# Waves Radio Player — user reviews > 25 indexed App Store user reviews of Waves Radio Player by Aestesis LLC, rated 4.26/5 from 19 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waves-radio-player/id468066812/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waves-radio-player/id468066812.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 9 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (5 of 25) ### 4/5 — Love it but... *2017-11-19, version 2.2.11* I am using the iPhone 6+ running iOS 11. Love it and use daily although it seems to be a system hogger. The music stream briefly stuffers when using home button to wake phone for instance. Also does same while navigating thru iOS such as opening another app, receiving a text message, etc. My impression is that the iPhone 6+ CPU is slow and outdated. Probably works fine on the newer and faster iPhone. Keep up the good work. ### 4/5 — Good radio app. Lots of rough edges. *2017-10-31, version 2.2.11* Review based on Apple TV version. There are hundreds of stations available here, in a wide variety of formats/genres. Sound quality is high, audio bit rate is written above each station. Station info tags are extensive and the ones I checked were accurate. I'm using it now as my main radio player. Searching produces a "list" of stations, spread horizontally off tne screen. Each station has a pretty, but useless, graphic attached to it, making tne length of the line even longer ... and very difficult to scroll through. Favorite stations works well, except that it's yet another mile long list. For favorites: - there needs to be a way to manually move the stations around to organize them, -there need to be sublists Biggest problem: IT WON'T TURN OFF. The button my remote won't kill it, and there are no controls on the app. The ipad version has a play/pause button. ATV needs one too. Visualizer is OK, but pretty simpleminded. All in all, better than most radio apps, good sound, interface needs work. **Developer response:** Hi, thank you for your review. We're working on getting the play/pause button working again on aTV, the problem appear with tvOS 11 release. For now, you can double click the home button on your remote, to select and kill apps... the favorite stations are sorted by usage.. the more used on the left. ### 4/5 — This is fun *2012-06-10, version 1.0.2* My students love the way the graphics change when they make sounds. As most of them are none verbal this is exciting. ### 5/5 — Really cool *2012-05-08, version 1.0.2* Really cool app :) I haven't even tried with music yet but just whispering or talking to it has cool effects! Love it! ### 5/5 — Awesome :D *2012-05-08, version 1.0.2* I could sit here for hours and just watch the screen lol ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sorry but so annoying!!! *2022-08-25, version 2.2.24* I purchased the bonus of the cool music dancing wall paper. Only a few choices but EVERY TIME I use the app I must restore purchase and now that I turned off in app purchases bc my son is old enough to push buttons… NO MORE RESTORE. I thought the developers would learn after a few months so I waited… now I am irritated. **Developer response:** sorry for that, it's fixed now ### 1/5 — DO NOT UPDATE! *2017-03-03, version 1.1.07* The app is no longer an audio-reactive visualizer and is instead an internet radio app, and poorly executed at that. The developers had the audacity to list such a drastic change as a resigned UI when in reality their intent was to fool the user into updating it in order to (presumably) make a few bucks in advertising or partnerships. Just make a new app if that's your M.O., don't cheat your users. This developer is the shadiest craptastic example of the lowest common denominator. They should be ashamed of themselves. **Developer response:** Sorry, that you dislike it. But the visualizer is still included in the app, for now only on radio, but soon we will re-activate it on ambient sound too. ### 1/5 — Dissapointing *2014-04-15, version 1.1.02* I am a huge fan of Lo- Mob - and purchased this because of that reason. I would think that a person trying this app first would never visit any other of this developers apps, which would be a shame. I think to make this app better or, even slightly useful, it should be removed and destroyed - quickly. ### 1/5 — Complete crap *2012-11-10, version 1.0.3* Horribly useless ### 1/5 — :( *2012-02-25, version 1.01* :( ### 1/5 — Didn't see anything as nice as the pic above *2011-11-19, version 1.0* :( ### 2/5 — ✋😏👎 *2012-05-08, version 1.0.2* The colors certainly aren't as bright as they are in the preview pics. Many times I'm left looking at a dark screen. Opening this app while my music was playing lowered the volume of my music. But, if I recall correctly, I think I went looking for an app like this several months ago and was unsuccessful. Brighten the colors and lights, and don't mess with my internal music settings and you've got yourself a pretty decent app. I was going to give one star, but I'll bump it up to two, with expectation that you'll be working to improve this app. I was planning to delete the app after I posted this review, but I'm going to hang on to it for the same reason. ### 3/5 — Excellent radio app with serious bugs - (Apple TV) *2018-04-09, version 2.2.21* After trying many radio apps for my Apple devices, I settled on Waves. It is a great looking app with excellent sound quality and an endless selection of stations. I would love to give it 5 stars, but there are some serious bugs for the Apple TV version. First, my favorites disappear every three days or so. After three times, I gave up and no longer save my favorites. The app basically resets itself. Second, it does not stop playing when you start another app, like Netflix or itunes. So you have to get back into Waves and manually stop playing. Finally, some stations just stop playing (even though they play on the Iphone). I would be happy to pay for this app when the bugs are taken care of for the Apple TV app. For now,I will continue enjoying the excellent Iphone version of Waves and mirror the sound to Apple TV. ### 3/5 — Bug? *2014-04-03, version 1.1.02* When I try to use this app while playing music, it switches the music to the single speaker on top instead of the main speakers on the bottom of my 5s. Really strange. Will update review if it is fixed ### 4/5 — Great App *2018-10-14, version 2.2.24* 4 stars just because doesn’t work fine in zoomed mode. Hope developer fix it ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this app *2021-12-24, version 2.2.24* Like the selection of radios ### 5/5 — Good music, easy to navigate & superior sound *2020-06-22, version 2.2.24* Best radio in the App Store ### 5/5 — Great App for music lovers *2017-08-07, version 2.2.08* Explore music around the world. It's easy. Well organized. Quality is great. Controls are awesome. I'm discovering all kinds of new music every week. ### 5/5 — totally cool *2014-04-20, version 1.1.02* I really like the visuals. works with any music I played. even when I was typing with the keyboard, it catches the sound and gives nice/subtle waves. ### 5/5 — Nice *2014-02-14, version 1.0.15* Nice but would like to be able to Record video ### 5/5 — 5 *2013-01-07, version 1.0.3* Works awesome on my Pad, but need a versions for the 5. ### 5/5 — Love It *2012-05-09, version 1.0.2* Just used it on my 4s. It works great! Does not affect volume of my music. I checked. Especially nice with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. ### 5/5 — Fun! *2012-05-08, version 1.0.2* I love this app! ### 5/5 — Pretty sweet idea *2012-05-08, version 1.0.2* Works fine for me contrary to other reviewers, the 1 star reviews are a bit uncalled for. Hoping for updated algorithms! Works for both ambient noise an music playing through your device. ### 5/5 — Fun *2012-05-08, version 1.0.2* I like the fun visual effects, specially when i play my music. --- *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.*