Comparison

ILOVEMUSIC.DE vs Broadcasts

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

Head to head
About

ILOVEMUSIC.DE

Stream endless music from Germany's largest web radio station. Features include chart hits, dance mixes, hip hop, and exclusive DJ sets. Listen live or catch up on the latest German charts.

Highlights
  • Endless music streaming
  • Multiple live radio channels
  • Chart hits, dance, hip hop, German rap
  • 24/7 DJ mixes
  • Official German Charts
  • Mashup-Germany channel
  • Robin Schulz live station
Features
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Best Music App for Charts, Dance and Hip Hop. Stream music endlessly! The official app for I Love Radio. Listen to nonstop music for free! With its main channel I Love Radio and more than 20 other live channels, I Love Music is Germany's biggest web radio station. Charts, Dance, Hip Hop, German Rap, Mashups, Throwbacks or simply I Love Music & Chill? Top 5: Vote for Germany's Daily Live Charts. Dance nonstop to our 24/7 DJ-mix in the channel I Love 2 Dance - also perfect for workout & fitness. Discover crazy mashups by Mashup-Germany, listen to the exclusive 24/7 live radio station by Robin Schulz and get up to date on the most streamed and best-selling songs in Germany in 6 channels with the Official German Charts every week. You can listen to I Love Music wherever you are online. Stream for free all radio stations at home, with friends or in the car. Something you should know: Per hour of listening to the radio you use approximately 50 MB of the included volume of the Internet flat rate of your mobile phone contract. A hint: You can use this app with "StreamOn" from Deutsche Telekom or with the "Vodafone Music Pass" to listen to as much radio as you want without wasting your data volume.

About

Broadcasts

Stream internet radio stations from around the world with an intuitive, single-purpose application. Enjoy beautiful artwork, metadata, and cross-device syncing. Offers a free tier with a limited library or a full version for unlimited stations and advanced features.

Highlights
  • Global internet radio streaming
  • Unlimited station library (full version)
  • Station artwork and metadata display
  • Shazam integration for metadata
  • iCloud library syncing
  • CarPlay support
  • Apple Watch and Apple TV playback
Features
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Listen to streaming internet radio in an award-winning, ultra-simple, single-purpose app. Beautifully designed and fully-native on all platforms. Completely private: no accounts, no logins, and absolutely no tracking or analytics, by design. Broadcasts makes building a library of stations from around the world easier than ever. Use completely free with a handful of stations, or subscribe to unlock the full power of an unlimited library and add as many of your own stations as you like from the thousands available on the Station Browser, or manually via URL. Search for stations from around the world as easily as from your own library, by country, by genre, or on the world map. Manually add and listen to your favorite live podcasts, air traffic control, and more — just point Broadcasts at any supported streaming audio source. Use the Now Playing screen to showcase gorgeous station and track artwork (where provided). Control from the MiniPlayer, or the menu bar on your Mac. Use Broadcasts in StandBy mode on your iPhone as a bedside clock. Sync your library across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple Vision Pro, and Apple TV with iCloud, and Universal Purchase. Enjoy your library on the road using CarPlay and your iPhone. Listen with just your Apple Watch (Cellular) while on a run, or on Apple TV at home. Browse stations in grid or list view. Listen in Light or Dark mode. Edit stations to provide your own artwork, or use the Artwork Chooser or Image Playground to generate something fun and colorful. Use Handoff to transfer playback between devices, or AirPlay directly to a home speaker. Live Transcription uses an advanced on-device model to provide a realtime transcript so you can follow along without audio, or scroll back and see what you just missed, with support for dozens of languages. On macOS, Siri AI lets you ask questions about the transcript, like 'who is this person' or 'translate this for me'. Use Shazam to look up the current song, and add it to your music library. Supports Shortcuts & AppleScript for playback automation. Sleep Timer. Visualizer. Widgets. Spotlight. Siri. Game Controller. And much more! Supports Family Sharing. Made in Ireland. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.highcaffeinecontent.com/privacy

Screenshots

ILOVEMUSIC.DE4 screens
Broadcasts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ILOVEMUSIC.DE at none against Broadcasts's 3. ILOVEMUSIC.DE also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Broadcasts's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 45%). On price and rating 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. Broadcasts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ILOVEMUSIC.DE asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ILOVEMUSIC.DE against 4.7 for Broadcasts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Broadcasts has 975 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of ILOVEMUSIC.DE's written reviews are positive against 75% of Broadcasts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ILOVEMUSIC.DE ships an update every 3 months, Broadcasts monthly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
ILOVEMUSIC.DE versus Broadcasts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterILOVEMUSIC.DEBroadcasts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.7 (975 ratings)
Positive reviews45.3% of reviews75.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4975 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developerengine-productions GmbHSteven Troughton-Smith

Customer experience

ILOVEMUSIC.DE

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive45.3%
Neutral23.2%
Negative31.6%

Broadcasts

All ratings963 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews421 reviews
Positive75.1%
Neutral6.9%
Negative18.1%

Bugs and requests

ILOVEMUSIC.DE

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Broadcasts

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Syncing issues causing data loss
  • Playback issues on CarPlay and macOS
  • Inconsistent behavior when changing stations

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved global station search
  • Genre-based station browsing
  • Easier custom station addition
  • Airplay and Siri integration
  • Sleep timer and alarm clock functionality

In-app purchases

None

ILOVEMUSIC.DE

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Broadcasts

Subscriptions2
  • Broadcasts (One Month)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Broadcasts (One Year)7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock All Features (Legacy)$9.99

Questions

Is ILOVEMUSIC.DE free?
ILOVEMUSIC.DE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Broadcasts free?
Broadcasts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ILOVEMUSIC.DE or Broadcasts?
ILOVEMUSIC.DE is rated higher. ILOVEMUSIC.DE averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Broadcasts averages 4.7 from 975 ratings.
Do ILOVEMUSIC.DE or Broadcasts have ads?
ILOVEMUSIC.DE shows ads; Broadcasts does not.
Which is updated more often, ILOVEMUSIC.DE or Broadcasts?
ILOVEMUSIC.DE ships an update every 3 months, and Broadcasts monthly. Most recently, ILOVEMUSIC.DE was updated on November 6, 2026 and Broadcasts on November 6, 2026.

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