Pocket FM Downloads & RevenuePocket FM: Audio Dramas · App Store & Google Play
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas gets 50k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas by Pocket FM Corp is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas update history & changes
Last change · 97 events since 2 Jan 2021Full timeline ↓🌟iOSFeatured by Apple🌟iOSFeatured by Apple✏️iOSNew iPad screenshots✏️iOSNew screenshots📈AndroidEntered the top 100🔎iOS#1 for “pocket”📦iOSUpdated to version 3.46.1🔎AndroidTop 10 for “hitv”📦iOSNow updating weekly✏️AndroidNew screenshots⭐iOSRatings taking off in Mexico📈AndroidEntered the top 100🎉iOSIn-app event: Halloween Special📈iOSEntered the top 10🔎AndroidTop 10 for “audio”🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider📣AndroidStarted a new ad🆕AndroidIts developer released another app: Fabled: Fantasy Shows & Audio📣AndroidStarted 2 new ads
Full timeline · 97 events
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· AR, MX, CO
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 7) · AR, MX, CO
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· AE
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · AE
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Music & Audio · TR
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· US
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · US
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 5 countries
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · 5 countries
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· NL
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · NL
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· IT
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · IT
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· FR
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 7) · FR
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· ES
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 7) · ES
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · DE
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· BR
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 7) · BR
- 🔎Pocket FM: Audio Dramas reached #1 for “pocket”iOS#1 in South Africa search · popularity 64
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· ZA
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · ZA
- 📦Pocket FM: Audio Dramas updated to version 3.46.1iOSA refreshed Store: find coins and plans more easily, with a cleaner layout throughout.
Cleaner show credits: see who made your favorite series in a clearer credits screen.
Know when the next video drops: shows with a video cadence now surface the next release timing on the episode list and player.
We've also made behind-the-scenes fixes and stability improvements for a smoother listen.
Happy listening!… more - 🔎Pocket FM: Audio Dramas reached Top 10 for “hitv”Android#7 in United Arab Emirates search · popularity 98
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: description updatediOS· IT
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 5 countries
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · 5 countries
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: renamediOSPocket FM: Audio Dramas → Pocket FM: Audiolibri · IT
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· ZA, SE, NL
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · ZA, SE, NL
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new iPad screenshotsiOS· US
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · US
- 📦Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: description updatediOS· NL
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: renamediOSPocket FM: Audio Dramas → Pocket FM: Luisterboeken · NL
- 📦Pocket FM: Audio Dramas updated to version 3.46.0iOSWhat's new in 3.46.0
A refreshed Store: find coins and plans more easily, with a cleaner layout throughout.
Cleaner show credits: see who made your favorite series in a clearer credits screen.
Know when the next video drops: shows with a video cadence now surface the next release timing on the episode list and player.
We've also made behind-the-scenes fixes and stability improvements for a smoother listen.
Happy listening!… more - 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: new screenshotsAndroid12 screenshots (was 12) · US
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas added hidden keywords: filmsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Music & Audio · TR
- 📦Pocket FM: Audio Dramas updated to version 3.45.1iOSRefer & Earn: Invite your friends to Pocket FM and earn exciting rewards as they join, make purchases, and reach listening milestones.
iPhone Duo Support: We've optimized the app for Apple's latest iPhone Duo, ensuring a smooth and seamless experience.
Improved Screen Adaptability: Enhanced layouts and responsiveness across different screen sizes, especially on the Show Details and Player screens, for a better listening experience.… more - 🎉Pocket FM: Audio Dramas in-app event: Halloween SpecialiOSMAJOR UPDATE · until 18 Nov
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Entertainment · IN
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas charting in a new countryAndroidTurkey
- ✏️Pocket FM: Audio Dramas added hidden keywords: werewolfiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Pocket FM: Audio Dramas updated to version 3.45.0iOSRefer & Earn: Invite your friends to Pocket FM and earn exciting rewards as they join, make purchases, and reach listening milestones.
iPhone Duo Support: We've optimized the app for Apple's latest iPhone Duo, ensuring a smooth and seamless experience.
Improved Screen Adaptability: Enhanced layouts and responsiveness across different screen sizes, especially on the Show Details and Player screens, for a better listening experience.… more - 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · All Apps · DE · Top Free · All Apps · FR
- 🔎Pocket FM: Audio Dramas reached Top 10 for “pocket”iOS#10 in Poland search · popularity 33
- 🔎Pocket FM: Audio Dramas reached Top 10 for “audio”Android#9 in Spain search · popularity 50
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · Music & Audio · SE
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · Music & Audio · TH
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas charting in a new countryAndroidThailand
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 10 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Music & Audio · ES · Top Grossing · Music & Audio · VN
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Music & Audio · SE
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas charting in a new countryAndroidVietnam
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 100 in 6 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · ES · Top Grossing · All Apps · MX · Top Free · Music & Audio · MX · Top Grossing · All Apps · NL · +2 more
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 10 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Free · Music & Audio · ES · Top Grossing · Music & Audio · MX · Top Grossing · Music & Audio · NL
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas hit #1AndroidTop Free · Music & Audio · IT
- 📦Pocket FM: Audio Dramas updated to version 3.44.0iOSNovidades desta atualização
Páginas de séries mais rápidas: agora uma série abre com os detalhes e o seu progresso já prontos, para você retomar de onde parou sem esperar.
Também fizemos melhorias nos bastidores e na estabilidade para uma escuta mais fluida.
Continue ouvindo!… more - 🔎Pocket FM: Audio Dramas reached Top 10 for “pocket”iOS#8 in Russia search · popularity 56
- 🎉Pocket FM: Audio Dramas in-app event: His Cursed QueeniOSNEW SEASON · until 28 Oct
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · All Apps · IT
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Music & Audio · BR
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · IT
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- 🔎Pocket FM: Audio Dramas reached Top 10 for “pocket”Android#8 in Australia search · popularity 68
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Entertainment · DE
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas new best rank in the overall chart: #153AndroidTop Free · All Apps · AU
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas new best rank in the overall chart: #30AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · AU
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas new best rank in the overall chart: #19AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · DE
- 📈Pocket FM: Audio Dramas new best rank in the overall chart: #10AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · US
- 🆕Pocket FM: Audio Dramas first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited Arab Emirates
- 🆕Pocket FM: Audio Dramas first spotted by AppInsideriOS#89 in Top Free · Entertainment · Italy
- 🌟Pocket FM: Audio Dramas featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- 📦Pocket FM: Audio Dramas version 3.43.1iOSNo release notes
- 📣Pocket FM: Audio Dramas started a new adAndroid3
- 🆕Pocket FM: Audio Dramas: its developer released another app: Fabled: Fantasy Shows & AudioAndroid
- 📣Pocket FM: Audio Dramas started 2 new adsAndroid3
- 🆕Pocket FM: Audio Dramas released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Pocket FM: Audio Dramas released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.5 ★
5M ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#2
Android · 
Music & Audio Grossing
Music & Audio GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
6,891
steady vs the 2 weeks before (Google Play)
Measured
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Pocket FM is a free-to-download audio drama platform targeting global listeners with serialized fiction in genres like romance, fantasy, and thriller, monetized through in-app purchases for episode access. The app holds the #2 grossing position in Music & Audio across major markets including the US, UK, India, and Germany, indicating strong revenue performance despite being free to download.
Similar apps: Wattpad, Audible, Spotify
App Store
App details
App ID
1538433480
Publisher
Pocket FM Corp
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Jan 2021
5 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.0+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
7 content notes below
Languages
7
EN FR DE IT PT ES TR
Size
254 MB
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude HumorFrequent/Intense Horror/Fear ThemesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Realistic ViolenceFrequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
App privacy Measured
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas’s App Store privacy label declares 1 data category used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 1 linked to your identity and 4 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
1
Linked to you
1
Not linked to you
4
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.radio.pocketfm
Publisher
Pocket FM Corp
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Teen
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v9.11.7, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
31
Permissions
40
Trackers
Full permission listProSee plans
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 5k+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 50k+ | 100M+ Measured |
| Total | 50k+ Confidence | 100M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Pocket FM: Audio Dramas's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Pocket FM: Audio Dramas makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds · 152 ad networks
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Buy coins worth $4.99 | |
| 2 | Buy coins worth $0.99 | |
| 3 | Buy Coins Worth $0.99 | |
| 4 | Buy coins worth $1.99 | |
| 5 | Buy coins worth $9.99 | |
| 6 | Buy coins worth $19.99 | |
| 7 | Buy coins worth $9.99 | |
| 8 | Buy Coins Worth $19.99 | |
| 9 | Buy Coins Worth $4.99 | |
| 10 | Buy coins worth $1.99 |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #12 Entertainment Grossing | 16 of 30 countries | #55 | – |
| Google Play | #2 Music & Audio Grossing | 19 of 23 countries | #3 | #3 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
492
▼ -12% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
47+
US App Store (Apple shows only the newest)
Recent ratings
4.3★
vs 4.6★ lifetime
Recent written reviews
2.5★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
74/100
faster than 96% of Entertainment apps
Growing fastest in 
Mexico ▲ +194%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 326 | 67% | ▼ -18% |
| India | 34 | 7% | steady |
 Germany | 27 | 5% | ▼ -20% |
 Canada | 21 | 4% | ▼ -23% |
| Mexico | 15 | 3% | ▲ +194% |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 3% | ▼ -6% |
 France | 13 | 3% | ▼ -7% |
 Brazil | 11 | 2% | steady |
 Australia | 9.5 | 2% | ▲ +11% |
 Spain | 8.8 | 2% | ▲ +6% |
 Italy | 4 | 1% | ▼ -20% |
 Netherlands | 2.5 | 1% | ▼ -50% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
6,400
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
298
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.4★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.0★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
78/100
faster than 98% of Music and audio apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 273k |
| Google Play | 4.5 ★ | 4.7M 91k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.5 ★ weighted by ratings | 5M |
What users say about Pocket FM: Audio Dramas
From the 200 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong frustration with deceptive advertising and aggressive monetization tactics that lock content behind expensive paywalls after initial free episodes. Technical issues such as broken downloads, app freezes, and inconsistent AI-generated visuals further degrade the experience.
Mostly negative (33% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads.
What people like
- Fun: “Enjoying this app throughly”
- Price & subscription: “Now they cost 9 to 11 “coins” per episode”
- Features & content: “It should just return me to the library or home page”
- Ads: “Ads better than actual app???”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “anymore money on this app”
- Ads: “The ad was very misleading”
- Features & content: “Then tried support in app couldn’t find option”
- Crashes & bugs: “It won’t load up anything”
About Pocket FM: Audio Dramas
Pocket FM is the world's #1 audio dramas platform and the ultimate audio entertainment destination for 250M+ listeners worldwide. Whether you are an audiobook lover, a podcast fan, or just someone who wants great stories — Pocket FM takes you further. This is original audio fiction: episodic, binge-worthy, and built by 550,000+ creators including the world's best authors, storytellers, narrators, and voice-over artists. Pocket FM reimagines audio storytelling beyond radio and FM.
With over 100,000 hours of original audio content across every genre, Pocket FM is where great storytelling lives.
A new kind of audio entertainment
Pocket FM sits at the intersection of audiobooks, podcasts, and on-demand audio streaming — and goes beyond all three. Like your favourite podcast, new episodes drop every single day across hundreds of active shows. Like an audiobook, every drama is rich with character, narrative depth, and world-building. Like a live audio broadcast, there is always something fresh to tune in to. But unlike any of those, Pocket FM is built purely for binge listening — episodic, cliffhanger-driven, and impossible to stop.
Stream audio content over Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, LTE, or any mobile data connection. Pocket FM is optimised for low-bandwidth networks so the story never buffers, no matter where your signal takes you.
Genres include:
Romance
Drama
Fantasy and Sci-fi
Romantasy and Werewolf
Thriller
Horror
Mystery — new audio dramas added every week
Make every moment count
Your morning commute. A long drive. The gym. Cooking dinner. Bedtime. Pocket FM turns every free-ear moment into the highlight of your day. Listeners tune in for an average of 110+ minutes daily — because once a great story starts, it is impossible to stop.
Smarter listening, powered by AI
AI Recaps — Missed a few episodes? Get a personalised audio recap built from your exact listening history, so you never lose the thread of a story.
Characterbot — Go deeper into the stories you love. Chat with an AI-powered version of your favourite characters — about the plot, their world, their choices. Build a level of immersion no audiobook or podcast has ever offered before.
A world-class entertainment platform, built for every screen
Pocket FM is a premium original content entertainment platform with a library that keeps growing every week. Stream live or listen on demand. Download for offline listening. The experience adapts beautifully across every device.
Offline listening — download episodes and listen without Wi-Fi
Adjustable playback speed — your pace, your story, your way
Sleep timer — wake up exactly where you left off
Adaptive display — optimized for multiple devices like iPhone and iPad
Download the Pocket FM app free on iOS today. Get instant access to free episodes across the full library. Our unique micropayment model means you only pay for the audio content you actually want — no subscription lock-in, no waiting for new episodes, no compromise. Go completely ad
With over 100,000 hours of original audio content across every genre, Pocket FM is where great storytelling lives.
A new kind of audio entertainment
Pocket FM sits at the intersection of audiobooks, podcasts, and on-demand audio streaming — and goes beyond all three. Like your favourite podcast, new episodes drop every single day across hundreds of active shows. Like an audiobook, every drama is rich with character, narrative depth, and world-building. Like a live audio broadcast, there is always something fresh to tune in to. But unlike any of those, Pocket FM is built purely for binge listening — episodic, cliffhanger-driven, and impossible to stop.
Stream audio content over Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, LTE, or any mobile data connection. Pocket FM is optimised for low-bandwidth networks so the story never buffers, no matter where your signal takes you.
Genres include:
Romance
Drama
Fantasy and Sci-fi
Romantasy and Werewolf
Thriller
Horror
Mystery — new audio dramas added every week
Make every moment count
Your morning commute. A long drive. The gym. Cooking dinner. Bedtime. Pocket FM turns every free-ear moment into the highlight of your day. Listeners tune in for an average of 110+ minutes daily — because once a great story starts, it is impossible to stop.
Smarter listening, powered by AI
AI Recaps — Missed a few episodes? Get a personalised audio recap built from your exact listening history, so you never lose the thread of a story.
Characterbot — Go deeper into the stories you love. Chat with an AI-powered version of your favourite characters — about the plot, their world, their choices. Build a level of immersion no audiobook or podcast has ever offered before.
A world-class entertainment platform, built for every screen
Pocket FM is a premium original content entertainment platform with a library that keeps growing every week. Stream live or listen on demand. Download for offline listening. The experience adapts beautifully across every device.
Offline listening — download episodes and listen without Wi-Fi
Adjustable playback speed — your pace, your story, your way
Sleep timer — wake up exactly where you left off
Adaptive display — optimized for multiple devices like iPhone and iPad
Download the Pocket FM app free on iOS today. Get instant access to free episodes across the full library. Our unique micropayment model means you only pay for the audio content you actually want — no subscription lock-in, no waiting for new episodes, no compromise. Go completely ad
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas App Store
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas gets 50k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas is #55 in Entertainment Free in United States and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperPocket FM Corp
CategoryEntertainment
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (273k)
Version3.46.1
Age rating12+
First seen by us 24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10M+ worldwide
Rating
4.7 ★
273k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#55
Entertainment FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
492
▼ -12% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas on the App Store
App details
App ID
1538433480
Publisher
Pocket FM Corp
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Jan 2021
5 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.0+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
7 content notes below
Languages
7
EN FR DE IT PT ES TR
Size
254 MB
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude HumorFrequent/Intense Horror/Fear ThemesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Realistic ViolenceFrequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
App privacy Measured
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas’s App Store privacy label declares 1 data category used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 1 linked to your identity and 4 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
1
Linked to you
1
Not linked to you
4
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Pocket FM: Audio Dramas's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Pocket FM: Audio Dramas before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Top Grossing positions in every country we track, converted to dollars per store and country, sized by each market's published consumer spend and calibrated on revenue companies publish.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Pocket FM: Audio Dramas makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds · 152 ad networks
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Buy coins worth $4.99 | |
| 2 | Buy coins worth $0.99 | |
| 3 | Buy Coins Worth $0.99 | |
| 4 | Buy coins worth $1.99 | |
| 5 | Buy coins worth $9.99 | |
| 6 | Buy coins worth $19.99 | |
| 7 | Buy coins worth $9.99 | |
| 8 | Buy Coins Worth $19.99 | |
| 9 | Buy Coins Worth $4.99 | |
| 10 | Buy coins worth $1.99 |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | EntertainmentFree | #55 |
| Germany | EntertainmentGrossing | #21 |
| India | EntertainmentGrossing | #12 |
| India | All AppsGrossing | #52 |
| India | EntertainmentFree | #21 |
| France | EntertainmentGrossing | #33 |
| United Kingdom | EntertainmentGrossing | #60 |
| Germany | EntertainmentFree | #60 |
| Brazil | EntertainmentFree | #34 |
| Canada | EntertainmentGrossing | #40 |
| Spain | EntertainmentGrossing | #26 |
| Australia | EntertainmentGrossing | #42 |
| Mexico | EntertainmentGrossing | #39 |
| Italy | EntertainmentGrossing | #49 |
| France | EntertainmentFree | #70 |
| Brazil | EntertainmentGrossing | #74 |
| Canada | EntertainmentFree | #68 |
| Mexico | EntertainmentFree | #48 |
| Netherlands | EntertainmentGrossing | #41 |
| Australia | EntertainmentFree | #103 |
| Italy | EntertainmentFree | #102 |
 South Africa | EntertainmentGrossing | #27 |
 Sweden | EntertainmentGrossing | #52 |
 Colombia | EntertainmentGrossing | #31 |
| Colombia | EntertainmentFree | #37 |
| Spain | EntertainmentFree | #161 |
 Argentina | EntertainmentFree | #116 |
| Sweden | EntertainmentFree | #154 |
| South Africa | EntertainmentFree | #87 |
Apps near Pocket FM: Audio Dramas on the chart
Entertainment Free, around #55.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
273k ratings
Measured
Ratings
273k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
492
▼ -12% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
47+
US App Store (Apple shows only the newest)
Recent ratings
4.3★
vs 4.6★ lifetime
Recent written reviews
2.5★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
74/100
faster than 96% of Entertainment apps
Growing fastest in Mexico ▲ +194%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 326 | 67% | ▼ -18% |
| India | 34 | 7% | steady |
| Germany | 27 | 5% | ▼ -20% |
| Canada | 21 | 4% | ▼ -23% |
| Mexico | 15 | 3% | ▲ +194% |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 3% | ▼ -6% |
| France | 13 | 3% | ▼ -7% |
| Brazil | 11 | 2% | steady |
| Australia | 9.5 | 2% | ▲ +11% |
| Spain | 8.8 | 2% | ▲ +6% |
| Italy | 4 | 1% | ▼ -20% |
| Netherlands | 2.5 | 1% | ▼ -50% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Pocket FM: Audio Dramas
From the 200 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong frustration with deceptive advertising and aggressive monetization tactics that lock content behind expensive paywalls after initial free episodes. Technical issues such as broken downloads, app freezes, and inconsistent AI-generated visuals further degrade the experience.
Mostly negative (33% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads.
What people like
- Fun: “Enjoying this app throughly”
- Price & subscription: “Now they cost 9 to 11 “coins” per episode”
- Features & content: “It should just return me to the library or home page”
- Ads: “Ads better than actual app???”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “anymore money on this app”
- Ads: “The ad was very misleading”
- Features & content: “Then tried support in app couldn’t find option”
- Crashes & bugs: “It won’t load up anything”
About Pocket FM: Audio Dramas
Pocket FM is the world's #1 audio dramas platform and the ultimate audio entertainment destination for 250M+ listeners worldwide. Whether you are an audiobook lover, a podcast fan, or just someone who wants great stories — Pocket FM takes you further. This is original audio fiction: episodic, binge-worthy, and built by 550,000+ creators including the world's best authors, storytellers, narrators, and voice-over artists. Pocket FM reimagines audio storytelling beyond radio and FM.
With over 100,000 hours of original audio content across every genre, Pocket FM is where great storytelling lives.
A new kind of audio entertainment
Pocket FM sits at the intersection of audiobooks, podcasts, and on-demand audio streaming — and goes beyond all three. Like your favourite podcast, new episodes drop every single day across hundreds of active shows. Like an audiobook, every drama is rich with character, narrative depth, and world-building. Like a live audio broadcast, there is always something fresh to tune in to. But unlike any of those, Pocket FM is built purely for binge listening — episodic, cliffhanger-driven, and impossible to stop.
Stream audio content over Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, LTE, or any mobile data connection. Pocket FM is optimised for low-bandwidth networks so the story never buffers, no matter where your signal takes you.
Genres include:
Romance
Drama
Fantasy and Sci-fi
Romantasy and Werewolf
Thriller
Horror
Mystery — new audio dramas added every week
Make every moment count
Your morning commute. A long drive. The gym. Cooking dinner. Bedtime. Pocket FM turns every free-ear moment into the highlight of your day. Listeners tune in for an average of 110+ minutes daily — because once a great story starts, it is impossible to stop.
Smarter listening, powered by AI
AI Recaps — Missed a few episodes? Get a personalised audio recap built from your exact listening history, so you never lose the thread of a story.
Characterbot — Go deeper into the stories you love. Chat with an AI-powered version of your favourite characters — about the plot, their world, their choices. Build a level of immersion no audiobook or podcast has ever offered before.
A world-class entertainment platform, built for every screen
Pocket FM is a premium original content entertainment platform with a library that keeps growing every week. Stream live or listen on demand. Download for offline listening. The experience adapts beautifully across every device.
Offline listening — download episodes and listen without Wi-Fi
Adjustable playback speed — your pace, your story, your way
Sleep timer — wake up exactly where you left off
Adaptive display — optimized for multiple devices like iPhone and iPad
Download the Pocket FM app free on iOS today. Get instant access to free episodes across the full library. Our unique micropayment model means you only pay for the audio content you actually want — no subscription lock-in, no waiting for new episodes, no compromise. Go completely ad
With over 100,000 hours of original audio content across every genre, Pocket FM is where great storytelling lives.
A new kind of audio entertainment
Pocket FM sits at the intersection of audiobooks, podcasts, and on-demand audio streaming — and goes beyond all three. Like your favourite podcast, new episodes drop every single day across hundreds of active shows. Like an audiobook, every drama is rich with character, narrative depth, and world-building. Like a live audio broadcast, there is always something fresh to tune in to. But unlike any of those, Pocket FM is built purely for binge listening — episodic, cliffhanger-driven, and impossible to stop.
Stream audio content over Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, LTE, or any mobile data connection. Pocket FM is optimised for low-bandwidth networks so the story never buffers, no matter where your signal takes you.
Genres include:
Romance
Drama
Fantasy and Sci-fi
Romantasy and Werewolf
Thriller
Horror
Mystery — new audio dramas added every week
Make every moment count
Your morning commute. A long drive. The gym. Cooking dinner. Bedtime. Pocket FM turns every free-ear moment into the highlight of your day. Listeners tune in for an average of 110+ minutes daily — because once a great story starts, it is impossible to stop.
Smarter listening, powered by AI
AI Recaps — Missed a few episodes? Get a personalised audio recap built from your exact listening history, so you never lose the thread of a story.
Characterbot — Go deeper into the stories you love. Chat with an AI-powered version of your favourite characters — about the plot, their world, their choices. Build a level of immersion no audiobook or podcast has ever offered before.
A world-class entertainment platform, built for every screen
Pocket FM is a premium original content entertainment platform with a library that keeps growing every week. Stream live or listen on demand. Download for offline listening. The experience adapts beautifully across every device.
Offline listening — download episodes and listen without Wi-Fi
Adjustable playback speed — your pace, your story, your way
Sleep timer — wake up exactly where you left off
Adaptive display — optimized for multiple devices like iPhone and iPad
Download the Pocket FM app free on iOS today. Get instant access to free episodes across the full library. Our unique micropayment model means you only pay for the audio content you actually want — no subscription lock-in, no waiting for new episodes, no compromise. Go completely ad
Latest updates
3.46.1
A refreshed Store: find coins and plans more easily, with a cleaner layout throughout.
Cleaner show credits: see who made your favorite series in a clearer credits screen.
Know when the next video drops: shows with a video cadence now surface the next release timing on the episode list and player.
We've also made behind-the-scenes fixes and stability improvements for a smoother listen.
Happy listening!
3.46.0
What's new in 3.46.0
A refreshed Store: find coins and plans more easily, with a cleaner layout throughout.
Cleaner show credits: see who made your favorite series in a clearer credits screen.
Know when the next video drops: shows with a video cadence now surface the next release timing on the episode list and player.
We've also made behind-the-scenes fixes and stability improvements for a smoother listen.
Happy listening!
3.45.1
Refer & Earn: Invite your friends to Pocket FM and earn exciting rewards as they join, make purchases, and reach listening milestones.
iPhone Duo Support: We've optimized the app for Apple's latest iPhone Duo, ensuring a smooth and seamless experience.
Improved Screen Adaptability: Enhanced layouts and responsiveness across different screen sizes, especially on the Show Details and Player screens, for a better listening experience.
Store changes
What Pocket FM: Audio Dramas changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
8 screenshots (was 7)
New iPad screenshots 
More from Pocket FM Corp
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas Android
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas gets 50k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas is #3 in Music & Audio Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 19 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperPocketFM
CategoryMusic & Audio
PriceFree
Released
Installs100M+
Rating★ 4.5 (4.7M)
Updated
Content ratingTeen
Rating
4.5 ★
4.7M ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#3
Music & Audio GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
6,400
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Pocket FM is a free-to-download audio drama platform targeting global listeners with serialized fiction in genres like romance, fantasy, and thriller, monetized through in-app purchases for episode access. The app holds the #2 grossing position in Music & Audio across major markets including the US, UK, India, and Germany, indicating strong revenue performance despite being free to download.
Similar apps: Wattpad, Audible, Spotify
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.radio.pocketfm
Publisher
Pocket FM Corp
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Teen
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v9.11.7, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
31
Permissions
40
Trackers
Full permission listProSee plans
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Pocket FM: Audio Dramas's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Pocket FM: Audio Dramas before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Top Grossing positions in every country we track, converted to dollars per store and country, sized by each market's published consumer spend and calibrated on revenue companies publish.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Pocket FM: Audio Dramas makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds · 152 ad networks
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Buy coins worth $4.99 | |
| 2 | Buy coins worth $0.99 | |
| 3 | Buy Coins Worth $0.99 | |
| 4 | Buy coins worth $1.99 | |
| 5 | Buy coins worth $9.99 | |
| 6 | Buy coins worth $19.99 | |
| 7 | Buy coins worth $9.99 | |
| 8 | Buy Coins Worth $19.99 | |
| 9 | Buy Coins Worth $4.99 | |
| 10 | Buy coins worth $1.99 |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
Saudi Arabia
Thailand
Vietnam
Japan
TurkeyApps near Pocket FM: Audio Dramas on the chart
Music & Audio Grossing, around #3.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.5 ★
4.7M ratings
Measured
Ratings
4.7M
Measured
Written reviews
91k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
6,400
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
298
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.4★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.0★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
78/100
faster than 98% of Music and audio apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Pocket FM: Audio Dramas
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users criticize the aggressive monetization model where free episodes are severely limited and coin costs escalate dramatically near story endings. Technical instability, including app crashes, freezing, and unauthorized auto-play behavior, further degrades the experience.
Mixed but leaning positive (72% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and few ads. The main complaints are about ads, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Fun: “Very addictive, best stories”
- Ads: “There are ads, but has the best stories”
- Price & subscription: “The previous episode should cut short to save money”
- Features & content: “The app has a good selection of stories”
Common complaints
- Ads: “This company runs 29 MINUTE ADS”
- Price & subscription: “So what exactly am I paying for?”
- Crashes & bugs: “since the update it's not working”
- Updates: “since the update it's not working”
About Pocket FM: Audio Dramas
Pocket FM is an audio dramas platform pioneering audio entertainment with millions of listeners worldwide. It features various audio stories in multiple genres: romance, fantasy, horror, thriller, werewolf and drama. It has an extensive library of audio dramas delivering whole new entertainment experiences for audiobook and podcast lovers.
Pocket FM enriches millions of listeners with the best entertainment experience with its audio dramas, delivered by its large creator community, including the best authors, storytellers, voice-over artists and writers. The app has a vast content library for everyday entertainment, with stories ranging from romance, drama, fantasy, thriller, horror and more.
Pocket FM has a library with more than 100,000 hours of content, introducing a new binge factor with non-stop entertainment. Listeners spend an average of over 110 minutes daily on the platform, binge-ing new episodes of their favorite stories from a diverse range of titles in the library.
The genres include -
Romance
Drama
Fantasy
Werewolf
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
With Pocket FM, you can listen to your favorite audio dramas anytime, anywhere. The user-friendly interface makes browsing and searching for audio dramas easy, and its built-in player allows you to listen to them with just a tap. Our offline listening feature lets you download episodes and listen without an internet connection. And with adjustable playback speed, you can listen at the pace that's most comfortable for you.
We have replaced screen boredom and fatigue with audio dramas that can be consumed 24x7. With the unique storytelling, Pocket FM has introduced a new entertainment format that can be consumed while commuting, driving, at the gym, cooking, at bedtime or even while working, whenever your ears are free.
Every click on Pocket FM brings entertainment with fresh and new stories. So, stop getting bored with repetitive music numbers or the same old audiobooks and podcasts and get into the next era of entertainment.
What you'll love about Pocket FM:
1. We keep adding new audio stories and other audio content all the time. You can browse or search your favorite drama and listen to them anytime, and anywhere you want from mobile, tablet, desktop, laptop etc
2. Experience listening to your favorite audio dramas with a fun-loving and active community of listeners
3. Smooth navigation between episodes and chapters and quickly going back and forth by ten seconds in our player, which is specially designed for audio content.
4. The delight of having a great sleep while listening to your favorite audio dramas with our in-built sleep timer.
Listen to Audio Dramas on your mobile, tablet, desktop, Chromecast, TV or Wear OS
You get free episodes of your favorite audio dramas everyday. However, the premium experience has been beautifully designed to elevate your listening experience, without any additional wait time.
Wondering why more and more listeners are opting for our unique micropa
Pocket FM enriches millions of listeners with the best entertainment experience with its audio dramas, delivered by its large creator community, including the best authors, storytellers, voice-over artists and writers. The app has a vast content library for everyday entertainment, with stories ranging from romance, drama, fantasy, thriller, horror and more.
Pocket FM has a library with more than 100,000 hours of content, introducing a new binge factor with non-stop entertainment. Listeners spend an average of over 110 minutes daily on the platform, binge-ing new episodes of their favorite stories from a diverse range of titles in the library.
The genres include -
Romance
Drama
Fantasy
Werewolf
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
With Pocket FM, you can listen to your favorite audio dramas anytime, anywhere. The user-friendly interface makes browsing and searching for audio dramas easy, and its built-in player allows you to listen to them with just a tap. Our offline listening feature lets you download episodes and listen without an internet connection. And with adjustable playback speed, you can listen at the pace that's most comfortable for you.
We have replaced screen boredom and fatigue with audio dramas that can be consumed 24x7. With the unique storytelling, Pocket FM has introduced a new entertainment format that can be consumed while commuting, driving, at the gym, cooking, at bedtime or even while working, whenever your ears are free.
Every click on Pocket FM brings entertainment with fresh and new stories. So, stop getting bored with repetitive music numbers or the same old audiobooks and podcasts and get into the next era of entertainment.
What you'll love about Pocket FM:
1. We keep adding new audio stories and other audio content all the time. You can browse or search your favorite drama and listen to them anytime, and anywhere you want from mobile, tablet, desktop, laptop etc
2. Experience listening to your favorite audio dramas with a fun-loving and active community of listeners
3. Smooth navigation between episodes and chapters and quickly going back and forth by ten seconds in our player, which is specially designed for audio content.
4. The delight of having a great sleep while listening to your favorite audio dramas with our in-built sleep timer.
Listen to Audio Dramas on your mobile, tablet, desktop, Chromecast, TV or Wear OS
You get free episodes of your favorite audio dramas everyday. However, the premium experience has been beautifully designed to elevate your listening experience, without any additional wait time.
Wondering why more and more listeners are opting for our unique micropa
What's new
Brand new design for Pocket FM users.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Store changes
What Pocket FM: Audio Dramas changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New screenshots
12 screenshots (was 12)
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