Busan e vs Joy Chinese
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Busan e
This app provides live English radio broadcasts from Busan, offering local living tips, cultural information, and news. It also features Chinese and Vietnamese language services, making it a resource for visitors, expatriates, and locals looking to improve their English.
- Live radio broadcasts
- Local living tips
- Cultural information
- News and weather
- Chinese language service
- Vietnamese language service
- English learning opportunities
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Busan e-FM is the first local English radio station established by the City of Busan in order to provide useful living tips and information about local culture to visitors from overseas and expatriates living in the Busan area as well as to help Busan citizens to improve their English ability by expanding opportunities to listen to radio broadcasts in English. Since it launched its English radio service via 90.5MHz on February 27th 2009, Busan e-FM Radio has provided not only useful but also entertaining programs covering current affairs, news, entertainment, music, culture and information. Busan e-FM has also been providing its listeners with the Chinese language service since October 28th 2013 as well as the Vietnamese language service since May 29th, 2016. Busan e-FM's smartphone application will enable you to listen to live broadcasts in real time in the palm of your hand so that you can access a wide range of information including news, weather forecasts, and AODs.
Joy Chinese
This app offers a rich collection of Chinese sermons and praise songs for Chinese speakers worldwide. Access a variety of gospel content conveniently through your mobile device.
- Chinese sermons
- Chinese praise songs
- Gospel content
- Mobile listening
- Designed for Chinese speakers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Joy Chinese at 100% against Busan e's 50%. Joy Chinese also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Busan e's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Joy Chinese holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Busan e's written reviews are positive against 100% of Joy Chinese's.
Busan e ships an update every 3 weeks, Joy Chinese every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Busan e | Joy Chinese |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | (재)부산영어방송재단 | Zroad Korea |
Customer experience
Busan e
Joy Chinese
In-app purchases
Busan e
No in-app purchases
Joy Chinese
No in-app purchases
