ABC Radio

Used to be so goo. Upgrades have made it totally unworkable. So frustrating. All I want to do is listen to a station of my choice. No option to do so. Get the option to close the app so many times it is unbelievable. It used to be so easy. A hopeless user interface that is so unintuitive and restrictive. E for Effort on this one I am afraid. Please stop advertising the app and falsely claiming how good it is. Back to Tune in Radio.

When it works, this app is fine. But frequently it gets stuck on the opening 'splash' screen for minutes at a time, sometimes not opening at all. Frustrating! Also very poor handling of flaky connections; dropouts are to be expected while commuting, but i often have to close and reopen the ago to pick up the live stream again.

Was my fave. Now probs with no longer auto downloading 'my programs', and, as others have mentioned, no longer turning on when opening. Both despite settings being adjusted. Sorry to whinge re free service but did seem to go off a bit recently? Least of probs given the attack on jobs there at ABC.. That's really crap. Best of luck to those affected...

I would give this zero stars if I could. This app does not work at all. It is frozen on the welcome screen. I cannot access anything. I can't actually remember when it last worked. More than 6 months ago. I emailed ABC ages ago but no response/changes so I'm uninstalling.

Updating previous review: Love the abc, particularly RN, but the apps a dud! Until the developers let me find, download and play shows efficiently, intuitively, I'll continue to use other podcast apps to listen to my favorite RN programs. Come on developers, get your act together. Check out, eg Podcast Republic. Option to sort saved podcasts by show would be helpful (current sort according to date of download is pretty useless); 2. ability to order/arrange "My Podcasts" icons according to personal preference; 3. Capacity to search saved podcasts by subject; 4."Car mode" for safe operation when driving (see Podcast Addict); 5.Playlists; 6. Buttons to allow advance and rewind by specified time interval, eg 15 sec to skip promos or relisten to a missed point.

Disappointed in bitrates! Sounds like digital radio (DAB). Why the drive to ever lower bitrates and declining audio quality... It sounds tinny on the high frequencies... Bring back high bitrates and HD audio quality as an option at least! At least if not more than 128kbits AAC. Ideally 320Kbits MP3 or AAC.

Why some people never appreciate with things and always try to complain on things They think giving the low star that turn them out to be cool person.. Thanks ABC , you guys doing very well..

After months of poor reliability this app has now stopped opening at all. I've noticed some others have this problem. And this is on a brand new phone so I can't imagine it's my system's fault. Very disappointing.

Why is 774 live grandstand unavailable on weekends. The default is Sydney grandstand. I want AFL not rugby league. The app seems to only offer grandstand podcasts from the previous day. Is this some sort of Sydney-centric thing. Very frustrating.

Interesting to read other reviews. I thought all the difficulties were due to my phone/reception etc. I too find the content excellent but I miss dropped programs due to funding cuts plus app drops out and 'my programs' downloads intermittently. Still love it.

This could be so much better. It has some great podcasts but app has major problem with the Listen Later area. Too often I go to listen to these offline only to find they have been wiped. I now have set app to not delete after listening. Also programs just disappear from my favourite list at random. Needs a reworking.

I follow RN app and I like the fact that I can listen to an interesting issue and find out something more. Some matter are not discussed too much in other medias. However for certain matters such as sustainability, I'd like to receive more debates, depeer into the focus.

Nine times out of ten it crashes. I just want it to work but it's too frustrating. I listen to 3rrr and 3pbs or use tune in app if I want abc. COALition are trying their best to ruin our ABC on all fronts. Feckers

Doesn't always download a podcast for 'listen to later', and if it doesn't download it gets stuck saying its waiting but never does start the download. The only solution is to reinstall, but it may do it again. Frustrating! Otherwise, the programs are very good, and I am always sharing them with friends or family.

I loved this ap, but recently it wont open and back button wont close it! it does drop out periodically but starts up automatically, probably because of Wifi. Listened in Singapore on holidays and at home listen to Red on 774 getting ready for work & often out in the garden. Used to start straight away, press ap and the radio starts playing as soon as loaded, then an update meant you had to wait for it to load, then press play! Got worse, sorry! :(

This has to be the worst app on my phone. Connects about 20 per cent of the time I try. When it does connect, connections last for no more than 20 minutes. No other radio app is this bad.

Difficult to find program pods and no delete button to clear out those listened to. They are supposed to delete 24 hours after but on my phone they don't. Also doesn't auto download my selected programs. Suggest ABC had a look at BBC app for improvements.

Would be great if it worked. Never downloads any of my programs. Complete garbage :-( Also desperately needs to improve the interface which has no playlist function and is cluttered with material already heard. "My Programs" and "Listen Later" seem to duplicate each other somewhat. Also tends to shut down at random too often :-/

Works any where in world with excellent content. The content is just so good and relevant if you like to be educated, if you love knowledge, presented in such an interesting way. Though this version is a little less stable than previous versions, but still love it

All I want from this app is to look at the Program Guide for yesterday. BZZZT sorry, you can't do that. It's done this for ages, recent update did not fix it, and I've sent plenty of bug reports after the crashes. Update 2017 and still a useless app. Can't even look up what's broadcasting right now. Disappointing - uninstalled

One of the best radio apps. It has lots of very good podcasts. Very easy to use. The sleep timer and alarm is what I like the most. I've been using it for more than a year and never experienced any problems.

Like others have said, it's a great app... when it works. Constantly stuck on splash screen and multiple reattempts at closing and opening the app produces the same result. When you have to resort to the website to listen to your favourite abc station, it becomes a joke.

I love this app. I use it to listen live to radio and music when I'm traveling and esp to hear podcasts off line of discussions and shows. I'm a keen RN fan. Recently, the app has periodically frozen when opening and failed to work, hopefully this will be fixed.

Same as othets have found, there sre days when all that comes up is the opening screen, and gets stuck there. No radio for me when that occurs. I'm in a capital city, and with 10-12 km of the CBD. I'm with telstra, so coveragw shouls not be an issue, as indeed I have full reception. This issue of freezing and the issue of the constant buffering happens happens in several locations, all with the same radius of the city. The app has improved since the issues that plagued the app the first time downloaded it a couple of years ago (and out of frustration uninstalled a year ago) but there are clearly bugs. I just use the radio now, as I don't want the disappointment and frustration of past experiences to re-emerge. But if the radio is going to go on the blink, I'll give it away as another bad joke. Are these funding issues?

Clunky & sticky on Android. Requires a good quality internet connection or app hangs readily & won't self correct. Don't accidentally or intentionally interrupt a function or it hangs & stubbornly resists reset. Poor intuitive user interface. Woeful search function.

Why can't I find how to ask questions & give feedback from within the app despite following the instructions? 2) why can't I find a way to create a list of my favourite stations for quick access? 3) why doesn't Start Playing When App Opens work? 4) track info for Classic 2 is way out of date, stuck on Sibelius! TuneIn Radio app gets the track right though, so the info is in the stream, just the ABC app gets it wrong!

No longer starts playing when opened, despite setting turned on. No cast support. Often hangs when changing from Wifi to 3G and back. Trying TuneIn Radio for a while instead.

Cant even stream sydney local abc... clumsy.... cluttered....n pointless for me... i dont care to replay old programs... but hear live radio for emergancy updates.... SES volunteer... im back to TuneIn... n abc... back to drawing board... ive removed it

I have this app installed on my HTC mobile and works like a charm but on my Lenovo tablet (Android 6.0) it just gets stuck on the opening page. I would like to be able to access it on both. I initially installed the app on my tablet late last year soon after purchasing the tablet añd it didn't work as per above so I resigned myself to just having it on my phone. This makes life difficult as I am now using my phone more for work purposes

For me it appears as though all episodes are dated today (2pm, 3.05pm etc.) even though they are from previous weeks. Is this a known bug? Once that is fixed, I have no complaints :)

The media player is a bit clunky and you can't go back to the podcast you were listening to unless you find it in the podcast lists. Over all the sound quality is 7/10 and the ABC stores podcasts for a while, so there is always something to listen too. The app could use a bit more development, but it's functional. Content very good.

Could you please give us the option to decide where podcasts get saved to. I have an sd card and I'd like to use it rather than fill up the phone's memory.Thank you

I love my ABC radio. but the new version is terrible... on samsung 7 at least... only limited options in all aspects and areas. please put old app version back and give us the option of choosing between the two. Z

Has fantastic content but is very glitchy. I've used this app for about 2yrs and love the podcasts and live radio. But have had constant issues with it freezing or stopping. I've had to reinstall on multiple occasions. I persevere with it because of the 5 star content.

When it works it's great. But I experience lots of connection issues and the app fails when the phone screen turns off and often when other apps are in use. Makes for pretty frustrating listening.

This app has stopped opening altogether! What's wrong with it? I can use an old version on an old phone but not the new version on the new phone.

Great when it works. But once it freezes up you have to restart the app. Very frustrating when listening to talk shows, music is ok but missing dialouge ruins a show.

Working beautifully. Not sure if just haven't found it, but couldn't find a clip within the app that had been posted on the website. (Specifically a Jon faine interview.)

Love the content but frustrated by slow loading (up to 30 seconds) and regular drop-outs despite being in a good coverage area. Like others, not sure why all the programs are shown as being from the current date and the same time?! Definitely room for improvement.

The content is amazing, the app is ok, I had to turn-off most of the auto downloads, my phone was full of podcasts I was most likely never going to get too. It's hard to search thru a lot of the am and pm generic shows too, but overall still decent, heaps of great content, and favourites.. Maybe also good if listened too content dropped to the. Bottom or something.. Or older content dropped.. Both rly...