“I have been using this app for years. was great in the beginning but is totally unusable for me now. WAY too many ads, constant pop up. when the ads pop up it makes the stream stop, then I have to open the phone hit play again. Don't know…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 675 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
Simple Radio: Live AM FM Radio
Streema, Inc.📻 Simple Radio by Streema is the easiest way to tune in to your favorite FM…
4.7 ★941,460 ratings
50M+Downloads
12+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
📻 Simple Radio by Streema is the easiest way to tune in to your favorite FM radio, AM radio & online radio stations. You can access music, news & live sports radio in seconds with our free radio app.
🎧 With over 90,000 stations, you can tune in to the ones you’ve learned to love, or sit back and discover new gems from around the world. Simple Radio combines the benefits of online radio with the simplicity of the radio tuners of yore.
📱 It's really easy to find any global radio station. Search by genre to discover new music e.g. pop radio, rock radio or by category to unearth new stations e.g. news radio, live sports radio. You can also search by country, state or city.
🎙 Listen to your favorite free FM & AM stations including: NPR Radio, BBC Radio, MRN, 77 WABC, La Mega 97.9, KNBR & WNYC.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 6.1.9 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 6.1.9, updated 2026-10-03.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 6.1.9, scanned 2026-09-20.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
None requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
3–9 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 8 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, Fyber / Digital Turbine Exchange, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Ad Manager) and 4 more
Positive evidence 2
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
States a price, or offers a one-time purchase
The app's own text offers a one-time or lifetime purchase, or reviewers report that the price is stated clearly.
What we saw: Offers a one-time or lifetime purchase: "One time purchase"
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 25 distinct reviewers (3.7% of 675 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“This app is now bordering on criminal, it hijacks your phone whilst you are using it. You can't use your phone until the ad stops 10-12 seconds.”
“can't listen to any radio without full ad popping up”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 6.1.9.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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