faidr Lets You Listen to Radio, Podcasts, and More Without Ads

For many, no algorithm will ever replace the human touch of a DJ or producer. Hand-picked recommendations by passionate experts will beat robots every time.

But listening to most commercial music radio plunges you back to the bad old days of jarring, boring, unavoidable ads. You can pay to turn these off on Spotify or YouTube premium, but there’s no such luxury on your local jazz station.

That’s why faidr exists.

Put simply, faidr lets you listen to traditional radio without having to put up with traditional adverts. At a stroke, it applies the life-enhancing technology of choice to a medium that can sometimes seem stranded in the past.

Here’s how it works.

faidr cuts ads from AM/FM radio stations by 97% by automatically detecting ad breaks and streaming custom music in their place, folding your own music seamlessly into DJ-created playlists.

Right now faidr works for 10,000 different stations and 3,000 other ad-supported channels, covering music, news, talk, sport, and more. Plus, the app offers its own podcasts, hour-long DJ-curated Music Casts, and hosted shows.

In fact, faidr takes the fight to Spotify with its own music genre-specific channels and playlists, as well as cutting edge features like Forward+, which allows you to skip entire podcast segments with a touch.

Chapter Visualization, meanwhile, locates ad breaks in the progress bar, letting you navigate easily around them.

And the entire service is available for just $5.99 a month—a significant saving over rival apps.

The first month is free, too, so you don’t have to part with any cash before you’ve seen how well the app works. To check it out, head to the App Store or Google Play and download faidr right now.