 is more serious: the app frequently freezes or drops out, especially at commercial breaks, and if I try to rewind during a delayed stream, the app often takes me to the live station stream, and it’s impossible to go back to find my place. For example, I was listening to Neer interviewing someone this morning, and I tried to hit the “rewind 15 seconds”’button, and it took me to the live stream. I have NO PROBLEM listening to ads - I know the app needs to get revenue somehow. So let us listen to the ads! Instead, when I get to the ads, the app freezes or crashes half of the time. Fix these issues and it goes to 5 stars; as is, it’s too frustrating to rate higher than 2 stars.

Pinstriped, Jul 04, 2021

Great iPhone radio app, awful CarPlay implementation

I spend at least 3 hours driving daily. This app is the only one compatible with CarPlay that offers 1010 wins, so it was a no brained, but unfortunately the CarPlay implementation is more of a gimmick than anything. Favorite radios should be the first item in the list, that, or show them as icons immediately when opening the app, instead with have to browse trough the screen multiple menus to select a radio. We are driving remember? Where is the usability? The worst thing with this app however is the black screen I get 80% of the time when I touch the app icon on the CarPlay screen, the app works but the screen is empty. The only way I have to start listening to the radio I want is holding the phone and searching for the radio I want trough it, not the screen of CarPlay because there is nothing there. This is infuriating, and not an issue with my phone or car as I thought first. I tested it with my wife and kids iPhones (we all have different models) and our two cars, and it’s always the same issue. I tested it with a friend’s car and it’s the same thing. I’m pretty sure this is a great app as a stand-alone working with the phone, but please fix the CarPlay functionality.

RafaKoy, Dec 18, 2019

Sleep Timer

I actually really like this app, it allows me to listen to most all of my favorite sports talk radio broadcasts. However just yesterday the app underwent a major upgrade and some format changes, one change that I found particularly disappointing was the removal of the sleep timer. I looked all over for it and could not find it on the app and when I searched Google I found out a decision was made to no longer include a sleep timer in the new format. I personally found this a very nice feature and would often set the timer for one hour at night while I would go to sleep listening to a sports show. I hope the developers of the app would reconsider the alarm/sleep timer portion of the app and add it back in. DJJSince I wrote this review the developers have contacted me and advised they are updating the app to include the sleep timer feature, what great customer service, you made this listener feel heard.

Raider Fan 17, Aug 02, 2022

New company , same garbage app

I listen to talk radio on this app. I would say freezes between 10 and 12 times an hour for four seconds each time. Most times I pause to talk to someone or answer a phone call or make a phone call it doesn’t hold my place and resets. Especially on demand.When I listen to on demand it tries to skip commercials but ends up either starting the show over or replaying the segment I had just listened to. Which is a lot of fun when you’re trying to drive let me tell you. I also get caught in advertisement loops where I’ve heard up to 10 advertisements in a row before closing the app and restarting it just to get back to the live programming. Sometimes I’ll be listening to a show and receive a phone call and the app doesn’t restart where I left off but when I play the program back it’ll restart at the beginning of the segment or the entire show. Then I have to try to fast forward and find the spot where it left off. Which once again is a lot of fun when you’re trying to drive. And that’s if the rewind and fast-forward functions actually work because a lot of times the app says it’s not connecting and everything but the play/pause button is grayed out. When the app works it’s great and I love it unfortunately I would say that’s less than half the time I use it. 3 out of 10 in baseball is batting 300 and makes you an all-star. In the app world it makes you a failure. Please fix!

SuspectDOA, Mar 31, 2021

Needs two immediate fixes

1. Right now, if you are chosing a terrestrial radio station, WXYZ, and you’re using the feature where you can View Guide to go back on the stations timeline and listen to a show from a few hours ago, it’s pretty great. Except for one thing: if you stop or go away for any reason: a phone call, you have to watch a video, or you just need to pause the audio for a while, when you return to the app, it only remembers your place for a few minutes! It’s maddening. It should remember your place for at least 3 hours. Or give you a choice in settings to A) Reset immediately B) Remember my place for 3 hours C) Remember my place until I change 2. I keep getting these pointless pop up windows telling me to log in. Except… I am already logged in. This happens pretty much every day. It should be able to detect if I’m logged in, and not give me a pop up if I am. This also is maddening. I hope Audacy reads these and will make these changes. I’d give the app 5* if they fixed this stuff.

The Sidewinder Three-Thousand, Dec 21, 2021

Description

Audacy is your audio home for all your music, news, sports and podcasts. • Live sports talk, interviews, team updates and betting insights by local insiders and top personalities • Hundreds of live radio and exclusive music stations for every music fan • Local and national news from trusted sources in your community • The most popular and trending podcasts for all of your passions and interests Join the community of Audacy listeners on the fastest growing digital audio platform in the U.S. Stay Connected to Your Live Radio Stations and Discover So Much More: • Thousands of live sports, music, news, talk, and comedy AM/FM radio stations from around the country • Exclusive stations: new stations for every activity, every mood and every artist, curated just for you by Audacy • The most popular true crime, news, sports, history, and political podcasts to stream, subscribe to, or download to listen offline • Follow your favorite radio stations to receive alerts on NFL team alerts, live performances, breaking news, press conferences and radio contests • Rewind Live Radio: The first audio app to let you rewind live news and sports talk radio • BetQL Network: Get sports betting tips from the best in the game every morning, afternoon and night. Find out who's hot, who's hurt, and who can help you cash in Exclusive Stations – No upgrade required for these free playlists • Up-tempo stations made for your best workouts • A greater variety of music stations than ever before.

From country love songs to K-pop to yacht rock, and everything in between • Expertly curated stations by Audacy personalities and artists • Find your soundtrack for your workday, tailgates, or just vegging out • Artist Radio stations to listen to your faves Audacy is still home to the top live and local radio stations in the country and you can listen for free, anytime, anywhere. Music Stations: A variety of pop, country, classic rock, alternative, R&B, dance, EDM, and Spanish stations. • Atlanta’s V103 - #1 for hip-hop and R&B • The world famous 106.7 KROQ - L.A. and Orange County’s alternative • 93 XRT – Chicago’s Finest Rock News and Talk Radio: The largest selection of news and talk radio stations of any free radio app: • Top headlines from CNN, Fox News Radio, and CBS News Radio • News affecting your community from KYW Newsradio 1060 (Philadelphia), WWJ Newsradio 950 (Detroit), 1010 Wins (NY), WCBS 880 (NY), NewsRadio 1120 KMOX (St. Louis) and more Live Sports Talk: Live and local sports talk radio to follow your favorite NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and college football teams plus league-wide coverage from CBS Sports Radio. Podcasts: All of the podcasts you love are on Audacy. Discover the most popular and trending shows. • Subscribe to your shows and download to listen offline • Catch popular podcasts from Glennon Doyle (We Can Do Hard Things), Demi Lovato (4D with Demi Lovato), Charli and Dixie D’Amelio (2 CHIX), Kevin Durant (The ETCs with Kevin Durant), Jon Meacham (Fate of Fact, It Was Said, Hope Through History), and more • Try favorites like Pod Save America, Smartless, The Daily and Jim Rome’s Daily Jungle Please note: This app features Nielsen’s audience measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research, such as Nielsen’s TV Ratings. To learn more about our digital audience measurement products and your choices in regards to them, please visit http://www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for more information.