Comparison

StrimiX Radio vs StreamClient

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

Head to head
About

StrimiX Radio

A free, ad-free radio player offering a fast and intuitive listening experience. Easily add and organize favorite stations, customize the interface, and enjoy features like a sleep timer and lock screen controls. It prioritizes user privacy with no registration or tracking.

Highlights
  • Customizable interface
  • Add and organize favorite stations
  • Sleep timer
  • Lock screen media controls
  • AirPlay support
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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StrimiX is a simple and customizable radio player, designed to deliver a smooth, fast and intuitive listening experience. The app lets you easily add and organize your favorite stations, manage their details and personalize the interface to match your style. Search is manual, allowing you to enter the name of the station you want — giving you complete freedom and flexibility over your library. When available, logos, images and stream-related information are displayed automatically. StrimiX includes many useful features to enhance your listening experience: • stable and instant playback • sleep timer • media controls on Lock Screen • AirPlay • light and dark mode • customizable themes and color schemes The app requires no registration, uses no tracking systems, and collects no personally identifiable data. Optional and fully anonymous technical telemetry is used solely to improve performance and can be disabled at any time. StrimiX is free and designed to be lightweight, responsive and enjoyable to use. A simple, modern radio player built to adapt to anyone who wants to listen to their stations instantly and without complications.

About

StreamClient

Features
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Interactive grid with timeline, day navigation, and program details. Tap any program to view details or schedule a recording. Live programs show real-time progress. Filter channels by name or group. Browse channels and start streaming with a single tap. Channels are searchable and support server-defined groups and profiles. View completed, in-progress, and scheduled recordings. Resume playback from where you left off. Schedule or cancel recordings from anywhere in the app. Define keywords to automatically discover programs across the entire EPG. Matching shows are listed with live/upcoming status and one-tap recording. Great for tracking sports teams, shows, or any subject. Day and week views of your topic matches laid out on a visual timeline. Color-coded by keyword for quick scanning. Tap any block to view details or record. Full-text search across all program titles, subtitles, and descriptions. Results link directly to program details and recording controls. Hardware-accelerated playback powered by MPV with Metal rendering. Automatic sport icon recognition for 40+ sports from program metadata. Covers team sports, individual sports, motorsports, combat sports, winter sports, and water sports. Stream Status — Live monitoring of active proxy streams and viewer counts M3U Account Health — Connection status indicators for your stream sources * StreamClient does not provide any content itself; it only displays content exposed by your Dispatcharr server.

Screenshots

StrimiX Radio4 screens
StreamClient3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StrimiX Radio at fortnightly against StreamClient's monthly. StrimiX Radio also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). StreamClient's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StrimiX Radio ships an update fortnightly, StreamClient monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
StrimiX Radio versus StreamClient: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrimiX RadioStreamClient
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALECU POPAConsultation Massawippi

In-app purchases

None

StrimiX Radio

No in-app purchases

None

StreamClient

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StrimiX Radio free?
StrimiX Radio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StreamClient free?
StreamClient is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StrimiX Radio or StreamClient have ads?
Neither StrimiX Radio nor StreamClient shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StrimiX Radio or StreamClient?
StrimiX Radio ships an update fortnightly, and StreamClient monthly. Most recently, StrimiX Radio was updated on October 18, 2026 and StreamClient on October 25, 2026.

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