Radio Forth vs UK Radios
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Radio Forth
Access live and on-demand content from your favorite radio stations, including shows, podcasts, and playlists. Build custom queues, stay updated on events, and enjoy high-quality streaming.
- Listen live and on-demand
- Favorite shows and podcasts
- Customizable 'My List' queue
- Intelligent streaming
- Event and competition recommendations
- Sleep timer
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The all-new, official Radio Forth app is here! It’s the best way to listen to Radio Forth You can now listen live and on-demand to all your favourite shows, podcasts and playlists in one place. Never miss an exclusive competition, show or event as the Radio Forth recommends feed keeps you in-the-know. Take control of your Radio Forth listening experience - with your "My List" queue where you can build your own playlist to listen to the best of Radio Forth when you want it. Listen to: » Forth 1 » Forth 2 App features: » Intelligent streaming gives you CD quality on a WiFi connection and prevents audio-stuttering when you’re out and about. » Subscribe to your favourite shows and podcasts so you never miss a new episode in "My List" » At a glance, see what’s playing now on all Radio Forth stations. » Get your Radio Forth fix in the recommends feed, which highlights all the best shows, competitions, tickets and events in one place. » Easily find your favourite shows and podcasts from Radio Forth » Listen now or save for later - Add episodes to your queue and listen when you want » Sleep timer function » Discover and listen to other radio stations from Bauer, all in one app We're always looking for ways to bring you even more - let us know what features you'd like. If you wish to get in touch, please do so by email (appsupport@bauermedia.co.uk) or via our Twitter @forthone or Facebook www.facebook.com/forth1 and please do leave us a review if you like the app!
UK Radios
Access numerous British radio stations with a single click. Stream live broadcasts on your iPhone, iPod, or iPad, even while using other applications. Organize your favorite stations and control playback externally.
- One-click access to multiple stations
- Multitasking while listening
- Add stations to Favorites
- External playback control
- Choose WiFi or cellular listening
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UK radio is application that allows you with one click an access to several british radio stations. Listen LIVE all the antennas on your iPhone/iPod/iPad. With UK Radios, you can: - Listen easily with one click several radio stations. - Multitasking! use other applications while listening a radio. - Add stations to your Favorites and organize them as you wish! - Control listening outside the application itself. - Choose listening a radio or not if you are not in WiFi connection. Example of Radios: - Absolute Radio - Absolute 80s - Absolute 90s - Absolute 00s - Capital FM - Choice FM - Classic FM - Clyde 1 - Gem 106 - Gold - Heat - Heart - Jazz FM - Juice 107.6 - Kerrang - Key 103 - Kiss - LBC 97.3 - Magic - Metro Radio - Planet Rock - Real Radio - Smashhits - Smooth 70s - Smooth Radio - TalkSPORT - The Hits - XFM and More... UK Radios is the simplest way to listen british radios on your iPhone/iPod/iPad! Enjoy!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Radio Forth at 4.6 against UK Radios's 3.7. UK Radios's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
Radio Forth holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 24 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Radio Forth's written reviews are positive against 72% of UK Radios's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Radio Forth ships an update every 4 months, UK Radios monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Radio Forth | UK Radios |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (41 ratings) — better | 3.7 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.1% of reviews | 72.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bauer Media | Mohamed walid Benabderrahmane |
Customer experience
Radio Forth
UK Radios
Bugs and requests
Radio Forth
Reported bugs
9 issues- App keeps closing down randomly
- Login issues, constantly asking to log in
- App crashes
- App buffers a lot
- Episode playback issues (opens App Store)
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- Doesn't work on Sonos
- Doesn't work in Japan
- Doesn't stream at all
- Link to support is a dead link
Requested features
4 requests- Allow guest user access without account creation
- Ability to restart live shows from the beginning
- Wake up timer/alarm clock functionality
- Support for iOS 14 widgets
UK Radios
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Radio Forth
No in-app purchases
UK Radios
No in-app purchases
