WAER vs KBBF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WAER
Listen to three live audio streams from WAER Syracuse Public Media, including news, jazz, and alternative rock. Access program schedules and connect to the station's website and social media feeds.
- Live audio streaming
- News and information stream
- 24-hour jazz channel
- 24-hour alternative rock channel
- Program schedule viewing
- Website and social media links
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The WAER Syracuse Public Media app allows you to listen to WAER’s three audio streams including the main channel’s news and information stream featuring NPR, PRI and APM programming, 24 hour HD2 jazz channel, and 24 hour HD3 Alternative rock channel. You can also view the program schedule, easily connect to waer.org, and get our social media feeds.
KBBF
This app offers live radio streaming with DVR-like controls, allowing you to pause, rewind, and fast forward the audio. It also provides a program schedule and a real-time texting system to interact with DJs.
- Live audio streaming
- DVR-like controls (pause, rewind, fast forward)
- Program schedule integration
- Background listening
- Real-time DJ texting system
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The KBBF App allows you to pause and rewind the live audio, view the program schedule, and wake up to KBBF with the alarm clock! App Features • DVR-like controls (pause, rewind, and fast forward). You can pause the live stream to have a conversation and pick up right where you left off! Or rewind to catch something you just missed! • Listen to the live stream from KBBF even while traveling! • Integrated program schedule for KBBF! • Listen to KBBF in the background while browsing the web or catching up on your emails! • A one-of-a-kind texting system allows listeners to text message DJs in real time • Un sistema de mensajes de texto único que permite al radioescucha enviar mensajes de texto a los DJ en vivo The KBBF App is brought to you by the great people at Bilingual Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. and Public Media Apps. We work to provide our valued listeners with great mobile solutions. https://www.kbbf.org/ http://www.publicmediaapps.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: KBBF at 5.0 against WAER's 4.3. KBBF also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 18 months). WAER's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
KBBF holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
WAER ships an update every 18 months, KBBF every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WAER | KBBF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Syracuse University | Bilingual Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. |
Customer experience
WAER
KBBF
In-app purchases
WAER
No in-app purchases
KBBF
No in-app purchases
