AFR vs Redeem TV
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.
Redeem TV
This ad-free streaming service offers encouraging, edifying, and hope-filled entertainment for all ages. New content is added daily to provide a positive viewing experience.
- Donor-supported
- Ad-free streaming
- Encouraging content
- Edifying entertainment
- Hope-filled for all ages
- New content added daily
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Redeem TV is a donor-support, ad-free, streaming service with no fees. Our goal is to provide encouraging, edifying, and hope filled entertainment for all ages. New content is being added daily. https://watch.redeemtv.com/terms-and-conditions https://watch.redeemtv.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: AFR at none against Redeem TV's shown. AFR also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Redeem TV's advantage is review sentiment (96% vs 63%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Redeem TV holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 372 and 645 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of AFR's written reviews are positive against 96% of Redeem TV's.
AFR ships an update every 3 months, Redeem TV every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AFR | Redeem TV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (372 ratings) | 4.8 (645 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 95.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 372 | 645 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Family Association | Christian History Institute |
Customer experience
AFR
Redeem TV
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
Redeem TV
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AFR
No in-app purchases
Redeem TV
No in-app purchases
