Comparison

EasyRadio vs Boppa

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

Head to head
About

EasyRadio

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Hear the world. Know the song. EasyRadio is a native radio player for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No ads. No account. A tiny memory footprint. The music keeps going when you leave the app, close the window, or get in the car. NEW IN 2.1 • More than 50,000 stations, kept on your device • Cascading filters — country, region, city, genre, language, and quality • A country limiter, so Add Station shows only the places you care about • Mix with Other Apps, for quiet listening beside something else • Instant search across the whole library NOW PLAYING The song title, the artist, and the bitrate, live from the stream. A bass speaker answers the music. YOUR STATIONS Save favorites, group them in your own tabs, and put them in the order you want. Add any stream by URL. iCloud keeps the same list on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. EVERYWHERE • iPhone and iPad, with background audio • Mac, from the menu bar — close the window, the sound stays • CarPlay, for the drive • English, Français, Deutsch, and Español PRIVATE BY DESIGN No tracking. No analytics. The network is used only to play radio and to refresh the station library. Built entirely in Swift. Ultra-lightweight, on every device. ---

About

Boppa

This app transforms any website into a native audio player, offering control over your music sources. It supports background playback, lock screen controls, and queue management, with an open-source approach and no advertisements.

Highlights
  • Native audio playback from websites
  • Lock screen and Control Center integration
  • Background audio playback
  • Queue management
  • Customizable media sources
  • Open source, no ads
Features
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Turn anything you can stream into a native audio player. Boppa is a free to use music player that puts you in control of where your music comes from. Instead of a fixed catalog, Boppa uses media sources, small shareable packages that teach the app how to search, browse, and play music from a given media source. Add a media source package and Boppa turns it into a real native player, with lock screen controls, background playback, and a proper queue. Boppa comes with several media source packages built in, including Internet Archive whose catalog is powered by a free, public API. You can start browsing and streaming right away. Want more? Add sources shared by the community, or build your own with Boppa's open documentation. Features: - Native playback experience for any supported site, with lock screen and Control Center controls - Search, browse artists, and explore full discographies - Save tracks and albums to your library, with likes and playlists - Background audio and queue management - Add and manage media sources right from Settings - Fully open source, no ads, no hidden catalog Boppa doesn't host or sell any music. Every source you use is one you chose to add. Built for people who want their music player to work the way they do.

Screenshots

EasyRadio3 screens
Boppa4 screens

Verdict

The call

EasyRadio and Boppa are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
EasyRadio versus Boppa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasyRadioBoppa
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTattooedGeek TechnologiesAnton Bezruchkin

In-app purchases

None

EasyRadio

No in-app purchases

None

Boppa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EasyRadio free?
EasyRadio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boppa free?
Boppa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EasyRadio or Boppa have ads?
Neither EasyRadio nor Boppa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EasyRadio or Boppa?
EasyRadio ships an update every 3 months, and Boppa every 3 months. Most recently, EasyRadio was updated on October 31, 2026 and Boppa on October 31, 2026.

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