Comparison

FMStation vs emRadios

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FMStation

Listen to live radio stations globally with the ability to pause and rewind up to 30 minutes. It automatically switches to alternative streams if a station falters and provides a history of played songs. The app offers a sleep timer and wake-up alarm functionality.

Highlights
  • Pause and rewind live radio
  • Automatic station stream switching
  • Search by name, genre, country, or mood
  • Save favorite stations
  • View played songs history
  • Sleep timer and wake-up alarm
  • Home Screen and voice control widgets
Features
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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. 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 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. If that station does not play, your regular alarm sounds. 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. One app, free on all your devices. 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. Waking up to radio needs iOS 26.

About

emRadios

Features
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Listen to live radio from all over the world, free, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. emRadios brings together thousands of stations from more than 100 countries in a visual, interactive experience. Explore the global map, spin a dial inspired by vintage radios and discover stations by country, city or music style, all in real time. KEY FEATURES • Interactive map with live radio from around the world • Dial tuning: drag and travel between stations • Thousands of music, news, sports, talk and culture stations • Search by name, city, country or genre • Favorites to get back to your stations in one tap • Available in more than 40 languages FOR BUSINESSES AND BROADCASTERS Shops, restaurants and gyms use emRadios to play continuous background music with their own brand ads. Radio stations and artists use the platform to reach new listeners worldwide. Download emRadios and tune in to the world.

Screenshots

FMStation4 screens
emRadios3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: emRadios at every 2 weeks against FMStation's every 5 weeks. emRadios also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FMStation ships an update every 5 weeks, emRadios every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FMStation versus emRadios: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFMStationemRadios
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBartMolkOplena

In-app purchases

None

FMStation

No in-app purchases

None

emRadios

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FMStation free?
FMStation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is emRadios free?
emRadios is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FMStation or emRadios have ads?
Neither FMStation nor emRadios shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FMStation or emRadios?
FMStation ships an update every 5 weeks, and emRadios every 2 weeks. Most recently, FMStation was updated on October 15, 2026 and emRadios on October 20, 2026.

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