# Classical Music & Radio — user reviews

> 254 indexed App Store user reviews of Classical Music & Radio by Daniele Cristofori, rated 4.60/5 from 427 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/classical-music-and-radio/id583849812/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/classical-music-and-radio/id583849812.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 339 · 4★ 49 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 12 · 1★ 15

## What do users think of Classical Music & Radio?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎵 Extensive collection of classical music pieces
- 💰 Affordable pricing for premium features
- 🎧 High-quality audio
- 📚 Educational composer information via Wikipedia links
- ⏰ Sleep timer functionality
- ❤️ Favorites/playlist feature
- 🌍 Multiple classical radio stations available
- 📱 Intuitive and clean user interface
- 💾 Offline download capability
- 🎼 Wide variety of composers and compositions

**Cons**

- 🚫 Deceptive free version with severe limitations
- 💔 Subscription model change from one-time purchase
- 🔗 Cannot connect with Apple Music accounts
- ⚠️ Confusion with official Apple Classical app
- 🎵 Many tracks cut off mid-performance
- 📊 Limited library variety despite claims
- 🔍 No search or filter by genre/ensemble/conductor
- 🎭 No performer/conductor information provided
- 📋 Playlist size limitations (only 4 pieces)
- 🔄 Offline functionality occasionally fails
- 🎚️ No shuffle/random play feature
- 🎯 Inconsistent audio quality across recordings
- 🖼️ Incorrect metadata and composer photos
- 🍪 Missing cookie denial button in UI
- 💳 Requires repayment for upgrades on new devices

**Commonly reported bugs**

- iOS 8 compatibility issues causing crashes
- App crashes on startup for some users
- Music cuts off mid-track in free version
- Upgrade restoration fails on new devices
- Wikipedia link freezes app on iPad
- Offline playback fails intermittently
- Incorrect song metadata and titles
- Download functionality extremely slow
- Favorites button not functioning reliably
- App doesn't resume from previous position
- Audio quality issues with certain recordings
- Playback interruptions and stuttering
- Cookie consent button missing

**Most requested features**

- Shuffle/random play functionality
- Vocal indicator next to track titles
- Increased playlist size limits
- Performer and conductor information
- Search and filter by genre, ensemble, conductor, label
- Smart radio channels based on composers
- More preference settings and customization
- Track skip forward/backward within songs
- Sonos support
- More Chopin, Handel, Haydn, and Impressionist composers
- Complete versions of major works
- Cloud sync for favorites across devices
- Ability to restore previous purchases
- More detailed instructions/help documentation

## Newest reviews (10 of 254)

### 4/5 — これからもよろしく

*2024-11-11, version 11.0.0*

一曲聴いてみたのですがとても心地良くて作業が捗りました、ただ一点たまにオフラインで使用出来なくなることがあるのでそこをなんとかしてください

### 2/5 — Music great, need more details for opera

*2024-09-02, version 11.0.0*

Lovely music, but turned off by the pieces that have vocals. Please indicate next to title, if the selection includes vocals, so I do not add to playlist for my night-time use.  
Why can I only add 4 pieces to my playlist? Where is the link to instructions?

### 3/5 — Not much to choose from

*2024-08-18, version 11.0.0*

Shame! This app could have potential to be great, but I refuse to subscribe to this since there is so very little variety.

### 5/5 — Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 In B Major Op 74

*2024-04-13, version 11.0.0*

October 31, 2019

### 2/5 — Lacking, but not a scam

*2024-04-11, version 11.0.0*

According to the App Store’s own “version history“ for this app, version *5* came out 7 years ago (2017), where Apple’s “Classical” app of course came out in 2023. There may be some similarities (including the uninspiring icon), but that doesn’t make it a scam.

That said, a cursory look at its (small) playlists of “songs” and (very short) list of streaming services shows that it’s probably not worth your time.

There is no way to search or filter by genre, by ensemble, by conductor, or by record label. There are no selection- or composer-based “smart radio” channels. There are almost no preference settings, or any control over what information appears in track listings.

Not recommended. But it would be absolutely inappropriate for Apple to remove it just because of superficial similarity to their own much more recent app.

### 3/5 — 問題

*2024-03-31, version 11.0.0*

每年都充值$300 ，但是好像都沒有用。麻煩請協助解決。

### 5/5 — GREAT SELECTION!!

*2024-03-07, version 11.0.0*

Perfect for those of us who still relish the process!

### 5/5 — とても良いです

*2024-02-29, version 11.0.0*

色々選べて、心安らぎます。

### 4/5 — 곡 랜덤 재생 Play a random song

*2024-02-10*

I'm a paid app user. I'm saving and listening to songs, but I can't play them randomly, so I'm listening to the same playlist every day. Please add shuffle so I can play songs randomly

### 5/5 — 听你的

*2024-01-26, version 11.0.0*

可以太久耳朵疼

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Too many ads

*2026-08-06, version 11.0.0*

No comment

### 1/5 — Classical music app.

*2026-03-06, version 11.0.0*

I purchased this app when it first came out and now its only letting me listen for 1 minute each track and they want me subscribe. You should honour what you initially sold to people!

### 1/5 — 楽章の全てが途中で切れるのは何故ですか。

*2025-08-24, version 11.0.0*

ベートーヴェン田園、全ての楽章が、途中でプツンとキレるのはなぜでしょうか？これでは、聞く意味がない。

### 1/5 — Can’t connect

*2025-03-27*

Can’t connect with my Apple Music account, which kind of limits interest in the application…

**Developer response:** Hello, thanks for your review.
The app isn’t linked to Apple Music at all. It is developed by freelance developer: Daniele Cristofori and the subscription costs 9.99 € per year (and not per month).
For any problem, please write to info@classical-music-app.com.
Thanks

### 1/5 — No button for deny cookies

*2024-12-15, version 11.0.0*

You need to lose five minutes for denying the cookies because the button deny all is missing.

### 1/5 — BEST OF BEST

*2024-10-01, version 11.0.0*

Great Classical collection!  I got 1-3. That all for all the great classics of the world👌❤️😊

### 1/5 — appleのclassicアプリとは別物

*2024-06-21, version 11.0.0*

iphoneに入っているクラシックアプリとは別物です。紛らわしいので注意しましょう。

### 1/5 — This is a scam

*2024-04-16, version 11.0.0*

This listing is deceptive. It looks like the real Apple Classical app because of the similarity of its icon, but it lacks the features of Apple Classical. This listing should be removed from the App Store.

### 1/5 — Apple公式ではないので間違えないように

*2024-04-03, version 11.0.0*

Apple公式のクラッシックではないので間違えてダウンロードしないようにしましょう。

### 1/5 — Das ist nicht Apple Klassik Music.

*2024-01-30, version 11.0.0*

Vorsicht! Dieses App ist nicht von Apple Music entwickelt.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Excelente selección de música clásica

*2025-04-20, version 11.0.0*

Es muy buena la selección de música clásica de varios autores de este género. El audio es de muy buena calidad. Y algo que es interesante, es el hecho de poder acceder a una liga con una breve biografía del autor. Excelente colección!!! Muy recomendable!!!

### 5/5 — Qmen numb.  Great

*2025-04-15, version 11.0.0*

Trent microbial

### 5/5 — Ошибка с фото

*2025-02-16, version 11.0.0*

Поменяйте фото Юлиуса Фучика, вместо композитора фото революционера размещено

### 5/5 — Ioo

*2024-12-12, version 11.0.0*

Ioo

### 5/5 — Mi colección relax

*2024-09-24, version 11.0.0*

En momentos de intenso trabajo no hay nada mejor que escuchar música que tranquiliza la tarea diaria.

### 5/5 — Presque tous les titres

*2024-08-04, version 11.0.0*

J'apprécie bien cette formule que l'on peut choisir à tout moment le ou les titres .Je redécouvre le classique à ma façon.Merci

### 5/5 — More or less

*2024-07-29, version 11.0.0*

I think it doesn’t need to have an signature, it would be best.

### 5/5 — Classics

*2024-07-09, version 11.0.0*

Classical classics?

### 5/5 — 잘 들을게요. 감사합니다.

*2024-06-03*

좋은 어플 만들어주셔서 감사합니다.

### 5/5 — Relajación

*2024-05-25, version 11.0.0*

La música clásica me relaja y me distrae y me anima a seguir

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