FMStation vs ChoirBLAST
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FMStation
Listen to live radio stations globally with the ability to pause and rewind up to 30 minutes. Discover music across 50 genres, set sleep timers, and wake up to your favorite stations. Enjoy seamless playback and personalized recommendations.
- Pause and rewind live radio
- Browse 50 genres
- Automatic station switching
- Save favorites to iCloud
- Search by mood or genre
- Track played songs
- Sleep and wake-up timers
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Listen to live radio stations from your own country and around the world, and pause or rewind up to 30 minutes. RadioStation starts your station straight away and does not go quiet without telling you why. Free, with no ads from us and no account. PAUSE AND REWIND LIVE RADIO Someone at the door, a phone call, missed the start of that song? Pause the radio and carry on where you were. Rewind up to 30 minutes, 15 seconds per tap or with the slider. One tap takes you back to live. YOUR COUNTRY FIRST Pick your own country in Settings and its stations come first. Handy when you live abroad and want to listen to home. 50 GENRES From the 80s, reggae and soul to techno, classical and Christmas music. Every station also shows stations that sound like it. NEVER SILENT WITHOUT A REASON If a station stutters, RadioStation first tries another connection by itself. If it really has gone quiet, you see that at once, with a similar station that is playing fine. After a phone call your radio simply carries on. TURN THE DIAL Your favorites sit on a station dial, like on an old radio. Swipe along the dial and the next station plays right away. Save a favorite with one tap on the star; your favorites live in your own iCloud. FIND WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR Search by name, genre, country or language. Or just type what you are in the mood for, like "calm jazz for a rainy evening". Living in the Netherlands or Flanders? Pick your province once and your regional station is always close by. EVERY COUNTRY, EVERY STATION Pick a country and see all its stations from A to Z, with a letter bar to jump around. Sort by popularity or filter by genre. Stations that are not working right now, RadioStation leaves out. SEE WHAT JUST PLAYED RadioStation keeps a list of the songs that came by, with the station and the time. If a station does not say what it plays, RadioStation often recognizes the song itself. Like a song? Save it with the heart, look up the lyrics or open it in your music app. SLEEP AND WAKE UP The sleep timer fades the radio out slowly and stops it by itself, after 15 to 90 minutes. On iOS 26, RadioStation can also wake you with your favorite station: your alarm sounds with a soft tuning-in chime, and one tap on Radio on plays your station. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND BY VOICE Widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy, a button in Control Center and the Action button. Tell Siri which station you want to hear, or say "Save this song". ALSO ON IPAD AND MAC On iPad you get a sidebar with your favorites and the player beside it, with keys for play and back to live. On the Mac, RadioStation sits in your menu bar, with a floating player you park in a corner. Playing on your iPhone? Your Mac shows it, and one click carries on there. Made for iPhone Duo: half folded on a table, it becomes a bedside clock radio. One app, free on all your devices. ALSO ON APPLE WATCH Turn the Digital Crown and you tune in, station by station, like on a real radio. Listen on your watch with your headphones, or use your watch as a remote for the radio on your iPhone. With 30 seconds back, a sleep timer, your favorites from your iPhone and complications for your watch face. IN THE CAR WITH CARPLAY Your favorites, recent stations, every country and all genres on your car's screen. Tap a station and it plays. SOUND THE WAY YOU LIKE IT Clearer voices for news and talk, a night mode with softer peaks, and every station about as loud as the last one. Play through AirPlay too. WHY IT COSTS NOTHING RadioStation is made by A Brand New Company. We add no ads, there is nothing to unlock and you need no account. We collect nothing about you. GOOD TO KNOW • You listen to the broadcasts that stations put online themselves. Ads that a station airs itself, you still hear. • You need an internet connection. • For iPhone and iPad with iOS 18 or later and Mac with macOS 15 or later, Apple Watch with watchOS 11 or later. Waking up to radio needs iOS 26.
ChoirBLAST
This app is your guide to a contemporary group singing festival. Access the full schedule, view stage locations on a map, and create a personalized list of performances to attend. Receive reminders for upcoming sets and discover choir profiles.
- Full schedule, sortable and searchable
- Interactive map with walking directions
- Detailed choir profiles
- Personalized shortlist of performances
- Set reminders
- Offline functionality
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ChoirBLAST is the official companion app for ChoirBLAST 2026 — the Surrey festival that celebrates the joy of contemporary group singing. Friday 12 June, 6–10pm. Saturday 13 June, 11am–10pm. Godalming, Surrey. Over 100 choirs from across the UK and beyond, performing on more than a dozen stages dotted around Godalming's historic centre. The festival is free to attend, run by a registered charity, and powered by volunteers — and this app helps you make the most of every minute of it. WHAT'S INSIDE • Full schedule — every stage, every set, all weekend, sortable and searchable. • Map — see where each stage is, get walking directions, and find your way between performances. • Choir profiles — discover who's performing, where they're from, and what they sing. • My picks — tap "+" on any set to add it to your personal shortlist. Your picks live on your device, sorted in time order, with a live "on now" highlight. • Reminders — opt in to get a friendly nudge ten minutes before any set you've picked. • Donate — ChoirBLAST is a registered charity. Tap the heart any time to support the festival via JustGiving (in Safari) DESIGNED FOR THE WEEKEND • Works offline once you've opened the app — the schedule is cached so a patchy festival signal won't slow you down. • No account, no signup — your picks are stored locally on your phone. • Light on data and battery, designed for a long day on your feet. ABOUT CHOIRBLAST ChoirBLAST is a charity using the power of group singing to bring people together and make music accessible to everyone. Alongside our annual festival, we support inclusive choir opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities through community projects, partnerships and performance opportunities across the year. Find out more at choirblast.com. PRIVACY No account, no signup. Your picks are stored on your device. The app fetches a public schedule file and opens JustGiving in your browser if you choose to donate. To keep the app reliable we collect a small amount of anonymous usage data and crash reports — never your name or any personal details. Privacy notice: https://www.choirblast.com/privacy-notice. See you in Godalming, 12–13 June.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ChoirBLAST at 100% against FMStation's 67%. ChoirBLAST also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). FMStation's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
FMStation ships an update every 2 weeks, ChoirBLAST every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FMStation | ChoirBLAST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BartMolk | Christopher Hutton |
Customer experience
FMStation
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In-app purchases
FMStation
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









