Gamma vs Honu’in
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gamma
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Gamma, the World's greatest radio experience. Listen to a powerhouse of great music and content, 24/7 The best of AM, FM, and WEB radio--all on one dial. Listen now. Gamma. Why settle for too much, or too little selection with media and radio? Gamma offers the full listening experience that radio was meant to be.
Honu’in
Stream live radio from over 55,000 stations worldwide, covering news, sports, and music. Save your favorites and access them easily across all your Apple devices, including Apple Watch and CarPlay. Customize your listening experience with an equalizer and sleep timer.
- Access 55,000+ live radio stations
- Browse by country, genre, or bitrate
- Save stations for easy access
- Cross-device syncing via iCloud
- Siri and widget integration
- 16-band equalizer and sleep timer
- Customizable player appearance
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Hear your local station or one on the other side of the world. Honu’in plays news, sports, music and talk from 55,000+ live stations in more than 200 countries, with no account to create. Save a station once and play it from a widget, Siri or an NFC tag on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and CarPlay. See every feature at honuin.com --- FIND YOUR STATION Browse by country, U.S. state, genre, codec or bitrate, see the most clicked and top-voted stations, or search by name. TAP TO PLAY Write a station to an NFC tag, QR code or share link. Stick a tag on a shelf or speaker and tap your iPhone to tune in. Links open for anyone with the app. EVERY DEVICE CarPlay: saved stations and the full directory on your car display. Apple Watch: control your iPhone from your wrist, or, for Supporters, stream radio directly on the watch. Apple TV: browse and listen on the big screen with the Siri Remote. SAVED STATIONS EVERYWHERE Save a station once and it's on every Apple device signed in to your iCloud account. SIRI & WIDGETS Ask Siri to play. Now Playing, Random Saved Radio and Pick Stations widgets put radio one tap away. EQUALIZER & SLEEP TIMER A 16-band EQ with built-in profiles, and a sleep timer that fades to silence for bedtime listening. MAKE IT YOURS Match the player to each station's artwork or pick your own accent, light or dark. Choose a player style, animated background and gestures, or apply a built-in profile in one tap. Supporters save their own profiles. PRIVACY FIRST No tracking and no analytics. Saved stations sync through your personal iCloud. Account services are used only if you sign in. GO FURTHER WITH SUPPORTER Honu’in is free to download and plays no ads of its own, though stations may run theirs. Browsing is never capped. Supporter, as a subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase, lifts the free tier's listening and saved-station limits and adds Apple Watch direct playback, custom Personalization and EQ profiles, app icons, 20+ theme colors and more. Lifetime adds exclusive gold theming. --- Have your own music library? Try Dee Jellie (Jellyfin) and Drac's Jukebox (OpenSubsonic). Podcasts? Try GilloCast. deejellie.com dracsjukebox.com gillocast.com --- Need help? Email dev@honuin.com or use Send Debug Log in the Menu. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.honuin.com/eula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gamma at none against Honu’in's 3. Gamma also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Honu’in's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Honu’in sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Gamma asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gamma ships an update every 9 days, Honu’in every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gamma | Honu’in |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.5.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 201 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mark Kaminsky | Flore Technologies, LLC. |
In-app purchases
Gamma
No in-app purchases
Honu’in
- Supporter - 1 Month3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Supporter - 1 Year3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Supporter - Lifetime$29.99









