# KJZZ Phoenix — user reviews > 39 indexed App Store user reviews of KJZZ Phoenix by Friends of Public Radio Arizona, rated 4.60/5 from 94 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kjzz-phoenix/id767469031/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kjzz-phoenix/id767469031.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 76 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (11 of 39) ### 3/5 — KJZZ app *2025-12-18* App is slow to connect If you connect on WiFi and get out of WiFi range, it stops playing and needs to be set (or restarted) to play. Ads. Not the ones that playin as part of program you are listening to - the b ones that interrupt whatever your listening to and by time the ad is done the thing you were listening to is over and you missed it. ### 5/5 — Saturday Highlight *2024-08-24* KJZZ is all I listen to on Saturdays and I look forward to it all week. ### 5/5 — Great way to listen wherever I am *2024-08-20* App generally works very well and being an npr fan means I want to access to it handy ### 5/5 — My first choice for news *2024-08-18* Has the most balanced attempt at non-biased news in an easy to read format. ### 3/5 — KJZZ mobile app is just ok *2021-09-09, version 2.4.2* So the connection to the app is intermittent and some of it is due to whatever cellular or Wi-Fi area you may be inside. When the app starts up there is an annoyingly long promotion for a station supporter that takes more time than it needs to prior to the broadcast starting. This is the station’s fault, not so much the performance of the app itself, though no app is perfect. ### 3/5 — Buggiest App on My Phone *2020-03-12, version 2.4.0* On average, every two weeks I have to delete this app and reload, because it crashes and refuses to play audio ### 2/5 — Can’t see what song is playing *2018-06-22, version 2.4.0* You cannot see what song is streaming when you’re listening live. Would like to be able to look up songs while they’re playing on the app. ### 3/5 — Intermittent, random pauses *2018-03-27, version 2.3.1* I’m a KJZZ monthly supporter and avid listener. I’d love to use this app often during work/other projects. However. This app pauses randomly when another phone page is opened/scrolled. I’m on iPhone X. I’ll keep trying to listen and see if it continues to happen, and will update my rating if it does not. ### 2/5 — Hate to force you listen 20 seconds of ad *2018-02-17* I love KJZZ, and NPR in general, and I listen it everyday in my commute to and from work, and at home as well. However starting latest version, this app started to force you to listen about 20 seconds of station identification EVERY time you turn on the app or even from a temporary pause! Once I was listening to an interesting story and accidentally hit the pause button, when I hit the play button again, and 20 seconds later, the most interesting part already gone! I would give it 5-star rating if the stopped doing that! ### 5/5 — Love the 24 hour jazz *2017-03-29* In Utah they got rid of their jazz program. I use to live in Phoenix and love the jazz program every night to help me go to sleep. I'm glad that with this app I now can get 24 hour of Jazz. The one negative I have so far is that the App stopped working after I updated to iOS 10.3. Hopefully they do a quick patch to this app to fix it. Other than that it wonderful. ### 3/5 — Nice streaming, with a big caveat *2017-01-25* For some reason this app likes to intermittently disconnect from the stream. I haven't detected any logic to this, though I note it happens a lot just before the top of the hour, and it generally requires closing and reopening the app. And I miss the first two minutes of the hourly newscast. It will sometimes just say "buffering" when it stops, even though I'm on my own WiFi network, or the app will mysteriously change statuses from play to pause. Just pressing play again generally doesn't work. Don't know if the station is purposely kicking off connections that are open to long (server overload issues, maybe?). I like the station, but the app is buggy. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Constant crashes with 2.4.3 update *2023-05-03, version 2.4.3* Constant crashes with 2.4.3 update ### 1/5 — Enjoy the station but not the app *2021-08-20, version 2.4.2* I’m a sustaining member but still have to endure the same messages every time I get on the app (and periodically while listening). But the biggest problem is there’s no support for Siri. I have to manually navigate through my phone instead of just saying “Hey Siri, play KJZZ” to our HomePod. ### 1/5 — Do not use in a quiet setting *2018-10-04, version 2.4.0* I use this app to read the news rather than listening to the radio. In the latest version, the stories are very slow to load even on the home screen and the player starts without warning and through the phone speaker even when I have the mute switch enabled. The audio should not be allowed when the mute switch is on. ### 1/5 — Latest version won't run *2017-01-27, version 2.2* I have an iPhone 5 with the latest iOS update. This KJZZ app no longer works. It was okay before. ### 1/5 — Problems with continuos play *2014-08-24, version 1.0* The app plays for a few seconds then pauses to buffer. I miss about half the programming. It is very frustrating. I don't know if I have erred or if the iPhone 4 I have doesn't support the app ### 2/5 — INTERRUPTING ADS *2026-01-25, version 6.3.14* this app is basically unusable because every 15 minutes they play an ad that completely interrupts the show that is happening. you miss whatever the people said for the repeated ads over and over. this app sucks. ### 2/5 — Mostly politics *2025-05-06* Not much for real news, mostly politics, which gets real old in a real hurry. ### 2/5 — Worse in every way than prior version *2024-11-20* We use the app for a single purpose: listening to the radio station. They move the play button to a tiny corner, made the audio unreliable, and cluttered the entire screen. With stuff. We don’t care about. Perfect example of developers, having no understanding of their users. ### 2/5 — New features are NOT worth it *2024-09-03* You can no longer operate the controls if you only have a single hand available. Very bad UI. ### 2/5 — song over stories? *2021-11-20, version 2.4.2* no clue what is going on but I tried to hear the rest of a serious story to have Jazz music playing over it. Tried again and same thing. :( ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — KJZZ is real news. Real journalism. *2026-06-13* Couldn't be happier with this app. I've always listened to KJZZ news. Now it's even better to have access to their information with an app. ### 5/5 — Great App *2025-05-29* Having access to reliable news these days is more important than ever. ### 5/5 — Love the app and its new features *2025-04-26* I love the fact that all I have to do to get news (KJZZ), classical music (KBAQ), and jazz is to use one app and this app doesn’t turn side-ways on my iPad! I agree with the comment by a poor rating below that I don’t often use it for anything other than listening, but I still think it is worth it to have all the features in one place. My only issue is that it takes about 10 seconds for anything to happen once you push the “tiny button”, but once you understand that, its a small price to pay. I also read the comment by the person who lives in PA—I live in Phoenix but visit relatives in PA and I use the app to keep up with what’s going on in Phoenix, as well as time-shift the programs. Keep up the good work, guys! ### 5/5 — My favorite *2025-04-24* Just a great station to get your NPR fix. I found this little gem when I was living in AZ. I still steam frm Temnessee. Love, love love ### 5/5 — KJZZ rules *2024-11-03* I adore this station. It’s informative and genius. I adore this station. ### 5/5 — Fabulous! *2024-09-24* This app is great. Access to npr talk plus the Phoenix jazz and classical stations. Mbaqanga used to be very hard to access. Great job folks! ### 5/5 — Good app, especially for east coast *2024-09-02* I listen to this app often. I live in Pennsylvania, and often want to listen to morning edition after 10 AM local. On those days, I listen to this app. Works great, never drops out. ### 5/5 — An app for every day, literally! *2024-08-29* I listen to KJZZ every day - sometimes at home and sometimes in the car. Radio is my preferred medium, but when I don’t want to disturb others, I go to the app. I’m not used to the newest version yet, but so far, so good 🙂👍❤️ ### 5/5 — My go to station *2024-08-27* Provides the perfect balance of news and information and unique stories ### 5/5 — NPR KJZZ one stop shop *2024-08-27* Always timely content with fact based information! --- *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 2026-09-05.*