Skywave Radio

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About this app

Right now, in every language on earth, people are talking on the radio. It is the richest source of real, unrehearsed speech there is — and it is almost impossible to use. Half the streams are dead. You never know what's on.

Skywave fixes that.

A CATALOGUE CURATED BY HAND
Verified stations, each with its own logo, a description written by a person, and the programme schedule taken from the broadcaster itself. Not a directory of links that half work.

IT KNOWS WHAT'S ON AIR
Not just which station — which programme, who is presenting, and how long is left. Follow a show and Skywave tells you when it starts. If the broadcaster moves it, Skywave tells you that too.

IT KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
A robot listens to talk stations around the world and summarises what is being discussed, minute by minute. The summaries are translated on your phone, so you can read what a station in Athens or Buenos Aires is talking about right now, in your language. Pick a station by the subject, not the frequency.

EASY TO FOLLOW
A rail of news read in plain language — short sentences, one idea at a time. Public broadcasters make these for accessibility, and they are the gentlest way into a language you are still learning.

BUILT TO STAY ON
• Listening goals per language, with streaks
• A schedule that starts a station on its own, like an alarm for a programme
• Rewind live radio to hear again what was just said
• An interactive map of the world's radio
• Chromecast
• Filter by country, language or style

PRIVACY
No account. No name, no email, no location, no ads, no third-party trackers.

FREE AND PRO
Free: listen to every station, favourites, tags, the map, search, and the latest items from the world feed.

Skywave Pro, one payment, yours for good: the full world feed with its topics, and the schedule — start a station later, play in a few minutes, and see what is coming in the next hour. No subscription.

Skywave Pro for iPhone, iPad and Mac is sold separately on the App Store.

What’s new

First release.

Live radio from around the world, with the programme guide and what's on air. A hand-curated catalogue, an interactive map, Chromecast, and a schedule that starts a station on its own.