# AFR

> American Family Radio

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id429511476](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id429511476)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id429511476`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** American Family Association
- **Category:** Entertainment
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (372 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-21
- **First published:** 2011-06-30
- **Size:** 25 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/afr/id429511476)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.afa.net/resources/app-privacy-policy/](https://www.afa.net/resources/app-privacy-policy/)

## Description

The AFR Chrome Extension brings American Family Radio to your browser, enabling listening to AFR Talk and AFR Music, podcasts, downloads, and background playback with CarPlay support. It also supports recently played items and push notifications for easy access.

As a listener-supported ministry of the American Family Association, AFR aims to motivate and equip listeners to restore American culture on a Christian, conservative foundation. It features music, teaching, and talk formats; it hosts partners like James Dobson's Family Talk, Tony Perkins, Washington Watch, and David Jeremiah's Turning Point, with a focus on Gospel truth and Christ-centered news.

## Rankings

- #82,217 — Overall

## Review summary

The AFR iOS app is valued for its rich, Christian programming (news, preaching, music) and its role as an informational, spiritually encouraging daily listen. It’s praised as easy to use, with broad device compatibility and a free-to-use model with optional donations. However, multiple reviews report stability and playback problems, including crashes or failure to open on iOS and playback issues where music won’t play or audio cuts out, often tied to updates. Users want improved reliability and clearer playback behavior.

### Pros

- Rich Christian programming including news, preaching, and music
- Informational and spiritually encouraging content suitable for daily listening
- Well-made, easy-to-handle app with broad device compatibility (including use in vehicles and smart devices)
- Free to use with an optional donation/giving option to support the ministry

### Cons

- Frequent crashes or the app won’t open on iOS devices
- Playback reliability issues (music sometimes won’t play, or audio cuts off after short time)
- Ongoing stability problems across updates (bugs introduced or not fixed promptly)

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