BBC Sounds - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads - Apple App Store

Description

Listen to the best of BBC audio with BBC Sounds. Stream and download your favourite BBC podcasts, radio stations and music all in one place.

Features include:
‐ Listen live to all BBC Radio stations
‐ Pause and rewind live radio as well as browse past and future station schedules
‐ Download or stream your podcasts, radio shows and music on the go
‐ Continue listening from where you left off on any device
‐ Autoplay multiple episodes of series or podcasts or all your downloads (optional)
‐ Subscribe to BBC podcasts, music mixes and shows
‐ See the latest episodes from your favourite programmes and podcasts in one handy list
‐ Get personalised recommendations to discover new audio you’ll love
‐ Send music tracks you like to Apple Music and Spotify
‐ Browse by speech and music categories
‐ Sleep Timer

When using the Apple CarPlay enabled version of the BBC Sounds app, it is your responsibility to always follow safe driving practices (i.e. don’t be distracted and focus on the road at all times). Comply with all relevant laws, traffic regulations and road signs.

To give you the best experience, this app tracks what you’ve listened to on BBC Sounds and how long you’ve listened to programmes for. It also tracks when you add something to Bookmarks or Subscriptions. By “Allow Personalisation”, you will get personalized recommendations. More information can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/account/about-your-personalisation-settings/.

The BBC uses cookies and similar technologies to understand how audiences interact with our services, content (such as podcasts and radio) and marketing messages. The categories of personal data processed by our data processors include the following:
• IP address to determine which UK city/region you are in, or which country/continent you are in if outside of the UK
• Activity data, such as time when you first used this app and programmes you listened to and interacted with
• Your device information, such as device type and OS version

For more information about how and why we use information about you, please visit the BBC Sounds App Privacy Notice. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/about-bbc-sounds-and-our-policies/sounds-app-privacy-notice

To read the BBC’s Privacy Policy go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy/

If you install this app you accept the BBC Terms of Use at http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms/

The app is published by BBC Media AT (BBC Media Applications Technologies Limited) which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).
Full details of BBC Media AT are available on the Companies House website at: http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/07100235 BBC © 2022

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking: http://www.bbc.co.uk/help/web/links/

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User Rating

4.85 out of 5

8,813 ratings in United States

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8,005

4 star

538

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120

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Ratings History

Reviews

Transcoding error

The current version on iOS of BBC Sounds transcodes the stream from 48kHz sampling to 44.1kHz sampling when playing to a wired USB external DAC. I suspect it is a software bug that blindly interprets the connection as AirPlay which defaults to 44.1kHz. I encourage BBC, known for stepping up to the highest sound quality, to preserve its streaming sampling when playing via wired USB.

Great content - no longer accessible via cellular data?

One of my favorite apps. But suddenly I can only access content via WiFi. Yes, access to cellular data is enabled. I have reinstalled the app, still a problem. This is obviously very inconvenient - please address this.

Excellent + Transformative

Wonderful to have access to Radio 3 wherever I go throughout the day!

Content is great but app isn’t

The material you can listen to is phenomenal, something for just about everyone. The app is miserable however. Adding items to the queue or listening list requires multiple clicks/taps. Playing the queue is a pain, seeing the queue is a pain, rearranging the queue is a pain. Subscribing to a show doesn’t automatically add items to the queue. When new episodes come out it doesn’t get added to the queue. But again, the content is great, so sad that the app is bad. If I was ranking the app itself, it would be 1 star.

Account required

I wish I could still use the app to listen to broadcasts without a BBC account

Many Podcasts unavailable outside USA

The Podcasts that are available to listen to within the United States are excellent! However, there is no filter allowing you to identify which Podcasts are not available. So, you simply have to make multiple attempts to listen to various programs in order to learn if you are permitted to hear the content. Quite frustrating!

BBC

Simply the best!

Dead Ringers

Great comedy about recent events.

Material

You could update your library more frequently. There must lots of choices in your archives.

COMMIT TO FREENESS!

To the BRAINDEAD executives at BBC Sounds who put a stop to FREENESS, YOU are clueless and need to get out of the media business all together! FREENESS is the only content on your site worth paying for! The rest is a waste of time, below mediocre at best!!!

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Category Rankings

Chart	Category	Rank
Top Free	United Kingdom Music	8
Top Free	Ireland Music	21
Top Free	New Zealand Music	41
Top Free	Hong Kong Music	51
Top Free	Finland Music	53

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