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Best Clock Radio & Podcast app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 7808 ratings )
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Developer: Mark Linthicum
35.99 USD
Current version: 8.9.1, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 12 Apr 2012
App size: 221.18 Mb

“Your app is outstanding - by far the best radio alarm clock app available!”
- David Riviello

“By far the most usable clock radio available anywhere”
- Jay Adams

New in version 8, program a Podcast to a radio button.

Press and hold the radio button to bring up the radio sources, Select a Podcast and scroll through the top 100 or use the search bar to search for your favorite podcast. After saving to the radio button, play the podcast and touch the info bar below the radio buttons to bring up the episode list, here you can select the play order and mark podcasts as played or unplayed so they can be skipped or played again. Use the arrows on the top to set the order in which the episodes are played.

Available episodes are represented by little ticks on the radio button, 5 ticks mean there are 5 or more available episodes. 3 ticks mean there are 3 available episodes.

For the alarm to work properly you must allow notifications to be sent from the app,

For Radio to be used as an alarm Best Clock Radio must be open, closing the app will cause a backup alarm to sound.

AutoDim feature dims the screen automatically at night so it is not too bright and brightens it up again in the morning.

9 programmable radio buttons (8 on the iPad) to store your favorite Radio Stations, Music Library Playlists or Soothing Sound.

See our website for demo videos
www.BeautifulClockRadio.com

Radio stations from all over the world, US, UK, Australia, Dutch, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Switzerland, Germany, Ireland, Canada, Spain, South Africa, Germany, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine.

5 Alarms allow you to program 5 different alarm times and sounds, With this feature you can trigger the radio to turn on when your favorite show starts.

Radio, touch and hold a radio button to program it to your favorite Playlist, Soothing sound, or internet streaming radio station. There are over 40,000 stations available, or you add your own URL. It takes mere seconds to program a button and you can continue to listen to your music in the background when the app is closed.

The weather shows the current weather forecast, swipe to the left and you get a 6-day forecast. swipe again to contact support. Swipe to the right and turn the weather display off.

Best Clock Radio is stable and reliable and very easy to use.

Best Clock Radio features:
• Powerful podcast player
• Plays any radio station in the world!
• 5 easy to set alarms
• One-touch radio
• Weather Current Temp, High, Low, & 5 Day forecast
• AutoDim
• Support link in the Weather Panel
• Very easy to use, stable and reliable
• Wake up to radio, music or one of the 32 included alarm sounds
• AutoSleep button turns the radio off after a set time
• Select from 12-hour and 24-hour mode
• 9 programmable buttons for internet streaming radio station (8 programmable buttons iPad)
• Thousands of Shoutcast, U.S., and World Radio stations.
• Soothing sounds to help you sleep.
• URL option Allows you to program a streaming radio URL to a button
•Contact support for any questions or help

Pros and cons of Best Clock Radio & Podcast app for iPhone and iPad

Best Clock Radio & Podcast app good for

Cant say Ive tried every clock radio app, but I have been using this one for several years on a dedicated iPad. Very reliable on WiFi and if internet goes out it defaults to its built in sound. Shoutcast Radio station choices from around the world including sports and local CBS and NPR stations. Also several different wake up times can be set and turned on and off. Only down sides, some stations dont work and I have tired it on my iPhone while in hotels on LTE but it doesnt seem to play radio stations when the alarm goes off while on LTE. Also needs an obvious sleep button. I think it might have one but I havent figured it out. Something like after a certain time stay on for x amount of time, but this doesnt seem to be a sleep button since it seems to work as sleep if you pick a night time hour, but if it is set in the morning it determines how much longer the radio stays on after it reaches the time to turn off automatically(two hours), so I guess it might be a sleep button but it appears to be for a set time every night and for those who dont go to bed the same time every night it is problematic. This is a "very good" app (4.5 stars), and would be a perfect five statrs if: 1. A sleep button set to last for a certain amount of time that can be turned on (or off) anytime 2. Radio stations that work over LTE as well as WiFi 3. No radio stations that dont work
This is a great app, easy to add the station, just press & hold the radio button,alarms wake me to my radio station.
Looks modern & so easy to use. There are 9 buttons to program my favorite stations & my library! Very fast support.
Ive searched for some time looking for a bedside alarm app that wakes me to my local radio station (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) so I can hear the local news and traffic before I start my day. This app is easy to use and has worked flawlessly since I purchased it. The developer also responded quickly to my request to add my local station as it wasnt in the default list of stations. They got back to me in less than 12 hours and I was listening to local radio the next morning. Fantastic app and good support.
Best app in its category. Glitch: Often when turning my iPad 2 or iPhone 5S back on, one or two of my preset radio stations have changed. Annoying.
This app works flawlessly. Intuitive, uncluttered and and attractive. Covers all the options one would want. Highly recommended.

Some bad moments

Great design, but...functionally, the shoutcast stations work only haphazardly. I could live with that as I dont listen to the radio all that much - minus only 1 star. But crucially, the alarm stopped working after a couple of weeks. No idea why. No change in my routine. It simply stopped sounding the alarm. Minus 3 stars for that. I was late for work twice. Cant have that. Would love to see this design work. Sadly, it doesnt.
If you set the alarm for 2 minutes from now to test it, it works. If you set it 8 hours from now (even if you leave the screen on) it isnt going to go off in the morning. Really bad app.
This app is good for listening to radio stations but the alarm feature is intermittent at best. Sometimes it goes off but more often than not, it doesnt. Certainly not reliable if you have to get up at a particular time.
Take a hint from Tune in radio. They have all the functionality with alarms etc. Just make this app worth the cash. It is pretty though! I have to give it that. Pretty but needs more brains!
Tried numerous times to set up the alarm to come on to radio streams or playlists on my phone, but NEVER worked once. Even with the app open all night, nothing. Not much of an alarm. Hope I can get my money back.
The app prior to this update worked great, but now the slider bars for brightness and volume do not work. Please fix the non-functional sliders now!

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