Comparison

Nyss vs Bølge

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

Head to head
About

Nyss

Features
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Innhald og funksjonalitet i appen: - Tilpassa visning av nyss.no og enkel navigering - Også for Apple Watch og iPad - Nyss Pluss-tilgang for abonnentar - Pushvarsel ved viktige hendingar - Bokmerker - Hurtigknapp for tips til Nyss

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Bølge

Features
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Bølge turns live radio into something you can read. Tune in to a news or sports station and the words appear on screen as they are spoken — as real sentences, with capital letters and punctuation. Recognition uses Apple's speech technology, on your device wherever iOS supports the language. Bølge doesn't record audio, runs no servers of its own and needs no account. READ THE AIRWAVES • “Start Reading” turns the transcript on and takes you straight to the news • Live transcription of news, talk and sport radio • Follow along on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Home Screen widget showing the station on air and the latest line • Adjustable text size and VoiceOver support • Follow radio without listening — for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, or anywhere you can't play sound KEEP AND UNDERSTAND • Broadcasts are saved as text you can re-read later • Translate saved transcripts into your language, entirely on device • Search by station name or by country LISTEN • More than a thousand hand-checked stations from 71 countries • News, sport and music, plus headlines from public broadcasters • Favourites, sleep timer and background playback • A newspaper front page with today's date and your local weather Radio playback is free and stays free. Bølge speaks English, Norwegian, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese. PRIVACY Bølge collects no personal data. Transcripts are saved only on your device and can be deleted at any time. Translation runs on your device; speech recognition does too wherever iOS supports the language, otherwise it goes through Apple's speech service.

Screenshots

Nyss4 screens
Bølge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bølge at none against Nyss's shown. Bølge also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months). Nyss's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nyss ships an update every 4 months, Bølge every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Nyss versus Bølge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNyssBølge
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolaris Media ASAKonstantin Krane

In-app purchases

None

Nyss

No in-app purchases

None

Bølge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nyss free?
Nyss is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bølge free?
Bølge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nyss or Bølge have ads?
Nyss shows ads; Bølge does not.
Which is updated more often, Nyss or Bølge?
Nyss ships an update every 4 months, and Bølge every 8 days. Most recently, Nyss was updated on October 12, 2026 and Bølge on October 4, 2026.

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