# QRadio by Qbus Systems — Internet Radio Player

> Internet Radio Player (iPhone/iPad app by JAKUB KAPRZYK.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/qradio-by-qbus-systems/id6761712234 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [JAKUB KAPRZYK](https://appshunter.io/developer/1891032389)
- Category: Music, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.1 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Polish
- Released: 2026-04-16
- Data updated: 2026-08-05
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/qradio-by-qbus-systems/id6761712234/reviews.md

## What is QRadio by Qbus Systems?

QRadio is a clean internet radio player for iPhone, iPad, Mac, CarPlay, and Apple Watch.

Add your own streams, browse curated public radio stations, sync favorites with iCloud, hand playback between your devices, identify songs with Shazam, and keep playback stable even with less reliable streams.

Highlights:
- Home-screen widgets: tap a favorite to play it, or play/pause the current station
- Buffering that adapts to your connection: Automatic (quick on Wi-Fi, steady on cellular), plus Fast, Stable, and Manual presets
- Open recognized songs in Apple Music or Spotify
- Play custom internet radio streams
- Choose between multiple stream qualities and sources per station, with automatic fallback when a stream is unavailable
- Browse a curated catalog of public radio stations grouped by country and genre
- Save favorites with custom names, logos, URLs, volume, and buffer settings
- QRadio audio engine for older SHOUTcast/ICY streams, with adaptive buffering and smooth reconnects
- Real-time song metadata, artwork, song history, and Apple Music lookup
- Shazam and Auto-Shazam song recognition
- Smart previous/next controls across Favorites, Catalog, History, CarPlay, and Apple Watch
- CarPlay with Favorites, History, Catalog, Now Playing controls, and Auto-Shazam status
- Siri Shortcuts for playback, sleep timer, song recognition, and "What's Playing"
- Standalone Apple Watch playback plus Watch remote control
- AirPlay, Lock Screen, Control Center, complications, and Digital Crown volume control
- iCloud sync for favorites, settings, history, and per-station options
- Handoff: continue the current station on a nearby iPhone, iPad, or Mac
- Encrypted backup and restore
- Light and dark mode
- Full VoiceOver support in five languages, and text that scales with your preferred size


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 8.0.0 — 2026-08-04

QRadio 8.0 brings Handoff between your devices, full VoiceOver support, and text that scales with your preferred size.

- Handoff: start a station on one device and continue it on another nearby device - pick up your iPhone or iPad and QRadio appears in the app switcher and on the lock screen, ready to carry on. Playback moves rather than duplicating, so the first device stops
- Full VoiceOver support: every control is labelled in all five languages, and newly recognized songs are announced
- Dynamic Type: text and the rows that hold it scale with your preferred text size, including the largest accessibility sizes
- Station logos in widgets keep their colours on a tinted Home Screen, and the play button stays visible
- iPad: the Now Playing panel scales properly with larger text, and swipe actions behave correctly in the three-column layout
- Lock screen no longer shows paused while a newly chosen station is still buffering
- Lower battery use during long listening sessions
- Refreshed look in both dark and light mode, with roomier station cards
- Stability fixes

### 7.0.0 — 2026-07-23

QRadio 7.0 is a big update with home-screen widgets, smarter buffering, and far steadier playback on weak connections.

- New interactive home-screen widgets: tap a favorite to play it, or play/pause the current station without opening the app
- Automatic buffering that adapts to your connection, with a quick start on Wi-Fi and a larger cushion on cellular, plus Fast, Stable, and Manual presets
- Much steadier playback on weak or spotty connections, with automatic recovery when the signal drops and comes back
- Open recognized songs in Apple Music or Spotify, your choice
- Add your own stream URLs to any station with Your Streams
- More accurate song recognition and album-artwork matching
- CarPlay and Now Playing reliability improvements
- Apple Watch: steadier standalone playback and Smart Stack widgets
- Many stability, performance, and localization fixes

### 6.0.1 — 2026-07-04

QRadio 6.0 is a major update with multiple stream choices, a redesigned player, and a smarter station catalog.

- Choose between multiple stream qualities and sources for each station, with automatic fallback when a stream is unavailable
- Redesigned iPhone player that smoothly expands from and collapses back into the mini player
- Smoother, more responsive playback controls and animations
- Rebuilt station catalog: curated stations first, country-specific genre tags, and faster filtering
- More accurate song recognition with better filtering of station slogans and program names from metadata
- iCloud playback handoff so the right device takes over playback across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- Apple Watch artwork and configuration sync improvements
- macOS artwork, catalog, and menu bar refinements
- Numerous reliability, stability, and localization fixes

### 5.0.0 — 2026-06-15

QRadio 5.0 focuses on reliability, Apple Watch sync, and song recognition.

- More reliable Shazam and Auto-Shazam, with better timing, network-change handling, and metadata restore after manual recognition
- Stronger Apple Watch and iPhone sync, including widget station handoff, autoplay, and playback controls
- Playback startup and reconnect fixes for unstable streams
- Switching audio engines now preserves the current play/pause state
- CarPlay controls and Shazam state are now better aligned with the iPhone app
- Siri Shortcuts and external playback commands are more reliable
- UI polish and clearer localized messages
- General stability improvements

### 4.0.0 — 2026-05-28

- QRadio Audio Engine — custom streaming engine with support for old SHOUTcast/ICY servers, adaptive buffering, and gapless network reconnect
- Audio Engine selector in Settings — switch between System (AVPlayer) and QRadio engine
- Metadata sync — song info now matches what you're actually hearing
- HLS variant playlist support — automatic quality selection (WiFi/cellular)
- Auto-Shazam — continuous song recognition on selected stations
- New Siri Shortcuts — "What's Playing" and "Recognize Song"
- Smart prev/next — remembers playback context (favorites, catalog, history)
- CarPlay improvements — smart prev/next, auto-Shazam indicator
- Apple Watch — improved remote control and playback state sync

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