# WOSU Public Media App — user reviews > 57 indexed App Store user reviews of WOSU Public Media App by WOSU Public Media, rated 4.50/5 from 145 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wosu-public-media-app/id649640858/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wosu-public-media-app/id649640858.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 106 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of WOSU Public Media App? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 User-friendly interface - 🎵 Excellent music content - 📰 Access to news and stories - 📺 Live TV streaming - 🎧 Great for live radio streaming - 🚗 Convenient for on-the-go listening - 🆓 No annoying opening ads - ✨ Works smoothly - 💡 Compares favorably to NPR app - 📚 Informative content - 🏠 Good for listening outside listening area - 🎁 Bonus PBS programming - 🎯 Organizes content well - 🏠 Solves radio reception issues - 🧘‍♀️ Good for relaxing music - 💯 Flawless streaming - 💡 Great for classical music - 🔄 Sleep timer feature **Cons** - 🐛 Glitchy performance - 🔄 Pauses and restarts unexpectedly - 🔄 Repeats segments - 🐛 App is glitchy - 🐛 Drops off often - 🐛 Stops playing frequently - 🐛 On-demand playback not great - 🐛 Now playing not accurate - 🐛 Not user friendly for me - 🐛 Interface could be more intuitive - 🐛 Stops a lot - 🐛 Drops connection **Commonly reported bugs** - Pauses itself then restarts, or doesn’t restart - Repeats an entire segment of live radio - Only way to get it to play is to delete then download again - On-demand playback kept stopping - App doesn’t keep track of listening progress - Now playing inaccurate song information - App drops stream frequently and doesn't restart on its own - App stops playing after a few minutes - Stops playing after a few minutes every time **Most requested features** - Better organization of on-demand titles - Remember last-watched episode - Gray out previously viewed episodes - More intuitive interface - Easier to find news stories to read - Better display of what is currently playing ## Newest reviews (16 of 57) ### 4/5 — Nice App *2023-01-06, version 4.5.63* I live outside the listening area, so I enjoy using this app from my phone at home or on-the-go ### 5/5 — Surprisingly better than the NPR app for their shows *2021-06-17* Considering how many millions more users the NPR app supports the WOSU app is much more reliable across iOS updates. For example, it the WOSU app plays all of, say, the previous day’s archive of All Things Considered whereas the NPR app has failed to do so after each of the last couple of iOS upgrades. Of course, this app also serves up WOSU TV (PBS) programming. Bonus! :-) It’s a free app so go ahead, download it and see for yourself. Enjoy! ### 5/5 — This app has everything! *2021-03-04, version 4.5.5* Love radio, podcasts, live TV, programming information - what’s not to love! If you live in central Ohio (or are from), this is a must have. ### 4/5 — Happy to have NPR on the go. *2020-11-07, version 4.4.65* WOSU is a terrific station and being able to take it anywhere, with this dependable app, is great reassurance that I won't miss news or a great program. ### 5/5 — OSU radio, news, & tv all in one place *2020-09-28* The app works great. It allows me to listen to WOSU programming from anywhere. It’s especially useful during road trips. It also gives me access to some PBS content I can show my kid when we need a quick distraction. ### 5/5 — We love it *2020-09-02, version 4.4.65* We listen all day ### 5/5 — Perfect *2020-08-18, version 4.4.58* Has all my favorite local stations. ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2020-08-07, version 4.4.58* It’s easy to use and find what I want to watch. It’s a great value to support WOSU. ### 5/5 — Lots of content *2020-07-26, version 4.4.58* This app does a great job of organizing the mountain of WOSU content and bringing it to you in an intuitive way. ### 5/5 — Great! Solves radio reception issues *2020-06-23, version 4.4.58* NPR is daily staple for me and my family. This app ensures we never miss it...even when on the move. ### 5/5 — I like it a lot *2020-05-22, version 4.4.46* It’s nice to stream it off wi-fi and listen while I watch the birds and drink margaritas. ### 5/5 — Wonderful app! *2020-05-03, version 4.4.46* Thank you for these amazing stations and media content! The app is very easy to use. ### 4/5 — So far so good *2020-04-23, version 4.4.19* Works as promised ### 5/5 — Perfect to listen to local NPR any time. *2020-03-27, version 4.4.19* Nothing fancy. Just perfect for listening to my local NPR station whenever I want. ### 4/5 — App Review *2020-03-06, version 4.4.19* The app has always worked great for me, but definitely could be a bit more intuitive. ### 5/5 — Good choice of apps *2020-02-04* Seem to be able to find live streams easily and doesn’t crash. Not so easy to find news stories to read, though, but maybe that’s not what it’s really for. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — On again, off again. *2024-11-26* Pauses itself then restarts, or doesn’t restart. At times it will repeat itself like it has gotten out of sync. I mean it will replay an entire segment of live radio that I just finished listening to. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled with no improvement. Not sure what the problem is because the WOSU app is built on the same Public Radio template as WYSO and WVXU, both which perform as one would expect. ### 1/5 — Worthless *2024-05-02, version 4.6.34* No value added. Inferior to similar apps. I’ll likely delete it. ### 1/5 — On-demand playback not great *2019-09-16, version 4.4.19* On the first use of the app in my house with good wireless signal strength and about 25 megabit/second internet speed, on demand playback of a Wait,Wait episode kept stopping. And the app doesn’t even seem to keep track of what I was listening to or where I was at in the show. ### 2/5 — I get so angry sometimes *2017-04-15, version 3.8.10* When the app works I'm happy as NPR is my lifeline. But the app drops me a lot. By this means is I'll be listening and then silence. I check the app and it is loading over and over. This happens when I'm at home with wifi on. Out and about. There's no reason I can find. Sorry but I curse WOSU there you have it ### 2/5 — Stops a LOT *2016-07-17, version 3.7.33* I love WOSU stations 89.7 and 101.1 and was happy when I found the app so I could listen outside of my car. Sadly the app stops the stream fairly often, like within a few minutes and unless I press the play button again it won't start back up on its own. Gets rather annoying having to pull out my phone to push play again. Be nice if they used some of the money they get from drives (which I am a sustaining member of) to get a good app team to fix/build this app up to par. But I reckon I'll just purchase a battery powered radio until someone fixes the app. They still make those right? ### 3/5 — Still glitchy *2024-10-05* This app really needs an upgrade. It is glitchy and sometimes the only way to get it to play is my delete then down load again. ### 3/5 — Drops off Often *2020-05-04, version 4.4.46* Good app but it often just stops ### 3/5 — WOSU is great - app is ok *2019-09-23, version 4.4.19* While the programming and features of WOSU radio and television are always outstanding, this app is not an intuitive delivery vehicle. I’m happy they have an app at all, just wish it were a little more refined and in tune with how people use apps. ### 3/5 — Now Playing not accurate *2019-04-03, version 3.9.35* While Grieg concerto was playing, app showed a Mendelssohn overture instead. ### 3/5 — Not yet practical for hearing the day’s news *2018-08-23* I want a WOSU app to substitute or replace my radio, not my other apps. I want to be able to play all of WOSU News’ morning / afternoon stories, as heard on air, in a few clicks. I want to be notified when they are all available to hear. As the app is now, you can play some stories singly, but it’s not immediately clear if/when when these stories aired. I don’t want to play them one by one. I want to start playing the morning or afternoon news, then set my phone down and go about my life while listening. (Like a radio but on demand) Thank you! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — User friendly, no annoying opening ad, minimal buffering *2024-08-22* Very good app. They dropped the annoying ad that was played every time you logged on. Huge. ### 5/5 — Good relaxing music! *2024-04-12, version 4.6.34* The app works very well and the music is excellent! ### 5/5 — Works and sounds beautifully *2023-02-27, version 4.5.63* And the price is right! ### 5/5 — I love the composer's datebook!! *2023-02-02, version 4.5.63* Amazing app !joyful content everyday and everywhere!! ### 5/5 — very nice app *2023-01-19* The WOSU app is very nicely done. I mostly use it for streaming the radio as it's playing right now, either the news station or the classical station, but sometimes I go back and play older stories. The text stories are easy to browse through and read as well. Pop-up notifications are extremely rare and generally actually newsworthy. ### 5/5 — I love watching WOSU *2022-12-12, version 4.5.63* Some of the best programs on TV today. I enjoy the science, nature, travel and cooking shows.and I LOVE Molly of Denali even tho I am WAY past the target age group. ### 5/5 — Great experience *2022-10-15, version 4.5.63* Great way to listen to music and read news. ### 5/5 — Solid App but… *2022-08-26* I would like to see two things in future updates: 1. Better organization of titles to make it easier to access on-demand titles. 2. Functionality that remembers my last-watched episode and/or grays out previously viewed episodes. ### 5/5 — Love WOSU and it’s app! *2021-09-22, version 4.5.19* Works smoothly, great content! ### 5/5 — Excellent App *2021-06-25* I listen to 101.1 pretty much constantly when I’m in my car and I often want to hear the rest of a piece or finish an hour show, this app allows me to do that. I also think that the classical music and talk radio as background is better on this app than classical Apple Music radio stations, for example, because these are curated by people—and it’s live which is way better. --- *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 2026-08-28.*