CSN Radio vs RenewFM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CSN Radio
Listen to modern praise and worship music and solid biblical teachings from across the country. This app provides access to a Christian radio network, allowing you to tune in anywhere.
- Modern praise and worship music
- Solid biblical teaching
- Listen anywhere
- Christian radio network
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The Christian Satellite Network offers the latest in modern praise & worship and solid biblical teaching from around the country. Download the app to listen to the Christian Satellite Network anywhere!
RenewFM
This app broadcasts contemporary Christian music and simple, direct biblical teachings to New England. Its mission is to inspire hope and faith, encouraging the church and drawing those unfamiliar with Jesus to Him.
- Contemporary Christian music
- Simple biblical teachings
- Message of life and hope
- Encourages the church
- Attracts those seeking faith
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La visión de RenuevoAM es llevar un mensaje de vida y esperanza a Nueva Inglaterra. Usamos música cristiana contemporánea y una enseñanza bíblica simple y directa para promover esa visión. Es nuestra esperanza que la Iglesia sea alentada y desafiada a través de nuestra transmisión, y que aquellos que no conocen a Jesús sean atraídos a Él
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RenewFM at 100% against CSN Radio's 48%. RenewFM also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). CSN Radio's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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.
RenewFM holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 91 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of CSN Radio's written reviews are positive against 100% of RenewFM's.
CSN Radio ships an update every 5 months, RenewFM every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | CSN Radio | RenewFM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (91 ratings) | 4.9 (73 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 91 — better | 73 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls, Inc. | RenewFM |
Customer experience
CSN Radio
RenewFM
Bugs and requests
CSN Radio
Reported bugs
33 issues- App is frozen
- App doesn't load anymore
- Freezes up or unable to access at all
- Blank screen
- App mostly does not sync with car
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- App shuts off for no reason
- Volume adjustments don't work
- Constantly having to delete and reload the app
- Blank white screen
- Close the app and have to delete and reinstall it
- Syncing issues
- Will not play via car
- iTunes overrides
- Does not play more than a few seconds
- Doesn't seem to sync with watch or radio
- Have to close and reopen the app to get it to play
- Screen is not friendly for using on phone
- Stream stops all the time
- Live stream doesn't work
- Frozen
- App crashes
- App isn't so great
- Won't stream from LTE connection
- New update - Where are the programs?
- App does not work
- App pops open then closes
- Always crashes
- Crashes everytime I open it
- Doesn't work anymore
- All it does is crash
- App crashes
- Faulty new app, it does not work
- Crashes each time it's tapped
Requested features
2 requests- Fix the sleep timer locked at 23 hours
- Update the app to fix bugs and improve functionality
RenewFM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CSN Radio
No in-app purchases
RenewFM
No in-app purchases
