Best Clock Radio User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience38.5% of reviews
Neutral9.6% of reviews
Negative experience51.9% of reviews

~ Based on 104 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Is Best Clock Radio Legit?

Best Clock Radio-Podcast appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Best Clock Radio is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Didn’t work properly

I set to a radio stn and it only plays chimes and bird noises, tried a few times

Real name is “Worst Clock Radio EVER”

Spent quite bit of time loading and setting it up….
Results:
1. Did NOT alarm at set time even though the app was open and on that screen all night.
2. Drained my battery more than 50% even though the phone was on a charger all night!
3. Did NOT dim as per setup. Far too bright for a night stand.

Complete waste of time and effort!…. Don’t bother with it
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Best clock radio app

I’ve been using this app for years. If you love using it as a traditional clock radio to wake up to AM/FM stations, or to listen to AM/FM stations it remains the best. The button design to set stations, settings to set brightness and volume are great. Even provides the local weather all for a reasonable yearly fee.

The only problem for which I used to contact Mark is when certain stations change their streaming links. If you are a local CBS news radio junkie this is a regular issue since Audacy purchased these stations. I’ve notified Shoutcast about this but it is not priority for them.

For our yearly fee 😀 I would suggest Mark check the following stations quarterly or so and update the app with working links if needed for the following Audacy CBS news stations:

WBZ 1030 Boston

WCBS 880 New York

WINS 1010 New York

WBBM 780 Chicago

WKNX 1070 Los Angeles

Many of the above now simulcast with corresponding concurrent FM stations also.

and these additional city news, weather, sports stations that frequently change their links:

KTAR talk/news 98.3 Phoenix AZ

Arizona Sports 98.7 Phoenix AZ

If done for the app then everyone has these working stations rather than just for individual users.

Thanks for such a great app!
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How to set the alarm clock to make it work

I Followed all the instructions save and it never Alarms or I can’t hear an Alarm it’s Extremely Frustrating thanks in Advance For your Help

FOX News goes offline. Why?

I listen to FOX NEWS every morning as my wake up channel. Ya, I know it is one sided news just like CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS and NPR. But what are we to do, I just want to wake to a human voice. Any way FOX has been working for months but now the connection just won’t connect. I have had this happen before and it did correct itself. This time however it’s been a few weeks. What’s the deal.

Fox is off line again. 10/22/2023.
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Paid for weather

Payed for year but only works on one of my devices

Works without fail

My iHome
Clock radio died, all the new ones are Bluetooth only. As I’m a news junky, I wake up to the local NPR station
App works perfectly, even the free version
I did upgrade to add the weather not that I really needed it. But wanted to make sure the author is making some money so he keeps updating the app, which I now depend on.

One thing I wish I could figure out. My local NPR station provides a pledge free stream for members. However the url doesn’t work in the app. Not the apps fault, as the url launches a website.
Mark if you have any suggestion, I’d love to hear it

So pledges I hear.
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Sad

Doesn’t work I really liked the sounds it had to choose from too bad

Works well and great support

The app is really versatile even though using the features and buttons is not super simple and requires watching the accompanying instruction video. Wanted to add an unlisted ethnic radio (Chinese) outside the USA (in Canada). Emailed support and the station was added promptly! Great app.

Rely on it every day

I use this great clock radio every day to listen to news and public affairs programs with pre-sets for CBC, BBC, The New York Times podcast and more. I love the big clock display and the ease of use. There have been occasional problems with links to some services but this is a very minor inconvenience and the developer provides quick fixes. Overall this is the most-used app on my iPad.
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FOX News goes offline. Why?

I listen to FOX NEWS every morning as my wake up channel. Ya, I know it is one sided news just like CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS and NPR. But what are we to do, I just want to wake to a human voice.

Any way FOX has been working for months but now the connection just won’t connect. I have had this happen before and it did correct itself. This time however it’s been a few weeks. What’s the deal.
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2 Thumbs up!

Quick support to add on radio stations

Not reliable

Followed the instructions by turning notifications on and leaving the app open but the alarm only went off 1 of 3 times. When it didn’t ring there was just a notification from the app but alarm did not go off.

Lots of problems

Quit loading. Developer responsive. Reboot & reload helped for awhile. But… screen interface elements move to wrong place or partially off screen when setting up; 1st button assigned radio worked initially, now nothing streams. Other stations ok. Tried more reboots. Now hangs on splash screen and quits in 10 sec.
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Alarm sound doesn’t play over bluetooth

Compliments on your work, simple enough yet very useful. I am trying to use it in conjunction with my blootooth speakers in order to setup an alarm that can play in my bedroom. Although I can hear the alarm sound on my speakers during a setup, when the alarm is actually triggered it plays only on device itself, athough the bluetooth connection is verified to still be active. Hoping you can fix this bug/ feature soon. Otherwise, a great product.
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It is the best alarm clock

Unfortunately it does freeze up from time to time. Would like to know how to fix it.

Great when it works, but…

When everything works, it’s great, but lately about half the time it locks up, or just won’t start, on my SE.

A lesser but still annoying issue is that my finger has a hard time snagging the sliders for adjusting brightness and volume.

BCR Podcast Radio and Alarm

This seems like a great ap except I have been unable to store my favorite am station. I have tried pasting in the url but it just won’t play the station! 😭

Perfect

I absolutely love this App ! I use it at home and in my car to listen to worldwide radio and podcasts. Great job.

Alarm doesn’t work

Alarm clock doesn’t work