KSGN vs CSN Radio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KSGN
Listen to contemporary Christian and Christmas music, plus inspirational messages. Share your own encouraging stories through audio and video uploads. Access contests and event information.
- Contemporary Christian music streams
- Christmas music streams
- Daily encouraging thoughts
- Submit prayer requests
- Upload audio/video stories
- Contest entries
- Event calendar access
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KSGN, the app for being inspired to live with hope by listening to audio streams that include Contemporary Christian music (KING & COUNTRY, Lauren Daigle, and Phil Wickham) and Christmas music (Bing Crosby, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Amy Grant), plus encouragement from friends like Brant Hansen and Scott & Sam. Do more than listen! With this app you’ll access daily Encouraging Thoughts, prayer requests, respond by phone, text, email, or... record and upload your own audio & video to share YOUR encouraging story! Plus, directly access [ksgn.com](http://ksgn.com) to enter contests and check out the Event Calendar.
CSN Radio
Listen to modern praise and worship music and solid biblical teachings from across the country. This app provides access to a Christian radio network, allowing you to tune in anywhere.
- Modern praise and worship music
- Solid biblical teaching
- Listen anywhere
- Christian radio network
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The Christian Satellite Network offers the latest in modern praise & worship and solid biblical teaching from around the country. Download the app to listen to the Christian Satellite Network anywhere!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: KSGN at 77% against CSN Radio's 48%. KSGN also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3). CSN Radio's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 11 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
KSGN holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 91 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of KSGN's written reviews are positive against 48% of CSN Radio's.
KSGN ships an update every 11 months, CSN Radio every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | KSGN | CSN Radio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (33 ratings) — better | 4.3 (91 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.3% of reviews — better | 47.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 91 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Good News Radio | Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls, Inc. |
Customer experience
KSGN
CSN Radio
Bugs and requests
KSGN
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CSN Radio
Reported bugs
33 issues- App is frozen
- App doesn't load anymore
- Freezes up or unable to access at all
- Blank screen
- App mostly does not sync with car
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- App shuts off for no reason
- Volume adjustments don't work
- Constantly having to delete and reload the app
- Blank white screen
- Close the app and have to delete and reinstall it
- Syncing issues
- Will not play via car
- iTunes overrides
- Does not play more than a few seconds
- Doesn't seem to sync with watch or radio
- Have to close and reopen the app to get it to play
- Screen is not friendly for using on phone
- Stream stops all the time
- Live stream doesn't work
- Frozen
- App crashes
- App isn't so great
- Won't stream from LTE connection
- New update - Where are the programs?
- App does not work
- App pops open then closes
- Always crashes
- Crashes everytime I open it
- Doesn't work anymore
- All it does is crash
- App crashes
- Faulty new app, it does not work
- Crashes each time it's tapped
Requested features
2 requests- Fix the sleep timer locked at 23 hours
- Update the app to fix bugs and improve functionality
In-app purchases
KSGN
No in-app purchases
CSN Radio
No in-app purchases
