Jazz91 KCSM-FM

After moving from the Bay after 20+ years, I still listened to KCSM Jazz 91.1, esp at work, to my favorite station with all my “friends” and familiar voices. I’ve been a listener for a good 15 years. Since I hold antipathy towards tech and apps, it never occurred to me until a few months ago to download it. The track list is impeccably organized and the track ID shows on your phone lockscreen (with the time) and on your car screen, effortlessly. It should also be noted that for a public radio station with low funds, that this is better than Soundcloud and Mixcloud combined is extra cool. Whoever has a complaint about this app is indubitably a jazz dilettante. *This is the first app review I’ve written because… I just don’t care about apps. I’ve never even written a yelp review.

An actual Mac app would offer a better user experience; e.g., (1) pause/mute/resume from Dock or menubar instead of having to open the app window to do so, (2) resize app window: most of the time I just want to listen, I don't care about what the app's window is showing and would prefer to reduce the space it takes when open. I realize this is an iPad app, with iPadOS' UI assumptions and limitations. Just asking for a little more effort to get a full-fledged Mac version

My biggest complaint is the font color, as light blue on a white background can be hard to read at times, but the app functions decently! You can listen with the screen off, and even set an alarm through the app if you’d like (I don’t know why, since the native clock app is easier to access). What few ads are on the app are easy to avoid and close, and in my time using it I have yet to come into any problems with playback. If I could update it, I think I’d add either a dark mode option, or a way to change the background image/font color to be more legible.