Radio Catskill vs XKCD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Radio Catskill
Listen to a live audio stream from a public radio station serving The Catskills and Northeast Pennsylvania. Access on-demand podcasts and stay updated on station news and events. Features a diverse mix of national and locally produced content.
- Live audio stream
- On-demand podcasts
- Station news and events
- Eclectic mix of programming
- Community-focused content
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Radio Catskill App: The Radio Catskill App allows you to listen to the 90.5 FM Radio Catskill live stream, pause and rewind the live audio, view the program schedule, and wake up to Radio Catskill with the alarm clock! App Features • DVR-like controls (pause, rewind, and fast forward). You can pause the live stream to have a conversation and pick up right where you left off! Or rewind to catch something you just missed! • Listen to the live stream from Radio Catskill even while traveling! • Integrated program schedule for the Radio Catskill stream! • Listen to Radio Catskill in the background while browsing the web or catching up on your emails! • Send the station a voice mail or video message via the Talk to Us feature! • Listen to Radio Catskill podcasts and archived content! • Access Facebook, Instagram, and other Radio Catskill resources! The Radio Catskill App is brought to you by the great people at Educational Radio of Catskill and Public Media Apps. We work to provide our valued listeners with great mobile solutions. https://wjffradio.org/ http://www.publicmediaapps.com
XKCD
Access and read a popular Q&A blog offline. Get notified of new posts and enjoy articles on a larger screen. Remove ads with an in-app purchase.
- Offline reading mode
- Push notifications for new posts
- iPad version support
- In-app purchase to remove ads
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This app is for offline reading of the wonderful Q&A blog by Randall Munroe. Features include: * Offline Reading Mode * Push notifications for new posts * iPad Version, enjoy the articles on the big screen * In-App purchase, no more ads if you don't want them
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Radio Catskill at none against XKCD's 4. Radio Catskill also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3). XKCD's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). 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. XKCD sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Radio Catskill asks for nothing beyond the download.
Radio Catskill holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 22 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Radio Catskill's written reviews are positive against 76% of XKCD's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Radio Catskill ships an update every 2 months, XKCD monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Radio Catskill | XKCD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (14 ratings) — better | 4.3 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 75.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | WJFF Radio Catskill | Dimitry Grekov |
Customer experience
Radio Catskill
XKCD
Bugs and requests
Radio Catskill
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
XKCD
Reported bugs
24 issues- Data does not load
- Text won't scroll
- Too many glitches
- Footnotes with non-ASCII text, footnotes with footnotes, and footnotes with math formatting are broken
- Links inside footnotes don't work right
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- Image alt-text is often truncated
- Footnotes are out of order
- Links are broken
- Missing half a paragraph and an image in at least one article
- App is consistently unusable with iOS 9
- Scrolling is broken, unresponsive at times
- App freezes
- Buttons are disabled during loading
- App doesn't update
- Lack of numbering makes finding place difficult
- Numbers like '3 x 10^12' show up as 'I'
- Reference text bleeds into normal text
- Chronological order of articles not apparent
- Images in articles do not show up
- Formulas do not display
- Formulas are not fixed on older devices
- Text is unnecessarily spaced apart
- New What If? articles are un-openable
- App asks to be reviewed too often
Requested features
13 requests- Update app more frequently
- Add 'weird and worrying questions from the what if inbox'
- Add date of publication to articles
- Improve formatting on tablets
- Fix issues with footnotes
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- Fix issues with math formatting
- Fix image alt-text truncation
- Fix missing paragraphs and images in articles
- Add a refresh option for content
- Improve chronological order of articles
- Add clear column separators
- Add visual hints about article ordering
- Remove ads or offer a paid ad-free version
In-app purchases
Radio Catskill
No in-app purchases
XKCD
- Bronze Level$0.99
- Silver Level$4.99
- Gold Level$9.99
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- Platinum Level$19.99
