# Big Sonic Heaven Radio — user reviews > 31 indexed App Store user reviews of Big Sonic Heaven Radio by Darren Revell, rated 4.96/5 from 282 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/big-sonic-heaven-radio/id1500885343/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/big-sonic-heaven-radio/id1500885343.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 275 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Big Sonic Heaven Radio? Overall sentiment: overwhelmingly positive **Pros** - 🎶 Amazing music selection - 💖 Nostalgic connection - 👍 Simple and user-friendly app - 🆓 Ad-free listening - 🌟 Unique and defining station - 🎵 Great for discovering music - ✨ Fills a void for fans - 💯 Best music streaming platform - 🎁 A true gift to listeners - 🤩 Dream come true for fans - 📻 Brings back cherished memories - 🎧 Constant ear candy - 🎶 Music as it should be heard - 🌟 Favorite radio program ever - 💯 Best thing for internet radio **Cons** - ⏳ Buffering issues reported - 📱 Needs more features **Commonly reported bugs** - App not working initially (buffering) - Occasional buffering issues **Most requested features** - Improve buffering for better reception - More features in the app ## Newest reviews (18 of 31) ### 5/5 — Amazing Memories *2022-02-12, version 1.2* This is the best app & station ever created! Big Sonic Heaven & Darren Revell are responsible for my entire music library! For the past 30 years (since I was 18!!!) he has given us the most amazing music to listen to. I cannot get enough of this music. Practically every song has a great memory from back in the day on the radio, clubs & Sugar Hiccup! Please keep this going!!! ### 5/5 — Breath-taking, nostalgic, mesmerizing, captivating, and ethereal music. *2021-03-15, version 1.2* If you miss the 80’s and/or just enjoy beautiful music that takes you in the moment and transcends you to different realms of reflection, melancholy, and exhilaration, then this is it. I cannot imagine myself listening to any other app or platform. Closest to perfection with selection of music. At least my POV. ### 5/5 — Blissed out. *2021-01-30, version 1.2* The app I was waiting 20 years for. Even before I knew apps would exist, and all I had were Sunday nights on the radio. Thank you for this. ### 5/5 — So excited about this app... *2021-01-23, version 1.2* I used to listen to Big Sonic Heaven back when it aired in Detroit on Sunday nights and loved it. It my Sunday night ritual. I even created my own playlist that I titled Big Sonic Heaven and as much as I enjoy the playlist it is not the same as the Big Sonic Heaven show. This app helps fill that void. Thank you... ### 5/5 — The Best... *2020-11-15, version 1.2* The best listening for our modern age. ### 5/5 — Thanks *2020-11-11, version 1.2* Nice to have a little Sugar Hiccup Wednesdays on demand. ### 5/5 — Best app ever made! *2020-09-12, version 1.2* You will never need another app after this. ### 5/5 — Best Radio Show Ever! *2020-09-11, version 1.2* I discovered BSH sometime around ‘98-‘99 back when 96.3 was “The Planet,” which had a unique “mixed-alternative “ format at that time. Much to my chagrin, 96.3 switched to a pop-Top 40 format a few years later, then BSH fell casualty. It is so awesome to be able to hear it once again on a regular basis. ### 5/5 — Fond Memories! *2020-09-10, version 1.2* I loved listening to the show when was on the radio many years ago in Detroit! I use to record the show on cassette tape. I love the app and still have my original cassette recordings. Thanks Darren! ### 5/5 — The best thing that ever happened to internet radio *2020-09-04, version 1.2* The best thing that ever happened to internet radio is only Big Sonic Heaven ### 5/5 — Long overdue app .... *2020-09-03, version 1.2* Like so many others have already commented, this station/channel/app BLOWS away everything else out there. Was in my mid 30’s when we discovered it in the Detroit area 25 years ago. Now I’m re-living those years and discovering even more amazing music today. Don’t EVER go away! ### 5/5 — Nostalgia overload *2020-06-22, version 1.1* This station on Sunday nights in Ann Arbor in the 90s was my EVERYTHING. I’m over the moon that this exists. ### 5/5 — All time favorite radio program! *2020-04-04, version 1.0* I used to stay up late on Sundays every week to listen to this super chill music...I still have my little scraps of paper from my nightstand where I would scribble down the names of songs and bands that played. I love this app and being able to hear old and new! I also really like the live programs with DJ Darren Revell. It’s great to hear him reminisce about his days in Detroit/Windsor. Come on back to town Darren, Detroit is better than ever! ### 5/5 — SO happy this exists! *2020-03-28, version 1.0* I’m a huge fan of Over 20 years! When I first moved to NYC from Detroit in the 90s I use to make my mom record Big Sonic Heaven off the radio onto cassettes and send them to me! NOW THERES AN APP! Incredible! So happy! ### 5/5 — Constant Ear Candy *2020-03-23, version 1.0* I can’t express how happy I was to see BSH back! It’s a bit of Detroit and my college experience brought back to life now that I’m an old hag living in the woods of Northern Michigan. ;) And Darren’s voice....hasn’t changed a bit. ### 5/5 — The music as it should be heard! *2020-03-12, version 1.0* Darren Revel is back with Big Sonic Heaven! This simple, handy app is all you need to enjoy the best chill, shoe gaze, dream pop, trip hop show on the planet 24/7. Thanks Darren! Great work! Works great on iPhone X. ### 5/5 — You’re Everyday Soundscape *2020-03-11, version 1.0* During the absence of weekly broadcasts of Big Sonic Heaven, I had been throwing music into an iTunes playlist that I would constantly have shuffling. This app not makes that playlist obsolete. Plus!, every once in a while, Darren comes in to introduce a track. So great to hear his voice again. Welcome back! “Dave from Ypsilanti” ### 5/5 — Wow *2020-03-10, version 1.0* A dream come true! Thanks Darren ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 4/5 — Great streaming service. *2022-01-23, version 1.2* Granted, it’s bare bones in terms of features but the songs played are exceptional. I’ve been listening for 3 months and I don’t think I’ve heard a song be repeated. No commercials makes this awesome. I like that they have a “favorites/bookmark songs” feature. I wish they can buffer the streaming more so that those of us who have less than perfect cell reception can have less interruptions. ### 4/5 — If you’re a fan... *2020-03-11, version 1.0* This is an awesome idea. Nonstop Big Sonic Heaven! I couldn’t get the app to work earlier today as it was just buffering and never played, but it’s working great now! Hope it keeps improving, it’ll be on regular rotation for me for sure. ### 5/5 — Heaven *2026-06-14, version 1.2* This station is a little slice of heaven....thank you Darren!! ### 5/5 — The soul of my adolescence *2026-03-17, version 1.2* When I discovered Big Sonic Heaven Radio, It felt like I had finally discovered a station that truly defined me. I stayed up late every week to listen, and I talk about it all the time to this day. Thank you for making great radio! ### 5/5 — Absolutely Hell Yes!! *2026-02-01, version 1.2* Welcome back to Detroit. Love the app so much, thank you. ### 5/5 — So happy to have found this! *2025-07-18, version 1.2* Listened to this “back in the day”, and I’m so thrilled to have found it was streaming online. Of course I love the flashback show, but also love the rest of it. ### 5/5 — Streaming *2025-07-07, version 1.2* So happy to have found this station. Listened to the show when it was in Detroit those many years. ### 5/5 — Like Sunday Nights In the 90’s All Over Again! *2025-06-25, version 1.2* My friend turned me on to Big Sonic Heaven when we were in high school in the 90’s. Coming from the southeast Michigan area, Sunday nights on 96.3 FM was home to a radio show playing music I had never, or rarely heard before. I learned of this internet radio station last week and it is as amazing as it was back then! ### 5/5 — The best music streaming app *2024-05-20, version 1.2* My favorite music streaming platform. I remember Darren from his 89X days in the early 90s. This station is an absolute gift and wonderfully simple to use. ### 5/5 — An absolute dream come true! *2022-10-27, version 1.2* Big Sonic Heaven was my favorite show growing up in metro Detroit and have been missing it since it went off the air. Now it’s not only back, but it’s on all the time? Radio (on whatever medium) doesn’t get any better than that! Thank you, Darren Revell!!! ## Most praised reviews (2 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — best radio program ever *2022-10-16, version 1.2* i used to listen to this on the radio every sunday night till the wee hours in the morning in high school . glad to see this is still alive and kicking ### 5/5 — Dream come true *2022-08-23, version 1.2* I listened to big sonic heaven when it aired on indie 103.1 in Los Angeles. I was super sad when the station folded in 2009 and haven’t gotten over it. So it has been the most delightful surprise to have found my favorite music show on its own little app. The loves feature is everything as there is no need to write down song titles anymore. All the stars for this app. Thank you so much 🥹 --- *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 2026-08-31.*