# WXPN 88.5 — user reviews > 77 indexed App Store user reviews of WXPN 88.5 by University of Pennsylvania, rated 3.60/5 from 70 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wxpn-885/id304658861/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wxpn-885/id304658861.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 29 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of WXPN 88.5? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎶 Great music selection - 🏠 Access from anywhere - 📱 Easy to use interface - 🎵 Recently played songs displayed - 👍 Reliable streaming (for some) - 📻 Good alternative to FM radio - 💡 Brilliant auto-play feature - ✅ Works well on Mac - 🌟 Favorite station - 📻 Access to archives (previously) - 👍 Good for XPN information and streaming **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 🔌 Connection drops/buffering - 🚗 No more CarPlay support - 🔋 Battery drain issues - 🔄 App restarts or plays twice - 🪞 Archives have limited history - 🪞 Archives stop or randomly pop back to live - 🚫 Concert calendar not working - 🚫 XPN2 stream not found - 🚫 iPad optimization needed - 🚫 Older UI/UX - 🚫 Audio download errors - 🚫 Inconsistent performance - 🚫 App doesn't open - 🚫 Background activity issues - 🚫 Limited functionality - 🚫 Awkward startup page - 🚫 Poor performance on older iPhones - 🚫 No stream selection (24k/128k) - 🚫 No donation/request feature in-app **Commonly reported bugs** - App often cuts off or restarts - App plays twice or reopens on its own - No longer compatible with Apple CarPlay - Skips and buffers endlessly - Archives stop after an hour and don't save progress - Concert calendar not working - Problem downloading audio - App crashes on launch or after a few seconds - Update loop in App Store - App crashes after iOS update - Battery drain issues - XPN2 stream not found or not working - Switching streams turns the app off - Menu for switching streams vanished - Cannot listen to live stream when plugged into car - App freezes then crashes on launch - App won't load on older iPhones - App crashes and reverts to update queue - App crashes after updating iOS - App crashes consistently after software update - App crashes today - App doesn't work after reloading - App crashes when opening or configuring - App crashes after a few seconds of streaming - App crashes when changing volume - App crashes frequently, sometimes every 10-15 minutes - Podcasts, archives, etc. show 'Error Can Not Load Player' - Concert calendar shows nothing - App kicks out to home screen after clicking LISTEN - App cuts out and doesn't come back automatically - App doesn't buffer, just cuts out - App is worse than ever, constantly loses feed - App loses feed after 10 seconds - App shuts down every few minutes - App doesn't work on Wi-Fi or 3G, crash city - App crashes when trying to do anything - App requires Flash on website, but app is an alternative - App times out on Wi-Fi and 3G - App loses signal often - App cuts out after a minute or doesn't play at all - Links to website don't play within the app - App has awkward startup page - App has compatibility issues, connection dropped after a second **Most requested features** - Bring back CarPlay support - Optimize for iPad landscape mode - Add XPN2 stream access - Improve archive listening (longer history, resume playback) - Fix concert calendar - Add dark mode - Allow stream selection (24k/128k) - Implement in-app requests and donations - Update UI for Retina displays and Apple guidelines ## Newest reviews (17 of 77) ### 2/5 — Often cuts off *2026-05-25* Usually works well, I’ve streamed from my car in far places but on the iphone even in my house or yard it often stops or restarts with the thanks for streaming messages. Then it often plays twice at almost the same time or it reopens on its own after you close it. Wbgo (with Felix Hernandez’ funky Rhythm Review on weekends) has a great app that never does this. Ive deleted and reinstalled to no avail. ### 4/5 — Heart smiles. *2024-08-06* I moved out of the Philly area into the Poconos. I have been trying to find what WXPN’s FM channel was to have access to it. Couldn’t find it anywhere. I finally found the app and downloaded it. Excited and looking forward to having Echoes and so many other genre shows back. Grateful. ### 2/5 — Very disappointed in this version of the app. *2024-06-24* I have been using the XPN for a couple of years now. It is no longer compatible with Apple Car Play, I can’t listen to the live stream when I want to. I still love listening to Xponential when driving, but I used to be able to listen to Sleepy Hallow on weekends when I am away. Now I have to choose the app on my phone before plugging into my car to get it to work when before I just clicked on the icon in the apps section of CarPlay. Why the downgrade???? ### 3/5 — Car play *2024-05-30* It’s now missing from apple car play ### 3/5 — CarPlay gone? *2024-05-16* I used to have this app appear on my VW CarPlay list but now it's gone. Is that feature coming back? ### 3/5 — Update version 3.2.5 (April 2024) without CarPlay support *2024-05-15* The current version no longer supports Apple CarPlay. Please fix so it works like the prior April 2024 “upgrade”/“downgrade” ### 4/5 — Stopped appearing in Apple CarPlay. *2024-05-03* Can’t add it either. Been using it for years now it disappeared. ### 4/5 — CarPlay *2024-05-01* What happened to the CarPlay App? I used it last week and it seems to have disappeared. ### 3/5 — My fav station but…? *2023-12-05* My fav station but skips and buffers endlessly. When will this be updated to fix these issues? ### 3/5 — Love WXPN…. *2022-07-21* Love xpn. The recent update was hopeful. With the older version, I just figured out how to optimally listen to archives. Sleepy hollow in particular. Now you can only go back a few weeks and about an hour in, it stops……drag. With no way to retrieve where you left off. Or it randomly pops back into live. KCRW has a pretty good app for listening to past shows. Important stuff for listeners who love what you got! :) ### 2/5 — Consistently frustrating *2021-04-24, version 3.2.3* If you love XPN you’ll deal with the constant pauses, occasional drops and infrequent battery drain issues. ### 3/5 — Please optimize for iPad *2020-02-14* In general the app works fine, but does not do landscape on the iPad which is actually the way I would like to use it most... ### 2/5 — Battery Drain *2020-01-06* Absolutely love listening to XPN, but the app has a serious battery drain issue. Twice I’ve gone to bed only to wake up with a dead phone. Found out that the XPN app was the culprit. Tried to disable background activity only to find out that background app refresh is always on by default. May have to uninstall the app and use Tunein instead. ### 3/5 — Can it find xpn2 *2019-07-13, version 3.2.3* I can only find the streaming app for WXPN but not for the xpn2...... ### 2/5 — Only delivers WXPN-2 to iphone5 *2018-04-21, version 3.2.2* The menu for switching between streams has vanished. I would rather default to the FM radio stream if there is a technical limitation. ### 2/5 — Concert calendar not working. *2017-09-05, version 3.2.1* Concert calendar not working. nothing displays. ### 4/5 — Broken and update loop *2017-04-06* App freezes then crashes on launch. App store says there is an update even after updating. Update: seems to be fixed now. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No more CarPlay *2024-06-30, version 3.2.5* Love XPN but can no longer listen in the car. Please bring back CarPlay ### 1/5 — Brookhaven Refugee *2017-11-11, version 3.2.1* All I get is ‘Problem downloading audio’ even after reloading. Help! I’m in radio desert. ### 1/5 — This app is very difficult to use *2017-10-20, version 3.2.1* I need a user manual for this one. Streaming through the web is easier. Ps- still looping a playlist I cannot see ### 1/5 — Why no wxpn for my ipad??? *2017-08-28, version 3.2.1* Please make an app for the iPAD. I'll give you a hoagie for it! ### 1/5 — Maybe instead just remove this from App store *2017-04-06* Update or delete and install, it doesn't matter. This is so poorly written it cannot function on 10.3 at all. Maybe it's time to kill this app and make another. ### 1/5 — New update is no fix *2017-04-06, version 3.2* It won't even load on my iPhone 6S+. Meanwhile you can stream XPN using NPR Music app. ### 1/5 — Crashes *2017-04-06, version 3.2* I just updated my IPhone to 10.3.1 and cannot play the music for more than 5 or so seconds before crashing. Tried to uninstall and reinstall many times without success. ### 1/5 — You ruined this app *2017-04-04* I updated the iOS of my 5s iPhone about a week ago. Ever since then, every time I open WXPN, it crashes! I've deleted & upload the app 4 times. It never works! I'm so sad & disappointed. I now live in NC & can't carry around & listen to my fave station! ### 1/5 — Major bummer *2017-04-04, version 3.2* This lovely app started crashing today. It is not working on my iPhone! Please fix! ### 1/5 — App doesn't work anymore *2017-04-02, version 3.2* After trying to use the XPN app on my phone that I've had on there for two years all I would get was a loading and the song will play and then cut off so I reloaded the app and I'm still getting the same problem is it because of a iPhone update? I notice your app hasn't been updated since 2015 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Works fine on my MacBook Air M1 *2024-05-27* I stream XPN often, but lately have had trouble loading the website on my Mac. I downloaded the IOS app, which I routinely use on my iPad and iPhone. It seems to work just as well on my M1 laptop, I'm happy to report.. John ### 5/5 — The best station in the city *2024-02-11, version 3.2.3* The music is good and sleepy hollow makes the weekends. ### 5/5 — Great App! Get it *2021-08-23* Great stream with the recently played view—lots of XPN and event info, very stable. ### 5/5 — WXPN2 - please add *2019-06-22, version 3.2.3* Need simple access to 2nd stream - The WXPN SITE SAYS APP SUPPORTS BOTH WXPN AND WXPN2 However I cannot find WXPN2 Stream ### 5/5 — Love it! *2019-03-11* App is clean and displays recently played songs. This is great when I am at work and hear something I like but cant make it to my phone to see whats playing. Check it later, no problem! I'm a listener from Baltimore and sometimes my FM radio cant pick up the station so this app is a great alternative! We don't have anything like WXPN down here so I am forever grateful! ### 5/5 — Working in 10.3.1 *2017-04-08* Big WXPN fan!! This app is one stop for all WXPN information and streaming from anywhere. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Singing the Blues - No WXPN *2017-04-07* App opens up, music starts playing, and crashes in 4 seconds.. please have this fixed Roger Lamay.. 4/6 update from original post - app now appears fixed! WXPN is the best!! Thanks Roger.. ### 5/5 — Does exactly what is supposed to do! *2016-11-26, version 3.2* This app begins to stream when it is open. No need to click anywhere. Brilliant! It is the only radio app that I know of that does that. It's like turning on a stereo instead of opening an app. ### 5/5 — Great app... But latest update has a bug *2015-10-18, version 3.1* The feature used to switch from xpn to xpn2 turns the app off. ### 5/5 — Ok it works *2015-10-08, version 3.1* Just took 10 seconds and it started playing --- *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 2026-08-30.*