APP of the day |Replaio Radio – Torchie| 2nd Jan, 2017
APP of the day | Replaio Radio – Torchie
This program is based on smartphone app review, where we’ll discuss apps and their amazing features.
Today we are going to review – Replaio Radio
Replaio – Christmas Apps Edition
* Replaio Premium – 50% off
* 150+ Free Christmas Stations
Replaio is a free online radio player providing access to more than 30,000 stations all over the world. You can listen to your favorite online radio stations and AM/FM stations available online, as well as discover new stations using the “Explore” feature!
With Replaio, great music and radio journalism are always right by your side. Wherever you are, you can listen to music, sports coverage, the latest news, and all your favorite programs.
Why Replaio?
Modern, intuitive, attractive Material Design interface with handy tabs
When creating Replaio, we strived to combine the most interesting features with a convenient and aesthetically pleasing interface. The Material Design interface, with its innovative new tabs, ensures quick and easy access to all features, no matter if you’re listening to the radio at home or in your car. Want to tune in to your favorite station? Just tap the appropriate tab (always visible on the screen) and turn on the radio using large, convenient buttons. You can tap again to see the player with album art. Doesn’t that sound cool? Try it out!
Stable listening free from disruptions
Replaio is a player designed with stability in mind. We want you to be able to listen to your favorite radio station immediately after tuning in, without disruptions or constant buffering – even with a slow Internet connection. Replaio allows you to customize buffer length within a range of 1 to 30 seconds. We are currently working on other features to improve the stability of your listening experience – we will release them soon.
Convenient access to a catalog of more than 30,000 radio stations around the world
You can find stations playing pop, rock, hip hop, electronic, jazz, classical, country, blues, even Christmas music. The app allows you to search for them by country or network (e.g. SomaFM). You can also access news and sports channels. Can’t decide? Try the “Random” feature – we’ll pick a station for you! Of course, you can also search for stations by name. If the station you want is not in our catalog yet, tap the “Add station” button and enter its name – if it’s available, we’ll add it to the catalog within 24 hours!
Spotify integration
Like the song you’re currently listening to? Got access to Spotify? Great! Now you can quickly add it to your Spotify playlist and listen to it whenever you want!
Main features of Replaio
* Access to more than 30,000 radio stations
* Convenient access to your favorite stations
* Radio alarm clock with snooze feature
* Sleep Timer
* Favorite program reminders
* Customizable colors
* 4-level dark mode
* Ability to rewind and pause live radio
* History of tracks played
* Ability to keep the screen awake
* Customizable buffer length
* Spotify integration
New in 1.4.0
* Smooth alarm volume up
* Favorite songs list
* Possibility to disable the album art on lock screen
* Google Chromecast support (beta)
Today we are going to review – Torchie
Turn on/off super bright flashlight / LED / torch on your phone instantly by holding both volume buttons / keys together! It’s quick, fast, innovative. It works in screen on, lock screen and screen off (when enabled from settings). Just works anytime! It makes you feel that you have a handy conventional battery operated torch with physical hardware button access! it’s tiny, small, free and runs silently as SERVICE. Absolutely no root required!
TORCHIE IS OPEN SOURCE NOW!
Get the full source code here : https://github.com/anselm94/Torchie-Android
Fork us and let’s make Torchie together!
FEATURES:
★ Turn on/off torch / flashlight / LED just by holding volume Buttons / keys together
★ Works in screen on, lock screen, even while screen off (when enabled from Settings)
★ Open Source (Source code: https://github.com/anselm94/Torchie-Android)
★ Optimized (zero) Battery usage (unless enabled in screen off via settings)
★ Standalone torch / flashlight / LED app too!
★ Easy, innovative and handy Material Design UI
★ Very light, tiny and small (~1 MB)
★ Super fast and reliable
★ Brightest guaranteed
★ Innovative, simple & handy
★ One of the Best tool to make your life easier
★ No privacy / security issues
★ No Root required
★ No framework / plugin required
★ No Ads and No spyware
★ Completely free and ever will be
❤ Donation is available as In-App purchase
ABOUT THE PERMISSION
“…Can observe the text you type and actions you do…”
Alas! It’s threatening isn’t it? Torchie needs permission to listen to your physical hardware (volume Button) Key presses only.
What if your phone has a physical hardware Keyboard phone? Torchie can listen to text – keys you type right? So, Android shows this. But, recent Android phones (except Blackberry Priv) does not have a physical hardware Keyboard (for typing) with only three hardware physical keys i.e. one power button and two volume buttons. Actually, It is Android’s flaw showing this buggy permission to you!
https://github.com/anselm94/Torchie-Android/wiki/FAQs
Also, Torchie does not have ‘Internet Permission’. So it’s impossible to send anything to anyone!
Torchie’s source code is available here https://github.com/anselm94/Torchie-Android. You can go through every line of code!
Please give a second thought before giving NEGATIVE REVIEWS
We aren’t a company. We are brothers still doing studies. We have no reason to collect anything from you! We made Torchie out of passion to make something innovative. So, If you find Torchie useful, please donate to support us! It greatly helps our studies and app development.
Donate
NOTE:
1. For Android 4.0.3 ICS, 4.1 JB, 4.2 JB users ONLY
Flashlight / torch / LED may turn on if you swipe to change volume in volume Panel. (Tip: Disable for screen on)
2. Screen off will not work by default
Torchie functionality is disabled by default in screen off, to prevent battery drain. Using in lock screen will not cause/accelerate battery drain. Advice is that using in lock screen is handy
Learn more: https://torchieapp.wordpress.com/help
PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED:
1. In-app purchases
Donate us conveniently from within the app.
2. Camera
Camera and flash are treated as same unit till Android version 6.0 (Marshmallow)
3. Bind to an accessibility service
To detect your hardware physical volume key presses
4. Prevent device from sleeping
Needed only when enabled for screen off
5. Control flashlight
To turn on / off flashlight / torch / LED in your phone
6. Control vibration
For vibration feedback
