Radio Garden Live Reviews

by Sbajsksbabba

want to hear what’s on a station? Sit through a commercial. Oh...that station is awful. Let’s check another. Time to sit through another commercial! That station is offline, let’s check another! Time for a new commercial!

Needless to say you will have listened to thirty minutes of awful commercials before finding a station you like. Once you do find a station you like, the commercials are at a vastly different volume level than the radio stations due to poor loudness normalization quality control.

A good idea very very poorly executed. Another app designed to shove as many ads down people’s throats as possible.

by Face Like A Bowl Of Mud

Radio Garden is fantastic, a wonderful way to explore world radio. One thing it taught me right away is how profound the hold American pop has on the entire world—as another reviewer said, it’s almost unbelievable the number of stations everywhere playing ‘today’s’ crappy, throwaway English-language dance-ish pop, and then you have nearly as many doing “Hits from the 80s” etc. Depressing. But if you’re diligent you can find all kinds of ear-opening stuff.

Radio Garden needs:

1. Manual URL entry of new stations. It’s nice they have a ‘submit station’ form, but why not let me test the URL first—within RadioGardenLive —and why not give me immediate access to the feeds i want to listen to? RadioGardenLive could list manually-entered stations in the Favorites area. When you play a manually-entered station RadioGardenLive could display the station name in a special color and rotate the globe to some place out in the ocean—or just leave the globe as it is

2. Support for iPad screen sizes. Currently on iPad it runs as if it were on a phone, with that wide black border around RadioGardenLive .

3. Chinese and northern and central African stations. Where are they?

4. Tags/categories so stations can be grouped and selected for play by genre, language or whatever. We should likewise be able to order the station list in whatever order makes sense to the user.

by AEWillett

Brilliant idea, offering a window onto the world. And it generally works well — unless you want to stream to an AirPlay device. First, I’ve not found an obvious UI feature to send to AirPlay when you select a station — you either select AirPlay in a different audio app first, or you have to click the screen off and then off again, because the interface on the Lock Screen offers a way to select it. Second, once you do that, it still drops out frequently; and if you try streaming to two speakers at once, the sound stops entirely, though RadioGardenLive tells you it’s playing. Very, very frustrating. But if you don’t need AirPlay, this is a no-brainer.

by Rco (professor)

I really like RadioGardenLive. I would give it 5 stars, and probably pay for the ad-free version, but for one flaw. When switching between apps: when you return to Radio Garden Live, the geographic interface shifts. So, you lose the station you were listening to (does not happen every time?). Your ability to recover that station now depends on your memory. You can sort of deal with this by marking a favorite, but this limits exploration.
I am currently really enjoying a jazz station from Romania, here in the USA. I love the random element of exploration, which seems to have been the goal of the author.

by ZenArcher444

I was like a kid with a new shortwave radio, exploring for hours. The interface is so cool, and although many stations the world over play the same old boring music, there are real gems. Absolutely one on my favorite apps.

But the advertising really gets in the way. The ad screens are very difficult to close. It’s hard to be transported by music when you’re jabbing at an “X” trying to close the ad and explore further. I’d pay something fir an ad-free version, or at least make it easier to close the ad windows.

by Krankedup

I love RadioGardenLive! Hands down one of the coolest apps I’d say I’ve ever downloaded! You can listen to almost any station anywhere! You can also submit stations and get them on here and the process is pretty easy. Also mentions pop up ads but I haven’t seen any and I’ve had RadioGardenLive for about a year now if I start seeing a lot for some reason it’s $3-4 to remove them which I am certainly happy to get to help out radio garden definitely worth it! Thank you radio garden!

by Sudden123456789

I love RadioGardenLive, it’s probably my favorite app on my phone.

A great feature would be to see your recent stations!

Sometimes I’ll leave a station and won’t save it or I’ll jump away to quick just when it gets good and I won’t be able to find it again.

One other great feature would be to add some sort of way to add custom names to stations.

Ex. In the favorites tab be able to add custom tags or text, this would make it easier to identify what that station most often plays!

Would really appreciate this feature!

Dear developers, great job! I love RadioGardenLive! Please reach out to me, I would love to support RadioGardenLive and will eagerly tell friends and family about RadioGardenLive!

by Jorge Velasco503

I was born in 1972 and I never ever imagined having a device with almost all the radios of the world in my hand. Now when I look back in time, it is amazing how Radio Garden developed an amazing app.
I already traveled to a dozen of countries in 3 continents to date, and I can fly over the world with RadioGardenLive and listen to all radios as I desire. From San Salvador to Rio de la Plata, from Santo Domingo to New York, from Paris to Cameroon, from Russia to Chile, from Brazil to Iceland, the possibilities are almost endless.
I speak two languages and a third one is in progress of learning, RadioGardenLive helps me to listen to as many languages as they exist in the world.

I am writing this review listening a radio from Germany and I am in the US. Simplemente maravilloso!

Thank you, gracias, muito obrigado!

Peace! ✌🏼

by Zee Davis

I enjoy a large variety of music from all over the world. I usually have to do a lot of work to find different world genres, search the internet until I’ve found a few examples of what I want. But with RadioGardenLive, all the music I like is in one place, easily found, and the favorites menu allow me to save those radio stations that hit just right. So far I’ve collected stations from the UK, India, Japan, South America, Eastern Europe … and I’ve just scratched the surface!

RadioGardenLive is a must-have for travelers, students, music lovers, and anyone who is looking for a connection to the rest of the world. Five stars!

by Todd Collis

Simply put, this is the finest international radio app I have used. One moment, you are in India, the next moment you are in Iceland. It is an ethnomusicologist’s treasure trove (present day)! I cannot thank you enough for your hard work on this wonderful app! I discover the world with RadioGardenLive. I hope you will develop a separate app exactly the same but for shortwave frequencies, if that is possible. Again, congratulations and thank you for an app that shares the world!!! Warm Regards.

by Maisuzu

Radio Garden is my most favorite app to use for listening to radio stations. So far everything has been great except one thing, the song that is displayed as whats being played isn’t actually whats playing. It hasn't changed for at least a week or so now. Its just pretty annoying because id have to go to the station’s website to know what’s on but otherwise its great. Please fix this

by T_pain_666

The only app I’ve written a review for. I love RadioGardenLive on the desktop or on my phone. Pretty foolproof layout and great reception wherever I’m at. Few stations are inconsistent in playback but I find it depends on the time of day. I recommend RadioGardenLive to all my friends who are stuck in a rut with music discovery. A great way to reach out and feel like you’re somewhere else when you’re at home or at work!

by Seeker007

I found RadioGardenLive after I realized getting an actual shortwave radio was a losing proposition. Wow, I realized that using RadioGardenLive is a way better experience than anything I could do with a shortwave radio. The visual “spinning globe” interface is incredibly engaging. It’s surreal to just spin the globe, zoom in on an area, and start browsing local stations. I feel like all the world’s radio stations are at my fingertips. This is unreal. Thank you! Will upgrade to ad-free version right now.

by Adam Polcyn 51

It’s work on my service plan and I can listen to any country. it’s just as good as apple radio but this time you Liston to country. But I wish they keep it free forever. Because I think it is good as it is. Please don’t charge money. These people just want you to please don’t do it! 😣 and don’t hate on RadioGardenLive But do agree on were there are to many ads pop up I just close them. 😡 I wish they would remove them. But keep it up radio garden 😁 I really enjoying your app.

by AvgFloyd

As the title says, this is an excellent app. It works perfectly and is seriously littered with radio stations from around the WHOLE world. If you're looking to really broaden your horizons, looking to get a little taste of home or even reminiscing on past trips and adventures in distant places, RadioGardenLive while suit your needs.

I must also mention that I rarely, if ever, rate and review apps for the Apple Store- so RadioGardenLive really blew me away- not just now but also years ago. To the developers- you really put a lot of effort into this and it shows! Thank you!

by Syzygyprod

I use RadioGardenLive every day. Great if you’ve lived a lot of places and want to drop in to an old locale. Great if you’re traveling and want to stay in touch with whats going on at home. Great if you listen to specific genres (classical, jazz- some great jazz around the world). Great if you want to listen to other languages. The favorites feature is so useful. I like RadioGardenLive so much I paid to get rid of the ads just to support this company - the ads are some of the least intrusive I’ve seen on an app. Thanks Radio Garden.

by Dawson_1023

RadioGardenLive is truly wonderful for when you have nothing else to do and just want to take a music vacation from your local stations, or even hear radio stations from your home town or country when on a vacation! Some things that I would had to the experience that is arguably a lot of work would be like a clock for each station so we can see what time it is where the station is located, that way we can tell when type of music is being played (late night as opposed to morning tunes).

by Trxbkouydcvkkg

I love RadioGardenLive so much. Amazing way to feel a little more connected to the rest of the world. Love all the different public and community stations. Check out Chico CA and Kilkenny Ireland. Early 80s babies like me might like KBXR out of Missouri. I even listen to air traffic control sometimes. The other day I heard Monty Python bits on two different stations within an hour. A little faith in humanity restored.

Great interface but would be nice to see town names, state and country borders, etc on the map. Love that I can save favorite stations but would like to be able to scan through them. Thanks for a cool app!

by Maadhav Chand

I’ve only heard the radio in taxis, buses and at my relatives homes but those all don’t count as I don’t understand the languages being spoken so this is a cool app to find stations around the world broadcasting in a language you understand. This also is cool because it kind of helps me see(or hear) the differences between a radio and watching the news on my phone as I am not old enough to remember the radio being used.

2 ideas which I have seen and want to share are
•Random station button
•Country/Language guesser(like geo guesser) with other people

by HeWithNoNickname

Don’t tell them (shhhh!), but they should be *charging* for this amazing *free* app...I just spent a half hour (ok, an hour!) traveling around Europe’s radio stations (lots of American music out there!), and coincidentally learning which countries are where, which are next to/above/below each other, and so RadioGardenLive is not only loads of fun - it’s also *educational*! And whatever map service they’re using let’s you zoom in really closely, so my trip this evening ending we me exploring the Oxford area of England, with amazing overhead views of the various colleges...wish I’d gone there! Think I’ll visit Norway next...

by 1Ja4D1

I evangelized heavily for RadioGardenLive when I first got it, but in the last few months I’ve gotten an error message saying “Our servers are no longer responding “ every time I change the channel. Ithought updating would help but no dice. I deleted and downloaded again to see if that would help but now all o get is the same error message and I’ve lost all my favorites. It works fine on my iPad, but not my iPhone. Since my phone was the device I used it on the most this has soured me on RadioGardenLive altogether. Just writing this review on the hope it will get fixed.

by No Nickname Stupid Apple

It’s could be a great apps but a lot of malfunctions you cannot put anything on favorite because he doesn’t keep anything on favorite so every time that you open RadioGardenLive you need to start searching again And if you slightly touching the screen it’s immediately interrupting the music and searching for another “location station”I’m Given it two stars just because it can be a great app

by Iaroslavtsev

I loved RadioGardenLive when I used it the first few times but since then it hasn’t been working. I can launch RadioGardenLive and listen to a few radio stations near me but as soon as I move the cursor a bit the screen turns completely blue and I can’t do anything. I know at least one other person has written a review citing the same problem. Please fix this.

by ADS-suck1977

There is one thing I have learned from using RadioGardenLive, and that is people all over the world love cheesy dated techno music with autotune, no matter what language they speak. I was hoping to find some cool traditional music from each country but it seems that iHeartRadio has bought the entire radio world, oh well.

by Falconjet Driver

Great app however the bookmarks do not work on iPad or iPhone like a traditional bookmarking system works please fix this. Also when trying to contact the developer via iPhone or IPad the webpage is just a blue page.
If they fix these two problems I will give you 5 stars.

by @shashi

Only the All India radio stations are included there are FM stations that also can be included in the stations list like in bengaluru there are many FM stations that can be added

by Teresa1964

I got hooked on Radiogarden when it was launched in late 2016. It was so fascinating and fun to spin the globe and listen to local radio. I only wished there was an app I could put in my music folder. There were earlier ones that were very sub-par. This one is the best and as my title said, Radiogarden has evolved as well, with countless more stations and it tunes in so quickly now. Spread the word friends! I sure have. 😊

by Dj_Roba

Originally from Kenya and through RadioGardenLive i am able to keep in touch with my home country and other neighboring countries in East Africa. Technologically this is the best means of getting the latest and greatest news from the entire globe. Hands down to the developers.
Without RadioGardenLive, i would not have maintained the much needed contact with my home country. Very impressed with RadioGardenLive, i listen to my stations every freaking day. Night or day am always here streaming my favorite radio stations.
As a dj also, it helps me learn what other people from different cultures listen to. Browsing through various cities, countries and radio stations. It gives me an immense sense of pride that i can learn more from others. Hence expanding my knowledge in Music.
Big up Radio Garden. Long Live Radio Garden...
Peace👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿💯💯💯

by Thesis Hilarity

The map is fantastic, small list of favorites is essential. I can easily jump from some eureka station to some Yemen station. I discovered humboldt 101 with RadioGardenLive, and find it much less fuss to simply use RadioGardenLive rather than download RadioGardenLive for every station I find, with their ads and clunkiness and radio malware for the PC I don’t have time for.

by StewardH

Radio Garden offers a uniquely functional interface, which is combined with superb audio quality and an very wide selection of both AM and FM stations. The only suggestion for improvement would be the inclusion of stations from China. Highly recommended.

by Neanderthanmyarse

In the cesspool that is most of the internet, RadioGardenLive is a huge breath of fresh air. It enables you to scan the whole world and try different radio stations. It’s an incredible smorgasbord. Select your favorites but don’t get stuck there. Keep exploring, that’s the fun part!

by Mojo^

Why didn’t I discover RadioGardenLive a long time ago? It’s marvelous and you can listen to some very interesting local broadcasts in remote locations. I’m not sure why Vietnamese music is being played on a small radio station in Romania, but it’s cool that I can listen in.