RadioNB vs Jack FM Austin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RadioNB
Stream Americana and Texas Country music featuring a wide range of popular artists. Enjoy curated playlists and discover new favorites in this dedicated music genre app.
- Americana music streaming
- Texas Country music streaming
- Features popular artists
- Curated music playlists
- Discover new music
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Americana and Texas Country music. Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Darrell Scott, Will Hoge, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, Pat Green, Kevin Fowler, Randy Rogers Band, Radney Foster, Dixie Chicks, Waylon Jennings, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Roger Creager, Wade Bowen, Guy Clark, John Prine, Delbert Clinton, Reckless Kelly, The Derailers, Raul Malo, Josh Ritter.
Jack FM Austin
This app offers a unique radio experience playing a wide variety of popular music from the past six decades. It aims to provide an upbeat and unconventional listening format for millions of listeners.
- Wide music selection
- Six decades of popular music
- Unconventional radio format
- Live streaming
- Upbeat listening experience
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96.3 JACK FM Austin was the reaction from listener complaints about boring and conventional radio formats. JACK FM’s innovative “Playing What We Want” experience features a recipe spanning six decades of popular music and reaches eight million listeners each week across 60 U.S. markets. Time magazine called JACK FM’s unconventional, upbeat approach “radio’s last hope” and “the most successful branded radio format to launch in the last 25 years.”
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RadioNB at 4.8 against Jack FM Austin's 3.5. RadioNB also leads on ratings volume (33 vs 2). Jack FM Austin's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RadioNB holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RadioNB has 33 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
RadioNB ships an update every 14 months, Jack FM Austin every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RadioNB | Jack FM Austin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (33 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KGNB | Township Media LLC |
Customer experience
RadioNB
Jack FM Austin
In-app purchases
RadioNB
No in-app purchases
Jack FM Austin
No in-app purchases
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