# Global Player Radio & Podcasts

> UK Hit Music | Heart & Classic

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1142951331](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1142951331)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1142951331`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Global Media & Entertainment Limited
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (1,621 ratings)
- **Version:** 178.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-07
- **First published:** 2017-11-02
- **Size:** 221 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/global-player-radio-podcasts/id1142951331)
- **Website:** [http://www.globalplayer.com](http://www.globalplayer.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.globalplayer.com/privacy-policy](http://www.globalplayer.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

**Global Player** is the official app for Global’s leading UK radio brands, including Heart, Capital, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X, Gold, LBC and Capital XTRA. Listen live to dozens of stations, including specialist music channels covering hits, dance, chill, country, soul, rock and more.

Personalise your listening with up to eight favourite stations, tailored podcast and playlist recommendations, and live radio controls that let you skip songs or rewind to moments you missed. Catch up on the past seven days of shows, download episodes for offline listening, and discover popular podcasts from around the world. You can also explore curated playlists, breaking news and exclusive videos featuring interviews, podcast episodes, musicians, politicians and celebrities. Global Player is free to use worldwide, with some features currently available only in the UK.

## Rankings

- #43,391 — Overall
- #56 — heart

## Review summary

Users love the app’s station variety, especially WSQK/Stranger Things content, and its high-quality audio and hosts. Recurrent downsides are onboarding bugs (password/birthdate), stability problems after updates, the temporary nature of WSQK, and Apple TV/AirPlay issues. These recurring themes indicate strong content value but notable onboarding, stability, and content-duration challenges.

### Pros

- Diverse range of stations and distinctive WSQK/Stranger Things content that fans love.
- High-quality audio with smooth playback and minimal lag, with entertaining hosts.
- Nostalgia-driven, 80s themed content and engaging programming that many users praise.
- Overall appeal as a unique listening experience with strong curation and variety.
- Positive sentiment toward global coverage and the value of the content.

### Cons

- Sign-up and account creation bugs, including a hard-to-type password field and birthdate validation issues.
- App instability and crashes on launch after updates, plus general access problems.
- WSQK/Stranger Things channel is temporary and users want it to stay longer or permanently.
- Apple TV/AirPlay issues, such as blank screens and misbehaving playback (live podcast instead of radio).

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