ILOVEMUSIC.DE vs ByteFM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
ByteFM
Listen to curated music radio streams and detailed program information from anywhere. Save favorite songs and shows, share them, and enjoy uninterrupted listening, even in the background. Access an archive for offline listening if you're a member.
- Listen to music radio streams
- Detailed program and host information
- Save songs and shows as favorites
- Share favorites via social media
- Background playback
- Offline archive access for members
- Supports AirPlay and Chromecast
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ByteFM - Webradio für gute Musik - überall bequem hören. Mit der App kann das Programm von ByteFM überall bequem gehört werden. Die App bietet zusätzlich Detail-Informationen zu Sendungen, Programm, Moderatorinnen und Moderatoren. Songs und Sendungen können als Favoriten lokal vorgemerkt werden. Über Social Media können Favoriten geteilt werden. Natürlich läuft die Applikation auch im Hintergrund. Zu Hause kann die Musik auch auf der Stereo-Anlage abgespielt werden (über AirPlay, Chromecast oder Connector). Mitglieder des Freundeskreises von ByteFM haben Zugriff auf das Archiv und können einzelne Sendungen auch offline unterwegs nachhören. ByteFM ist Musikradio im Internet. Ein moderiertes Programm mit journalistischem Anspruch und handverlesener Musikauswahl. Im Programm gibt es neue und alte Platten, Interviews und Hintergrundinformationen und musikalisch „alles was gut ist“: Indie-Rock, Elektro, House, Elektro, Dubstep, Reggae – liebevoll ausgewählt und von rund 100 Moderatorinnen und Moderatoren kompetent präsentiert. Das alles ohne störende Werbespots. Das Programm von ByteFM wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet: u.a. mit dem Grimme Online Award, dem LeadAward, dem Hamburger Musikpreis HANS und mit dem Preis Deutschland – Land der Ideen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ILOVEMUSIC.DE at 4.8 against ByteFM's 2.7. ByteFM's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 45%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
ILOVEMUSIC.DE holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of ILOVEMUSIC.DE's written reviews are positive against 75% of ByteFM's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ILOVEMUSIC.DE | ByteFM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 2.7 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.3% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | engine-productions GmbH | Byte.FM GmbH |
Customer experience
ILOVEMUSIC.DE
ByteFM
In-app purchases
ILOVEMUSIC.DE
No in-app purchases
ByteFM
No in-app purchases
