Comparison

WHRB vs Mercury Dime

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

WHRB

Stream live radio broadcasts from Harvard's student-run station, featuring a diverse range of music genres and news. Explore current playlists and program guides directly from your device.

Highlights
  • Listen live to diverse programming
  • View current playlists
  • Read program guide
  • Classical, Jazz, Rock, Blues, Hip-Hop
  • News and sports broadcasts
Features
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The official app of Harvard Radio Broadcasting, WHRB 95.3 FM. Broadcasting live from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Features: - Listen live to WHRB’s diverse programming - Listen to the last two weeks of WHRB programming on demand - View current playlists - Read the current program guide About WHRB: For over eighty years, 95.3FM has been Boston's first source for exciting, entertaining, and enlightening music broadcasts. Harvard Radio's daily broadcast of Classical music, Jazz, and underground Rock explore a great repertoire of music left largely untouched by other commercial stations. WHRB's weekend lineup features Blues and Hip-Hop, as well as Boston's beloved Hillbilly at Harvard, WHRB News, and Harvard Sports. In an era when quality music is increasingly difficult to find on the radio, the Boston Globe has praised WHRB for retaining an "unswerving commitment to individual and adventurous programming."

About

Mercury Dime

Organize, track, and manage your Mercury Dime coin collection. Add images of each coin, view them entertainingly, and maintain a running tally of your collection's cost. Includes a want list to mark coins you're searching for.

Highlights
  • Organize coin collection
  • Track coin values
  • Add coin images
  • View images entertainingly
  • Running cost tally
  • Want list feature
  • Three color themes
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This app was developed for the collectors of Mercury Dimes. Please keep in mind that the app is intended for organizing and tracking your coin collection. Therefore it does not contain information regarding how to grade coins. One of the most enjoyable things to anyone who has the collector bug is keeping track of their collections. So, we have developed a series of apps to allow you to do just that. This app will provide the ability for the user to organize, track and manage their collection of coins. Images of each coin can be included with the collection. There is also a means within the app for the user to peruse all of the images in an entertaining manner. The app has three (3) color themes which help to make the app more enjoyable. A running tally of the cost for the entire collection is provided. A want list is also included in the app to allow you to ear-mark coins that you are searching for.

Screenshots

WHRB3 screens
Mercury Dime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WHRB at none against Mercury Dime's 1. WHRB also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (22 vs 2). Mercury Dime's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 110 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mercury Dime sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WHRB asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WHRB holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WHRB has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WHRB ships an update every 110 months, Mercury Dime every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WHRB versus Mercury Dime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWHRBMercury Dime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (22 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 110 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB39 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHarvard Radio Broadcasting Co., Inc.Tom Johnson

Customer experience

WHRB

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mercury Dime

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WHRB

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Mercury Dime

One-time1
  • Mercury Dimes Pro Version$2.99

Questions

Is WHRB free?
WHRB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mercury Dime free?
Mercury Dime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WHRB or Mercury Dime?
WHRB is rated higher. WHRB averages 4.9 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Mercury Dime averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do WHRB or Mercury Dime have ads?
Neither WHRB nor Mercury Dime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WHRB or Mercury Dime?
WHRB ships an update every 110 months, and Mercury Dime every 2 months. Most recently, WHRB was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mercury Dime on October 30, 2026.

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