Loudwire

Name: Loudwire
Rating: 4.4 (115 reviews)
Author: Townsquare Media, LLC

By: Townsquare Media, LLC

Rock Music News

Features & Capabilities

Loudwire is the world’s premier hard rock and metal site. It delivers the latest news, original video features, and exclusive interviews with top artists in the scene.

The app supports push notifications for breaking news, offline reading, background audio with controls, AirPlay, and social sharing on Facebook and Twitter. You can save articles for later, send us feedback from the app, and access the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy from within.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Townsquare Media, LLC

Rating:

4.40

(115)

Version:

2.8.1 Last updated: 2026-04-24

Version code:

884874213

Creation date:

2016-12-06

Compatible devices:

Size:

68.50MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-05

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 144,578 ▼ 89

Other platforms

Loudwire (v2.7.2)

100,224 4.49

(904)

For Developers

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Developed by:

Townsquare Media, LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/loudwire/id1181053983

Website:

http://loudwire.com

User Reviews

Top positives: the app keeps users current with music news and the metal scene and is widely seen as a solid, impressive daily-driver app. The dominant downside across reviews is intrusive advertising—pop-ups, banners, and ads that disrupt reading and can block interaction (like the load-more button). Other concerns are minor accessibility requests and occasional loading glitches, but the ad experience is the prevailing issue.

Pros

Keeps you updated on music news and band announcements; many users rely on it as a daily driver.
Considered a great, reliable app for metal/music news; users are impressed with its quality.
Widely seen as a long-awaited, solid app that delivers music news.

Cons

Ads are excessive and intrusive, with frequent pop-ups that disrupt reading.
Ads sometimes block UI elements or interfere with navigation (e.g., load more button) and cause glitches.

Recent reviews

The amount of and length of ads are ridiculous. I’ll delete the app and just bookmark the website.

by Mu*****, 2025-05-19

I feel like I downloaded a 90’s ad spam website with none stop pop up ads… trash IMO like loud wire, but I will stick to the radio thank you

by Bo*****, 2023-12-08

I remember a year or so ago when this app was the best thing in my phone. Now when I want music news all I get are ad after ad. Try to open up an article, an add pops up. Try to read an article, ads are at the bottom. Needless to say I will be looking elsewhere for my music news from now on.