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TuneIn Review

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Should I use TuneIn?

Free internet radio: live news, sports, music, audiobooks, and podcasts from 100,000+ AM/FM stations. - tunein.com

· 1 week ago

Take the free tier if you want live radio, news, and sports in one app. It is genuinely usable at $0. Skip premium if your job is on-demand music; Spotify or YouTube Music fit that better.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 11 public sources; mostly official and marketing pages plus one independent review.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security postureNo security disclosures found

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Premium~$8/mo (2015 rate; varies by country)

Best for

  • Live AM/FM radio fans
  • News and talk radio listeners
  • Sports play-by-play followers
  • Free background listening

Not for

  • On-demand music listeners wanting song-level control, use Spotify or YouTube Music
  • Ad-haters unwilling to pay, free tier interrupts
  • Audiobook-heavy readers. Audible's catalog runs deeper
  • Podcast-first listeners, dedicated podcast apps do this better

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Premium price varies by country and is only shown in-app, check before subscribing

medium

Most pricing references online are from 2015; current rates can differ

medium

No public security page found, making data practices hard to vet

low

Audiobooks are the premium upsell hook; expect heavy promotion toward subscription

Pros and cons

Pros

  • 100,000+ live AM/FM stations from 197+ countries
  • Free tier covers radio, news, sports, music, and podcasts
  • Premium audiobooks: 100,000+ titles, no monthly limits
  • Live play-by-play: NFL, NHL, college football, Premier League
  • Available on web, iOS, and Android

Cons

  • Premium subscription required for audiobooks and exclusive content
  • Premium price varies by country; not published on marketing site
  • Widely cited $8/mo premium price dates to 2015; current rate unclear
  • returned no security page

Sources & method

- 11 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x4review x3security x1news x3

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 11

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Core product free and usable
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Web plus iOS and Android apps
  • Feature depth: 4/5. 100k stations, podcasts, audiobooks, live sports
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture. No security disclosures found
  • 100,000+ Live stations AM/FM from 197+ countries
  • Yes Free tier Radio, news, sports, podcasts
  • ~$8/mo Premium price 2015 launch rate; varies by country today
  • 100,000+ titles Audiobooks Premium, no monthly limits

Pricing

Free

$0

  • 100,000+ AM/FM stations
  • Live news, sports, podcasts

Premium

~$8/mo (2015 rate; varies by country)

  • 100,000+ audiobook titles, no monthly limits
  • Exclusive live sports and content

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Independent coverage is thin, but reviewers frame TuneIn as an unusually broad live-radio aggregator that works like 'radio on steroids'.

“TuneIn is a free music streaming website that's like a radio on steroids.”
Lifewire review
“You can find any radio station that's broadcasting an artist that you want to listen to, in addition to local radio stations, sports stations, news stations”
Lifewire review
Full analysis

Based on 11 public sources; mostly official and marketing pages plus one independent review.

Free live radio done right. 100k stations, news, sports. Pay only for audiobooks; on-demand music fans need Spotify.

Methodology

Based on 11 public sources; mostly official and marketing pages plus one independent review.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. TuneIn Review - Lifewirelifewire.com
    review
  2. TuneIn Radio: Features, Alternatives & Analysisappmus.com
    review
  3. TuneIn homepagetunein.com
    official
  4. TuneIn Radio on Google Playplay.google.com
    official
  5. TuneIn Radio on the App Storeapps.apple.com
    official
  6. TuneIn Premium launch (2015)insideradio.com
    news
  7. TuneIn - CB Insightscbinsights.com
    news
  8. TuneIn - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
    news
  9. TuneIn audiobooks pagestage.tunein.com
    official
  10. TuneIn security pagetunein.com
    security
  11. TuneIn for Android - AppBrainappbrain.com
    review

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