WHRB vs Met Opera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Listen live to diverse programming
- View current playlists
- Read program guide
- Classical, Jazz, Rock, Blues, Hip-Hop
- News and sports broadcasts
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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."
Met Opera
Access rush ticket lotteries and purchase regular tickets for Metropolitan Opera performances. Discover productions, browse the calendar, and secure exclusive discounts. Digital tickets are delivered directly within the app.
- Enter rush ticket lotteries
- Purchase regularly priced tickets
- Access exclusive discounts
- Buy same-day or advance tickets
- Digital ticket delivery
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The official Metropolitan Opera app is the only way to access rush ticket lotteries for every Met performance. You can also purchase regularly priced tickets for any production at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, and gain access to exclusive discounts on select performances throughout the year. Don’t know which opera to see? Use the app to learn about every production this season, and peruse the performance calendar to see what’s on stage on a day that works for you. Features: • Enter rush ticket lotteries for your chance to purchase $25 tickets • Purchase regularly priced tickets instantly • Access exclusive discounts on select performances • Purchase same-day tickets, or book in advance • Digital tickets are delivered directly in the app, so you never have to worry about misplacing an email or a paper ticket.
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Verdict
WHRB and Met Opera both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of WHRB's written reviews are positive against 57% of Met Opera's. WHRB also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Met Opera's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 110 months) and ratings volume (4.2K vs 22). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for WHRB against 4.9 for Met Opera. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Met Opera has 4.2K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of WHRB's written reviews are positive against 57% of Met Opera's.
WHRB ships an update every 110 months, Met Opera fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WHRB | Met Opera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (22 ratings) | 4.9 (4.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 4.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 110 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #123 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Harvard Radio Broadcasting Co., Inc. | Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. |
Customer experience
WHRB
Met Opera
Bugs and requests
WHRB
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Met Opera
Reported bugs
3 issues- Seats available online not shown in the app
- Online ticket purchase not working
- App does not recognize member status
Requested features
2 requests- Alphabetical list of what's on for the season
- Allow login with ID number like website
In-app purchases
WHRB
No in-app purchases
Met Opera
No in-app purchases









