# 8tracks - Best Playlist Radio — user reviews > 122 indexed App Store user reviews of 8tracks by BackBeat Inc., rated 4.20/5 from 1,474 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/8tracks-best-playlist-radio/id346194763/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/8tracks-best-playlist-radio/id346194763.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,042 · 4★ 141 · 3★ 58 · 2★ 54 · 1★ 179 ## What do users think of 8tracks? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great music discovery - 👍 Unique playlists - 💡 Expanded music taste - 👍 Nostalgic/Formative experience **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - 🔒 Security/privacy concerns - 🔋 Playback issues - 👎 Unusable app **Commonly reported bugs** - Unable to log in or create account - Playlist covers not loading - Play button disappearing after starting a playlist - Inability to change playlists without restarting app - Ads causing playback issues **Most requested features** - Ability to create playlists on mobile - Option to sort playlists by newest/popular - Shuffle feature for all playlist songs - Folder/collection organization for playlists - Randomization for older and newer playlists ## Newest reviews (11 of 122) ### 2/5 — Please come back *2025-08-18, version 3.4.1* really disappointing that i can’t log into this app anymore and even read the songs that are listed in the old playlists ### 2/5 — Something up 8tracks! *2025-07-26, version 3.4.1* I have been having a huge problem with signing up to be on 8tracks. For about two days. I decided that I wanted to come back on 8tracks again after not being on there for a few years. But now I don’t see it possible for some reason. ### 5/5 — sad *2025-07-15, version 3.4.1* i miss u ### 5/5 — The Best *2025-06-20, version 3.4.1* I agree with the Still Hoping review. I keep checking too. Definitely the best streaming app for music not on the mainstream. I miss it a lot. ### 5/5 — Best app for streaming *2025-05-07, version 3.4.1* It is tragic that this is no longer operational. ### 5/5 — From A Spoiled Child To A Fighter of Spotify's Monopoly *2025-05-02, version 3.4.1* I believe in supporting smaller businesses. I had adored 8tracks as a child. I love the ability to make and add my own tags to radios! When it became to roll out a premium with ads, I was rageful. I understand as adult what caused this decision to change. Give 8tracks a chance over spotify. It's PROBABLY CHEAPER ANYWAYS GUYS COME ONNNN ### 5/5 — PLEASE BRING IT BACK *2025-04-22, version 3.4.1* Please bring back 8tracks! This was my favorite music platform! ### 5/5 — Wow *2025-04-19, version 3.4.1* Best mixes online but it’s not working any longer ### 5/5 — Sad *2025-04-05, version 3.4.1* My go to music app is gone. I wish this app would come back. I don’t like any of the others at all. Now this YouTube. I found this app over ten years ago and used it until the end. I like many other people still have the app on our phones hoping for a comeback. Please bring it back!!!! Bring it back , bring it back, bring it back!!!!✌️ ### 5/5 — Still hoping *2025-03-29, version 3.4.1* No longer operational - but I don’t want to delete the app off my phone. This was always my top choice for streaming music. Gave the best mix suggestions for any mood and I was constantly being introduced to new music and artists without being bogged down by only the mainstream songs and artists. I truly hope that this isn’t the end for what I considered to be the top choice for a music streaming service. Thank you for the years of listening, please say there will still be more. ### 5/5 — BRING IT BACK *2025-03-25, version 3.4.1* There’s nothing like this anywhere else and it’s such a shame that having accessibility to curated music like this has been removed! #BringBack8Tracks!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t Sign Up *2025-11-18, version 3.4.1* App requires an account, but will not allow you to sign up. ### 1/5 — Hoping but ready to cancel *2025-07-24, version 3.4.1* I’m hoping against hope that this best-of-all-time music app will resurrect—I’m not interested in ANY other music streaming service, and I’m sure other diehard 8tracks users will understand me there—but as it stands I’m frustrated to see that I’ve been charged month after month for an app which is functionally dead. I’ve never felt this degree of loyalty toward any purchasable good or service; I’ll sign up immediately if it ever comes back to life. But currently it’s a remarkable oversight to continue to charge users’ accounts postmortem. Godspeed, 8tracks! If you ever come back, I’ll give you five stars and a glowing review. ### 1/5 — I’ll miss you, 8tracks. *2025-03-22, version 3.4.1* There is something of a certain grief that the app that’s been with me since high school to my early college years that completely changed the way I consume music and how I structure it, seemingly have the plug been pulled. Im in a state I’m vaguely at peace with it never returning. It’s been fighting for its life ever since it was restricted to the US only, and then only kept fighting for my life after 2020. But it’s still sad to see it just gone. Maybe one day there’ll be another app that is music for music enjoyers rather than a nasty algorithm system like 8tracks. I hope the makers make the descion to take the app off the store if there is genuinely no plans to continue the service, 8tracks deserve a proper send off and fans , old and new, deserve to have their grief laid in peace. ### 1/5 — Rest in peace, 8tracks *2025-03-14, version 3.4.1* I wish I could have savored the last play with you. You were such an underrated music app. A great way to find new and obscure music. Now the servers are gone, making this app unusable. Let’s hope it comes back in some form. ### 1/5 — Here Lies 8tracks *2025-02-16, version 3.4.1* Let this serve as me putting my favorite music discovery app to rest. 8tracks fundamentally changed my consumption as music as a medium, broadening my horizons in was I never would have dreamed of. It is gone. It was supposed to disappear at the beginning of 2020 and somehow clung to life, just barely, for 5 more years. Now the app and the site connected to it lie non-functional. Considering the timing, happening at the beginning of the year, I imagine someone decided to finally pull the plug. That’s ok, even if it makes me sad. Thank you, 8tracks. You served me very, very well. ### 1/5 — App Not Working *2025-02-01, version 3.4.1* so sad i want to log in but it says something went wrong. even when i try to make a new account it won’t let me. please fix!! i miss 8tracks!! ### 1/5 — App Not Working *2025-01-24, version 3.4.1* The app and the website both seem to be down, but there’s no information about what’s going on and it’s been over a week. ### 1/5 — Says I'm outside the US *2025-01-07, version 3.4.1* The 8tracks website and the app both say I'm outside of the US and so the app is not supported and the site only plays youtube playlists. It's clear - or at least it SHOULD be - that I'm in the US. Emailing support did nothing. I have no idea what 8tracks is doing. ### 1/5 — Not available in US???? *2025-01-04, version 3.4.1* I had the app download for a long time and then went on one day and it said that the app is no longer supported in my country (United States) why? I’m so sad. ### 1/5 — App Issue - won’t play? *2025-01-02, version 3.4.1* I’m also having the same issue/getting the same message as mentioned in the previous review. I have never used 8tracks in another country outside of the U.S. either and this has never happened to me before. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Please come back!!! *2026-08-14, version 3.4.1* 🥺🥺🥺 ### 5/5 — Nostalgic *2026-08-07, version 3.4.1* Saw some old emails regarding 8tracks updates. I wish nothing more but to access my old playlists. Forever 2015. Man. Pls let me in ### 5/5 — Please come back! *2026-07-14, version 3.4.1* Loved 8 tracks. So bummed it’s no longer available. ### 5/5 — miss u *2026-07-06, version 3.4.1* ill never forget you 8tracks ur always welcome back into my heart ### 5/5 — I miss you 8tracks *2026-04-02, version 3.4.1* 8tracks was genuinely the best and everything since has been a major disappointment. thanks for the years. I miss you ### 5/5 — pls come back *2026-01-16, version 3.4.1* idk if anyone else is here because of the 2016 resurgence but I NEED 8tracks back for it. please, it’s your time to shine again ### 5/5 — please come back *2025-12-28, version 3.4.1* 8tracks i miss you so bad ### 5/5 — PLEASE COME BACK!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻 *2025-12-28, version 3.4.1* IS IT BACK?! I SEE IT IN THE STORE I NEED IT TO BE BACK THIS IS MY HOME MY COMMUNITY ### 5/5 — please come back my one and only *2025-11-29, version 3.4.1* writing a review to hopefully be apart of the force that influences the return of 8tracks. this app really got me passionate about listening to music. playlists for all sorts of moods and vibes and the tagging system to find those playlists beats any other app. it expanded my music taste so much and introduced me to some of my favorite songs. absolutely loved this app, was heartbroken when i discovered it was gone. was a very big part of my life during some very formative years. ### 5/5 — PLEASE BE BACK!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻 *2025-11-26, version 3.4.1* IS IT BACK?! I SEE IT IN THE STORE I NEED IT TO BE BACK THIS IS MY HOME MY COMMUNITY --- *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 2026-09-03.*