STAR 95.9 vs Hot 103
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
STAR 95.9
Listen to Today's Best Country music on demand, anytime, anywhere. This app brings your favorite radio station directly to your mobile device, allowing you to enjoy continuous music from East Texas.
- Live country music streaming
- Listen anytime, anywhere
- Today's Best Country music
- Mobile radio experience
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STAR 95.9 plays Today's Best Country all day, every day. Now you can take your favorite radio station with you and listen anytime, anywhere with the STAR 95.9 mobile app! KSCH is an East Texas Broadcasting station based in Sulphur Springs, Texas.
Hot 103
Listen to live and local hit music from Southern New Mexico's hottest station. Access your favorite on-air talent, music news, Hollywood updates, and sports information on your mobile device.
- Live and local hit music streaming
- On-air talent access
- Music news updates
- Hollywood entertainment news
- Sports world updates
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Hot 103 is Southern New Mexico's Hottest Music! The best app to get Live and Local hit music. Now you can take Hot 103 with you anywhere you go, right on your mobile device! Listen to Hot 103 and all your favorite on-air talent. Get all the Live & Local information you have come to expect from Hot 103. Catch up with the latest in Music News. Find out what’s going on in Hollywood. Stay up on all the goings on in the Sports world. You get all the information you want right on your mobile device! Download the Hot 103 app today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: STAR 95.9 at 50% against Hot 103's 0%. Hot 103's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.2). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Hot 103 holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of STAR 95.9's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hot 103's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
STAR 95.9 ships an update every 11 months, Hot 103 every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | STAR 95.9 | Hot 103 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | East Texas Broadcasting, Inc. | Adams Radio Group, LLC |
Customer experience
STAR 95.9
Hot 103
In-app purchases
STAR 95.9
No in-app purchases
Hot 103
No in-app purchases
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