# GPB — user reviews > 54 indexed App Store user reviews of GPB by GPB Media, rated 4.30/5 from 97 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gpb/id940297307/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gpb/id940297307.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 67 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (12 of 54) ### 3/5 — Has bugs *2025-12-23* If you pause the app automatically closes and you lose your place and cant rewind back to where you were. ### 3/5 — Middle of the road *2024-01-13* I’m not sure exactly what part of GPB I’m responding to here-so sorry. The app? The programming? For several years I’ve had trouble finding what is on and when but that is with the app or without it. I’m a contributor and get the monthly mag but things change. I think it’s the specificity with which I canNOT search GPB. NPR has also changed its app navigation as well as some features I’ve come to rely on. Now, I find the NPR app just plain hard to use compared with 2-3 years ago. The “live” NPR button is gone! So I’m driving along, listening to NPR in my car, drive into the garage and want to continue hearing the program. Until recently I would immediately pick up my iPhone NPR app hit “live” and continue listening. Now there is a disconnect as I sit in my garage trying to find the program I’ve been listening to in my car. Rarely to I find the program. Seems like the Savannah GPB/NPR station has just vanished? I appreciate you asking. Listening to NPR is a daily source of frustration I’ve not experienced until maybe six months ago. ### 3/5 — Performance *2023-08-22, version 4.6.19* Sometimes the show will not stay on and I need to reboot phone or reinstall ### 3/5 — Seems to need frequent refresh *2023-05-13* I listen to radio a lot, using an fm radio, Alexa device and my iPhone. On iPhone I use the GPB and NPR apps. The GPB ap seems to need to refresh itself fairly often and randomly interrupts programs with repeats of its station identification ### 5/5 — I love GPB! *2023-02-24, version 4.5.75* I love GPB. For me, it is a window to the world! It is also an example of tax dollars being spent wisely! ### 2/5 — Recent update has caused problems *2023-01-17* I have been using this app for years to stream GPB. The recent update starts with a hook or bump about GPB. Fine. Then the bump will spontaneously play. Sometimes every 30 seconds to a minute. Restart, and it will jump in every 5 minutes or so. Restart, and it will interrupt every 2 minutes. It is making the app almost worthless because of the frustration. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2021-06-16* Check it out every morning. Very simple, and it works. Exactly what you hope for in an age of product diminishing updates. ### 3/5 — App works when it wants to *2021-03-17* I’ve used this app for years to listen to NPR. When it works it’s great but there are periods ranging from minutes to days where it won’t work at all. It’s terribly frustrating and I would like to see more consistency. ### 5/5 — Love it. *2021-03-07, version 4.4.69* Works well. Allows me to listen to NPR on my phone. ### 5/5 — LOVE *2020-06-19, version 4.4.55* Now I can take GPB with my where ever I am. I also signed up as a sustainer through the app easily. ### 5/5 — Works great! *2020-04-20, version 4.4.40* I can enjoy all my GPB shows on the go! ### 3/5 — Used to be more stable *2020-02-17* I use this app daily, and love it when it’s not acting up. Lately, it sometimes gets stuck in a buffering loop. Also, now that it starts with a sponsor message, that interrupts the programming if I drop from my WiFi at the far end of the house. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Very confusing *2026-01-26, version 7.3.2* Signed up for GPB and “donated” in order to access Passport programming. Watching on my ipad using gpb.org I can watch but can’t Chromecast to my TV, but on the app I can Chromecast but can’t watch Passport programs. Frustrating isn’t the word…. ### 1/5 — User *2023-03-20* The NEW app is definitely a downgrade. They try to push everyone to audio and video. What happened to simply reading articles? No longer regularly use this app…..Disappointing to say the least ### 1/5 — Confusing & broken *2019-04-12* The one thing I want to use this for is listening to the local headlines each morning. That’s difficult to do even when the app is supposedly working as it should, taking me to the GPB website and having me press the Play button—not the big, “press me” Play button at the bottom of the screen on the app, but the website’s Play button that I find once I’ve scrolled down a bit. Fine, I’ll take another sip of coffee and force my morning brain to recall and fumble through that procedure. But this latest update (I believe?) has caused even that hidden-website Play button to be unresponsive! How to listen to the local headlines? Delete this app and just Google them each day—it’s easier. ### 1/5 — App needs work! *2017-07-19, version 3.8.7* I tried the "live feed" on this app and it hung up on a "car donation" screen and never recovered... deleted app ### 2/5 — GPB app *2025-05-28, version 6.2.18* There are randomly occurring PSAs that interrupt programs. Also, more than once, there is radio silence that lasts for minutes to hours. Downloading the app anew does not remedy this sudden silence. Also, when transitioning from a home network to mobile roaming, the app has to be reopened. 12/6. My prior comment remains relevant. The “updates “ to this app have not remedied these issues. If anything, the issue of a frozen transmission when transitioning from home wi-go to mobile is worse. The only fix is to delete the app and reload it. I access four other public radio apps, none of which have these issues. 5/28/25. I support 4 other public radio streaming services. This app remains the least stable of them all. I hope you will continue to upgrade this very important service. ### 2/5 — GPB app *2023-12-06* There are randomly occurring PSAs that interrupt programs. Also, more than once, there is radio silence that lasts for minutes to hours. Downloading the app anew does not remedy this sudden silence. Also, when transitioning from a home network to mobile roaming, the app has to be reopened. 12/6. My prior comment remains relevant. The “updates “ to this app have not remedied these issues. If anything, the issue of a frozen transmission when transitioning from home wi-go to mobile is worse. The only fix is to delete the app and reload it. I access four other public radio apps, none of which have these issues. ### 2/5 — GPB app *2023-10-25* There are randomly occurring PSAs that interrupt programs. Also, more than once, there is radio silence that lasts for minutes to hours. Downloading the app anew does not remedy this sudden silence. Also, when transitioning from a home network to mobile roaming, the app has to be reopened. ### 2/5 — Buggy app; GPB lacks good content *2023-07-26, version 4.6.11* GPB cancelled its popular Political Rewind show under pressure from CancelCulture GOP operatives. The app is incredibly buggy and makes it hard to listen. 2 stars ### 2/5 — Last app was better *2023-03-04* I don’t understand this app and I don’t like it. The “live” show in this app is different from the GPB NPR programs on my radio. I used to be able to browse the old app for different GPB NPR affiliated programs and pick the one I wanted but I can’t see a similar function here - so if I want to listen to my local station I have to open the old app which y’all have crippled. Pretty unhappy with the change. ### 2/5 — Poor connectivity *2023-02-26, version 4.5.75* Poor transfer between Wi-Fi and 5G ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Top rated *2025-08-23* This app is spectacular…all that amazing content on demand. Well designed and easy to manipulate. ### 5/5 — Great *2025-05-02, version 6.2.18* Great ### 5/5 — Enlightening *2024-04-04, version 4.6.28* Thank you for your content. ### 5/5 — Informative *2024-04-03* I like surfing around the site in the mornings to pick up info… ### 5/5 — Glad to have the GPB app *2024-01-30* Having the GPB app makes it so easy for me to listen to GPB anywhere I am I connect to my Bluetooth speaker in other rooms in the house. I can use earbuds out in the yard. It’s nice to be able to listen to whatever is currently streaming or she’s any other category I want. There’s so much content that sometimes I’m a little overwhelmed in trying to find what I want but it’s nice to have all that content! ### 5/5 — Mobile *2023-09-19* Super easy to enjoy all the things that GPB radio offers, wherever I am. ### 5/5 — Essential *2023-06-09* The news programs on GPB are an essential part of my life. Lately our radio stations do not come in, so I am grateful to have a streaming alternative. ### 5/5 — Clear unbiased reporting on GPB *2023-03-23, version 4.5.75* This app is very good and is non-partisan in presenting facts. Thank you ### 5/5 — It works *2023-03-14* Great shortcut to all of Public radio has to offer. ### 5/5 — I love this station!!! *2023-03-07* This app keeps me connected to the BEST radio station, in America. This station caters to providing us with information, in regard to what’s going on in our world, so that we may have a greater understanding, and be able to form more substantial interpretations of what’s going on!!! No bias!!! --- *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 2026-08-20.*