RA Guide vs Worldwide FM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RA Guide
Discover the world's best dancefloors and electronic music events, personalized to your tastes and location. Find your favorite artists, buy tickets instantly, and never miss a gig.
- Personalized event discovery
- Find DJs and electronic music events
- Buy tickets instantly
- Listings in 120+ countries
- Follow favorite artists and clubs
- Add artists from music library
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The world has thousands of good dancefloors. RA Guide helps you discover the great ones. Entirely personalised to your tastes and location, the RA Guide helps you find the world's best parties. The app ensures you never miss a show from your favourite artist and allows you to buy tickets in seconds with Apple Pay. RA Guide: The ultimate guide to DJs, clubs and events. - Personalised events discovery based on your favourite artists - Find the best DJs and electronic music events near you - Buy tickets to 1000s of selected events and download to Apple Wallet - Pay with Apple Pay, PayPal or debit/credit card - Listings in 120+ countries - Log in with your Apple Account or your RA account - Add your favourite DJs and artists from your iTunes and Apple Music library - Follow your favourite DJs, artists and clubs to get custom listings - Never miss a gig from your favourite artists
Worldwide FM
Discover global music and underground culture through live and on-demand radio shows. Curate your listening experience by following hosts, saving favorite shows, and building a personalized schedule. Explore diverse genres and connect with a worldwide community of music lovers.
- Live radio broadcast
- Archive and playback of past shows
- User profiles for personalization
- Follow hosts and save shows
- Customized listening schedule
- Search and browse by genre/host
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Worldwide FM: Global Music Radio (Live & On-Demand) Worldwide FM brings you music, underground culture and community from around the world – broadcast live and available to explore anytime. Discover new sounds, listen back to archive shows, follow your favourite hosts and build your personalised listening experience. Founded by DJ and broadcaster Gilles Peterson in 2016, Worldwide FM is a community-driven platform celebrating diverse music cultures. Our curators, presenters and selectors share stories and sounds from every corner of the globe – all now accessible in the Worldwide FM app. Whether you're tuning in for emerging artists, underground sounds or trusted selectors, the app keeps you connected to the music you love and creates space for continuous music discovery. Stream the Worldwide FM live broadcast, explore past episodes and discover new music across a wide range of genres. Create a user profile to personalise your experience: follow hosts, select preferred genres, save shows for later, and build a customised listening schedule. Search and browse tools help you find radio shows, mixes and music by genre, host, or series. Features - Live Radio: Listen to Worldwide FM’s live broadcast stream anytime. - Archive & Playback: Browse and play past shows from the full Worldwide FM archive. - User Profiles: Create a profile to tailor your radio experience. - Favourites: Follow hosts, save shows, and mark preferred genres. - Custom Schedule: Build a personalised listening schedule from upcoming and saved shows. - Search & Browse: Discover shows by host, genre, or series.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RA Guide at 52% against Worldwide FM's 0%. RA Guide also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (8.2K vs 2). Worldwide FM's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, 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.
RA Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RA Guide has 8.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of RA Guide's written reviews are positive against 0% of Worldwide FM's.
RA Guide ships an update every 11 days, Worldwide FM fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RA Guide | Worldwide FM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8.2K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #117 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resident Advisor | Worldwide FM |
Customer experience
RA Guide
Worldwide FM
Bugs and requests
RA Guide
Reported bugs
5 issues- App Crashes
- Ticket Resale Issues
- Payment Integration Problems
- Verification Failures
- Inconsistent Functionality
Requested features
6 requests- Add Genre and Event Type Filters
- Save Recent Searches
- Allow Typing in Locations
- Integrate with Apple Wallet
- Add Artist Links and Sounds
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- Include News and Articles
Worldwide FM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RA Guide
No in-app purchases
Worldwide FM
No in-app purchases
