WFMT vs Radios Classic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WFMT
Stream live classical music from a world-renowned radio station. Enjoy exclusive broadcasts of concerts, live events, and performances from major orchestras and opera companies.
- Live classical music streaming
- Exclusive concert broadcasts
- Orchestra and opera performances
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Metropolitan Opera
- Salzburg Festival
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Listen to WFMT, one of the world’s most renowned classical music radio stations, wherever you are. You will hear superlative programs, concerts, and live events you cannot hear anywhere else – broadcasts from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Santa Fe Music Festival, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Metropolitan Opera, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Salzburg Festival, San Francisco Opera and Symphony, and more.
Radios Classic
Access a wide selection of global classical radio stations, from symphony to opera. Enjoy background listening, manage favorites easily, and request new stations. The interface is simple and intuitive for quick station changes.
- Live classical radio streaming
- Global station selection
- Background listening
- Favorites management
- Intuitive user interface
- Station request feature
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Listen live to your favorite classical radio stations and to your preferred composer with Classical Radio. Wherever you are, in your country or abroad, at home or in mobility, our application allows you to have easy access to the best and most popular classical radio stations in the world. Symphony, concerto, sonata, opera, requiem, choral… you find everything there! Several functionalities are the strength and originality of Classical Radio: - An extremely simple and intuitive user interface which allows you to select, with a just click, the radio which you want to listen to or to change radio stations in a ultra-fast way. -An international wide choice of radios, based on the last audience research. This station radio list is prone to evolve, to grow richer and to expand. A missing radio ?!! Just an email and we will do whatever necessary to add it. Classical Radio is also: - A listening in the background that allows you to do other activities on your Smartphone whilst continuing to listen to your favourite station. - An easy management of your favourites list: you can modify the order of appearance of your radios whenever you feel like it. And you can hide simply and quickly stations that you aren’t interested in. - A daily and continuous follow-up on our part to repair as fast as possible audio streaming dysfunctions. These repairs not require an update of the application. So, no action on your part is required. Our team is dedicated to providing a superior quality of experience for the user. Of course, we remain open to your comments and suggestions. Do not hesitate to leave us a message or an encouragement via Play Store. Below, the available radio stations: - Calm Radio Classical Symphony - Calm Radio Opera - Calm Radio Chorale - Calm Radio Baroque - Calm Radio Concertos - Calm Radio Mozart - Calm Radio Beethoven - Calm Radio Vivaldi - Calm Radio Chopin - Calm Radio Bach - Calm Radio Brahms - Calm Radio Haydn - Calm Radio Handel - Calm Radio Schubert - Calm Radio Schumann - Calm Radio Strauss II - Calm Radio Tchaikovsky - Calm Radio Wagner - Calm Radio Verdi - Calm Radio Ravel - Calm Radio Debussy - Calm Radio Dvorak - Calm Radio Puccini - Calm Radio Rossini - Classic FM (UK) - Radio Swiss Classic - Classical 96.3 FM - BBC 3 - Radio-Classique Montreal - Radio Classique - RadioClassica - Venice Classic radio Italia - Classic FM (NL) - RNE Radio Clasica - VRT Klara Continuo - BR-Klassik - RMF Classic - NRK Klassisk - Sveriges Radio SR Klassiskt - Radio Klassisk - Klasszik Radio - MR3-Bartok Radio - Rondo Classic Klasu - NPO Radio 4 - Radio Klassic Stephansdom - ChromaRadio - M2 CLASSIC - Classical WETA 90.9 FM - All Classical FM - KQAC - Classical KDFC - KOSC - Classical KUSC - Classical KING FM - WCPE - WGUC 90.9 - Classical 89.5 KMFA - 105.9 Classical WQXR - WCRB 99.5 - WCRB - KVNO Classical 90.7 - WBJC 91.5 FM - WOSU Classical 101 - Classical 101 - WRR - WDAV - Classical MPR - CPR - Classical Music - Classical Wyoming - KUAT classical - KBAQ - WSMR All Classical - KAZU HD2 - Classical 102 - WWFM the Classical Network - Klassik Radio - 1.FM - OTTOs OPERA HOUSE - 1.FM - OTTOs Baroque Music Radio - Opus 94.5 FM - Operavore - WQXR - Abacus Classical - Audiophile Classical - Ambiance Classique Radio - Amadeus & Friends - ABC Opera Radio - Master Composers - Mozart Radio - ABetterRadio.com - KISS Classical Ireland - BWV Radio Station - Mozartiana - AdagioRadio - A1900 Classical - 1000 HITS Classical - Classicalways - Classical Music America - Sunday Baroque - KMozart - Public Domain Classical - ... Radios from USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Russia, Netherlands, Italia, Swiss, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Brazil, Australia, Greece, Czech Republic, Turkey, Mexico,... Warning: Classical Radio requires an Internet connection 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi and depends on the radio broadcast. Some stations can be temporarily unavailable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WFMT at 3.7 against Radios Classic's 3.0. WFMT also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (32% vs 0%). Radios Classic's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price and device support 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. Radios Classic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WFMT asks for nothing beyond the download.
WFMT holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WFMT has 64 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of WFMT's written reviews are positive against 0% of Radios Classic's.
| Parameter | WFMT | Radios Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (64 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WFMT | Omar Benslimane |
Customer experience
WFMT
Radios Classic
Bugs and requests
WFMT
Reported bugs
15 issues- App stops playing frequently
- Stream cuts out often
- App crashes unexpectedly
- Live stream stops without reason
- App freezes and requires restart
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- Title displayed doesn't match music
- App drains battery
- Streaming is touchy and stops on interruptions
- On-demand feature is worthless
- App compresses music heavily
- Virtual volume slider not working on iPad
- App quits without warning
- Spinning circle and no stream
- Website access has ad splash blocking navigation
- App crashes after entering zip code
Requested features
8 requests- Update app performance
- Fix app dropouts
- Improve streaming stability
- Add playlist information
- Provide access to full archives
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- Implement clock radio/sleep timer
- Add concert notes/deep dives
- Fix virtual volume slider on iPad
Radios Classic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WFMT
No in-app purchases
Radios Classic
- No Ads$0.99
Questions
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