Comparison

Welove.radio vs Now Playing Relay

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

Head to head
About

Welove.radio

Discover and enjoy thousands of radio stations curated by enthusiasts, all for free. Save your favorites, share them with friends, and explore new music through random mode or genre-specific selections. Vote for your favorite tracks to influence playlists.

Highlights
  • Thousands of enthusiast-created radio stations
  • Add and manage favorite radios
  • Share radios with friends
  • Discover new radios via random mode
  • Browse by music genre
  • Follow most listened-to radios
  • Vote for favorite tracks
Features
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Launch the Welove.radio app and listen to thousands of radios created for you by enthusiasts, all for free. With this new version of the Welove.radio app: - Add your favorite radios - Share them with your friends - Discover new radios with the random mode - Find the music genre that suits you or simply follow the most listened to radios - Vote for your favorite tracks

About

Now Playing Relay

Features
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NowPlaying Relay is a full-featured Apple Music player that does something no other player does: it relays your currently-playing track data to any webhook endpoint in real time. PLAY YOUR MUSIC Browse your entire Apple Music library — playlists, albums, artists, and songs. Search the full Apple Music catalog. View time-synced lyrics as you listen. Manage your queue with play next, play later, and reorder. RELAY YOUR LISTENING Configure up to 5 webhook endpoints and NowPlaying Relay will send track metadata every time playback changes. Power Discord bots, streaming overlays, smart home displays, LED signs, or anything else that accepts an HTTP webhook. FULL CONTROL • Per-endpoint event filtering — choose which events trigger a relay (now playing, paused, resumed, skipped, loved, and more) • Flexible authentication — Bearer tokens, custom headers, or no auth • Automatic retry with exponential backoff on failures • Complete activity log with delivery status, response times, and error details • JSON payload preview so you know exactly what gets sent PRIVACY FIRST NowPlaying Relay has zero analytics, zero tracking, and zero accounts. No data is sent to us — ever. Webhook data goes directly from your device to your endpoints. Your music, your data, your rules. Requires an active Apple Music subscription.

Screenshots

Welove.radio4 screens
Now Playing Relay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Welove.radio at 13.4 against Now Playing Relay's 17.0. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Welove.radio versus Now Playing Relay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWelove.radioNow Playing Relay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (528 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings528 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRadioKingCaleb VanDerMaas

Bugs and requests

Welove.radio

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes when tapping on prayer
  • App crashes when going on certain categories
  • App closes automatically when clicking on genres > infos talk
  • App crashes when going into the electro category
  • App crashes when pressing the info button
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  • App crashes constantly
  • App crashes when choosing a genre
  • App crashes and no search feature
  • App crashes and closes itself
  • App closes when going into the electro category
  • App crashes when going on certain categories on iPhone 7 plus

Requested features

16 requests
  • Add Apple CarPlay support
  • Automatically reference radios on better directories
  • Add search functionality
  • Add favorites functionality
  • Add ability to administer hosted radio
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  • Improve sound balance between speakers
  • Improve sound balance for announcers
  • Add CarPlay support
  • Connect to Smart Speaker (Alexa)
  • Add search bar
  • Add favorites
  • Add search feature
  • Add ability to search for stations, songs, and artists
  • Add religion category
  • Add option to modify volume when modifying sequences
  • Option to modify volume when modifying sequences

Now Playing Relay

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Welove.radio

No in-app purchases

None

Now Playing Relay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Welove.radio free?
Welove.radio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Now Playing Relay free?
Now Playing Relay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Welove.radio or Now Playing Relay have ads?
Neither Welove.radio nor Now Playing Relay shows ads.

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