LocusCast vs StreamHype
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LocusCast
Stream high-quality audio live from your device to a global sound map. This app uses GPS to pinpoint your stream's location and offers persistent connections for uninterrupted broadcasting. It's designed for musicians and sound artists to contribute to a collaborative audio project.
- Live audio streaming
- GPS location tagging
- High quality mono/stereo stream
- Ogg encoding
- Persistent stream connection
- Syncs with SoundMap account
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LocusCast is a mobile audio streaming app for the Locustream SoundMap project : http://locusonus.org/soundmap/. This app for IOS allows you to stream easily a mono or stereo oggvorbis stream to the locustream soundmap from your iPhone and/or your iPad device. It will automatically locates your stream on the map using GPS. List of Features : - Synchronised with your locustream soundmap account - High quality mono/stereo stream - Ogg encoding - Persistent location using GPS - Persistent stream connection (auto reconnect mode) - Works with wifi or 3G networks Continued use of audio recording and GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
StreamHype
Monitor your web radio's real-time performance. Track listener counts, average listening time, bitrate, and server status for Shoutcast streams. Essential for web radio hosts to gauge audience engagement.
- Real-time listener statistics
- Unique listener tracking
- Average listening time
- Bitrate monitoring
- Server status checks
- Shoutcast 1.x and 2.x support
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Monitor your web radio hype real-time! StreamHype is ultimate tool for Web Streaming Radios. Especially for those who have Shoutcast. Just fill your Streaming Radio Account and check in real-time, useful statistics as Current Listeners, Unique Listeners, Average Time , Bitrate , Server Status and many more. It is only for Shoutcast and supports 1.x and 2.x versions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: StreamHype at 3 against LocusCast's 1. LocusCast's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13). 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 LocusCast against 5.0 for StreamHype. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
LocusCast ships an update every 17 months, StreamHype every 23 months. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.
| Parameter | LocusCast | StreamHype |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | stephane cousot | Konstantinos Anagnostakis |
Customer experience
LocusCast
StreamHype
In-app purchases
LocusCast
No in-app purchases
StreamHype
No in-app purchases
