# Dance 89.5 Official App — user reviews > 86 indexed App Store user reviews of Dance 89.5 Official App by C89.5 / KNHC Public Radio Association, rated 4.90/5 from 155 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dance-895-official-app/id1530689412/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dance-895-official-app/id1530689412.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 145 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Dance 89.5 Official App? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Excellent user interface and easy navigation - 🎵 Extensive on-demand show library and replay functionality - 📱 Seamless streaming across devices and locations - ❤️ Strong emotional connection to station and community - 🎧 High-quality audio streaming without ads - ⭐ Reliable and stable performance - 🌍 Access to station content from anywhere globally - 💰 Free app with optional donation support - 🎯 Ability to favorite and organize shows - 📊 Real-time playlist visibility **Cons** - ⏱️ Slow app launch and loading times - 🐛 Playback interruption when receiving calls - 📡 Inconsistent on-demand show availability - 🔄 Poor autoplay between show segments - 💾 Excessive data consumption during streaming - 🔐 Security concerns with SSL certificate issues - 🕐 Shows spanning midnight missing first segments - ⚠️ Frequent unavailability of archived shows - 🔗 Outdated donation links in app **Commonly reported bugs** - Play button unresponsive - no audio streams - On-demand shows difficult to locate after latest update - App crashes when paused with app open - Shows unavailable or missing segments - Excessive data usage (1GB per 5-6 hours) - Outdated donation button links - Inconsistent show availability week-to-week - Playback doesn't resume after phone calls **Most requested features** - Automatic autoplay for next hour/show segments - Show save/bookmark functionality - Integrated playlist and schedule within app - Apple Watch app version - Reduced streaming quality option for data conservation - Improved call interruption handling with auto-resume - Extended on-demand show retention period - Dark mode option ## Newest reviews (17 of 86) ### 5/5 — C89.5 Saved my Life. *2025-09-22, version 6.2.17* C 89.5 saved my life. I went through a lot of trauma and depression throughout COVID but C 89.5 was always there for me motivating me to get better so Today I’m much happier. As far as the app awesome design easy to navigate. ### 5/5 — Who wants an attitude bump? *2025-09-11, version 6.2.17* What a great way to sample the good stuff! I listen to the FM station when I’m driving, and this lets me jump back and re-listen to favorite sets. The Vortex with Derrick Deep is my go-to (Saturday night 9 to midnight) when hosting friends or looking for new quality deep house tracks. How can you not be proud to live in a city with 24/7 dance music flowing through the air? Give it a spin! ### 5/5 — Love C89!! *2025-08-16, version 6.2.17* I truly love this app. I never wake up early enough to listen to all of save the wave, but with the app I can listen anytime! ### 5/5 — top station on a coast lousy with top stations! *2025-06-14, version 6.2.17* a lot of heart and energy, something special year after year ### 5/5 — Exceeds expectations *2025-05-25, version 6.2.17* Based on other FM radio apps i did not have high hopes for this but it is great! Using it more than my other music apps. ### 5/5 — Beats Spotify, Apple, and any other music app! *2025-04-04, version 6.2.17* I love 89.5’s and I love this app even more! I can listen to all their shows On-Demand and not miss a thing. Also, I love I can put my favorite shows on top for faster replay. Of course you can listen live as well which is great but I like their Drive at 5, Nu Skool +Ol’Skool, and Weekend Windup. This app does everything a music app should—play DANCE music, limited sponsor content, and it’s free—although they are donor supported and I’m happy to donate to keep them on air/app alive! Created by Hight school kids?!—there may be hope for the US after all! ### 5/5 — Great application *2025-01-13, version 6.2.17* Easy to navigate. Listen fast no issues. Love the music have been a long fan since 1989. ### 5/5 — Amazing as always *2024-12-31, version 6.2.17* Been listening to this station for 30 years. They just get more awesome every year. Thank you for the app. I can listen at work! ### 5/5 — All things get better with age *2024-11-27, version 6.2.17* The world is filled with Music. Thank you KNHC for helping to lead the way. Who would have thought, the highlight of my week would be Tuesday nights :) been a happy listener since mid 80s. ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-11-07, version 6.2.17* Great way to listen to music and support public broadcasting. ### 5/5 — Amazingly easy to use *2024-08-24, version 4.6.38* I’ve been a constant donator to the station and they just keep out doing themselves while remaining true to their heritage. Dance music in all forms. I love I can stream cafe chill on any rainy morning with my coffee and not just Sundays. Keep up the great work everyone ### 5/5 — Great. *2024-08-05, version 4.6.38* Fabulous mix of all kinds of music. I really enjoyed it. ### 5/5 — I agree *2024-07-25, version 4.6.38* What they said ### 5/5 — Cafe Chill and all the other stuff too *2023-08-06, version 4.6.14* I love "Liquid Jazz" and it's hard to find ❤️ this is my happy place!! Love all of the music and sounds and the people putting their hearts into it🥰 ### 5/5 — Best Station Ever! *2023-07-29, version 4.6.14* The app is pretty solid, too. Save the Wave, baby! ### 5/5 — Over 30 years of bliss *2023-06-15, version 4.6.8* C89.5 has been my favorite station for decades. With this app I can enjoy new beats or relive memorable times with older tunes anytime anywhere. ### 5/5 — Great *2023-05-17, version 4.6.8* Perfect for what I use it for: streaming the show I like week after week. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Does not work *2024-08-05, version 4.6.38* Won't stream music. Tapping the play icon does nothing. Previous version worked fine. ### 1/5 — can’t find on demand shows *2024-05-26, version 4.6.38* Latest update made it impossible to find the on demand shows. Please get this fixed! Thank god I don’t donate… sorry worthless ### 2/5 — Barely better than streaming *2021-09-07, version 4.5.19* Like the website's streaming on demand, shows play by the hour, not by the show. If you play a show starting with the first hour, it will continue to the next hour with a huge loading pause. If you play a show for one day, it will not autoplay to the next show's day. If you pause with the app open, it will restart what's playing fom the beginning or restart the entire app. If you pause in lock screen, you can usually pause and play without issue. Sometimes you can see last week's show, sometimes you can't. Shows are frequently unavailable entirely. Some weeks, almost all the shows are unavailable, so you can't use the app at all. You can't save shows or hours. And they're gone once the following week's show happens anyway. Shows that run over midnight don't have the first part of the show. For example, the Vortex Saturday 9pm-midnight is not available, but Sunday midnight-2am is available. Worst of all, it uses a suspicious and crazy amount of data, up to a gigabyte for every 5-6 hours, so be careful with your data. There is no option to reduce the size of what's being streamed, and it's unclear if the high data usage is audio quality or something else. There are many more issues, but I think that's enough for you to make a reasonably educated guess if it's worth the security risks and UX challenges. I donated a lot of money when they said they were building it. It was released in 2020 and is not over 4 years old. Being in Seattle, I thought they'd have experienced folks build it. But if you have any experience with mobile app development, it's clear they cut many corners. I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. But I should have known better given the website's challenges. Even the website's live streaming doesn't have an SSL certificate. Still, this app seems better than streaming through the website because it plays when you do other stuff on your phone and doesn't randomly stop playing after 30 seconds. ### 3/5 — Update isn't great *2026-07-30, version 12.0.6* I LOVE C89 but sorry, this new update is not it. I can’t easily get to save the wave so I can re-listen to it. Cumbersome and not intuitive. ### 3/5 — Great content! Super slow to open! *2022-09-06, version 4.5.59* The title of the review says it all. ### 4/5 — Brilliant app. Needs more integrated features. *2021-01-25* This thing is great. I love being able to play the current programming while I’m doing other things on my phone. It’s really cool that you can use it as an alarm to wake up to. I’ve wanted this for a loooooong time. I’d like to see the playlist and schedule integrated into the app instead of launching a new browser tab. A far as a new release, it’s right on the money. I’ll be using this app a lot! ### 4/5 — No More Mobile Browser, Love It! *2021-01-25* Happy that I no longer have to stream through a mobile browser! And it shows up in my apple car play! The only criticism I have is when interrupted by a call it doesn’t pick back up when the call is over. ### 5/5 — Gym time jam *2026-08-08, version 12.0.6* My workout times are so much better since I can listen to Save the Wave and NuSchool ole school during my gum time. While i don’t hit the clubs any longer - I’ll be 60 in January- I love listening to the music I loved from my club days of youth. So grateful for everyone who takes part in putting together an amazing show every week. Thank you! ### 5/5 — So glad to have this app so I can listen in MN! *2026-06-14, version 6.2.17* Happy 50th Birthday! Thanks for the awesome app. Going to be using this everyday when I move to MPLS. ### 5/5 — Freaking awesome! *2026-04-28, version 6.2.17* I am so happy to have found this app. Love the radio station and am so happy to be able to listen to them on my phone now! ## Most praised reviews (7 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Just amazing…! *2026-04-04, version 6.2.17* Was visiting Seattle and I just found this station…. I’m from Tucson Az I cannot say was just another station….. is just what I been looking for for years…. And now… I hear it all the time…!!! ### 5/5 — Love c895 *2026-03-23, version 6.2.17* What a local treasure. It’s so fun to follow the growth of the students. Drew has been the voice of my mornings forever. Also I have a pet conspiracy theory that Seth is not a real person but actually a role, like James Bond, with different people portraying him over the years. Maybe Cafe Chill just opens my third eye. ### 5/5 — Live and On-Demand Shows are Awesome! *2026-03-17, version 6.2.17* Thank you for putting the on-demand shows in the app. I don’t have time to listen to all of my favorites live and will get caught up during workouts or doing chores. One thing to update: the “Donate” button in the app is to the old phone number and the online link does not go to the new page. ### 5/5 — DjBooSki808 It’s A Vibe Show *2025-12-28, version 6.2.17* DJ Lady Love has captured my ears in her music cage and in here for the journey because she keeps feeding my musical appetite with universal tunes……keep the Vibe Alive # Giving Thanks ### 5/5 — Everything I need *2025-12-18, version 6.2.17* The app is as wonderful as the station. C89.5 is an absolute gem and always gives me life. So glad this app exists to keep the party going anywhere ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-12-12, version 6.2.17* Best ### 5/5 — Best radio station *2025-10-02, version 6.2.17* Seriously… you need this! --- *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 2026-09-01.*