ApolloFM vs K
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ApolloFM
Access live radio stations from around the globe with this worldwide radio tuner. Discover music, talk, and local voices by selecting a city, country, or genre. Enjoy an uncluttered listening experience focused solely on live broadcasts.
- Worldwide live radio tuner
- Browse by city, country, or genre
- Tens of thousands of live stations
- No algorithm or fake discovery
- Background playback (Pro)
- Full-quality streams (Pro)
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Live radio does not wait for you. A morning show in Seoul is already an hour in. The match call in Madrid started without you. The late-night jazz block in New Orleans does not know you exist yet. ApolloFM is how you show up anyway - one tap and you are in the room. WHAT IT IS: ApolloFM is a worldwide radio tuner for iPhone. Pick a city, a country, or a genre. Start listening in seconds. No algorithm. No fake discovery. Just stations that are on the air right now, from everywhere. WHAT YOU CAN HEAR: Tens of thousands of live stations - jazz, electronic, Afrobeats, talk, classical, hip-hop, college radio, local voices, and everything broadcasting in between. If a station streams online, ApolloFM can take you there. WHAT IT IS NOT: Not a podcast app. Not a portal that does fifteen things adequately. ApolloFM does one job and does it well: find live radio, play it, stay out of the way. APOLLOFM PRO: For listeners who make radio a daily habit, Pro removes the friction. • Every station in the catalog, no artificial caps • Unlimited saves, favorites one tap away • Background playback while your screen is off • Full-quality streams where the broadcaster offers them • No ApolloFM-placed ads (stations run their own spots - that is live radio, that is normal) Start with a free trial, then $4.99 a month. Cancel anytime in Settings. WHY RADIO: Streaming services guess at what you already like and play it back to you. Live radio tells you what a city or a scene actually cares about today. ApolloFM is for listeners who want that surprise - not another queue built from your own history. LEGAL: Terms of Use: https://zukict.github.io/ApolloFM/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://zukict.github.io/ApolloFM/privacy.html
K
An AI-powered internet radio station that broadcasts 24/7 with a unique retro-future DJ. Listeners can influence the playlist by upvoting or downvoting tracks and even send in song requests or dedications.
- AI-generated music curation
- Listener playlist voting
- Live listener chat
- Song requests and dedications
- Multiple themed shows
- Royalty-free independent music
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KBOT.fm is a 24/7 AI-powered internet radio station. Every track, every intro, every "weather of the mind" quip is generated and curated on the fly by K-BOT — a warm-but-glitchy retro-future DJ that never stops broadcasting. THE STATION KBOT.fm runs themed shows on a rotating 24-hour loop: • Late Night Circuit — slow signals for the after-hours crowd • Morning Boot Sequence — powering you up, byte by byte • Daydream FM — lo-fi loops for soft-focus hours • Afternoon Drive — open-road rock for the long commute • Prime Time Pulse — peak-hour electricity for the radio brain • Signal Fade — jazz and experiments before the long night • Happy Hour — Keep the drinks chilled • Weekend Hang — Grill's on, sun's out, volume up • The Spoken Word - If I don't know it, I'll find it for you • Latido - Indies del mundo hispano — antes de que las descubras EVERY LISTENER, SAME MOMENT A server-side clock owns the broadcast timeline. When you tune in, you hear exactly what every other listener is hearing — no two streams, no personal playlists. It's a real radio station, just with an AI behind the desk. VOTE THE PLAYLIST Upvote or downvote any track as it plays. Your taste influences future rotations: loved tracks come back more often, downvoted ones fade out. The DJ's selections evolve with the audience. THE REQUEST LINE Send K-BOT.fm a song name, a mood, or a dedication. The AI may shout you out in the next intro between tracks. LIVE LISTENER CHAT Talk to other listeners in real time while the station plays. UNDER THE HOOD • Music — royalty-free tracks from Jamendo, Audius, Internet Archive all from independent artists under Creative Commons. If you hear something you love, follow the artist directly. • Curation — an AI model picks each next song and writes a short intro, weighted by listener votes. • Voice — K-BOT.fm's intros are synthesized by ElevenLabs and stitched into the broadcast. • Sync — the player auto-refreshes at every track boundary so transitions stay tight. No ads. No accounts required to listen. Just an always-on AI radio station in your pocket. Tune in at KBOT.fm on the web as well.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: K at 5.0 against ApolloFM's 4.0. K also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (5 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. ApolloFM sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. K asks for nothing beyond the download.
K holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | ApolloFM | K |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tarik Zukic | Joe Takai |
Customer experience
ApolloFM
K
In-app purchases
ApolloFM
- ApolloFM Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Month
K
No in-app purchases









