AFR vs Miss 98
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.
Miss 98
Listen to the latest and hottest country music hits from North Mississippi and nationwide. Stream live radio and access content through a dedicated mobile application.
- Live radio streaming
- Today's hottest country hits
- Nationwide broadcast
- Mobile app access
- On-air dominance
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Miss 98 is My Kinda Country! Playing today\'s newest and hottest Country hits! Miss 98 dominates the air waves in North Mississippi at 97.5fm and nationwide at miss98.net and via the Miss 98 app! It\'s My Kinda Country!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Miss 98 at 100% against AFR's 63%. Miss 98 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). AFR's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (372 vs 6). On price, update cadence, 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.
Miss 98 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. 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 point the same way: 63% of AFR's written reviews are positive against 100% of Miss 98's.
AFR ships an update every 3 months, Miss 98 every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AFR | Miss 98 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (372 ratings) | 5.0 (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 5 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 | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Family Association | San-Dow Broadcasting, Inc. |
Customer experience
AFR
Miss 98
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
Miss 98
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AFR
No in-app purchases
Miss 98
No in-app purchases
