WVHM vs Alive FM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WVHM
Listen to southern gospel music and teaching programs from popular artists and speakers. This FM radio station serves the west Kentucky area.
- Southern gospel music
- Teaching programs
- Live FM radio stream
- West Kentucky area coverage
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WVHM is an FM radio station located near Benton, Kentucky. Owned and operated by Heartland Ministries, Inc., WVHM serves the west Kentucky area by providing southern gospel music from artists including The Kingsmen, Gold City, Triumphant Quartet, and Lauren Talley. Programs include teaching from speakers such as Tony Evans, Charles Stanley, and Chuck Swindoll.
Alive FM
Listen to Southern Gospel music from a home-owned and operated radio station. This app provides live streaming of WBBL-FM, programmed in-house from the Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS market.
- Live radio streaming
- Southern Gospel music
- In-house programming
- Local market broadcast
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Alive FM is WBBL -FM and plays Southern Gospel music. The station is home owned and operated and programmed in house. We are located in the Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS market approximately 90 miles from the Gulf Coast.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Alive FM at every 11 months against WVHM's every 32 months. Alive FM also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WVHM against 5.0 for Alive FM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
WVHM ships an update every 32 months, Alive FM every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WVHM | Alive FM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heartland Ministries Inc. | Blakeney Communications, Inc. |
Customer experience
WVHM
Alive FM
In-app purchases
WVHM
No in-app purchases
Alive FM
No in-app purchases
