# Vintage Radio™

> The First Old Time Radio App

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id455577974](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id455577974)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id455577974`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Orion Internet Services, LLC
- **Category:** Entertainment
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (305 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.9.9
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2012-01-18
- **Size:** 31 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vintage-radio/id455577974)
- **Website:** [http://www.VintageRadioShows.com](http://www.vintageradioshows.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://iphone.vintageradioshows.com/iphone/privacy.html](https://iphone.vintageradioshows.com/iphone/privacy.html)

## Description

**Vintage Radio™** brings the Golden Age of Radio to your iPhone with 4,000 free episodes and a subscription library of more than 40,000 shows across 550 programs. Enjoy classics such as *Gunsmoke*, *The Jack Benny Show*, *Fibber McGee & Molly*, *X-Minus One*, and *Lights Out*.

Browse by genre or series, search the full collection, create unlimited playlists, download episodes for offline listening, and use the sleep timer for bedtime entertainment. A history tab helps you resume where you left off. Members of VintageRadioShows.com can unlock the full library, while annual subscribers receive a one-month free trial.

## Rankings

- #90,691 — Overall

## Review summary

Vintage Radio offers a large archive of old-time radio with nostalgic appeal and generally solid audio, easy UI, and good value for subscribers. Reviewers praise the breadth of content and reliable performance when functioning, along with helpful support. However, multiple reviews note reliability problems (crashes and playback interruptions, especially with device switching), incomplete availability of episodes even for premium users, and playback/control quirks across devices (including Apple Watch) along with occasional corrupted files and data/date inaccuracies. The app would benefit from stronger stability, fuller catalog, and more robust cross‑device controls.

### Pros

- Large, varied collection of vintage radio shows
- Stable performance and an easy-to-use design
- High-quality sound with authentic listening experience
- Great value for subscribers; annual plan pays off
- Responsive developer with ongoing improvements and solid support

### Cons

- Reliability issues: crashes/non-responsiveness, especially when pausing or switching Bluetooth/devices
- Incomplete catalog: many shows/episodes missing or not available even with subscription
- Playback controls and cross-device issues: odd controls, not working well on Apple Watch, limited seek increments
- Some episodes corrupted, cut off, or quality degraded due to original recordings
- Data inaccuracies and UI quirks: misdated\_on-this-day dates and air dates, plus minimization refresh issues

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