TuneFm - Ultimate radio experience

🌟🎶 TuneFM - The Ultimate Radio Experience! 🎶🌟

Immerse yourself in a vibrant world of music and exploration, featuring over 7,000 stations from your local area and further afield.

Whether it's the BBC, Radios Mexicanas, NPR, or Shekinah, we've got every frequency covered! TuneFm is a free, straightforward, and user-friendly Android application designed to provide you with an unparalleled experience of listening to Internet radio. With access to an extensive collection of over 7,000 radio stations, this app opens the door to a world of diverse audio content right at your fingertips.

🔍 Search by name or ride the wave of trending stations.

🎵 Key Features:

📻 Enjoy timeless classics.

🌟 Save stations for quick access.

🎧 Discover new tunes and save them to Spotify.

😴 Use our timer to drift off to sleep.

📤 Contribute unique stations to our expanding collection.

🎨 Customize with various color themes.

🖥️ Effortless Chromecast integration.

💡 Easy-to-navigate interface.

Vast Array of Radio Stations

TuneFm offers an incredibly wide range of radio stations, catering to every taste and interest. Whether you're in the mood for the latest news updates, thrilling sports commentaries, soulful music, engaging talk shows, hilarious comedy, or captivating drama, this app has got you covered. In the music realm, it features various genres, from the energetic beats of rock and pop to the rhythmic flow of hip-hop and reggaeton. It brings you frequencies from all over the world, including renowned broadcasters like the BBC, vibrant Radios Mexicanas, informative NPR, and more, such as Shekinah, ensuring a global listening experience.

Effortless Operation and Customization

Navigating through TuneFm is a breeze. You can effortlessly search for your desired stations either by name or by exploring the most popular ones. Adding your favorite stations to a dedicated list is a simple process, allowing for instant access whenever you want to tune in. What's more, you have the unique opportunity to contribute to the app's database by adding your own stations, making it a more personalized and community-driven platform.

The app also comes equipped with a convenient timer feature. If you enjoy falling asleep to the soothing sounds of the radio, simply set the timer, and you can drift off without worrying about turning it off manually. Additionally, TuneFm offers seamless Chromecast integration, enabling you to effortlessly cast your favorite stations to other compatible devices for a more immersive listening experience.

Personalized User Experience

One of the standout features of TuneFm is its extremely simple and intuitive interface. Even if you're new to using Android devices, you'll find it easy to navigate and operate the app. To further enhance your experience, the app allows you to personalize it with different color themes, giving it a look that suits your style.

For music enthusiasts, TuneFm provides the exciting option to discover new tracks while listening to the radio and save them directly to Spotify. This seamless integration with Spotify helps you build your music library and keep up with the latest musical discoveries.

In conclusion, TuneFm is not just an Internet radio player; it's a comprehensive platform that redefines your radio journey. With its vast station selection, user-friendly features, and personalized options, it's the perfect app for anyone looking to explore the world of Internet radio and enjoy a tailored listening experience. So, get ready to tune in and discover the endless possibilities that TuneFm has to offer!

NEWS

Tune.FM wants to take on Spotify by using crypto to pay artists up to 100x more per stream

Rebecca Szkutak 9:00 AM PDT · September 12, 2024

Vinyls are back in vogue and some people are building their CD collections back up in anticipation that they’ll also be cool again, but the fact remains that most people listen to music today using streaming services. Indeed, just two services, Spotify and Apple Music, took up about 45% of the industry’s market share as of 2022, per Statista.

We have access to a plethora of streaming services today, but despite the sizable competition, music streaming startup Tune.FM is hoping its differentiated approach will help it garner a loyal following of its own.

Unlike any of the big streaming services, Tune.FM is a decentralized music streaming platform that runs on the rails of web3. Users pay for each song they stream using the company’s own JAM tokens, as opposed to a subscription model (they can buy the tokens on Tune.FM’s website). Users can also choose to listen to promoted music to earn more JAM tokens.

As for artists, they earn one cent each minute one of their songs is streamed, letting them make much more money than they would from Spotify, which pays $0.003 to $0.005 per stream, or Apple Music, which pays $0.01 per stream. Tune.FM also sells artist NFTs and other collectibles.

The startup recently received a $50 million Token Purchase Program commitment from Global Emerging Markets (GEM) that will see GEM purchasing $50 million worth of JAM tokens over the next two years. Tune.FM can convert these tokens to funds whenever it wants. The company is also backed by other asset managers and angel investors, who include Andy Hertzfield.

The startup charges 10% of any transaction that uses JAM tokens on the platform. The company can also convert the JAM tokens it is paid to cash whenever it wants through traditional crypto exchanges.

Andrew Antar, the co-founder and CEO of Tune.FM, is a classically trained violinist who toured the globe, playing with bands and orchestras in his youth. He then went on to launch a directory of musicians at Brown University that garnered more than 4,000 users.

Antar told TechCrunch he’d always wanted to create a music-focused social media platform. Once he learned more about crypto and how web3 could facilitate micropayments to artists, he came up with the idea for Tune.FM.“Web3 and tokenization are critical to the business model and really [for] changing the way the payments work for artists and how they are able to monetize,” Antar said.

He stressed that despite using web3 infrastructure for the app’s back end, most users won’t know crypto’s role in the app when they interact with it. “Users don’t necessarily need to know anything about crypto,” Antar said. “We don’t use the word ‘crypto,’ we use ‘credit.’ We don’t use the word ‘NFT’ and use ‘collectible’ instead. It’s really the underlying technology under the hood. We’ve made it so easy anyone and their grandmother can use it.”

Tune.FM launched as a web app in 2021, and its app became available in July. Since then, its user base has grown to nearly 20,000 monthly active users. That’s not a massive total by any means, but Antar said the company has seen massive growth over the last few months. He declined to share specifics.

Antar said the company plans to use the committed funds to scale its tech team, build a metaverse site to host music festivals, and scale its platform to support more artists.

“All week, I’m basically talking to artists, labels, and managers about doing deals,” Antar said. “There are some amazing names that we are not ready to announce. A lot of names that you know.”

Tune.FM has a cool idea here, but creating a company to take on Spotify isn’t a novel one, per se. Lüm was one that shut down in 2022 after raising $4.9 million in venture capital. StationHead is another startup trying to change how people stream music and interact with musicians. Tune.FM also has competition from free video streaming platforms like TikTok and YouTube, which people use for music, too.

Antar isn’t too concerned about competition, though. He feels his company stands out because it is trying to innovate the music streaming process instead of just iterating on a few features. Tune.FM listeners get rewarded the more they are on the platform with free JAM tokens or exclusives from artists, which Antar hopes will keep them coming back.

“As far as the music industry is concerned, it can be disrupted through financial innovation,” Antar said. “It’s had a lot of problems for many years with artists getting screwed over and catalogs being licensed in certain places and not others. We created a totally new business model for the industry and global music economy. That’s only possible with tokenization.”

Comments

I think this is the best radio app for an Android device. Simple and modern UI design with great features and functionality. The only complaint I have now is the pricing for an ad-free version since the ads have become very intrusive recently. Please at least make a one-time purchase for the "Pro" version.

I've been using TuneFM for a while now and I've never had any problems. I also subscribe to get rid of adverts but recently I've found that when I search for a station I get images of items that Temu sell. I'm not happy with the adverts. I've emailed the developer and I'm hoping this issue will be resolved soon. When it is I'll add another star! The TuneFM developer responded to my email I sent about adverts on the app. The issue was dealt with quickly and I haven't seen an advert since.

My major media discovery of the year so far. Its clarity, sound quality and output is quite amazing. I'm sticking by it, more so, for its global coverage. Keep up with this standards. Kudos!

I was using it for a while now. But with the latest update, it just crashes on startup. Please look into it. I am using it daily, and I love it, but unable to do anything with it now. My phone is Samsung M34. . Update: With the latest update, it is fixed. Thank you so much!

This app is fantastic! It provides exactly what I wanted, except for one thing. It doesn't send cover art to Chromecast like shown in the description. I prefer not to cast my entire screen because it drains my battery quickly. If it could do that, this app would be absolutely perfect!

There's this awesome app out there. It brings together everything you need for radio listening. If you hear a track you love, adding it to your Spotify TuneFM playlist is just a tap away. It's fantastic!