# Radiant: The Future Of Radio — user reviews > 70 indexed App Store user reviews of Radiant by Pat Quinn, rated 4.48/5 from 261 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/radiant-the-future-of-radio/id1476163061/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/radiant-the-future-of-radio/id1476163061.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 188 · 4★ 39 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 13 ## What do users think of Radiant? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎵 Excellent music recommendation engine - 🤖 Entertaining AI DJ personality with witty commentary - 🎨 Beautiful visual design with dynamic album art - 📻 Authentic radio station experience - 💡 Innovative concept combining AI DJ with music curation - 🎧 Great alternative to Spotify DJ for Apple Music users - 📝 Automatic playlist creation of liked songs - 🔄 Last.fm scrobbling integration **Cons** - 🐛 Widespread authentication failure with Apple Music subscriptions - 🐛 Persistent loading screen freezes - 🐛 App crashes on launch or during use - 🐛 Song repetition and playback bugs - 🐛 Unresponsive skip button functionality - ⚠️ Lack of app support and developer communication - ⚠️ Incomplete playlist synchronization from Apple Music - ⚠️ Limited to Apple Music only (no Spotify support currently) - 🎙️ Robotic voice quality - 🎵 Inconsistent music recommendations initially - 📱 Poor accessibility for VoiceOver users **Commonly reported bugs** - Apple Music subscription validation failing despite active subscriptions - Loading screen infinite loop - App crashes immediately on launch - Songs repeating instead of advancing to next track - External skip button not working - App freezing and becoming unresponsive - Buffering issues - Error getting recommendations - Playlist search unresponsive during initial setup - VoiceOver accessibility broken on setup screen - AirPlay functionality buggy - App support link returns 404 error **Most requested features** - CarPlay integration - Support for personal music library uploads - Mood/genre-based station selection with quick switching - Multi-service support (Spotify, YouTube Music) - Streaming to other devices and TV - Improved voice quality and personality - Integration directly into Apple Music app - Advanced customization options - Better search functionality during setup ## Newest reviews (13 of 70) ### 2/5 — Was awesome *2025-07-21, version 3.0.26* Unable to use despite trying to fix multiple times. When it was working it was awesome. No app support available. ### 2/5 — App Breaking Bug *2025-06-28* I really like the app. I loved that I could open it up and discover a lot of cool new music. Getting stuck thinking about what I want to listen to is something I run into a lot, and Radiant helped alleviate that a lot. Unfortunately, I have to give it a 2 stars right now because for awhile now it has had an app breaking bug where it gets stuck on the loading screen. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, and now it alerts me that the app requires an active Apple Music Subscription. I have one. I use Apple Music. Marvis and Musicbox connect with my Apple Music flawlessly. I'm hopeful Radiant can get on top of this issue because it's been going on for weeks now and it's got me nervous the project is being abandoned. ### 4/5 — Review *2025-06-18* I really like this app and have always been wanting something like this. My only thing as a blind user using VoiceOver is that I am not able to get past the setup screen so hoping this is something that can be fixed. ### 3/5 — Stopped working *2025-04-26* I had this on my old phone and loved using it but then when I got a new phone and tried using it I kept getting an error saying “Rad requires an Apple Music subscription” and I have a subscription so I’m not sure why it isn’t working ### 4/5 — It’s fine *2025-03-24, version 3.0.26* I like it. I stopped using Spotify for political reasons but it would be nice if radiant could integrate into the Apple Music app or if Apple Music just had their own AI DJ ### 3/5 — Only a few of my playlists show up *2025-01-10* I would give this app 5 stars when the playlist feature is fixed. For some reason only half of my playlists from Apple Music show up. Please have this fixed. ### 3/5 — Not quite Spotify DJ *2024-12-31, version 3.0.26* I was looking for something like Spotify DJ for Apple Music. This app somewhat makes up for Apple not having Spotify DJ but the thing I like about Spotify DJ is how it switches it up, and if you don’t like the mood you hit the DJ button and you have a different mood. I think this app would be a bit better if it was selective about a genre, and then you hit a button and then it either switches genres or starts playing music from your playlists. AFAIK there’s no way to switch the vibe without straight switching to a manually. The music player is also buggy, with it randomly skipping to not knowing what song to play, trying to skip through a song sometimes restarts it, and when trying to play playlists it randomly goes back to regular Radiant radio. Overall this app has potential but it’s just not nearly polished enough. As a software developer myself I hope this review can give them focus points. ### 3/5 — Would love to try, but won’t recognize my subscription 😢 *2024-10-18* Despite owning an Apple music subscription, the splash screen only tells me “a subscription is required” when I sign in with my AppleID. I am unable to pass the initial login screen. Unfortunately the “app support” link on the store page only leads to a missing page and a 404 error on the developer’s website. ### 3/5 — Bugs *2024-10-15* I want to like the app, it’s a genuinely cool concept. However, when playing music the app will repeat a song when it is finished instead of moving on to the next song, and I have to manually go into the app and change it. (external skip button doesn’t work) This was manageable but makes the app unusable when I am driving (prime time to listen to music) as I can not be constantly looking down at my phone to change the song. Will continue using the app if the bug gets fixed. ### 3/5 — Needs a tweak *2024-07-28* I would use this app a lot more if it didn’t reply the same song over and over unless I manually forward to the next song. ### 4/5 — A lot of potential *2024-04-19, version 3.0.25* It’s buggy, doubly so when using AirPlay but this has serious potential. Reminds me of the old pre-Apple Siri app. ### 4/5 — Won’t load *2024-04-10, version 3.0.24* I know this app is kinda older now but just saying it won’t load for me and I saw it on Reddit and it seems very cool. I downloaded the app and I have Apple Music with a working account. Anyways I went into the app and it said to allow to access Apple Music so I said allow and it said it must require an Apple Music account and then the app just stayed in the loading screen. Please fix it or tell me if I’m doing something wrong. ### 4/5 — Good app but buggy for me. *2024-02-27, version 3.0.24* I love this app it is so good when it works. I have this problem where Rad will say “that was (song name) before the song plays, essentially it ends up being one song ahead of the cue. Also I have a problem where the song will restart after it plays. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Does not work *2025-09-04, version 3.0.26* When opening the app it says I don’t have an Apple Music subscription but I do and it won’t load into the app. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work with Apple One *2025-08-20, version 3.0.26* Claims I don’t have an Apple Music subscription, when I do but using the family plan on Apple one. Unable to log into the app or use it at all. ### 1/5 — Will Not Work on Mac OS *2025-08-04, version 3.0.26* Even though the Info box says “Works on this Mac mini” it does not work. Keeps saying I need an Apple Music subscription which of course I already have. ### 1/5 — No longer works *2025-06-14, version 3.0.26* I get an error saying I need an Apple Music subscription, which I have. This seems to be happening for a few months already based on other recent reviews so I’m guessing the developer is no longer working on maintaining this app. Too bad… ### 1/5 — App won’t start *2025-06-09, version 3.0.26* I have an Apple Music subscription, the app says I need one and will not load. Will update if fixed ### 1/5 — Won't load *2025-05-04, version 3.0.26* The app keeps saying it requires an active apple music subscription and won't load even though I do have an active apple music subscription ### 1/5 — Doesn’t even work *2025-05-03, version 3.0.26* Every time I open it, it just says ‘Rad Requires an Apple Music Subscription’ bearing in mind I do have an Apple Music subscriptions. I even allowed all the permissions and it still didn’t work. What a waste of times. ### 1/5 — Infinite loading screen *2024-10-21, version 3.0.25* I would love to try this app, but I can’t get past the initial loading screen. I have an active Apple Music subscription. ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2024-10-20, version 3.0.25* I tried the app both on my mac and my iPhone, and both are stuck on the loading screen after giving the app permission to access my Apple Music account. Funny enough, clicking on the "App Support" link takes me to a "Page Not Found", which might suggest that this whole app is dead. RIP Radiant ### 1/5 — Cannot login *2023-06-30, version 3.0.12* Error occurs when i try to sign in. Please help ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Pretty Sweet *2025-03-18, version 3.0.26* Super cool concept and is surprisingly good at recommending songs. ### 5/5 — P Good Honestly *2025-01-24* I rlly like the way the album art changes the whole screen. The voice could use some work especially considering what people have come to expect with OpenAI but i like this concept a lot! ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2025-01-22, version 3.0.26* Really nice alternative to DJ X for people who don’t have Spotify! ### 5/5 — A great solution for AM *2025-01-09, version 3.0.26* I’m switching family plan AM from Spotify. My daughter wanted to know where AI was in AM and I found this. It’s great and now I use it. It would be nice to have it on CarPlay. Any chance that’s in the works? Thanks!! ### 5/5 — Music *2024-11-27, version 3.0.26* I love this app. I just have one suggestion. I want this app that’s not required. Any subscriptions it doesn’t matter if it’s Spotify. Or YouTube Music ### 5/5 — Works great with Apple Music *2024-06-09* I was looking everywhere for an Ai dj like spotifys, and this app is not just similar but it’s better it provides weather updates, jokes, etc. ### 5/5 — Impressive *2024-03-26, version 3.0.24* We need that integrated in Apple Music ### 5/5 — Genius *2024-03-11* I get why and it’s reasonable but the voice is too robotic. Other than that and some small bugs it’s pretty genius. **Developer response:** Hey! Hop into our discord channel and sign up for the 4.0 alpha if you want a better voice! Thanks for the review ### 5/5 — Perfect after the new update *2023-12-25, version 3.0.24* it works exactly how youd expect it to. the last.fm scrobbling is good aswell. ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2023-08-18* Enjoy the announcing, enjoy the music, and, like that, a playlist is created in Apple Music of the songs that I select as liking. Great job! --- *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 2026-06-10.*