Radio Valencia vs BFF.fm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Radio Valencia
This app allows you to listen to a community radio station live from San Francisco. Engage with other listeners in a chatroom, send feedback to DJs, and explore a vast library of podcasts. It offers an ad-free experience with interactive features.
- Live radio streaming
- Interactive chatroom
- Podcast browsing and listening
- Direct feedback to DJs
- Call studio feature
- Post listening location pictures
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Live from San Francisco's Mission District, we're a non-commercial, organic, homegrown community radio station. And our app rocks! Snazzbo features: - post pictures of where you're listening - easily call our studio - interact with other listeners live in our chatroom - send instant feedback to the DJ - browse and listen to an overwhelming amount of podcasts - no annoying banner ads or any crap like that - and please, beware the mysterious "Call the Rev" button And someone needs to make us some bumper stickers that say "Keep Radio Valencia Weird!"
BFF.fm
Stream live community radio and explore a diverse range of music genres from garage to hip-hop. Access a library of podcasts, read blog posts, and even send voice messages to get on the air.
- Live radio streaming
- Podcast library access
- Pause and rewind live stream
- Blog post updates
- In-app voice mail submission
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Best Frequencies Forever is a community radio station, broadcasting from the heart of San Francisco. BFF.fm brings you diverse, authentic voices and sounds — everything from garage to hip-hop, electronic to soft rock, experimental and beyond. We'll connect you to new underground artists in the magical way only live radio can. Tune in and discover something new! App Features: • Listen to BFF.fm radio live and browse our archives wherever you are • Pause and rewind the live stream • Access all of your favorite podcasts from the BFF.fm Podcast Network • Read the latest posts from the BFF.fm blog • Send us a voice mail from the app and get on the air! The BFF.fm app is brought to you by BFF.fm and Public Media Apps: https://bff.fm/ http://www.publicmediaapps.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: BFF.fm at 57 against Radio Valencia's 6. BFF.fm also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 75%). Radio Valencia's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Radio Valencia against 4.9 for BFF.fm. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BFF.fm has 57 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Radio Valencia's written reviews are positive against 86% of BFF.fm's.
Radio Valencia ships an update every 3 months, BFF.fm every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Radio Valencia | BFF.fm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.9 (57 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 57 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | alec bennett | Best Frequencies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Radio Valencia
BFF.fm
In-app purchases
Radio Valencia
No in-app purchases
BFF.fm
No in-app purchases
