BRIGHT vs 101.5 WAYZ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BRIGHT
This app provides encouraging and positive programming from Baltimore's Positive Hits station. It aims to make your life a little better with quality content. Visit the station's website for more information.
- Positive Hits programming
- Encouraging content
- Uplifting music
- Web access
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BRIGHT-FM is Baltimore's Positive Hits station, providing quality programming that's always encouraging, positive, and makes your life a little better. Visit us on the web: www.BRIGHTFM.com.
101.5 WAYZ
This app brings country music and local entertainment to your device. Enjoy hits from favorite artists and connect with local DJs serving the community. It's your direct line to the tristate's country music leader.
- Country music streaming
- Local entertainment
- Local DJ interaction
- Community focus
- Long-standing music tradition
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101.5 WAYZ is the tristate's leader in country music and entertainment. WAYZ has been spinning your favorite artists for over 60 years! Our local DJs serve the community where they live and work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BRIGHT at none against 101.5 WAYZ's shown. BRIGHT also leads on ratings volume (603 vs 3) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 101.5 WAYZ's advantage is update cadence (every 10 months vs every 21 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for BRIGHT against 5.0 for 101.5 WAYZ. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BRIGHT has 603 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of BRIGHT's written reviews are positive against 100% of 101.5 WAYZ's.
BRIGHT ships an update every 21 months, 101.5 WAYZ every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BRIGHT | 101.5 WAYZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (603 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 603 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter and John Radio Fellowship, Inc. | HJV Corporation |
Customer experience
BRIGHT
101.5 WAYZ
In-app purchases
BRIGHT
No in-app purchases
101.5 WAYZ
No in-app purchases
