101.7 The Beach vs Last Chinatown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
101.7 The Beach
Listen to today's hit music from your favorite radio station on the go. Discover new music, view song history, and save tracks to a favorites playlist. Access exclusive videos, podcasts, and contests.
- Live radio streaming
- Music discovery
- Song history
- Favorites playlist
- On-demand playback
- Videos and podcasts
- Contests and exclusive content
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\"101.7 The Beach is Playing Today's Hit Music. Download our official App, it's free. Start listening now. Plus, get access to all our videos, podcasts, contests and tons of cool stuff. Use the Beach app to help discover music. See the current song played and the history of all the songs we played. Save songs to 101.7 The Beach FAVORITES PLAYLIST with Apple Music and Play them on Demand. Never be without your favorite radio station or music. Listen at work, home or on the road. Install our app now and play all our great music!\"
Last Chinatown
Experience a site-specific augmented reality memorial that explores the history and erasure of Santa Cruz's last Chinatown. This interactive journey uses historical photos, interviews, and virtual recreations to bring the past to life at significant locations.
- Augmented reality experience
- Historical photos and interviews
- Virtual recreations
- Performative interpretation
- Site-specific locations
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“Watermarks of the Last Chinatown” is an interactive public memorial in the form of a site-specific augmented reality experience that speaks to the rich narrative landscape of Santa Cruz, California, through the lens of historical erasure with a focus on its last Chinatown. The work is a collaboration between Huy Truong, Susana Ruiz, and Karen Tei Yamashita. It includes interviews with community members, historical photographs, virtual recreations, and a performative interpretation of an original story by Yamashita. The work incorporates documentary, holographic film, and gameplay and is experienced on mobile devices at historically important sites in downtown Santa Cruz to render visible the lives, legacies, and labors of those who lived there.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Last Chinatown at 5.0 against 101.7 The Beach's 4.2. Last Chinatown also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 13 months). 101.7 The Beach's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Last Chinatown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 101.7 The Beach has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
101.7 The Beach ships an update every 13 months, Last Chinatown every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 101.7 The Beach | Last Chinatown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1.7 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephens Media Group | Susana Ruiz |
Customer experience
101.7 The Beach
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In-app purchases
101.7 The Beach
No in-app purchases
Last Chinatown
No in-app purchases
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