Classical KING User Reviews

Name: Classical KING
Rating: 3.9 (61 reviews)

Classical KING

Second Inversion

🎬 Entertainment

🎵 Music

Customer Experience

Positive experience56.7% of reviews

Neutral10.0% of reviews

Negative experience33.3% of reviews

~ Based on 60 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Classical KING. Based on 61 reviews and a 3.9/5 average, it highlights the 22 positives and 30 negatives reviewers mention most about this Music app.

Positive things

🎵Wonderful music selection
🌟Great classical station
🎶Multiple music streams
🎄Excellent Christmas music
📱Works cleanly on CarPlay
👍Simple interface
✨Soul-affirming music
💖Love for strings
😊Calming app experience
💯Best classical app
🚀Very improved app
👍App works well
🌟Stellar joy
👍App is great
💯Excellent app
🎶Great classical music
👍Superb app
💯Works GREAT!
👍Great app, great music
👍Second-to-none selection
👍Fantastic app
👍Great app !!

Negative things

🐛App crashes frequently
🔋Severe battery drain
🚫No iPad app
📱Portrait mode only
📰Useless articles on main page
🔍No easy view of current work playing
⏳Outdated app
🔇Audio not in stereo
🎛️Impossible to quit app
❌App stops playing when screen sleeps
📉Significant audience eliminated
🔇Christmas channel not working
🤏Unreadable font size
🚫New version only on newer iPads
🔌Casting is difficult
🔒Privacy issue: reads clipboard
🚫No on demand content
⏳App is dated
❓Alarm doesn't work
🔇Music plays on opening
🚫Can't turn off app
😩Constant donation requests
⏳App needs fine-tuning
🔄Broken since a few weeks
🔇Music stops when screen locks
🐛Bug fix needed for background play
🎛️No landscape mode
🎛️No alarm clock feature
🎛️No sleep timer
🎛️On demand section issues

Is Classical KING Safe?

Classical KING appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Classical KING is 76/100.

This assessment is based on 61 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.9/5.

Safety Analysis

72.1% of ratings point to a safe experience

1.6% of ratings suggest some concerns

26.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 61 App Store ratings for Classical KING.

Is Classical KING Legit?

Classical KING appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Classical KING is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

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Skips

Love the programming but I find that the audio skips constantly, to the point where I end up closing the app to listen to music elsewhere. And that’s always a bummer. This doesn’t happen on any of the other radio streaming apps I use (KEXP, KNKX, KCRW)

Spicy in Seattle

19 days ago

Battery Drain?

I had some severe battery drain but I’m not certain it is the fault of this application. It may have contributed to the problem but was definitely not the main problem.

198732198

2 years ago

Beautiful

Thank you for making this app
5⭐️

Sara Elizabeth Dickey

2 years ago

Casting is difficult

What happened to the “cast symbol in the app? It’s very difficult to get this app to connect to a Bluetooth speaker now. Using iPhone’s setting isn’t always effective. Most radio apps have a readily apparent cast symbol to send to Bluetoth. Otherwise, always appreciate the programming on Calm.

CalminCT

2 years ago

New version only works on iPad bought in the last 21 months

The new update requires an iPad that has been purchased after October 2022. News flash, I don’t buy a new iPad every 2 years so the ipad I bought 3 years ago, no longer works with your app.
And yes, I did see an option to select if my ipad was older which I selected and the app still doesn’t work.
Thankfully, there are other apps that are as good as yours, and better, and won’t require me to be so incredibly wasteful as to have to buy a new device every few years.

IAThiker65

2 years ago

Response from developer

Hello, We believe it should be working for your iPad based on what we have learned from our developers. Please let us know if we can help at feedback@king.org.

Purged by Classical King FM

Sad to see that Classical King FM no longer wants long time listeners or subscribers. They have updated their App to serve iOS 16 or higher, which eliminates a significant audience.
I hope their tech personnel will replace lost contributions. Good job on fixing what wasn’t broke.

Not a prisoner of tech

2 years ago

Response from developer

Hello, We know some of our listeners may be facing difficulties with our new app on older devices, such as those running iOS versions prior to 16.0. This generally include devices those released before 2020. Unfortunately, due to changes in Apple App Store policies, we are no longer allowed to create or update apps that support these older operating systems. This change was entirely beyond our control and not a decision we wanted to make. We deeply regret that these new policies have forced us to discontinue support for older devices. However, you can still stream Classical KING by visiting our website at classicalking.org/listen from the web browser on your device. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding and continued support.

Very improved app!

Happy to see that Classical King has rebranded their app - it works a lot better now! Looking forward to accessing the Christmas music channel all year long.

kelly9lynch

2 years ago

Response from developer

Kelly, we're glad to hear you enjoy the new version of our app. Thank you for listening. You're right; here at Classical KING, we celebrate beautiful classical Christmas music all year long.

Calming

The best classical station

Cheapeatsla

2 years ago

Christmas channel isn’t working

Christmas channel isn’t coming up on the app as an option. Thank you in advance for fixing this.

Doyouremember2

3 years ago

Response from developer

We are sorry to hear this wasn't working for you in 2023. We released a new version of the app this year that definitely has the Christmas channel available. We hope you will have a chance to try it and let us know what you think.

impossible to read

the updated app shows the current tune playing in such small font it is unreadable.

deano123!

3 years ago

Response from developer

We are sorry you had issues with the font size in the app in 2023. Since then we have completely rebuilt and redesigned the app to address feedback we received from our listeners. We recently released a new version and we hope you will be able to try it and let us know what you think!

Crashes always.

They cleaned up the interface but now crashes 100% of the time on iOS 12.5.7 on my iPod, which is the latest and greatest for the device. Unusable.

Also, on my iPhone, the revised app works but the streaming screen display the composer and performer but not the name of the piece.

Poorly conceived. SMH.

jeff-in-redmond

4 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Jeff, We are sorry you had this experience in 2023. We released a new, completely rebuilt version of the app this year to address the issues you described in your comment. We hope you will be able to try it out and let us know what you think.

Stellar Joy!!

I’ve been enjoying this station for 30 years, the change to listener supported a wise and much appreciated move…their love for strings is real!!!

Bach's Daydream

4 years ago

Response from developer

We are so delighted that you enjoy the station. Thank you for listening with the app!

Intermittently connected

I love being connected to the music, but the connection frequently disconnects.

sn3rif

4 years ago

Response from developer

We are sorry to hear that you were having connection issues. Since you were last using it in 2022 we had the entire app rebuilt and recoded with good results. We also were able to add upgrades and fixes that many listeners were asking about - we hope you will have a chance to try it out and let us know what you think!

Enough already.

For the love of God, please make this app work in landscape mode (it’s annoying to always have to turn my iPad to use this app—I never use portrait mode)!

Give us landscape mode, and I’ll give five stars. It’s that simple.

Thank you.

Ceolfrið

5 years ago

Response from developer

We are sorry to hear you had this issue with the app in 2021. This year, we were able to release a new version of the app with many updates and fixes, including the one you described. We hope you can give it a try and let us know what you think! The app for iPad can definitely be used in landscape mode. Thank you for listening!

No on demand

Terrible app in general and on demand content is listed but missing. Also missing from their website.

Deathplatform

5 years ago

Response from developer

We are sorry to hear you had this experience with the app in the past. This year we released a new version of the app with many updates and fixes. It has all 3 of our streaming channels available for free. We hope you will get a chance to check it out and let us know what you think!

Great station, horrible app

No ipad app, only portrait mode, little useless articles on main page, no easy view of current work playing, hasn't been updated in 3 years. I end up listening to KUSC on my ipad, only because they have a polished app. It's unfortunate, since the KING desktop site has a nice separate window with controls and the composer/work info prominently shown. Good app=more people listening at pledge drive time.

Rj49234

5 years ago

Response from developer

We are sorry you had this experience with our app in the past. We recently released a new version this year and it has many fixes including compatibility with iPad. We hope you will get a chance to try it and let us know what you think.

Thank you!

Thank you for sharing such soul-affirming Christmas music in this great app format.

PeregrinePlays

6 years ago

Privacy issue: King FM reads your clipboard

Beginning with iOS 14, I get an iOS popup ("King FM pasted from <app>") whenever King FM version 3.2.1 moves to the foreground, telling me that King FM is reading my clipboard. This is even though I have not tried to paste anything into it. Since King FM hasn't been updated in about 2 years, it has been doing this to all of us for at least that long, and silently before iOS 14 started telling us. I'm sure that we all copy and paste information that is no business of King FM's developer, yet this developer has been silently slurping it all up until recently, for undocumented purposes. Because of this, I am deleting this app until 1) the developer Jacobs Media (jacapps) comes clean on this practice, tells us precisely why and for what purpose it has been doing this, and posts an update that fixes this privacy problem; or 2) Apple releases an updated iOS that gives us the ability to block this type of behavior. These actions may not be enough, given that Jacobs Media has already abused its trust. Do you copy passwords or other sensitive text to your clipboard? Do you copy photos with sensitive GPS location information in them? If so, then you should worry about this too.

Galactic Hitchhiker

6 years ago

Response from developer

We are so sorry you experienced this in 2020. We released a new version this year with many fixes and updates and we hope you will be able to try it and let us know what you think. We do not copy information from your device with our app or read your clipboard.

Best Classical App

Wonderful music, especially at Christmas. Stripped down app just gives essentials. Works cleanly on CarPlay. How refreshing compared to other bloated music apps out there. Thank you King-FM! I live 3,000 miles from Seattle, but I feel the warmth of your great music!

JerseyBob54

7 years ago

Response from developer

Bob, We are delighted to hear you've been enjoying our app. We hope you have also been able to update it to our most recent version, it has updates and fixes that many listeners have been asking for! Thank you for listening.