The Offline App vs WJTN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Offline App
Access live TV, radio, weather, and maps without an internet connection. Requires a local server setup for full functionality, enabling a unique offline experience.
- Live TV streaming
- Live digital radio streams
- Real-time weather data and forecasts
- Offline maps with plane signals
- Altitude and barometric pressure readings
- Live weather radar
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***Full functionality requires The Offline Server hosted on your local network. To download for macOS, visit https://djrtechnologies.net/app/theofflineserver*** When your internet goes out or you're off grid, you may think of the experience as going back to the dinosaur age. The Offline App flips this on its head, bringing alien technology to provide a live connection to the world without internet, using data available out of thin air. It feels like magic, but it's really just physics. With The Offline App, you can: Watch live TV streams Listen to, and record, live digital radio streams Discover current temperature, wind speed, and humidity conditions, along with a multi-day weather forecast for your region Discover your current altitude, barometric pressure, and water boiling point Utilize an offline map with overlays of: Live plane signals from the airspace around you A live weather radar ...all without internet. Requirements: The Offline Server software is required for -Offline map functionality -Digital radio and weather radar functionality -Weather data dump1090 server software is required for: -Displaying planes At least 1 HDHomeRun device is required for: -Watching live TV streams and displaying guide data* *An HDHomeRun FLEX 4K DEV upgrade is required for ATSC 3.0 guide data at the moment Recommended but not necessary: -An OpenSpeedTest server for HTTP latency and speed tests For more information, visit https://djrtechnologies.net/app/theofflineapp
WJTN
Listen to local news, talk, and lite rock from Jamestown on the go. See what song is playing, view playlist history, and set song alerts. Interact with the team and receive notifications.
- Live local news, talk, and music streaming
- View currently playing song
- Access playlist history
- Set song alerts
- Interact with the WJTN team
- Receive notifications
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Take WJTN with you and listen to Jamestown's local news, talk and lite rock, no matter where you are. • See what song is currently playing • View playlist history and learn more about each song • Set song alerts • Interact with the WJTN team • Stay in the know with notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WJTN at 4.0 against The Offline App's 2.8. WJTN also leads on iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). The Offline App's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
WJTN holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Offline App has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Offline App ships an update weekly, WJTN every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Offline App | WJTN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (6 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | djr Technologies, LLC | Lilly Broadcasting |
Customer experience
The Offline App
WJTN
In-app purchases
The Offline App
No in-app purchases
WJTN
No in-app purchases
