Cap Times for iPhone vs WORT FM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cap Times for iPhone
An interactive local news app for the Madison, Wisconsin community and progressive political followers. It offers in-depth reporting on politics, government, education, and business, with continually updating analysis and opinion.
- Latest news, photos, analysis, and data
- Share stories via email and social media
- Save stories for offline viewing
- Search thousands of articles
- Interactive local news coverage
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Download the relaunched Cap Times for iPhone, with many new and updated features. Cap Times for iPhone is an interactive local news app produced for the Madison, Wisconsin community as well as progressive political followers everywhere. Designed exclusively for the iPhone™ and iPad™, this app is free to all users. Dedicated to progressive politics and in-depth reporting, the Cap Times covers topics including politics, government, education, business and more. The app provides continually updating access to local news, analysis and opinion. Features: • See the latest news, photos, analysis and data • Share stories with your friends via email, Twitter and other social channels • Save stories for offline viewing • Search through thousands of articles stored in our database
WORT FM
Listen to live news and music, pause and rewind the audio, and access on-demand content. Explore program schedules, share stories, and use the built-in alarm clock to wake up to your favorite station.
- Live audio streaming
- Pause and rewind live audio
- On-demand content access
- Program schedules
- Alarm clock
- Share stories and programs
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The WORT FM App: Our new mobile app allows you to listen to WORT FM News & Music, pause and rewind the live audio, and view the program schedules all at once! You can explore and listen to On Demand content whenever you want, share stories with your friends and wake up to WORT FM with the alarm clock! Live Streaming • 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 a comment you just missed! • Take WORT FM with you wherever you go — even while traveling! Just start the app wherever you are and your favorite station starts playing. • Integrated program schedules for news and music streams! • One click stream switching – flip over to the program you noticed on another stream with a single click. • Listen to WORT FM in the background while browsing the web or catching up on your emails! Archives and Podcasts • Access WORT FM program archives & podcasts easily and quickly. • DVR-like controls. Pause, rewind and fast forward your program with ease. Additional features • Record a voice memo for the station — let us know what's on your mind! • Easily share stories and programs with family and friends via the “Share” button. • A built in Sleep Timer and Alarm Clock allows you to go to sleep and wake up to your favorite station. The WORT FM App is brought to you by the people at WORT FM and Public Media Apps. We work to provide our valued listeners with great solutions to find what you want, when you want it, on whatever device you have! Please support WORT FM by becoming a listener sponsor today! https://www.wortfm.org http://www.publicmediaapps.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WORT FM at 100% against Cap Times for iPhone's 33%. WORT FM also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). 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.
WORT FM holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WORT FM has 79 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Cap Times for iPhone's written reviews are positive against 100% of WORT FM's.
Cap Times for iPhone ships an update every 16 months, WORT FM every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cap Times for iPhone | WORT FM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (79 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 79 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lee Enterprises | Back Porch Radio Broadcasting Inc |
Customer experience
Cap Times for iPhone
WORT FM
In-app purchases
Cap Times for iPhone
No in-app purchases
WORT FM
No in-app purchases
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