AFR vs WBOB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AFR
Listen to Christian conservative talk radio and music, or enjoy podcasts on demand. Download episodes for offline listening and integrate with your car's CarPlay system. Stay informed with push notifications about recently played songs and important broadcasts.
- Listen to AFR Talk and AFR Music
- Listen to podcasts
- Download podcasts
- Background audio playback
- CarPlay integration
- View recently played songs
- Push notifications
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Features: Listen to AFR Talk and AFR Music Listen to the radio in the background Listen to Podcasts Download Podcasts Listen in your car with CarPlay View recently played songs Push Notifications Works with iPhone and iPad American Family Radio is a listener supported broadcast ministry of the American Family Association. AFR exists to be a voice for AFA to help motivate and equip individuals to restore American culture to its moral foundations. AFR does this in a variety of ways with both its music/teaching format as well as its Christian Conservative Talk format. AFR understands that politics and polices alone will not change America. It will take an intervention of Christ and our hearts turned back to Him. AFR hopes to educate our listeners with news and issues of the day but more importantly convey the Truth of Christ through clear presentations of the Gospel.
WBOB
Experience provocative local and syndicated programming with leading conservative voices. This news/talk format tackles important topics beyond the headlines, offering informative and educational content for the 21st century.
- Provocative local programming
- Syndicated conservative voices
- In-depth topic discussions
- Educational content
- Conservative commentary
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News/Talk format delivering the absolute best and most provocative in local and syndicated programming. WBOB brings you the leading voices and commentators in conservative radio, who are not afraid to tackle conversations and topics that go beyond the headlines and help us ask the “right” questions that will lead to the right “answers”. WBOB, your definitively informative, definitely educational and definitely conservative radio station for the 21 century and beyond!
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Verdict
AFR and WBOB both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of WBOB's written reviews are positive against 63% of AFR's. AFR's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (372 vs 6). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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 — 4.6 for AFR against 4.7 for WBOB. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AFR has 372 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of AFR's written reviews are positive against 100% of WBOB's.
AFR ships an update every 3 months, WBOB every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AFR | WBOB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (372 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 372 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Family Association | Chesapeake-Portsmouth |
Customer experience
AFR
WBOB
Bugs and requests
AFR
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes immediately upon launch
- Audio plays but screen shows different content
- Incompatibility with iOS 13, 14, 15 updates
- App won't open after recent updates
- Playback stops after 5-10 seconds
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- Buffering causes choppy audio
- Streaming interrupts when accessing other apps
- App freezes with spinning loading circle
- Podcast restart from beginning when paused
- Audio completely absent on some iOS versions
Requested features
9 requests- Update and display current show/host information
- Add rewind and fast-forward controls
- Implement clock radio/alarm functionality
- Allow app to continue playing with screen locked
- Set default station preference
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- Resume playback from where user left off
- Improve podcast update frequency
- Better integration with other apps
- Separate music-only streaming option
WBOB
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AFR
No in-app purchases
WBOB
No in-app purchases
