Stationhead vs Picked Cherries
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stationhead
Connect with music fans globally, listen to live streams, and host your own global radio station. Engage with artists, chat with your community, and share your favorite music.
- Listen to live music streams
- Connect with global music communities
- Chat and call-in live
- Host your own global radio station
- Drive streams with artists and fans
- Build your music community
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Stationhead is the place for music fans around the world to connect, listen live, and stream together. Find your community: - Listen to your favorite artists and drive streams with a community of fans from around the world - Chat, request, and call-in live from anywhere on the planet - Join live moments with your favorite artists Host the party: - Start a global station in seconds - Take the mic, play what you want, and reach anyone - Build your community Assemble, listen, connect, party, talk, and play – on Stationhead. Download the free app today from your iPhone, iPad, and iPod --- Terms of Service: https://www.stationhead.com/p/policy/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.stationhead.com/p/policy/privacy-policy
Picked Cherries
Discover and share compelling 60-second audio clips from podcasts with friends and family. This social podcasting app makes it easy to find new shows through a personalized audio stream of 'picked cherries'. Enjoy a free, engaging way to experience and spread your favorite podcast moments.
- Share 60-second podcast audio clips
- Discover new podcasts via 'cherry stream'
- Share clips with non-users
- Personalized audio stream
- Access to 2 million+ podcasts
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Picked Cherries is THE destination for the best podcast listening experience for all listeners and THE social podcasting app. We all love 'shared experiences' and, now with Picked Cherries, you can share podcasts like never before! On Picked Cherries, you can listen to full episodes of your favorite podcasts and then share 60 second clips of your favorite audio content (called 'picked cherries') with your friends and families via text, WhatsApp, messaging and post on your social media of choice. The best thing about the Picked Cherries 'sharing' technology is with just one click, you can share compelling, interesting, funny, newsworthy or thought-provoking picked cherries with your family, friends or work buddies even if they are NOT Picked Cherries users and then they can continue to share with their friends & family. With 2 million+ podcasts in the podcast ecosystem, the Picked Cherries app makes it easy and fun for you to discover new podcasts using our 'cherry stream' technology. As a discovery engine, listen to an endless stream of 60-second 'picked cherries' created by other Picked Cherries listeners in the categories that interest you most. This personalized audio stream will hopefully provide you with your new favorite podcasts! Welcome to Picked Cherries and welcome to the new world of Social Podcasting! Picked Cherries is 100% free for all to use and is available in the iOS App Store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Picked Cherries at none against Stationhead's 7. Picked Cherries also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Stationhead's advantage is ratings volume (27K vs 28). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Stationhead sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Picked Cherries asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Stationhead against 4.7 for Picked Cherries. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stationhead has 27K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Stationhead's written reviews are positive against 100% of Picked Cherries's.
Stationhead ships an update every 3 weeks, Picked Cherries every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stationhead | Picked Cherries |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (27K ratings) — better | 4.7 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27K — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stationhead, Inc | Picked Cherries Inc. |
Customer experience
Stationhead
Picked Cherries
Bugs and requests
Stationhead
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Playback issues causing loss of first few seconds of songs
- Unreliable push notifications
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between stations
Requested features
5 requests- Allow users to change their display name
- Improve moderation tools to better manage fan communities
- Add more options to customize user profiles and stations
- Implement background music playback when app is not in use
- Improve search and discovery features
Picked Cherries
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stationhead
- Stationhead+$2.991 Month
- 100 coins$1.99
- 250 coins$4.99
- 550 coins$9.99
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- 1150 coins$19.99
- 3000 coins$49.99
- 6250 coins$99.99
Picked Cherries
No in-app purchases
