# Radio South Africa - FM \| AM — user reviews > 97 indexed App Store user reviews of Radio South Africa by AppMind, rated 4.80/5 from 1,575 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/radio-south-africa-fm-am/id1039835280/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/radio-south-africa-fm-am/id1039835280.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,301 · 4★ 205 · 3★ 48 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 10 ## What do users think of Radio South Africa? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🌍 Connects users to home radio stations - 🎧 Wide variety of radio stations - 🌟 Excellent audio quality - 🏡 Provides a 'home away from home' feeling - 👍 Easy to use interface **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and playback issues - 💢 Intrusive ads and forced app downloads - 🔍 Lack of song/artist information - ⏱️ Inconsistent performance, stops playing randomly **Commonly reported bugs** - Stations fail to load or play - App crashes on startup - Playback stops unexpectedly **Most requested features** - Add support for Alexa/HomePod integration - Improve stability and reliability - Provide more detailed song/artist information - Implement better ad management and removal options ## Newest reviews (10 of 97) ### 2/5 — Not working *2024-08-11, version 2.6.2* Used to use this app all the time in the U.K., it no longer loads any radio stations :( ### 4/5 — App refusing to play *2024-07-19, version 2.6.2* App refusing to play any stations ### 5/5 — Francois *2024-06-24, version 2.6.2* Lekker om oral jou eie radio stasies op te vang ### 5/5 — Not working in UK *2024-06-16, version 2.6.2* I have used the app for over 5 years. However, it is currently not working in the UK? ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-04-21* It makes me feel at home away from home. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2024-01-28, version 2.4.1* Easy to use and brings a feeling of home when you are far away from home ! ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2023-12-31, version 2.4.1* Awesome app. Always clear and no technical issues. ### 2/5 — Used to be decent *2023-09-15, version 2.4.1* Had this app a while now and although it works well, when it works, it seldom does work properly. When phone screen goes to sleep, the radio stops. Then you need to unlock the screen again to listen. Other times it just stops playing. Not sure if this is due to a stream interruption as a result of load shedding or not. ### 5/5 — App zuid africa radio digitaal *2023-06-02, version 2.4.1* Groetjes uit Vlaanderen ….. ( Belgie -Leuven ) ik geniet van jullie Zuid Afrikaans ….. ### 5/5 — Yay for SA Radio!!! *2023-05-26, version 2.4.1* I’m living in Europe and listening to South African Radio! I can’t tell you how ecstatic this makes me!!!! Thank you! Thank you! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — So much spam *2025-08-26* Extremely invasive advertising EDIT IN RESPONSE TO DEVELOPPER COMMENT: Adverts are not able to be closed as often there is no button to close the ad. When the x button does exist, clicking it opens a link through to the advertisers website which is manipulative and deceptive. Often the advert forces the user to play through a literal game before being able to close the ad. It is beyond abusive. **Developer response:** Dear user, Thanks for your feedback. In order to make our app available for free we must have ads, however we have an in-app version for those who do not want to have ads. Cheers, Support team ### 1/5 — Pop Up Ads *2025-03-21, version 2.6.2* Can’t close the pop up ads anymore so unfortunately I’m out. ### 1/5 — Does work *2025-01-30, version 2.6.2* Very trash apps and too many ads ### 1/5 — Garbage *2025-01-29, version 2.6.2* Simply refuses to play anything. On top of that, it’s littered with ads with zero filtering, allowing for some scam ads to show as well. Who knows what other information this spyware is trying to track. ### 1/5 — Just doesn’t work *2025-01-10, version 2.6.2* Shame. It has all the stations, when you press on any station it just doesn’t play… please fix - update, the ads sure come up, but when you press on any station, the play bar comes up and goes back down straight away, doesn’t play any stations. ### 1/5 — App just doesn’t play any radio station selected *2025-01-06, version 2.6.2* Refuses to play any radio station that is selected ### 1/5 — Used to work *2024-11-01, version 2.6.2* Only plays podcasts. No radio. ### 1/5 — Intrusive apps *2024-07-01, version 2.6.2* I deleted this app mainly because there are up advertisements forcing you to download. You can’t even close the pop ups ### 1/5 — Used to be ok *2024-06-23, version 2.6.2* This used to be ok but is now full of stupid adverts every two minutes, it’s like going back 10 years in time, nobody plays candy crush anymore !! ### 1/5 — Does not work *2024-06-13, version 2.6.2* Recently it seems that none of the stations work at all - I have tried TuneIn and MyTuner and all foreign radio stations don’t seem to work here in the UK? What is going on? The only way to listen to any foreign station is via their respective website - please can someone explain what is going on??? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great stations! *2026-08-30, version 3.0.0* 👍⚡️🧡 ### 5/5 — What a delightful experience … *2026-06-30, version 3.0.0* Can listed to South African radio wherever I am in the world. Keep it up ### 5/5 — Advertising *2026-06-11, version 3.0.0* I love listening to Radio South Africa since I live in Canada and it keeps me abreast of what’s happening back home. The advertisements through. They drive me to tears and totally spoil the experience 😢 ### 5/5 — Lynn *2026-05-15, version 3.0.0* Driving home from work and listening from the USA loving every minute ### 5/5 — Great radio station from SA to the World ❤️❤️ *2025-11-17* Greetings from Germany love your vibezzz ### 5/5 — Relocated SA citizen *2025-11-07, version 2.6.2* I relocated to the US in 2023 from Cpt Gugulethu. Now travelling Europe but I get homesick so this app helps a lot when I can’t reach my mom due to time difference ### 5/5 — Many nice stations, good sound *2025-10-08* So much good music from dear South Africa. Friendly ui. Sharp! ### 5/5 — Semi *2025-05-31* Gut, Alles klar ### 5/5 — My app won’t work *2024-07-15, version 2.6.2* I have loved listening to this radio over the years, but lately my app refuses to play. 😢 I am not sure why but it won’t play at all, is there anything am doing wrong. I love a few radio stations on here, l feel lost without the freedom of having to choose what l want. Please help, not sure where am going. I have uninstalled the app and reinstalled it back a few time, still no joy!!😢 ### 5/5 — Home away from Home *2024-07-04, version 2.6.2* I love having the “Home away from Home” feeling I get with this app. The radio stations abroad don’t come close to the vibes and culture we have in South Africa 🇿🇦 --- *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 2026-09-12.*