Mellow FM vs OneListen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mellow FM
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Mellow FM is a radio app that automatically plays music suited to your current moment. Time of day, activity, weather, season — the app reads multiple contexts to deliver the perfect soundtrack. Crisp jazz for your morning commute, ambient for late-night work, chill for a rainy afternoon. No need to pick a song or search. Just press play, and music that fits the moment starts flowing. [Context-Aware Selection] Combines time of day, motion detection (walking, running, driving), weather, and season to select the perfect tracks from the Apple Music catalog in real time. [Gets Smarter Over Time] Every skip or full listen teaches the app your preferences. Over time, music gets closer to what you love in the same time and situation. [Simple Gesture Controls] • Tap the logo — Play / Stop • Tap the artwork — Pause / Resume • Swipe left — Skip • Swipe up — Request a song • Swipe down — Settings panel [Song Request] Craving a specific track? Swipe up to open the request panel, search by artist or title, and add it to the queue. [Sleep Timer] Set a timer from 5 to 120 minutes using the slider. Music fades out automatically when you're ready to sleep. [Weather-Based Music (Optional)] Enable "Weather-Based Music" in settings to match your local weather conditions. [Now Playing Support] Control playback from the Lock Screen and Control Center. CarPlay supported. • Requires an active Apple Music subscription for music streaming. • Location access is only requested when Weather-Based Music is enabled. • All personal data stays on your device. Mellow FM is ad-free and tracking-free. A quiet radio that focuses entirely on your music experience.
OneListen
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OneListen brings together online radio stations and your personal local music library in one seamless listening experience. Discover over 50,000 radio stations from around the world, explore music by genre and country, or play your own audio files with a beautiful retro-inspired player designed for everyday listening. Features: • 50,000+ online radio stations • Local music playback: MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC and more. • Unified listening experience • Beautiful themes and backgrounds • CarPlay support • Live song metadata • YouTube song search • Sleep timer, EQ • Favorites and custom lists • Clean and distraction-free design Whether you’re streaming live radio, rediscovering your own music collection, or relaxing late at night with ambient stations, OneListen keeps everything in one place — simple, elegant and focused on listening.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mellow FM at none against OneListen's 1. Mellow FM also leads on ads (none vs shown). OneListen's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price and update cadence 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. OneListen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mellow FM asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mellow FM ships an update every 2 months, OneListen every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mellow FM | OneListen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yoshiyuki Koyama | Dragos Pora |
In-app purchases
Mellow FM
No in-app purchases
OneListen
- Remove Ads$2.99









