# Houston Public Media — user reviews

> 9 indexed App Store user reviews of Houston Public Media by Houston Public Media Foundation, rated 3.10/5 from 25 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/houston-public-media/id1549226694/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/houston-public-media/id1549226694.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 7 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 6

## Most critical reviews (9 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Startup loop glitch

*2024-10-18*

The obligatory sponsorship promo restarts so often it makes coherent listening impossible. “This program is sponsored/This program/This program/…” It runs over the news content.

### 1/5 — Crap App

*2023-11-15*

Constantly malfunctions. Constant interruptions in the middle of programming for “commercial breaks” otherwise known as requests for donations over and above the ones that air during the programming. You will miss out on the most relevant part of the story

### 1/5 — Never updates

*2023-10-11*

I always have to update it but it never updates. I have to do this over and over again.

### 1/5 — Only works when iPad unlocked

*2021-04-09*

Love the concept but it has stopped working properly. It shuts off every time my iPad screen locks. I have restarted, deleted and re-installed multiple times but it still shuts off. I don’t want my screen open.

### 2/5 — CarPlay Support Removed

*2021-04-08*

Why did the new version remove CarPlay support!?! That was a key feature.

### 3/5 — Clunky

*2021-05-24*

Needs work to make it less clunky. Every time I open the app, it tells me I can’t use it until I update it, but there isn’t an update to install. It finally opens after several extra steps. Quality content as always.

### 4/5 — Needs a few improvements

*2021-09-01*

Use this daily but needs two improvements: 
1) should turn for landscape view 
2) requires update almost every time I launch. Not sure why as it only opens App Store but doesn’t have to download a lot.

### 4/5 — Quite useful, but a little annoying

*2021-03-29*

The app has worked well for years. I am not sure what the upgrades have done, but now, every time you open it, it claims to have to be updated. So it takes you through the App Store where you end up selecting open. Why? Please fix the encoding! Thanks.

### 4/5 — needs work for iPad

*2021-02-12*

The basic functionality works fine, but it’s phone-oriented.  It doesn’t seem to work in background in iPadOS 14, and it doesn’t switch to landscape mode when you tilt the iPad that way.  In other words, you can’t use HPM as background music while you continue to use the iPad for other things.

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*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 2026-08-29.*