400 Radios Nederland is a radio aggregation app for Dutch listeners, providing live music, news, and football results on iOS.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire this app for low-bandwidth access to Dutch radio stations, prioritizing reliable streaming over complex discovery features.
For Dutch radio listeners and football fans requiring a mobile-accessible, low-bandwidth streaming solution.
What does it look like?
Key features
Audio streaming optimized for low-internet connection environments
Real-time updates for football match results integrated into the radio interface
Search functionality to locate specific radio stations within the app library
Control radio playback and track switching directly from the iOS lock screen
How much does it cost?
The app operates as a free utility with no visible monetization gates, relying on broad distribution.
Velocity
Dormant developmentUX improvementsperformanceShow more...
The development of this application has completely ceased, with no updates released in over nine years. The last recorded activity was a minor update in late 2016 that focused on performance and basic functional improvements. Given the lack of any activity since 2016, the app is classified as a zombie project with no active development or maintenance.
Who built it?
Thomas Gesland
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What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for 400 Radios Nederland (NL): Nieuws, Muziek, Voetbal
How's the Music market?
The app remains in maintenance mode with no updates since 2016, resulting in a static feature set that lacks the discovery tools found in current market leaders.
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Key takeaways for 400 Radios Nederland (NL): Nieuws, Muziek, Voetbal
Where is it heading?
The Dutch radio aggregation market is consolidating around apps with frequent update cadences and interactive discovery features. Without a roadmap for modernization, this app will continue to lose relevance to competitors that offer better integration with the current iOS environment.
- The lack of updates since 2016 prevents the app from adopting modern iOS features, which accelerates user churn to active competitors.
The SWOT
- Low-bandwidth streaming optimization enables reliable playback in poor network conditions
- Integrated football results provide a secondary utility for the target audience
- Integration with modern iOS widgets could improve home-screen visibility
- Adding social sharing for football results could drive organic discovery
Next best moves
Audit OS compatibility because the app has not been updated since 2016 → prevent crash-on-launch scenarios
The counter-intuitive read
The app's greatest weakness, its lack of updates, is also its primary utility…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Interactive station map (available in Zoundit but absent here) +2
Since the last report: The competitive landscape was redefined to include niche music and utility apps, and the SWOT analysis was updated to highlight modern iOS feature gaps.
Bottom line
The app provides a reliable, low-bandwidth utility for Dutch radio, but its total lack of updates since 2016 makes it a legacy product, so the PM should prioritize basic OS compatibility to prevent total abandonment.
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