Appmuse

An audiophile quality HLS FLAC lossless and AAC player. Versatile. Also a useful tool for pros. No sign-in or account needed, no monthly fees, no busy screens with promotional junk. I like its clean look. This player can retrieve cover art using the station’s artist and title info, even if the station isn’t sending cover art data. Looks cool on the dashboard. I can drive around town and thanks to HLS, can listen to lossless or AAC encoded streams without dropouts using this player on my iPhone with CarPlay. Tip: For best quality, connect with a cable to avoid additional Bluetooth lossy compression. I also like that you can find a stream’s bitrate and other tech info on the player’s “Geek Info” page. Now, here’s a more technical part of my review from my perspective as a broadcast engineer. The StreamS HiFi Radio player is from the same company that makes the excellent standards-based streaming encoders that my stations use, so they definitely get the player right. It supports xHE-AAC, which delivers surprising quality at low bitrates. When using cellular, the player conserves data usage by selecting the lowest available bitrate, and when on WiFi picks the highest rate for best quality. A feature, not a bug. (Most HLS streams have different bitrate streams available for the same program.) Of course, if you select a lossless stream, it plays lossless, even if using cellular. And if you want to always play a particular high bitrate stream, you can custom-enter the URL of the desired bitrate HLS variant, and save it to Favorites, as I have done for our dozens of variants. Sure, you will have to know this info, but some broadcasters publish it on their websites, or you could ask them. In addition to providing high quality entertainment that is beyond broadcast quality, it’s a reference-quality player. It’s an accurate and useful tool for me, since it can show technical details of the streams. I purchased it personally (for me, it’s worth many times its price), and I was not compensated for this review. Show more

If you know anything about streaming you know this is the only app needed for audio streaming.

I’ve own this app for over 10 years. It’s one of the best. It’s my goto music app for live radio. Great audio quality and very reliable. It works really well with CarPlay and Siri, the best so far. Show more

I like the updated version of this app. Lower loading times easier to access the map and it seems to support all the native codecs in the Apple OS. The main screen has a faster load time and larger icons. Good value for the money. Five stars. Show more

This version just got better. I love listening to my favorite stream: Soma.fm GrooveSalad in lossless audio codec. This is amazing CD quality. These are so many stations but I mostly stick to my usual. Show more

Someone recently turned me onto this app and I am immediately found the radio station audio coming out of my iPhone to be superb. It was almost like it had turned into a supercharged stereo. The station list of radio stations from around the globe is impressive. The nice thing, they all work! My two favorites are Big 8 Radio and LG73. Show more

Audio does not load on T-Mobile cellular connections. Loads fine on WiFi. I have to start the audio on home WiFi when leaving the house, and switch to cellular. It will not load on its own over cellular. Show more

Huge thanks to Greg O. And his brilliant team! Had a strange issue on my stream and they quickly figured out the issue. I provided the updated info and they got it fixed in minutes! All of this in a Sunday evening! So great! Show more

I could understand preferring to use other codecs other than MP3, but to not decode an MP3, when it is frequently used by streaming sources, makes this program expensive garbage. It should be stated VERY clearly that the program is likely useless to many users because of the lack of MP3 support. Show more

This latest update allows me to listen to my favorite station in HQ audio, even those that require a login, like MartiniInTheMorning.com Thanks

Pleasantly surprised how fast the support was and how friendly the rep was. The app so far does what I need it to do, though the real test will be tomorrow and I’ll update after my test with CarPlay. If all goes well, this app will be the best radio app I have gotten. Show more

Won't open with IOS 9.3.5, please fix!

This app works reasonably well with CarPlay support, which was what I was hoping for. Overall, I'm not sure it was worth the $5 price tag but willing to stick with it for now. There are a couple things that are bringing my rating of the app down: 1) No ability to select stream bitrate. This is mitigated by the ability to add your own stream addresses (bizarrely, this is done via the share panel). 2) Short buffer time with no (obvious) way to adjust. I live in an area with generally excellent and fast cell service but there are a couple spots on my commute where I lose LTE signal for a few seconds. Since I use this exclusively for streaming in the car (hence the requirement for CarPlay support because I don't want to fiddle with my phone while driving) having a buffer of more than a couple seconds is very desirable. Show more

Please add support for Chromecast Audio to stream to my AV receiver as you are far better than TuneIn Radio except in this area.

There is a better codec in this player than most others. The sound quality it reproduces is superior because of that codec. It's amazing what the correct codec (audio decoder) will do. There is a way to manually add stations, but it's pretty odd. The average iPhone user probably won't figure it out, even if they know the specific stream address. I'd try to make it easier to enter info as the listed stations are pretty thin. Show more

This has been my most used radio aps, while traveling. Advantages: 1) dims but does not let the phone sleep 2) high quality audio 3) tenaciously hangs on to signals without a lot of buffering. Show more

It's not worth your time. It won't even play songs all ready on your iPhone. Plus, the same add over and over every time you put on a different station. Stations aren't in groups by genre. You have to scroll through tons of stations by station id. Prolly never use it again. Show more

If you want to throw your money away on a handful of stations you don't even like Buy this app! Not worth 4 dollars a huge ripoff! No ambient category. What's the point if high quality if its music you don't like or ever listen to! Show more

Don't waste your money on this. It offers very few stations and streams at very low bit rates. Hugely disappointing.

I bought the app because of the Appradio support and it works fine, but it needs more stations and easier ways to search and find more stations. This includes more stream formats. I would especially like to see more dubstep, jazz and edm stations. Show more