Comparison

Somewhere FM vs Air Drift

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

Head to head
About

Somewhere FM

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Somewhere FM is live radio from all over the world, on a globe you turn with your finger. Drag the Earth and stations fade in and out as you pass over them, like a dial crossing a continent. Rest somewhere and it settles on one voice. Turn with two fingers where a city holds several stations. Tap SOMEWHERE and you are carried to a place that is on air right now. THE HOUR, WHERE THEY ARE Every station shows the time on its own wall, the sun or the moon over it, and its weather. Somewhere FM talks a little too: witty by day, tender by night, never while you are listening hard. A PASSPORT Listen for a minute in a new country and it is stamped in your passport, in that country's own language. Stamped countries glow on the globe. Each month becomes a postcard with your radio personality on it, ready to send. TOGETHER, QUIETLY When someone else is hearing the same station, you will know: "Someone in Portugal is listening with you." Tap to send them a wave. No names, no chat, nothing to follow. FOLLOW THE HOUR, AND SLEEP Let the radio travel with the time of day on its own, or fade out as you fall asleep. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your passport and the places you keep stay on your phone. Stations are public streams from their broadcasters, credited by name and played as they are. Weather from MET Norway.

About

Air Drift

Discover and listen to over 58,000 live radio stations from 241 countries. Explore by country, genre, or mood, or drift to a random station worldwide. Save favorites and enjoy background playback with station details.

Highlights
  • 58,000+ live radio stations
  • Discover stations by country, genre, or mood
  • Random station 'Drift' feature
  • Background playback and lock screen controls
  • Save favorite stations
  • Search by station, genre, or country
Features
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Air Drift is live radio from anywhere on Earth: more than 58,000 stations in 241 countries, one tap away. DRIFT Press Drift and land on a random live station somewhere in the world, or drift by mood: jazz, chillout, classical, news, 80s, electronic, reggae, soul, folk or ambient. Every landing shows you where you are, what the station plays and what's on right now. BROWSE Popular stations, updated through the day. Around 160 genres grouped into families. Every country in the directory. Search by station, genre or country. YOURS Star the stations you love and find them again under Saved. What you played lately is on the first screen. Favourites, history and settings stay on your phone, with no account. LISTEN PROPERLY Plays in the background and on the lock screen, with the station's logo and the song that's on. Headphone and Control Center controls. A stereo panel with live meters on stations that allow it. Share any station with a link. EVERY STATION Many stations still stream over plain http, which a web page can't play. The app plays them all. Air Drift adds no adverts of its own. Stations are live broadcasts from their owners; some carry their own adverts. The station list comes from Radio Browser, a volunteer-run public directory, refreshed every day.

Screenshots

Somewhere FM4 screens
Air Drift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Air Drift at 5 against Somewhere FM's 1. Air Drift also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Somewhere FM versus Air Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSomewhere FMAir Drift
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB8 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperHabib SalehAaron Hughes

In-app purchases

None

Somewhere FM

No in-app purchases

None

Air Drift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Somewhere FM free?
Somewhere FM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Air Drift free?
Air Drift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Somewhere FM or Air Drift have ads?
Neither Somewhere FM nor Air Drift shows ads.

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