radio.net Alternative: Black Duck Media Library

radio.net main screen — **radio.net** suits you if its main feature matches what you listen to.

Black Duck Media Library is better if you want radio together with podcasts, books, and TV.

radio.net puts radio and podcasts in one app: more than 60,000 stations and over 2.2 million podcasts.

If you are looking for a replacement for radio.net, Black Duck Media Library is one option to consider. It plays radio from a world map and keeps it next to podcasts, books, and TV in one library.

Where Black Duck Media Library is stronger

What to listen to: 60,000+ internet radio stations, podcasts, audiobooks, and live TV.
How to search: two interactive maps, by country and by city; search by genre and station name.
Your collection: favorites, custom stream links, and optional iCloud backup and sync.
Player: background playback and a sleep timer.
Extras: media downloads and podcast auto-download.
Standout: 10,000+ TV channels, podcasts, book tracking, and more.

Where radio.net is stronger

Podcast downloads and automatic deletion of listened episodes.
Prime removes video and banner ads; station ad breaks remain.
CarPlay, AirPlay, and Chromecast, listed among the extras.

Price

radio.net: Free. Prime at $2.99/month or $25.99/year removes video and banner ads.
Black Duck Media Library: free with ads. Ad-Free: $7.99 (US App Store).

You want radio and podcasts with downloads and playback controls. Black Duck Media Library adds TV channels, book tracking, and downloaded media to that.

Black Duck Media Library city map of radio stations

Black Duck Media Library player with a live radio station

radio.net lists its own website alongside the App Store page. For the full comparison of radio apps, see iPhone Radio Apps Compared.

Disclosure: this page is published by the developer of Black Duck Media Library. Listing-based criteria are the same for every app, and prices are from the US App Store as checked on October 27, 2026.