# 102.5 The Bone: Real Raw Radio — user reviews > 92 indexed App Store user reviews of 102.5 The Bone by Cox Media Group, rated 4.30/5 from 747 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/1025-the-bone-real-raw-radio/id878251345/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/1025-the-bone-real-raw-radio/id878251345.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 491 · 4★ 134 · 3★ 37 · 2★ 25 · 1★ 59 ## What do users think of 102.5 The Bone? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎉 Great content - 🔊 Excellent audio quality - 📱 Convenient mobile app - 👍 User-friendly interface - 🏡 Allows listening outside of local area **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔄 Resets playback when switching apps - 📢 Too many ads and commercials - ⏪ Inability to rewind or fast-forward - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🔍 Inconsistent and unreliable app performance **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when switching between WiFi and cellular - Playback resets to the beginning when app is paused - Inconsistent behavior when transitioning between live and on-demand content - Delayed or missing show updates **Most requested features** - Add pause/resume and rewind/fast-forward functionality - Improve app stability and reliability - Reduce the number of ads and commercials - Allow users to resume playback from where they left off - Optimize app for better battery life ## Newest reviews (20 of 92) ### 2/5 — Terrible reliability *2026-01-23, version 12.0.80* Live play almost always stops playing. The app routinely says it can’t play at random times. The podcast section works well though. ### 2/5 — Not great *2025-12-10, version 12.0.70* This is probably the worst app on my phone. It crashes all the time. Any disturbance to the phone like a phone call or other app running with sound and this app completely drops off and I have to restart. And every time I restart the live stream I have to wait through 2 min of ads My love for the Mike Calta Show keeps me coming back. Otherwise, Booooooooooo! ### 3/5 — Moody app *2025-09-22, version 12.0.65* 50% of the time it works fine. A good amount of times the on air personalities are talking and all of a sudden a commercial or three cuts in. Sometimes the app just quits. ### 3/5 — Destroys your battery life. *2025-08-28* Works good until you realize how horrible it is for your overall battery life and how quickly it drains your battery, only app with this issue. Also with that said the bone bonus is never consistent with asking for your information on your keyword of the day. Sometimes it asks for my phone number sometimes it doesn’t, it almost seems like a scam. It will never let me link my Facebook either. ### 2/5 — Annoying *2025-04-18, version 12.0.45* App constantly refreshes during segments. App adds then radio adds. Lucky if you get a straight 15 minutes of stream before refresh then listen to more adds. Worked great with CarPlay before the new look now not so much. ### 2/5 — Ads are ridiculous *2025-03-27, version 12.0.40* Press play and have to watch an ad… Ad ends and have to listen to 2 more ads. Pause live audio on purpose or accident by when another app wants to play audio and have to listen to 2 ads again before going back to live audio. The app has been plagued with issues and now this is just asinine. ### 2/5 — Looks nice *2025-02-10, version 12.0.30* When they did the major update, it looked “prettier” but took away functions like being able to go to the spot in the recording. And it always goes back to the beginning. I wait now and listen on the YouTube recording. ### 1/5 — No chat *2025-02-09, version 12.0.30* Trying to watch the show live and have access to chat but the human verification part always results in an error. ### 1/5 — What is this now? *2025-01-29, version 12.0.4* Kept forcing me to click on entering a contest for $1000 when opening the app. I closed it, re opened and there it is again. So deleted the app and never using it again. Bye 👋 ### 1/5 — Somehow got worse *2025-01-24, version 12.0.4* Adding more 1/24/25: I curse the day this app designer and the company was born. It crashed 3 times yesterday while listening to a replay and I had to do the 2x speed FF. Now today the 1/23 replay glitches so many times I just heard someone repeat themselves 4 times. And that’s happened throughout. I hope the station or cox fires this company and burns this stupid app to the ground. I could do it better with 0 experience in app development. ORIGINAL REVIEW: The app wasn’t great before the update but at least you could come back to your place if you’re replaying a show. Or you could rewind or skip ahead if it somehow reset and you ended up back at the beginning of the show even though you’ve listened to 90% of it. Now, not only can you not Rewind or skip ahead it resets each time you go back into the app so I have to put it on 2x speed and fast-forward 30 seconds to get back somewhat close to where I was. I can’t believe that the app got worse. So disappointing. I’ve tried three times today to listen to my favorite show and each time have had to sit in the car and fast forward it to get back to where I was. Disgraceful to whomever has worked in this app ### 1/5 — Somehow got worse *2025-01-08* The app wasn’t great before the update but at least you could come back to your place if you’re replaying a show. Or you could rewind or skip ahead if it somehow reset and you ended up back at the beginning of the show even though you’ve listened to 90% of it. Now, not only can you not Rewind or skip ahead it resets each time you go back into the app so I have to put it on 2x speed and fast-forward 30 seconds to get back somewhat close to where I was. I can’t believe that the app got worse. So disappointing. I’ve tried three times today to listen to my favorite show and each time have had to sit in the car and fast forward it to get back to where I was. Disgraceful to whomever has worked in this app ### 3/5 — Crashes Too Often *2024-12-23, version 12.0.4* App is over complicated with categories and graphics. Live button is not clearly defined and the app cuts in and out frequently. ### 1/5 — Missing previous great features *2024-12-22, version 12.0.4* Playback is garbage, resets to the beginning every time you go back to replay and there’s no bar at the bottom to speed things up like before. Speeding up is not worth the time spent. App Is not as quick as before and way too many commercials. Buying portable radio to help me out when I get in and out of my car since the app takes to long. ### 1/5 — Who ever runs this app needs to be fired *2024-12-13* This app is literally the worst i thought it would get better with current updates but it’s even worse can’t manually fast forward to any spot you want ,won’t continue where you left off ,they never upload current daily episodes, and any time you pause it it closes the app down instead of just continuing after you unpause i cannot express how much this app is just garbage ### 1/5 — Truly Terrible *2024-12-04* Using this app almost feels nostalgic but in the worst way possible. It’s like stepping back to iOS 1.0 from the mid to late 2000s, with only minor tweaks over the years to keep it limping along. The UI and functionality is outdated, clunky, and honestly embarrassing for 2024. It’s shocking to think someone is actually paid to maintain this sad excuse for an app. I’m no longer in the Tampa area, so I can’t rely on my dial, but I had to leave my first ever app review because this app is genuinely awful. If you’re the developer or a Cox employee reading this, know that I mean it with every fiber of my being.. this app is an absolute dumpster fire. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2024-11-25, version 11.17.80* Try to listen to Lightning games, but every time you leave the app and come back, you have to sit through minutes of ads while the game is in progress. I have no problem with ads, but shouldn’t have to listen to them while the commentary is on. I’ve missed goals because of it. Used to love Iheart’s app for hockey, this one I don’t. ### 1/5 — Ads are ridiculous *2024-11-15, version 11.17.80* Press play and have to watch an ad… Ad ends and have to listen to 2 more ads. Pause live audio on purpose or accident by when another app wants to play audio and have to listen to 2 ads again before going back to live audio. The app has been plagued with issues and now this is just asinine. ### 1/5 — App Blows *2023-11-15, version 11.17.35* Cox Media Group has so much money, but are unwilling to invest into a quality app. It is difficult to browse, offers only the bare minimum AND still posts ads! So, CMG gets paid for having a crappy app. ### 1/5 — The worst *2023-11-09, version 11.17.10* Give me a break!!!! I feel bad for the radio talent. This app is horrible. So bad. As a media company, do better. ### 1/5 — Bad update *2023-10-31, version 11.17.10* The latest update is trash, can’t fast forward through parts of the show that I’ve already heard. The shows Restart every time the app is closed. Please fix, can’t use in the current form. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t Use *2026-05-11, version 12.0.86* Love to listen, but when I open the app a black block opens up after a couple of seconds. Can’t click off, around, or X out. App completely unusable. ### 1/5 — This app still sucks *2026-01-22, version 12.0.80* What is the company who manages this app actually spending money on? Because it is not making sure the app works….even some of the time. Glad they are streaming some of the shows on YouTube. ### 1/5 — Constant pausing and commercials *2025-10-20* Hands down my favorite talk radio. I listen to them more than music. Now the bad. The app makes it very difficult to listen to. It constantly keeps pausing after 3-5 seconds of listening. It’s so bad at times that every time it pauses I have to listen 2-3 commercials. The starts playing a little and then back to commercials. This is even when I have full bars. I’ve been in Saint Pete. Tampa, Wesley Chapel, and still continues the same thing over again. The commercials come in clearer than the show. Please fix. It would be an amazing app if it actually worked. ### 1/5 — Huh? *2025-10-14, version 12.0.70* Listening to a English radio station and hearing commercials in Spanish… ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2025-08-28, version 12.0.65* It’s ridiculous how many ads you have to get through to get to listen. Then any time you switch anything you have to do it all over again. ### 1/5 — Too many commercials *2025-06-09, version 12.0.55* Bone commercial breaks are long enough. On top that the app forces you to listen to 3 commercials before you get to the show. If you switch from car to house, 3 more commercials. Phone alarm goes off, 3 more commercials. Scam caller while listening, 3 more commercials. ### 1/5 — Just plays ads, not the show *2025-05-17, version 12.0.50* After the latest update, the application opens up and instantly starts playing ads right away then after about 10 ads or so the show still never starts and this has been consistent. I have sat through a full commute, just listening to bang ads. So basically no longer hear my show since I am out of state. ### 1/5 — Has potential *2025-04-03, version 12.0.40* Disconnects on a regular basis. Put some effort into it ### 1/5 — Terrible most of the time *2025-02-13, version 12.0.30* Mostly commercials now ### 1/5 — Terrible design *2025-02-10, version 12.0.30* God forbid you click on another video while scrolling, you have to listen to 3 ADs before you get back to live content. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great Content, Bad App *2022-12-29, version 11.15.21* Like the title says, love the all the shows on 102.5… the app offers a lot of content and bare bones features, but at least on iPhone, it’s a pain to use/skip/etc… ### 5/5 — So wonderful *2022-10-11, version 11.15.21* I recently moved away from Florida for college in New York and I love this show I’m so glad I can listen to it everyday because if this app it’s amazing ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2022-06-29, version 11.15.20* I love listening to the Mike Calta show while I’m working out on the morning! Love Galvin’s News and Spanish giving Reddit credit. Carmin’s follow the money! Makes the work out time fly by! ### 5/5 — Should be 10 out of 10 *2022-06-22* Love the BONE!! All you guys are great! I’ve won tickets before been a while! But they are fun to listen to and fun to call keep you up to date with everything going on and it’s an awesome show what else can you listen to if you’re not listening to 1025 the bone??? You found a great talk show just listen you’ll see! ### 5/5 — 102.5 the bone *2022-06-22, version 11.15.20* Listen every day! ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2022-05-27, version 11.15.15* 102.5 the Bone app is great you can listen to live talk any time all the time. Nice and clearReception no matter where you are. ### 5/5 — Roger & JP show *2022-04-20, version 11.15.15* This one is my absolute favorite and I love Brett to is so hilarious with all of his voice impersonations and new characters that he does as well he is a hoot and very very talented.I like Monica because I love the bantering between her and JP and their extreme differences upon opinions makes the show very fun. All around that is a awesome show I was in five days a week as I am a medical/legal courier. And I would hate to ever see that show disappear. Because I’m sure if it did I probably wouldn’t listen anymore honestly. However I do like Mike Calta’s but I don’t usually chime in to about 930 10:00 AM and I like Drew and John and best wishes to Drew! ### 5/5 — Great morning shows great radio all day *2021-04-12, version 11.14.36* This app is amazing. It allows me to listen to great radio show. Being blind it allows me to listen to a great morning show with complete ease. ### 5/5 — Roger and JP *2020-03-23, version 11.10.14* These guys and Monica are keeping us level headed and light hearted as we are all facing this crisis. Thanks for all that you do! ### 5/5 — De Bone *2019-03-02* Here from the UK, here to stay Found the Bone and love all of the hosts Mike stop picking on Carmen and I’ll take the gaming chair thank you, Kevin love to you I respect what you have been through I was to be a living Kidney Donner to my own brother “Keven” unfortunately that never happened as things went wrong you have gone through so much keep lighting up the air waves --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-25.*