Alive FM vs The Bluegrass Express
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alive FM
Listen to Southern Gospel music from a home-owned and operated radio station. This app provides live streaming of WBBL-FM, programmed in-house from the Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS market.
- Live radio streaming
- Southern Gospel music
- In-house programming
- Local market broadcast
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Alive FM is WBBL -FM and plays Southern Gospel music. The station is home owned and operated and programmed in house. We are located in the Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS market approximately 90 miles from the Gulf Coast.
The Bluegrass Express
Listen to traditional Bluegrass music 24/7 from the only FCC licensed radio station dedicated to the genre. Enjoy continuous streams of your favorite tunes anytime, anywhere.
- 24/7 Bluegrass music
- FCC licensed radio station
- Traditional Bluegrass genre
- Continuous streaming
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KKLE 1550 AM – Home of the Bluegrass Express – the only FCC licensed radio station in the country offering traditional Bluegrass music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All aboard the Bluegrass Express!
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Verdict
Alive FM and The Bluegrass Express are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Alive FM against 5.0 for The Bluegrass Express. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Alive FM ships an update every 11 months, The Bluegrass Express every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alive FM | The Bluegrass Express |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blakeney Communications, Inc. | MyTown Media, Inc. |
Customer experience
Alive FM
The Bluegrass Express
In-app purchases
Alive FM
No in-app purchases
The Bluegrass Express
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Alive FM free?
Is The Bluegrass Express free?
Which has better reviews, Alive FM or The Bluegrass Express?
Do Alive FM or The Bluegrass Express have ads?
Which is updated more often, Alive FM or The Bluegrass Express?
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