# Japan Radio+ — user reviews > 148 indexed App Store user reviews of Japan Radio+ by Nick Culbertson, rated 4.80/5 from 443 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/japan-radio-plus/id713690039/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/japan-radio-plus/id713690039.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 375 · 4★ 44 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of Japan Radio+? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface - 🎵 Wide variety of Japanese music stations - 🚀 Fast and reliable performance - 💰 Free to use with no paywall - 🎧 High quality audio streaming - 📚 Excellent resource for Japanese language learners - ⏱️ Background playback capability - 🎬 Great anime and J-pop selection - 🔄 Consistent long-term reliability (10+ years) - 🌟 Different genres from rock to pop to vocaloid **Cons** - 🐛 App stops playing when closed - 🎨 Logo design causes discomfort for some users - 📊 Lack of visual artwork/album display - 🎯 Accidental station changes due to UI design - 🔤 Metadata encoding issues (mojibake/garbage text) - 📻 Some stations don't work or play - 🔊 No in-app volume control - ⭐ Limited station variety in certain genres - 💾 Menu screen lag on some devices - ❌ Missing specific station categories (70s-90s J-pop) **Commonly reported bugs** - Music stops when app is closed - Some stations fail to play audio - Metadata displays as mojibake (garbage characters) - Menu screen lag on certain devices - Occasional station disruptions during playback **Most requested features** - Favorite/bookmark stations feature - Station categorization system - Sleep timer function - In-app volume control - Album artwork display during playback - Support for original/independent music submissions - Fix metadata encoding for proper character display - Improved station stability and reliability ## Newest reviews (19 of 148) ### 5/5 — JAPAN RADIO 👍🇯🇵🗾🎌 *2025-08-20, version 4.0* Even though I don’t understand the music I like the music It’s very uplifting ### 5/5 — Japan Radio+ Is the bomb *2025-07-02, version 4.0* Love the app. Flawless operation and love the radio selections. Thank you Japan Radio!!❤️❤️🙏🙏✌️✌️ ### 4/5 — Good app *2025-07-02* I love listening to all jpop and anime opening. And even news though I don’t speak Japanese it’s nice, I just wish we had like a nice screen or artwork to look at. So I don’t accidentally change stations. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2025-04-08, version 4.0* Perfect ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2025-01-24, version 4.0* I am learning Japanese and this is such a valuable source of knowledge just listening and trying to absorb as much knowledge as possible. The layout is great and easy to navigate. Thanks ### 5/5 — The only radio app you need *2025-01-01, version 4.0* Simple and does as advertised. ### 5/5 — It’s Great! *2024-11-27, version 4.0* This app is so good for Japan lovers like me to hear popular music! My fave station is thee Vocaloid one. Great app! ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2024-11-08, version 4.0* Simple, clean and actually works! ### 5/5 — Great sounds *2024-10-08, version 4.0* The best music for calm memories ### 4/5 — なかなか良いです。 *2024-09-14, version 4.0* 様々な日本のラジオ放送が聴けるので 良いと思いました。 ### 4/5 — Jap rad *2024-08-29, version 4.0* Belle variation de musique ### 5/5 — Pretty Cool *2024-07-17* Awesome tunes. Would like to know if they except original music? No one has that on a platform like this…not that I have found anyway..sure there are sites like Reverbnation that advertise original music but nit just a simple radio..click and play ### 5/5 — Such a solid app *2024-05-21* It’s simple and does the intended job well. Definitely recommend! ### 5/5 — Top *2024-05-18, version 4.0* Great app ! ### 5/5 — Japan Radio *2024-05-12, version 4.0* Such a helpful resource for listening to a Japanese popular music and more! ### 5/5 — Happy *2024-02-09, version 4.0* Joy ### 4/5 — マイケル　緑陸 *2023-11-23, version 4.0* LUV it ### 5/5 — Love it *2023-07-29, version 3.4* Great radio stations and easy-to-use UX ### 5/5 — Great ! *2023-07-05, version 3.4* I hope it never goes away ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Weird logo *2025-10-14* I never click this because the logo makes me itchy even when every app is the same color based on my settings. I'm sad because I see everyone else is really enjoying this but it's just so disturbing. Not the developer's fault just a me problem I think. ### 1/5 — 와 디자인 ㅋ *2018-10-20* 와 디자인 때문에 열받아서 앱 다운 받음 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 씨바 쓰지도 않았지만 그럴 가치도 없다는 거 알겠네... 이거 쓰고 좋다고 말하는 인간들 반성하길.. 아니... 저딴 디자인을 보고도 좋다는 말이 나오나;;; 한국인도 아니다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ ### 1/5 — 디자인 좀.”ㅋㅋ *2018-09-03* 아 제발 디자인 좀 바꿔요 짜증나 죽겠네 이 리뷰달려고 한 번 깔았는데 하...ㅋ 욱일이 장난하나 ### 1/5 — Most of the stations don’t work *2018-05-22, version 3.0* I went through the stations but most of them won’t even play anything. I’m using WiFi so it’s not the connection issue. Some do play but they are all anime stuff that I have no interest in. Uninstalling. ### 1/5 — 욱일기 디자인? *2017-02-09* 흰색, 빨간색 줄로 섞인 배경에 가운데는 빨간색 원. 일본 라디오라고 떡하니 이름 내고 욱일기 디자인ㅋㅋ;; 디자인 수준이 굉장히 낮고 미개하네요. 유럽에서 나치 문양인 디자인으로 독일 라디오. 를 어플로 만들거랑 같은 급. 반성하세요 그리고 디자인 바꾸세요 ### 2/5 — Channel *2020-04-11, version 3.2* Works great but where is 70s-90s Jpop stream? That’s reason I downloaded ### 2/5 — Can not be set 設定不可 *2017-10-17, version 1.8* I am using Google Translate. Despite connecting the optical cable line to my home and connecting it, the song stops frequently. When listening in the background, how many stops do you have during one song? It stops as much. When I listen to the local FM station of my hometown far away with the same application, it is almost never stopped. The iPad OS is up to date. I am Japanese, but because I am not a child, I rarely listen to anime songs. I’d like to listen to songs that I often listen to when I was young, but I feel a sense of incompatibility when I am mixed in the category. Other Japanese will also be dissatisfied that songs with different categories are mixed. Since I can not set anything, I added two stars as well as flattery. If you get worse further you do not need one star. ### 3/5 — great app but what happened to j jams station *2017-08-11, version 1.8* where did r&b etc did it got shutdown? ### 3/5 — Not bad *2015-12-26, version 1.8* Sound, connectivity and relyability are splendid but the app is held very simple. There really should be a way to put stations on a favourite list, set sleep timer and such.. ### 3/5 — Bom *2014-08-02* Pros - muitas opções de rádio. Contras - falta opção de colocar lista de rádios favoritas. Poderia ter uma interface mais amigável. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Listen all the time *2026-07-26* Love it listen all the time no annoying ads and no pay walls ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2026-07-15, version 26.0* Free Japan radio!!! ### 5/5 — 𝙰𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 *2026-06-05, version 26.0* 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌. 𝚀𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚎𝚌𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌. 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎. ### 5/5 — Soundscape… *2026-04-26, version 26.0* Fortune’s Distaff 🦋 ### 5/5 — +10 Years and Going Strong *2026-03-10* Been using this app since I first got an iPhone (a 4, mind you) and it’s been great ever since. Great selection of stations. Keep up the great work, team! ### 5/5 — ありがと *2026-01-05, version 26.0* Excellent! ### 5/5 — The best Japanese music *2025-12-17, version 26.0* It brings back memories of my adolescence when I was watching anime. ### 5/5 — Bonne appli *2025-12-10, version 26.0* Je trouve cette application très bien parce que on peut écouter plein de styles de musiques différentes . Moi qui aime beaucoup écouter de la musique japonaise cette application me permet d’écouter de la musique sans pub Je recommande fortement cette application pour les amateurs de musique japonaise ### 5/5 — JAPAN RADIO 👍🇯🇵🗾🎌 *2025-10-14, version 26.0* Even though I don’t understand the music I like the music It’s very uplifting ### 5/5 — Love it *2025-10-12, version 26.0* Has everything I want to listen to! --- *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 2026-09-02.*