# Times Radio - Listen Live — user reviews > 209 indexed App Store user reviews of Times Radio by Times Media Limited (Apps), rated 4.80/5 from 354 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/times-radio-listen-live/id1506777555/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/times-radio-listen-live/id1506777555.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 313 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of Times Radio? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Objective radio coverage - 👍 Great show - 👍 Balanced radio - 👍 Endless hours of companionship - 👍 Better interviews - 👍 Excellent news and general interest programmes - 👍 Easily the best current affairs / politics radio station - 👍 Interviewees have refreshing new voices **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes frequently - 🔋 Recent update drains battery - 🔋 App stops working - 🔋 Unreliable app - 🔋 Unstable app - 🔋 App cuts out - 🔋 App glitchy - 🔋 App keeps losing connection - 🔋 App freezes - 🔋 App no longer works on older devices - 💰 Too many repetitive and annoying ads - 👎 Biased coverage - 👎 Toxic negativity from presenters - 👎 Poor presenter **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes frequently - App stops working - App freezes - App loses connection - App not compatible with older iOS versions **Most requested features** - Ability to listen at 1.5x speed - Live rewind functionality - Download option for offline listening - Ability to easily navigate and scrub through past episodes - Option to remove ads ## Newest reviews (17 of 209) ### 2/5 — Frustrating *2026-05-28* Very unreliable ~ often have to turn my iPad off and on again for the App to play. Such a pity as it’s a great station with terrific guests. ### 2/5 — Biased *2026-05-11, version 55.6.1* Unfortunately the team putting together the output for the shows 6-10am slot are very biased! I stopped listening to the today programmes on Radio 4 because of the left wing bias portrayed only to find that more recently Times Radio is doing the same. Surely you should be honest and say that you are giving a left wing slant to the news or pay more attention to your output if you wish to be a fair unbiased news station. Very sad as I had such high hopes ….. ### 4/5 — Great radio, iffy app, *2026-04-26, version 55.5.0* Occasionally shuts off. Need to force close it before running Spotify else Times Radio burns battery in background activity. ### 3/5 — Phone overheating *2026-03-25, version 55.3.0* I love Times radio and listen everyday. Giving 3 stars because the recent app update causes my phone to overheat and the battery drains very fast. Otherwise would be 5 stars. ### 3/5 — Crashes constantly *2026-03-16* App constantly shuts down and in particular can’t cope with any other big app being opened when it’s playing. Glad the awful, cackling, attention seeking Mir has gone and at first I thought McCann was great. But as time has gone on it’s become obvious she has absolutely zero general knowledge outside her knowledge of politics and it grates. “Didn’t know that”, “never heard of that”, “I didn’t get that”, “don’t know where that is”, “did you know that Kate? ‘nope’” every single day. We are talking widely known facts here - she’s clearly an intellectual lightweight with deep knowledge of one subject in life that she’s managed to leverage. Listening to her next to Stig whose general knowledge is superb is embarrassing. ### 2/5 — Radio radio *2026-03-11, version 55.3.0* I like Hugo Rifkind & I don’t care much for many of the talking heads that are bought on to give their views in other shows as I find they skew too much to the right of politics such as the ubiquitous Peter Cardwell & Tim Montgomery & their ilk ### 4/5 — Perfect, but….. *2026-03-05* I’ve listened from day 1, when I’m sure someone, might have been Giles Coren, said there wouldn’t be adverts but programmes would be ‘sponsored’, which was fine. I still listen every day, love the programmes but hate the adverts - especially recent Gambling ones - and too-frequent ones like Curry’s. I tried to go back to Radio 4, lasted half an hour!!! So, one star lost, will be regained if fewer adverts, I guess none would be impossible now. ### 5/5 — Michael Moss *2026-03-01, version 55.3.0* Exceptional world news coverage I’m fortunate to be listening to. ### 2/5 — Unreliable *2026-02-25, version 55.2.6* A good radio station but a very poor app. Eg keeps dropping off, no rewind facility. Just very clunky. ### 4/5 — Supper *2026-02-20* Bonjour Madame monsieur j’ai plaisir à vous écouter ça me permet d’apprendre l’anglais bonne journée ### 4/5 — Devanagri *2026-02-12, version 55.2.4* Addressing ‘racism’ In a realistic manner! ### 5/5 — Objective radio coverage. *2026-02-09, version 55.2.4* One of the best "features" is the tone. There is no frantic "breaking news" music or hosts yelling over guests. It’s designed for thinking, not reacting. ### 5/5 — Great show *2026-01-29, version 55.2.4* Times Radio is one of the best ### 3/5 — Speed settings *2026-01-26, version 55.2.4* Decent enough app, but I like to listen at 1.5. Can that be offered when listening back? ### 3/5 — Good to have an alternative to BBC sounds *2026-01-25, version 55.2.3* Not quite as useful though, I commonly want to catch a programme from the start and BBC Sounds let’s me rewind to the start of a live programme, but this app won’t. ### 5/5 — Retired sales director *2026-01-22, version 55.2.3* It’s a great listen and there’s always something of interest unlike other Radio stations ### 5/5 — Breakfast is better *2026-01-16* Morning, Interview style excellent and presentation . You ask the questions that everybody would ask. Listening in France . ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — More bias please *2026-06-03, version 55.7.1* How about a bit more bias in your ‘reporting’? When some claims they have been stabbed, is it ‘understandable’ that the police handcuff the claimant, as your invited speaker implied… ### 1/5 — Crashes constantly then it works then it doesn’t *2026-03-19, version 55.3.0* Today it’s crashing again. Epic fail this radio station ### 1/5 — Useless on older iPhone *2026-02-27, version 54.1.17* I have an older version of this app on my iPhone SE …. And the Times insists on trying to update the app which can’t be done on this phone which doesn’t have ios16 so I can’t use the app … well done Times 🙄 ### 1/5 — PMQs *2026-01-08, version 55.2.3* It was funny when you had Matt Chorley. Now Nigel Farage? Whose idea this? Another mouthpiece for him to go unchallenged. I won’t be listening to TR while this clown is hosting anything. ### 1/5 — Toxic Negativity *2025-12-02, version 55.1.9* Absolutely relentless, arrogant, toxic negativity especially from the breakfast show team and Andrew Neil ### 1/5 — Upgrade *2025-11-20, version 54.1.17* My I pad is only on 15.8 and the upgrade requires 16! How can I listen now? ### 1/5 — Times Radio is nowhere near an audio equivalent of the newspaper,shame! *2025-11-11, version 55.1.7* Times Radio suggest that like the BBC it is a national institution but it is a privately funded body with associated agendas. Listening to its broadcasts is one cannot get away from that. If it wanted a to compete with Radio 4, as I’m sure it does, it needs to find a properly funded model that presents itself as fully impartial, above any propriety and worthy of its news coverage from an independent angle. ### 1/5 — Gave it a chance… *2025-11-06, version 55.1.7* I read a few negative reviews about this app, but thought I’d give it a try. I started to create an account and the app crashed. I removed the app immediately because this type of nonsense shouldn’t be happening in 2025. What a shame. ### 1/5 — Sensible™️ Rightthink Pablum *2025-10-17, version 55.1.3* Typically uninspiring Sensible™️ content from our modern “Tory” Wets (which is to say, from Lib Dems who actually wanted to win office…). Little wonder genuine conservatives have largely dumped the intellectually barren, zombified modern Conservative Party, which proves itself time and time again incapable of reform or insight. RIP, Scruton, Burke, et al. It’s impossible to take seriously any organisation that hires a clown like Adam Boulton. Unbelievable. The Jane and Fi Show? Puerile tat. The app itself is a useless shambles. It’s disappointing to see such an unpolished app from a major corporation, but here we are. Hardly surprising. ### 1/5 — I thought it was tinned *2025-10-11, version 55.1.3* Woo ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The Best UK Radio News Station Bar None *2026-07-06* I habe listened to Times Radio since day one four years ago. I had previously listen to Radio 4 Today etc. Times Radio utilising the global network of journalists plus the largely excellent choice of presenters make this station compelling listening. Stig and Kate from 6:00 am exemplify what good presenting is all about. Serious when required, they very rarely Interrupt when interviewing. They realise it is not all about them! They also have a chemistry and sense of humour which appeals whilst avoiding that rabbit hole called Radio 5. I also enjoy John Pienaar, Ed Vaizey, Andrew Neil, Hugo. Rifkind, Adam Boulton,Ayesha Hazarilka and many others. If you haven’t sampled Times Radio, I would suggest you give it a go! ### 5/5 — Fabulous *2026-06-01, version 55.7.0* I used to listen to radio 4 .Just retired (Consultant Physician) Had two new hips since October .Times radio has kept me sane Kate and Stig are gifted and have great chemistry .I originally started listening to Fi and Jane as they were great on 4 . Podcasts ,catchup it’s all there at 2am when you wake up in pain so thanks🙏 ### 5/5 — My radio station of choice *2026-05-19, version 55.7.0* My main listening time is at breakfast time but not solely. The male presenters have always good but now we have Kate McCann & Rosie Wright we have the perfect presenters 7 days a week. The presenters later in the day are also excellent. ### 5/5 — Punchy and relevant *2026-05-12, version 55.6.1* The most important quality of the morning show is its willingness to allow interviews to run their course rather than ending them when they reach a critical juncture. ### 5/5 — I love Times Radio *2026-04-10, version 55.4.1* I genuinely can’t fault this show, I listen on and off for most of the day as I WFH. The breakfast show is perfect- always love listening to Kate and Stig.. Hugo is great mid-morning and I always make a special effort to listen to Dom Joly and Andrew Neill when they do a show. I would like more Giles Coren, please make this happen! One of the presenters who I have liked more and more is Ed Vasey. Keep it up, Times Radio. The adverts are annoying. Please end the constant McDonald’s adverts (I just put the radio on mute when the ads start). I appreciate that they are a necessary evil, though. ### 5/5 — Kate and Stig *2026-03-19, version 55.3.0* The greatest breakfast double act ### 5/5 — Rod & emu *2026-03-15, version 55.3.0* I really like all the shows, from politics to Rod Liddle. Very funny and interesting. ### 5/5 — Get a life *2026-03-13, version 55.3.0* I’ve given you 5 stars… I listen to you every day, what more do you want…….don’t be so needy- it doesn’t become you …. ### 5/5 — Rod Liddle *2026-03-07, version 55.3.0* The most amusing, insightful and informed show in radio history. ### 5/5 — A Path through the Chaos *2026-03-02, version 55.3.0* Andrew Neil with clarity and truth --- *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 2026-08-25.*