Marlow FM vs RSR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marlow FM
Listen to a UK community radio station broadcasting a variety of music and talk shows. Tune in to local news, community events, and diverse musical genres from all eras. The station is run by volunteers dedicated to serving the Marlow community.
- Live FM and online streaming
- Diverse music genres
- Talk shows on various topics
- Community and charity focus
- Local news and guests
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Marlow FM is the community radio station for the town of Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England. We broadcast a mix of music and talk on 97.5 FM in Marlow and the surrounding area, and we stream online to the world. Each day, you can expect to hear loads of interesting guests from Marlow and further afield, and quite simply the widest range of music from all eras. Our shows cover community and charity, technology, health and wellbeing, sport, business, the environment, religion, and so much more. Everyone at Marlow FM is an unpaid volunteer. We love radio, and we love providing a service to the people of Marlow, and helping bring our wonderful community together. The station went on air full-time at midday on Wednesday 11 May 2011.
RSR
Stream Retro Soul Radio on your Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Enjoy real-time song, artist, and artwork display, even when the app is in the background or on connected Bluetooth devices.
- Stream Retro Soul Radio
- Real-time song, artist, and artwork display
- Lock screen information display
- Dynamic Island integration
- Bluetooth audio information display
- Apple CarPlay support
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The new RSR app allows you to stream Retro Soul Radio on your iPhone, iPad, M Series Macs, and it supports Apple CarPlay. Song title, artist, and artwork will be displayed in real-time in the app, and when the app moves to the background that same information will be displayed on the lock screen, and in the Dynamic Island. Playing the audio via Bluetooth will display the same information on those devices too.
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Verdict
Marlow FM and RSR are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Marlow FM | RSR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luke Morton | Craig Johnston |
Customer experience
Marlow FM
RSR
In-app purchases
Marlow FM
No in-app purchases
RSR
No in-app purchases
