Maxi 80 vs Magic Radio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maxi 80
Listen to a 24/7 web radio station dedicated to 80s French music. Enjoy high-quality sound, pause and resume playback, and view artist and song information with original cover art.
- 24/7 80s French music
- High-quality sound
- Pause and resume playback
- Artist and song title display
- Original cover art display
- Email radio station
- Share cover artwork
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Big hair, bigger hits. Maxi 80 streams the greatest songs of the eighties, live and non-stop, straight from France's favorite 80s radio. We rebuilt the whole app from scratch with modern tech, so it's faster, sharper, and honestly just nicer to look at. Here's what you get: Non-stop 80s, 24/7. Press play and the hits keep coming, over Wi-Fi or cellular. A history you can flip through. Missed what just played? Swipe back through a gorgeous Cover Flow carousel of the last songs and their album covers. Album art in glorious high resolution. Every cover, crisp and full-size. Always know what's on. Artist and song title, right there, always up to date. Your 80s road trip soundtrack. Full CarPlay support, so the hits ride shotgun. Beam it around. AirPlay to your speakers or Apple TV in a tap. On the big screen. A native Apple TV app brings the hits and full-size cover art to your living room. Share the moment. Love the track that's playing? Send it to a friend instantly. And if Maxi 80 makes your day, you can support the station with a donation right from the app. Turn it up. The eighties are calling.
Magic Radio
Listen to a 24/7 independent web radio playing the greatest hits of the 80s, with some 70s and 90s throwbacks. Enjoy pop, new wave, disco, and rock music with multiple audio quality options and background playback.
- 3 radio stations
- Multiple audio quality options
- Now playing title and history
- Album art display
- Background playback
- Sleep timer
- Bilingual interface
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Magic Radio est une web radio indépendante dédiée aux plus grands hits des années 80 — avec quelques clins d'œil aux années 70 et 90. En direct 24h/24, gratuitement et sans publicité intrusive. Appuie sur lecture et fais revivre cet âge d'or — pop, new wave, disco et rock. Les tubes qui ont bercé ta jeunesse, à l'antenne en continu. Fonctionnalités : • 3 radios : Magic Radio, Proxima et Bonus (Les tubes en or avec le son Orban !) • Choix de la qualité audio : AAC 96k, MP3 192k, MP3 320k et FLAC sans perte • Titre en cours affiché, plus l'historique de tes écoutes récentes • Affichage des pochettes • Lecture en arrière-plan avec contrôles sur l'écran verrouillé • Minuteur pour t'endormir sur tes morceaux préférés • Interface bilingue (français / anglais) • Gratuit, sans compte, sans pub intrusive Si Magic Radio te plaît, tu peux nous soutenir sur Tipeee — chaque geste aide à faire vivre la musique. Monte le son. Oldies but goodies, toute la journée.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Magic Radio at 5.0 against Maxi 80's 2.8. Magic Radio also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Maxi 80's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Magic Radio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Maxi 80 ships an update every 2 months, Magic Radio every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maxi 80 | Magic Radio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sébastien Stormacq | Loic Nouvel |
Customer experience
Maxi 80
Magic Radio
In-app purchases
Maxi 80
No in-app purchases
Magic Radio
No in-app purchases
