B98.7 vs NOW 97.9 FM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
B98.7
Stream your favorite hits and yesterday's favorites from Utah's Feel Good Radio Station. Engage with the station through contests, text, email, or recorded messages. Stay updated on local concerts and enjoy music anywhere, anytime.
- Live radio streaming
- Today's hits and yesterday's favorites
- Concert information
- Contest entry
- Direct messaging (text, email, voice)
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B98.7 is Utah’s Feel Good Radio Station, playing Today’s Hits & Yesterday’s Favorites. Listen or Stream, at work, at home, or on the go. Find out about concerts, enter to win contests, or send us a text, email, or leave a recorded message.
NOW 97.9 FM
Listen live to today's best feel-good music, participate in contests, and vote for your favorite songs. Record audio messages to potentially be featured on air and receive song alerts for upcoming tracks.
- Listen live
- Commercial-free music blocks
- Free contests
- Song voting
- Open Mic audio messages
- Song alerts
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Welcome to the NOW 97.9 FM mobile app! We play today’s best music that picks you up and makes you feel good while you work. With the NOW 97.9 FM mobile app, you can: - Listen live in the mornings with over 2 hours of commercial free music and tons of free contests for cash and concerts. - Vote for the songs you want to hear on the air. - Use our Open Mic feature to record an audio message, and you could hear yourself on air. - Opt into song alerts so you always know when your favorite song will play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: B98.7 at 100% against NOW 97.9 FM's 50%. B98.7 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4). NOW 97.9 FM's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
B98.7 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NOW 97.9 FM has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of B98.7's written reviews are positive against 50% of NOW 97.9 FM's.
B98.7 ships an update every 5 months, NOW 97.9 FM every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | B98.7 | NOW 97.9 FM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cumulus Media | Capitol Broadcasting INC |
Customer experience
B98.7
NOW 97.9 FM
In-app purchases
B98.7
No in-app purchases
NOW 97.9 FM
No in-app purchases
