Smooth Global vs KUNV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Two handcrafted radio stations
- Travel portal with jazz festivals
- New music Listening Loft
- Weekly Airplay Charts
- Jazz videos
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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.
KUNV
Stream jazz and more live, interact with the station by sending shoutouts and topic suggestions, and stay updated on show schedules and social media. Never miss a moment of your favorite programming.
- Live jazz and more streaming
- Send recorded shoutouts
- Show playing notifications
- Integrated social feeds
- Topic and message submissions
- Program schedule browsing
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91.5 The Source Get listening to KUNV! Jazz and More Packed with great features: - Send Shoutouts - record your own message and send it to us - Get notified when your show is playing - Follow our social feeds in the app, never miss a post - Send in topic suggestions, ideas, birthday wishes and more… - Find new shows in our Program Schedule KUNV app means more than just radio! Install now and get listening
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Smooth Global at none against KUNV's shown. Smooth Global also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). KUNV's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
KUNV holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KUNV has 740 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Smooth Global's written reviews are positive against 100% of KUNV's.
Smooth Global ships an update every 2 months, KUNV every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smooth Global | KUNV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (24 ratings) | 4.9 (740 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 740 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SmoothJazz.com Global | KUNV Radio |
Customer experience
Smooth Global
KUNV
In-app purchases
Smooth Global
No in-app purchases
KUNV
No in-app purchases
