Simple Radio Alternative: Black Duck Media Library

Simple Radio main screen — **Simple Radio** 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.

Simple Radio is a focused radio player with more than 90,000 stations and quick access to favorites.

If you are looking for a replacement for Simple Radio, 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 Simple Radio is stronger

Radio on Apple Watch without the iPhone nearby.
Starting a favorite station with one tap.
Sleep timer in the paid version.

Price

Simple Radio: Free with ads. Unlimited removes visual ads and adds the sleep timer; offers from $3.99, billing period not labeled.
Black Duck Media Library: free with ads. Ad-Free: $7.99 (US App Store).

You want radio on Apple Watch without the iPhone nearby. Black Duck Media Library is the better choice if you want radio together with downloads, podcasts, and books.

Black Duck Media Library city map of radio stations

Black Duck Media Library player with a live radio station

Simple Radio 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.