Alternatives to FXRadio
Desktop internet radio player that browses the Radio Browser station directory. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
FXRadio
Desktop internet radio player that browses the Radio Browser station directory.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as FXRadio.
VRadio
Internet radio player with about 30,000 stations and a five-band equaliser.
VRadio adds Android with about 30,000 stations, casting and a five-band equaliser, but it is closed source and limits recording to the mobile versions.
Screamer Radio
Windows internet radio player with thousands of stations and a recorder.
Screamer Radio is Windows only and closed source, adding station search by genre and country, stream recording and a sleep timer, with some extras for licence holders.
Goodvibes
Lightweight GTK internet radio player for Linux.
Goodvibes is open source under GPL-3.0 but Linux only, plays through GStreamer, and has no station directory, so stream URLs must be supplied manually.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
VLC media player
A free player that opens almost any video or audio file, disc or stream without installing a codec pack.
Podcast Addict
Android podcast manager with very deep customisation.
Rhythmbox
A music player and library manager for the GNOME desktop with podcast and internet radio support.
Elisa
A KDE music player for browsing and playing a local music library and listening to online radio.
Exaile
A GTK music player and library manager with smart playlists, tagging, radio streaming and podcasts.
