Comparison

Smooth Global vs The Jazz Groove

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

Head to head
About

Smooth Global

Experience the world's first internet jazz radio station with a music and lifestyle app. Enjoy handcrafted radio stations, discover jazz festivals, listen to new music, and explore weekly airplay charts and jazz videos.

Highlights
  • Two handcrafted radio stations
  • Travel portal with jazz festivals
  • New music Listening Loft
  • Weekly Airplay Charts
  • Jazz videos
Features
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SmoothJazz.com • SmoothLounge.com • SmoothTravel.net The world’s first Internet jazz radio station, SmoothJazz.com Global, presents a Smooth music and Lifestyle application offering two handcrafted radio stations, an exciting travel portal featuring the world’s hottest jazz festivals, plus a new music Listening Loft, weekly Airplay Charts, jazz videos and more! Broadcasting from the coast of California to a Global community since 2000. Tune-in, get inspired, adjust your coordinate. Smooth. Global. Living.

About

The Jazz Groove

Listen to a curated selection of laid-back, cool, and elegant jazz music across five unique internet radio stations. Enjoy audiophile fidelity with options to silence fund drives and promotional announcements for an uninterrupted, non-commercial listening experience.

Highlights
  • Five unique jazz radio stations
  • Hand-selected music by professional musicologists
  • Audiophile fidelity
  • Silence fund drives and announcements
  • Listener-supported, non-commercial
Features
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Jazz that’s Laid-Back. Cool. Elegant. That’s The Jazz Groove (JazzGroove.org); a listener-supported, non-commercial public radio service specializing in Laid-Back Jazz, offering five unique jazz radio stations. From an incomparable collection of 10,000+ jazz recordings, each hour of music is hand-selected, meticulously-curated and artfully-blended by professional musicologists. Choose from three different Laid-Back Jazz stations as well as stations dedicated to Vocal Standards and Smooth Jazz. Enjoy best-in-class audiophile fidelity plus options to silence fund drives and promotional announcements for a pure music, non-commercial experience. For help and tips on using the app, check out the User Guide under the More page in the app. JazzGroove.org is a service of the 501(c)(3) non-profit Foundation to Advance Jazz to which donations are tax deductible in the United States.

Screenshots

Smooth Global4 screens
The Jazz Groove4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Smooth Global at 4.5 against The Jazz Groove's 4.1. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smooth Global holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 51 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Smooth Global's written reviews are positive against 74% of The Jazz Groove's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smooth Global ships an update every 2 months, The Jazz Groove every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Smooth Global versus The Jazz Groove: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmooth GlobalThe Jazz Groove
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (24 ratings) — better4.1 (51 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews74.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2451 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmoothJazz.com GlobalThe Foundation to Advance Jazz

Customer experience

Smooth Global

All ratings24 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral9.5%
Negative19.0%

The Jazz Groove

All ratings48 ratings
Positive77.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative22.4%

In-app purchases

None

Smooth Global

No in-app purchases

None

The Jazz Groove

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smooth Global free?
Smooth Global is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Jazz Groove free?
The Jazz Groove is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smooth Global or The Jazz Groove?
Smooth Global is rated higher. Smooth Global averages 4.5 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while The Jazz Groove averages 4.1 from 51 ratings.
Do Smooth Global or The Jazz Groove have ads?
Neither Smooth Global nor The Jazz Groove shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smooth Global or The Jazz Groove?
Smooth Global ships an update every 2 months, and The Jazz Groove every 6 weeks. Most recently, Smooth Global was updated on November 6, 2026 and The Jazz Groove on November 2, 2026.

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