Q98 vs Party 98.3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Q98
Listen to Today's Best Variety and local information, including Bob & Sheri in the Morning weekdays. Enjoy your favorite music and stay updated with community news.
- Bob & Sheri in the Morning
- Today's Best Variety music
- Local information
- Live radio streaming
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Q98 features Bob & Sheri in the Morning, Monday through Saturday 6a-10a, plus Today's Best Variety and local information.
Party 98.3
Listen to today's hit music station and connect with artists and songs you love. Control your listening experience by turning the live stream on or off, and interact with your favorite on-air personalities.
- Listen to live music stream
- Connect with artists and songs
- Interact with on-air personalities
- Control live stream on/off
- Discover today's hits
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The Party 98.3 app is today’s hit station! Hear and connect with the artists and songs that you love. With the new Party 98.3 app, you can connect with us like never before. Just download and open your Party 98.3 app to listen to your favorite shows and connect with your favorite on air personalities. You decide when you want to listen, and when you want to browse by turning the live stream on or off within the app. Get what you want off the radio with the Party 98.3 app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Party 98.3 at 11 against Q98's 1. Q98's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Q98 against 5.0 for Party 98.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Party 98.3 has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Q98 ships an update every 4 months, Party 98.3 every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Q98 | Party 98.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cumulus Media | Beasley Broadcast Group |
Customer experience
Q98
Party 98.3
In-app purchases
Q98
No in-app purchases
Party 98.3
No in-app purchases
