Skywave Radio

Right now, in every language on earth, people are talking on the radio. It is the richest source of real, unrehearsed speech there is — and it is almost impossible to use. Half the streams are dead. You never know what's on.

Skywave fixes that.

A CATALOGUE CURATED BY HAND
Verified stations, each with its own logo, a description written by a person, and the programme schedule taken from the broadcaster itself. Not a directory of links that half work.

IT KNOWS WHAT'S ON AIR
Not just which station — which programme, who is presenting, and how long is left. Follow a show and Skywave tells you when it starts. If the broadcaster moves it, Skywave tells you that too.

IT KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
A robot listens to talk stations around the world and summarises what is being discussed, minute by minute. The summaries are translated on your phone, so you can read what a station in Athens or Buenos Aires is talking about right now, in your language. Pick a station by the subject, not the frequency.

EASY TO FOLLOW
A rail of news read in plain language — short sentences, one idea at a time. Public broadcasters make these for accessibility, and they are the gentlest way into a language you are still learning.

BUILT TO STAY ON
• Listening goals per language, with streaks
• A schedule that starts a station on its own, like an alarm for a programme
• Rewind live radio to hear again what was just said
• An interactive map of the world's radio
• Chromecast
• Filter by country, language or style

PRIVACY
No account. No name, no email, no location, no ads, no third-party trackers.

FREE AND PRO
Free: listen to every station, favourites, tags, the map, search, and the latest items from the world feed.

Skywave Pro, one payment, yours for good: the full world feed with its topics, and the schedule — start a station later, play in a few minutes, and see what is coming in the next hour. No subscription.

Skywave Pro for iPhone, iPad and Mac is sold separately on the App Store.