Broadcasts User Reviews

Broadcasts
Broadcasts
Steven Troughton-Smith

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Slick and solid

Nicest streaming radio app I’ve ever used. Get rid of all those other pieces of bloatware you’ve used up until now.

how do I use it?

How do I get a non-Irish station? All I see is a half dozen Irish ones?

Great for podcast streaming

Works perfectly for streaming ATP or relayFM live stream podcasts and has shortcuts!

Broken mess

Bought the full version to listen to my favorite US stations but when trying to add the selected station nothing happens (the add station button doesn't work). The search functionality also didn't do anything (I had to scroll down the list to find my station (KCRW). And restoring the default selection of Irish stations after deleting them only restores the folder but not the stations themselves. This isn't even alpha software. I now requested a refund and went with Triode.
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Still useless when driving

This would be great radio app for driving, but as phone looses and regains connection, it eventually gives up and stops trying. Even worse, it displays error message which makes it impossible to restart without stopping the car, unlocking phone, dismissing some weird useless stream error message and starting again. Basically, works fine home on wifi, useless in car.
The other thing is no contact to developer using email. I do not have twitter account and never plan to. Twitter page shown by help link is completely incomprehensible, useless for finding useful help or contacting author.
In summary, seemed great when came out, I like the promise and gui, paid for full version, now really disappointed. Seems fixable, but no way to let developer know.
If anyone is listening: if you display stream error number xyz, you failed. We do not care, we want to hear radio. Try again, and again, and again,... Got the message? And get rid of error messages... we know our phone providers in Midwest have crappy network.
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Nice, clean & stable

Nice app. The minus star is because the available stations are only about 10 (Irish). Hopefully more will be added.

What all apps should be

Light weight. Not a heavy data mining machine that makes the users jump through hoops to use it, or feel like their constantly being used. Not overly complex. Just right, with a responsive developer who has some respect for users. We need more like this.

Works simply and elegantly

I've tried a couple of other internet radio apps and this is the first that has had the combination I was looking for: good directory plus easy station additon via stream URL; syncing between Mac, iPhone and Apple TV; and an interface that looks Apple instead of terrible.

Another native app

I like native apps, because they consume less space on disk and use less RAM when running. This one is no exception :)
I have noticed that sometimes radio stream stops and doesn't resume (maybe it's server side problem). And if you could close main window without stopping the music (like iTunes) – it would be great.
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Great option to directly add audio feeds by URL

I appreciate the option to directly add audio feeds by URL, and customize their icons, and categorize them.
Well done!

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