--- title: "idobi – Free Alternative Radio - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: "Free Alternative Radio, Artist Interviews, & Podcasts Stream free alternative radio with live stations, exclusive shows, and artist-hosted podcasts — completely free, no subscription required. idobi" --- # idobi – Free Alternative Radio — United States > New alternative, rock, & indie ![Idobi App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/2b/e6/b9/2be6b9fa-5a49-fb94-ab6a-8b0ca4df5879/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png) **Developer:** [idobi Network](https://apptail.io/developer/idobi-network-xkEe) **Category:** Music **Rating:** 4.7/5 (202 ratings) **Price:** Free **Bundle ID:** com.idobi.idobiApp **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 7.0 (released 2026-05-15) **Original Release:** 2011-04-15 **Languages:** English **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id431066119) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/idobi-free-alternative-radio-Epke/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/idobi-free-alternative-radio-Epke/united-states) ## Idobi Description Free Alternative Radio, Artist Interviews, & Podcasts Stream free alternative radio with live stations, exclusive shows, and artist-hosted podcasts — completely free, no subscription required. idobi brings you free alternative radio with live stations, artist interviews, and original shows + podcasts hosted by musicians like Simple Plan and Sum 41, giving fans access to the bands and alternative music shaping the scene. No subscription. No paywalls. No hidden fees. Just free alternative radio and new alternative music, anywhere you go. Listen to free alternative radio featuring the best new alternative music, metal, indie, emo, pop-punk, and more, with live alternative radio stations — only on the idobi App. FREE GIVEAWAYS, PRIZES, & FAN EXPERIENCES • Win tickets to things like Warped Tour, idobi Radio Summer School Tour, Riot Fest, When We Were Young, and more • Exclusive prizes, band merch, and fan access — all year long • Always free to enter — no purchase required • Only enter through the free idobi Radio App while listening to free alternative radio DISCOVER NEW MUSIC DAILY • Listen to new alternative music, rock, metal, and indie music on free alternative radio with idobi first • Hear your next favorite alternative music artist before mainstream platforms • Get real-time alerts for live shows, exclusive interviews, and new music releases • Find your next obsession with curated radio stations, exclusive content, and artist-hosted shows focused on alternative music FREE MUSIC - LIVE RADIO STATIONS Stream free alternative radio across 3 expertly curated live radio stations, updated daily with new alternative music: • idobi Radio (alternative, pop-punk) • idobi Howl (rock, metal) • idobi Anthm (indie) ORIGINAL PODCASTS & SHOWS Go beyond algorithm-based playlists with exclusive artist interviews and musician-hosted radio shows + podcasts for fans of alternative music that you won’t hear anywhere else. Live shows + podcasts hosted by alternative music icons: • Cone’s Cave — Cone McCaslin (Sum 41) • Man of the Hour — Séb Lefebvre (Simple Plan) • The Mean Time — Jared Gaines and Patrick Gilchrist • Listen to new episodes and shows daily • Long-form artist interviews added weekly • Select from our deep library of music, comedy, music news, and alternative music culture podcasts • Import your favorite podcasts and listen anytime, all in one app ALTERNATIVE MUSIC NEWS + ARTIST EXCLUSIVES • Stay in the loop with breaking alternative music news and exclusive artist interviews • Go behind the scenes with artist sessions and live performances • Be the first to hear new alternative music from your favorite bands on free alternative radio • Watch video interviews with your favorite artists and music industry leaders • Listen to new alternative music added daily to idobi Radio, idobi Howl, and idobi Anthm PLAY FREE GAMES • Play exclusive games created just for alternative music fans • Test your alternative music knowledge, lyrics memory, and music trivia • Compete in challenges to win free concert tickets, band merch, and fan experiences LISTEN USING CARPLAY • Listen to free alternative radio on the idobi App via Apple CarPlay FANS LOVE THE FREE IDOBI APP • Listen to alternative, rock, metal, and indie music daily on live radio • Live radio stations, artist interviews, musician-hosted podcasts • Bookmark new alternative music you love • Home screen widget support • CarPlay support • Works with Siri: “Hey Siri, play idobi Radio!” • Win free concert and festival tickets, band merch, signed swag, and more EXPERIENCE IDOBI From small stages to sold-out tours, idobi is where new alternative music breaks. Join a global community of passionate music fans, discover the next wave of your favorite sounds, and listen to free alternative radio anywhere you go. Download the FREE idobi App today and listen to free alternative radio. Join us online: • Instagram: @idobiradio • TikTok: @idobiradio • YouTube: @idobiradio • Web: idobi.com ## Idobi Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/e5/97/44/e59744d3-582b-0839-48a7-0d7c70dc6467/aeed8d48-78eb-4d91-9a83-b6440c6a49d7_Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Ultra_2__U002849mm_U0029_-_2024-07-11_at_11.21.56.png/410x502.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/d8/55/a9/d855a979-08c6-b208-bf8b-f627b8b99b37/6117d389-bc4d-47f0-b79b-de80dfe1bc50_Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Ultra_2__U002849mm_U0029_-_2024-07-11_at_11.22.00.png/410x502.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/96/b1/de/96b1dec3-cc60-1cad-0315-4dad61ede8c0/49e38c25-bbbf-43bf-a1af-96ac7d1baa0e_Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Ultra_2__U002849mm_U0029_-_2024-07-11_at_11.22.19.png/410x502.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/42/cd/9e/42cd9e39-e384-eb70-0cee-ebdbcb4529bf/e6f14c8d-b29e-4242-820b-81a76e7407ee_Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Ultra_2__U002849mm_U0029_-_2024-07-11_at_11.22.14.png/410x502.png) - [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/95/47/f5/9547f5b7-95a0-7cca-6ddf-12ca41708d1b/36fab9c9-2c84-4ab2-9580-d90ad434a23e_Simulator_Screenshot_-_Apple_Watch_Ultra_2__U002849mm_U0029_-_2024-07-11_at_11.22.07.png/410x502.png) ## Idobi Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 177 (88%) - 4 stars: 9 (4%) - 3 stars: 1 (0%) - 2 stars: 3 (1%) - 1 stars: 12 (6%) ## Idobi Reviews in United States ### *---- "I just hate it. It’s the worst thing I ever seen it doesn’t even work. You have to sign in and do al" 0/10 would not recommend -- Rufugiti, 2026-03-21 ### ***** "Zero Signal" Loving “Cut the Cord” by Zero Signal! -- hashskaggs, 2026-03-15 ### ***** "Alt home" Literally been dying for a new home for all things alt happy to Come across this! -- Giftedkc, 2026-03-10 ### ***** "App is fixed now" Yay it’s fixed and it works great idobi howl -- Asianflavor21, 2025-12-17 ### *---- "Frustrated" The app has a lot of good info about the scene, but the constant shilling for The Paradox is a major turn off. If I get one more email or push notification about them, I’m just going to delete it, as I want info and news about more than just one (terrible and inorganically popular) band. Update: I’ve received two more push notifications about them, the app is gone from my phone, and I’m taking a star away. -- Ayerith, 2025-10-31 ### ***** "Good Radio!" i love that this app is helping build a bigger alternative scene, it's a good help for alternative artist to create a name for themselves just like all the bands we know and love🤘🖤 -- illusionofjuno, 2025-10-30 ### ***** "Awesome" Best alternative radio I’ve had in years!❤️❤️❤️❤️ -- 2745kt1969, 2025-10-13 ### ***** "Why didn't I find you sooner" Great app, works so smoothly. The car play functionality is awesome as well. I'm so glad I found this station as every other one I found would play the songs I was looking for only once in a while or in specific blocks... Idobi plays them all day every day, and Howl is great for when I want some heavier stuff. This is also a great break from Spotify because first it doesn't get caught in playing the same songs over and over like the algorithm sometimes does, and second the DJs can curate playlists to introduce me to new music effortlessly where it takes a lot of manual effort to do the same on Spotify -- Paul Pierce's Burner, 2025-07-29 ### ***** "No more repetitive music!" Find pretty much all my new favorite artists on here since I got sick of Spotify showing me the same generic stuff all the time! Plus it’s free so even better -- Punklover303, 2025-06-13 ### ***** "Love it" The improved design is amazing. I’m discovering so many new artist and songs! -- MikeJohn1118, 2025-06-13 ### ***** "I only got this app because …." I saw TX2 on a video and they were talking then after the video I decided to get the app! The app works well it’s like WCYY -- shinydark23, 2024-06-09 ### ***** "Love babes behind the beats!" Love hearing the interviews with all the females working in the music industry! So cool! -- dog ball, 2023-01-18 ### ***** "Fish 10/10" Gone Fishkin deserves an NAB award -- porterrivet12, 2021-12-10 ### *---- "Poor" Nothing loads. -- evermore215, 2021-08-21 ### ***** "I only downloaded for Ryan Seaman" that being said, solid app :) -- Rachael wildcat🐯, 2020-10-20 ### ***** "josh" only downloading for josh dun sorry❤️ -- yahgle, 2020-07-15 ### *---- "Unbelievable ads" I tried to listen to a podcast on the app to hear a sneak peak to a song and it kept cutting to the same ad every 25 seconds, overlapping the podcast. I’m extremely disappointed. Disgusting design. -- SMITL30, 2020-07-03 ### ***-- "Good app but has one flaw..." I finally decided to give the Idobi app a shot because I’m a big pop-punk fan who also likes having songs chosen for me a’la traditional radio. The app is pretty straight forward and sound quality is decent. Three things I encountered that could be done better: 1. The 3 different stations could be explained better in the app - I deduced quickly that one was more for hardcore music based on the artists played but a little description below each station button would be nice. 2. “Now playing” lag - the audio stream would always be one or two songs ahead of what the app said was playing. It makes music discovery a challenge because you can’t quickly figure out what you’re listening to at a glance. 3. Despite being in a area with strong signal, I couldn’t get the app to actually play music once despite the play icon changing and volume turned up. If these bugs were fixed (esp 2 and 3) and a way to bookmark the currently playing song were available, this would be a killer app. Alas, it doesn’t look like they’ve updated this in a while, maybe due to a lack of downloads? Hopefully seeing this review will inspire them to keep improving the app for the small yet passionate group of alt-rock fans out there like myself! 🤟 Update: 7/15/19 - The app has gotten a lot better in terms of reliability (the music plays consistently now upon choosing a station) and layout (the three stations are now clearly explained so you know what you’re getting into). However, there’s still the issue of the now playing description/album art lagging behind what’s playing. It’s far less of a thing these days but it still happens. Also, there’s a share button when you’re listening to a song that lets you save a image. I thought this would allow me to go back and look up songs I liked for later in Spotify or whatever by looking through my photos so I saved a bunch of them. It doesn’t do what I thought it would do. It just saves the album art instead of the entire screen with the artist and song title. If the app doesn’t load the album art then you just see blank generic blue squares in your Camera Roll. This was really frustrating because I wanted to check out songs later and discover new music while on the go but can’t if there’s no way to bookmark the songs while I’m driving or walking somewhere. Would love a way to bookmark what I listen to on Idobi, even if it’s just a text list within the app sorted by when I bookmarked the song. -- rickhamilton620, 2019-07-15 ### *---- "Doesn’t work" Download Open Crashes Delete Don’t bother with this app. -- skubish, 2018-08-11 ### *---- "Worst app ever" The app is constantly cutting off during your music and live broadcasts and glitches all the time . There is no way to listen to anything on this app when it constantly shuts off and restarts every two minutes . -- Haaimakayla, 2016-05-23 [View all Idobi reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://apptail.io/account/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Apps Similar to Idobi - [Loudie: Live Concert Tickets](https://apptail.io/app/loudie-live-concert-tickets-gjb/united-states) - [Concert Archives](https://apptail.io/app/concert-archives-EDw/united-states) - [Q101 Chicago](https://apptail.io/app/q101-chicago-detd/united-states) - [Welcome To Rockville](https://apptail.io/app/welcome-to-rockville-RJyd/united-states) - [FS Music Player](https://apptail.io/app/fs-music-player-Kyrn/united-states) - [Sick New World](https://apptail.io/app/sick-new-world-buMp/united-states) - [WatchMPlay - Mp3 음악 플레이어](https://apptail.io/app/watchmplay-mp3-KbNp/united-states) - [Muri Naysh](https://apptail.io/app/muri-naysh-DYWp/united-states) - [Vans Warped Tour](https://apptail.io/app/vans-warped-tour-Bbev/united-states) - 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