iHeartRadio delivers live streams of radio stations from across the country. The name iHeartRadio gives a major hint as to what you'll find in this app: a lot of radio. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2018. Requires a subscription to skip songs or listen to songs on demand. For a bit more a month, Pandora Premium offers all of those features, plus the ability to search for and listen to any song, make playlists, and listen offline. A paid Pandora Plus membership removes ads, lets you listen to four stations offline, removes all limits on skips and replays, and offers higher-quality audio. However, you have to listen to ads, and it limits the number of times you can skip a song in an hour. The free version of Pandora lets you create stations.
With a gigantic database of music tastes and relationships powering it, Pandora is a terrific tool for discovering new music. Refine the stations by giving a thumbs up or thumbs down to each song, or add new artists or songs to a station.
It uses a radio-style approach, where you enter a song or artist, and it creates a station of music you'll like based on that choice. Pandora is one of the most downloaded free music apps on the App Store because it's simple and works well. Need a subscription to remove ads or add more skips.
