# WDARE — user reviews > 28 indexed App Store user reviews of WDARE by Rob Wilson, rated 4.40/5 from 51 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wdare/id1079087279/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wdare/id1079087279.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 37 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 5 ## Newest reviews (8 of 28) ### 4/5 — Google *2019-11-15* I wish I could stream this to my google home system. Other than that it’s great 👍🏼 ### 4/5 — Album covers!😄 *2019-07-15, version 7.7* The app is awesome as always, but the album cover art is a bit hit or miss. It’s a bit entertaining to hear a track by the group James, but get a Paul McCartney album cover! I thought the last update was suppose to have fixed that issue, but apparently that’s not the case. That’s my only issue. Other than that, great job. Keep playing the music we all love!👍🏽 ### 4/5 — Radio Heaven! *2017-01-04, version 7.0* I am so glad to have WLIR back in my life! This station was my lifeline in my teen and college years. I was such a misfit in my town and family, but the music and community feeling of WLIR helped me be myself. This app is simple, but works well. The music is as fun and quirky as ever. A more direct song request function would improve the app. Thanks Rob Wilson for keeping the WLIR spirit and presence strong! ### 5/5 — Yes!!!! *2016-04-24, version 6.39.0* WLIR!! If you know about WLIR then download this app!!! ### 5/5 — WLIR is BACK! *2016-02-19, version 6.39.0* This app is perfect! When Live365 shutdown I was seriously upset that I wouldn't be able to listen to THE best station I've been listening for decades! This app is leagues better than the aforementioned service. Fire it up and it instantly starts playing. No commercials or announcements or delays. Just beautiful alternative music both classic and new. Thank you WLIR for treating your loyal listeners right! ### 5/5 — Worth a download. *2016-02-14, version 6.39.0* Great source for alternative music, both classic and modern. ### 5/5 — WLIR... Can't be kept down! *2016-02-13, version 6.39.0* So happy to have WLIR back! With the loss of Live365, I had some general panic about not being able to hear the best station on planet earth again... Yes, yes there are 'others' in the space, but they pale in comparison to WLIR. You can't tell a computer how to take the right / different / alternative songs and mid them to today's songs that match the same vibe... Greatest mix, right songs. App loaded and played instantly! Only small thing I can't figure out how to do ... I love the "wind back the clock" icon that shows the last hour or so songs played, but how to go back then to Live Stream without going back to main page and pausing the music? ### 5/5 — Awesome to have the station that dares.... *2016-02-11, version 6.39.0* Really happy with this stand alone WLIR (WDRE) app. This radio station set and transformed alternative music in the day and now it's here with the best classics and all the music today that makes the grade! Thanks! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — It’s not streaming! *2021-01-31, version 7.7* Have the gone off the air? This was my legit radio. Iphone pro ### 1/5 — App not working since update to IOS 14 *2020-10-25, version 7.7* App not loading since update. Hoping fix is coming soon. ### 1/5 — IOS 14 Breaks App *2020-10-24, version 7.7* App fails to stream music. Just spins. ### 1/5 — What gives??? Ap isn’t working??? *2020-10-11, version 7.7* Anyone else having trouble connecting??? ### 1/5 — Music is a 10, app a zero *2018-06-29, version 7.1* WLIR’s content is excellent, but the app is AWFUL. It does not flop between cellular and WiFi (just hangs), it doesn’t obey the in-app controls, it starts playing randomly (like full blast in my last staff meeting) and the lock screen controls are simply decoration, and it crashes a lot. A LOT. This app made me exceed my data limit for the first time EVER, as it just kept sucking down content over the cell signal even though I am on WiFi for most of my days. Please, please, please fix this app, and make it worthy of your best in class content!!!!!!!! ### 2/5 — Skips? *2017-01-15, version 7.1* Just curious, is the content all vinyl? Lots of skips - I mean LOTS. ### 2/5 — Live stream has issues *2016-08-23, version 6.39.0* Audio from live stream is choppy. The "select a song" tracks sound ok ### 3/5 — Not working *2021-04-10, version 7.7* I loved the app, but just recently it stopped working and just sits and buffers. Have to go to the website to listen on my phone now. Very annoying. Get it fixed and I will update my review. ### 4/5 — Does the job *2023-05-23, version 8.0* It streams well. Would love to have a CarPlay app so that I could see artist and track info in the car ### 4/5 — Doesn’t work anymore with new IOS *2020-11-03, version 7.7* Was a nice app until I took the new IOS update ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — App Working Again *2021-06-14, version 8.0* Thanks for making whatever updates because now the app works again! In the fall of 2020 when I updated to iOS 14 is when it permanently buffered. Now we can hear our favorite alternative station that we all grew up on. ### 5/5 — DARE FM now! *2020-12-15, version 7.7* wdarefm.com. Call letter change not format, thank goodness! I still listen on TuneIn or iHeart, but I do hope another dedicated app is coming. Five stars because LIR has been a favorite since 1982. ### 5/5 — Blast from the past *2020-01-21, version 7.7* The best! ### 5/5 — Greatest station(s) of all time. *2019-05-18, version 7.1* So bittersweet, makes me happy and melancholy at the same time. It’s like looking at an old photo album. Thanks for the app!!!!! DARE TO BE DIFFERENT!!!!!!!! 🤙🎤🎹🎸🎺🎼🎧🤘 ### 5/5 — The Music of my childhood is back!!!❤️❤️❤️ *2018-06-02, version 7.1* Love the 90’s but I’m an 80’s at ♥️. I love the clothes, the TV and more importantly the MUSIC!! WLIR, 92.7 on the FM dial was my favorite station of my generation. As a 20 something, ‘LIR played music no other station played, true alternative, new wave music. WLIR was the first station to introduce me and others to artists like, U2, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Culture Club, The B-52’s, The Bangles, The Cure, The Go-Go’s, Duran Duran and others. Well, unbeknownst to me, WLIR is on the internet and also has an app that captures the spirit of the music of my childhood along with mixing some newbies in their that would make WLIR the ORIGINAL in alternative music. Any fans of this music, I recommend you download the app and relive the memories of your childhood as well! THANK YOU ROB WILSON!! ### 5/5 — Enjoy memories *2018-04-19, version 7.1* WLIR/WDRE is still amazing as it was forty years ago! I love that I can play music I grew up too, my daughters are the same age I was when I was listening. ### 5/5 — Reliving my college years *2018-04-02, version 7.1* This makes me so happy!!! It’s like going back in time to the party that was the 1980’s. Dare on...... ### 5/5 — Dare to be Different! *2018-03-31, version 7.1* I was one of those who was shocked and upset when WLIR came off the air abruptly in 1987. This app and the DJs behind it bring the magic back! ### 5/5 — It’s Like Being Back In The 80’s! *2018-03-19, version 7.1* Holy nostalgia, Batman! All the old hits, plus new stuff. Lots of the old DJ’s back. If you grew up on Long Island in the 80’s and loved listening to LIR, this is the app for you! ### 5/5 — Oh I've missed you WLIR *2016-06-03, version 6.39.0* This app functions fine as a proxy to the web stream but I would like to see an enhancement to be able to request songs and vote up other people's requests. --- *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 2026-08-22.*