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title: "3AW - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in Australia | Apple App Store"
description: "Download the new 3AW radio app on your phone to listen to Melbourne’s favourite talk back station.  Listen to your favourite presenters, live sports commentary, latest news, and interact with the 3AW "
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# 3AW — Australia

![3AW App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/94/8f/4b/948f4b3e-8f15-aecf-b492-fd9d58a75748/3AWAppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-11-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Macquarie Media](https://apptail.io/developer/macquarie-media-bKXAIb) (Australia)
**Category:** News
**Rating:** 4.2/5 (9,276 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** au.com.fairfaxradio.3aw
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** Australia
**Version:** 25.15.2 (released 2026-05-29)
**Original Release:** 2011-09-30
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/au/app/app/id443063438)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/3aw-gldc/australia](https://apptail.io/app/3aw-gldc/australia)

## 3AW Description
Download the new 3AW radio app on your phone to listen to Melbourne’s favourite talk back station.

Listen to your favourite presenters, live sports commentary, latest news, and interact with the 3AW presenters, all from the convenience of a single app.

You can now also find 3AW on Apple Watch and CarPlay and enjoy live streaming, on-demand content, news clips, and traffic updates wherever you are.

Apple Watch: Open the 3AW app on your Watch to start streaming live radio directly from your wrist.

CarPlay: Connect your iPhone to your car’s system and access 3AW in the CarPlay menu for uninterrupted live listening and on-demand content while on the road.

Stay connected to 3AW anytime, anywhere!

## 3AW Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/cc/17/03/cc170318-67af-24f1-1ffc-e1ea6fc9cbd0/3AW_Live.png/368x448.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/69/56/66/69566682-8f39-faf0-faad-73580533a21a/3AW_Home.png/368x448.png)

## 3AW Rating Breakdown in Australia
- 5 stars: 5,553 (60%)
- 4 stars: 1,861 (20%)
- 3 stars: 643 (7%)
- 2 stars: 463 (5%)
- 1 stars: 756 (8%)

## 3AW Reviews in Australia

### *---- "The App is rubbish"
The App continually crashes. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling.
Rebooting my phone etc. 
This is on my iPhone 16 pro max. Super annoying.
-- BCSfromSydney, 2024-12-22

### *---- "Shocker!"
Used to be good. 

They now force you to listen to adverts before the app plays the radio station. 

Furthermore, if you dare press pause or lose internet access for a millisecond, they’ll force you to listen to the adverts again. 

This is pure greed and does not consider the user experience for a moment.
-- Gza222, 2024-11-08

### **--- "New app, same old annoyance"
The new app was better than the old, for a while. Now we’re back to getting the frustrating and annoying lead in ad when we first open the app or come back from some other audio source. Our devices are multipurpose and your app fails to recognise this. You expect us to login so you can track our listening yet treat us worse than listening via other sources. Get rid of it.
-- Bretho68, 2024-11-05

### *---- "Ads, ads and ads"
Stop it!!
Get rid of the ads on app start up. 
Why is this even necessary?
…and I will keep posting this until it is resolved. 
Also…feedback for the app is ALWAYS ignored.
-- C Namo, 2024-09-20

### *---- "Too Many Dropouts"
Most annoying app. Continually drops out even though the internet connection is excellent. The app needs to be updated.
-- peter_os1, 2024-09-15

### ****- "Email contact"
Can you please do something about your email submission form ? Every time I try to submit an email, it kicks me out. It is soooo flunky. I am in IT and there is no way I would have passed this in testing. Please fix this, then maybe 5 stars.
-- mmo.123, 2024-09-10

### **--- "Damn ads !!!!"
I use the 3AW app in my van for work. I now have to listen to the ads from the app before I get to listen to the radio, then listen for more ads. This is so annoying as I get to miss out the news when I want to, I am now not going to listen to 3AW this is so annoying always listening to the same ad every time I jump in my vehicle. Stop being so greedy and get rid of the ads before you lose more listeners.
-- I-Xions, 2024-09-06

### *---- "Average at best"
App continually asks for login everyday, slow to start and you have to put up with ads before you get to the programs to hear more ads. Taking p155 out of the public
-- Shawblues, 2024-09-06

### ***** "Great!"
Great app, I’ve always liked using it! Would really like a feature that allows the app to start playing live radio as a wake up alarm. That would be great!
-- Bee_Gee_93, 2024-09-05

### *---- "Excruciating"
The adverts interrupt the news, interviews, just start up at random times. Not just at startup of the app, several times it will interrupt the program mid sentence and play adverts. Excruciating.
-- garyyack, 2024-09-04

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## 3AW Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | Australia | News | #21 |

## 3AW Discovered Keywords
- channel 9 news
- nine app
- sen 1116 radio
- melbourne radio
- 3aw
- three d radio

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