Smooth Player vs triple j
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smooth Player
Stream your favorite music and radio stations on the go. Enjoy live broadcasts, curated playlists, and a vast library of podcasts. Stay updated with news, sports, and finance, all in one easy-to-use application.
- Live radio streaming
- Curated music playlists
- Hundreds of podcasts
- On-demand news
- Switch between stations
- Apple CarPlay support
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The easy place to relax is with you wherever you go thanks to the official Smooth Player app. You’ll enjoy free and unlimited access to all your favourite Smooth FM stations, an endless playlist of songs you know and love, the latest news, sport and finance on the go, plus hundreds of podcasts to explore from the NOVA Entertainment Podcast Network. Features: - Listen live to Smooth FM stations wherever you are with local news, traffic and weather. - Keep track of your favourite Smooth FM shows and switch between different music playlists. - Enjoy more music and radio stations than ever before from within the app switch from Smooth FM to Nova, FIVEAA and Star 104.5 with a swipe. - Access on-demand news from within the Player sourced from our partners including The Australian, News24, The Daily Telegraph, Fox Sports Australia, and News.com.au. - Listen your way through hundreds of podcast titles in the Nova Podcast Network. - Choose from news, sports, comedy and entertainment titles with new content uploaded daily. - Listen with Apple CarPlay - Enter Smooth radio competitions for your chance to win! From Michael Bublé to the Bee Gees, Backstreet Boys to George Michael, Madonna to Robbie Williams, the Smooth FM playlist includes all your favourite music to shut out the noise of everyday life. Join hosts Cameron Daddo, Richard Wilkins, David Campbell Bogart Torrelli, Ty Frost, Simon Diaz & Byron Webb as they take you on your smooth listening journey with more music, less talk. Listen to: - Smooth FM 95.3 Sydney - Smooth FM 91.5 Melbourne - Smooth FM Adelaide - Smooth FM Perth - Smooth FM Brisbane - Smooth Relax - Smooth 80s - Smooth Vintage - Access all of NOVA Entertainment's FM and AM stations including Nova, Star 104.5 and FIVEAA. - Listen to our Partner stations, such as News24 Radio, The Rock, Coles Radio, FOX SPORTS News and talkSPORT - Plus hundreds of podcast titles on the NOVA Entertainment Podcast Network
triple j
Stream live radio, catch up on favorite shows, and discover new music. Access news, exclusive sessions, and easily add songs to your streaming playlists. Find local frequencies and manage your listening experience.
- Live radio streaming
- On-demand show catch-up
- Music news updates
- Add songs to playlists
- Find FM frequencies
- AirPlay and Chromecast support
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Get more music on your phone with the triple j app. Listen to live radio, or catch up on Music News, Like A Version and your favourite shows anytime. You can also still stream via AirPlay and Chromecast devices, see all recently played songs, add tracks that you love straight to your Apple Music or Spotify playlists, find your closest FM frequency, update your timezone to listen live wherever you are Australia-wide, or SMS and call triple j directly from the app. triple j – we love music (on your phone)! *** Note that you are responsible for the data transfer and consumption charges incurred by you when using any ABC app. The ABC disclaims all liability for such charges ***
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: triple j at none against Smooth Player's shown. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Smooth Player against 4.9 for triple j. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 71 and 35 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Smooth Player's written reviews are positive against 76% of triple j's.
Smooth Player ships an update monthly, triple j fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smooth Player | triple j |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (71 ratings) — better | 4.9 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.3% of reviews | 75.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nova Entertainment | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Customer experience
Smooth Player
triple j
User reviews
Smooth Player
From 71 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎶 Great music selection
- 😌 Relaxing vibes
- 📻 Favorite radio station
- 🎵 Continuous music
- 🎶 Awesome throwbacks
Room to improve
- 😩 Pre-roll advertising irritant
- 📱 App not working
- ⚠️ App crashes on startup
- 🚫 Won't open
- ❌ Can't login
triple j
From 35 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Awesome app
- 🚀 Great music
- 🚀 Fantastic app
- 🚀 Incredible!
- 🚀 Love the J's
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes a lot
- 🐛 Keeps saying it can't download content
- 🐛 Frustrating
- 🐛 Sketchy On Demand
- 🐛 Doesn't update song info
Bugs and requests
Smooth Player
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes on startup
- Blank white screen on startup
- Opens to blank page
- Cannot log in on iPad
- Login button off screen
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- App not working on iPhone 14 Pro
- App not working on iOS 12.5.7
- CarPlay integration broken after update
- Player stops when volume is down
- Cannot raise volume when player is not playing
- App frozen on privacy page
- App doesn't load
- Cannot mute without shutting down
- App drops out frequently
- App doesn't automatically pick up after calls or leaving car
- App drops out on Wi-Fi, requires phone data
- Play button does nothing
- App chewing through data (2GB+ in 2 hours)
- Streaming quality not optimal
Requested features
8 requests- Support Siri Shortcuts
- Timer/sleep function
- Alarm function
- Siri functionality
- Improve streaming bandwidth
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- Bring back Smooth Vintage
- Bring back Smooth 80's, 90's & Relax
- Bring Koffee back
triple j
Reported bugs
4 issues- Station jumping issue
- Song history refreshing/disappearing
- Chromecast issues
- Spotify integration issues
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to save favorite mixes
- Offline listening for On Demand content
- Sonos integration
In-app purchases
Smooth Player
No in-app purchases
triple j
No in-app purchases
Questions
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