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Big-button radio for seniors Their favourite radio. One simple tap.

Home Station radio turns a spare Android phone into a familiar radio for Mom or Dad: three big buttons that play their favourite stations, and nothing else to press. You look after it from your own phone, wherever you are.

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  • No credit card needed
  • No ads, ever
  • Nothing for them to learn

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  • Works on a spare Android phone
  • No menus. No ads. No confusion.
  • Looked after by the whole family
  • No ads, ever

Sound familiar?

Normal radio apps weren’t made for your parents

  1. “The radio is broken again.”

    It wasn’t. The volume had slid down to nothing, or an ad covered the screen. And you’re hours away.

  2. “I pressed something and now it’s gone.”

    Radio apps are full of menus, search bars, pop-ups and sign-in pages. One wrong tap and they’re lost.

  3. “I miss the news from home.”

    An FM radio only gets local stations. The ones they grew up with are a whole country away.

  4. Home Station radio puts an end to all three.

An older woman enjoying a quiet moment with her radio at home.
A familiar sound. A little closer to home.

How it’s different

One radio. Two screens.

Their screen does one thing: play the radio. Your phone does everything else. You connect the two once, in person, and from then on you look after it from wherever you are.

  1. 01On their phone

    Three big buttons. That’s it.

    • Tap a colour and the radio plays. Tap STOP to stop.
    • No menus, no search, no ads, no sign-in.
    • Big letters, strong contrast, and a volume that never drops to zero.
    • The back button always leads back to the radio.

  2. 02On your phone

    Everything else, from anywhere.

    Pick the three stations, and change them whenever you like.

  3. 03On your phone

    See that it’s online, what’s playing and when they last listened.

  4. 04On your phone

    Get an alert if it goes offline or a station stops.

  5. 05On your phone

    Fix it with one tap, and send voice messages.

Look after it from any phone or computer.

How it works

Set up in one visit. Looked after from anywhere.

  1. Install it on a spare Android phone

    An old phone or a cheap tablet works best, plugged in next to their chair. Their own phone works too.

  2. Scan the square code with your phone

    The radio shows a code. Point your phone’s camera at it, and the radio is connected to you.

  3. Choose three stations

    Search by name, country or language. From then on, you change everything from your phone.

Works on Android 7 or newer. You look after it from any phone or computer, iPhone included.

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Looked after from afar

Everything you need to look after it from your phone

See that it’s working

Online or not, what’s playing, when they last listened, and how much battery is left.

Hear about problems first

An email or a notification on your phone if the radio goes offline or a station stops, and another when it’s back to normal. If you like, one when nobody has used it by a time you choose: a reminder, not an emergency service.

Fix it with one tap

For the day they call to say it’s broken: “Fix it” turns the volume back up and restarts the radio.

Send voice messages

Record a message on your phone. The Family button says “New message” until they listen, and you see when it’s heard.

Stations that keep playing

If a station’s stream stops, Home Station radio switches to another stream of the same station. Never to a different one.

The whole family can help

Invite brothers and sisters for free. Everyone can change stations and send messages. One person pays.

Radio from home

The radio from home, wherever home was

FM stops at the border. The internet doesn’t. The news in their own language, the songs they grew up with, the voices they know: from Istanbul to Warsaw to Mexico City.

30,000+stations from around the world, in dozens of languages

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Turn the dial

You pick the stations from radio-browser.info, a free community directory. We never choose for you.

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Why not a regular radio app, or a simple radio?

Radio apps Simple radios Home Station radio
Only big buttons on the screen No Yes Yes
No ads, no sign-in No Yes Yes
Stations from any country Yes No Yes
Change stations from far away No No Yes
Alerts when it stops working No No Yes
Voice messages from family No No Yes
Runs on an old phone you already have Yes No Yes

Typical radio apps and one-button radios. Some differ.

Pricing

One simple price per radio

Try everything free for 14 days from your first radio, no credit card needed. Brothers and sisters help for free.

Currency: US dollars Euros Pounds VAT included.

Best value

Yearly

€39 a year

Just €3.25 a month. Save 53%.

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Lifetime

€89 once

Founding price for the first 200 radios, then €129. Pay once, no renewals.

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Every plan includes

  • Three buttons, any stations
  • Status and alerts
  • Fix it from your phone
  • Voice messages
  • Family helpers, free
  • No ads, ever

Never cut off mid-song. If a payment fails, the radio keeps playing its stations while you sort it out.

Questions

Questions families ask

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Does it work with an iPhone?

The radio itself runs on Android phones and tablets (Android 7 or newer). You look after it from any phone or computer, iPhone included.

Can it go on my parent’s own phone?

Yes. But a spare phone or a cheap tablet, plugged in next to their chair, works best: no calls or other apps get in the way, and it never runs out of battery.

What if they press the wrong thing?

There’s nothing else to press. The settings are hidden behind a PIN only you know, and the back button always leads back to the radio.

Is it suitable for someone living with dementia?

It was made for people who find normal apps confusing, including people living with memory loss: one screen, three colours, nothing to remember. It’s a radio, not a medical device.

Does it need Wi-Fi?

Wi-Fi or mobile data. You can limit it to Wi-Fi so it never uses mobile data.

Do I need a credit card to try it?

No. Create an account with your email. Your 14 free days start when you connect your first radio, so there’s no rush before your visit.

What happens after the free trial?

Choose a plan to keep the alerts, the morning check and changing stations. Without one, the radio keeps playing the stations you set for 7 more days, then stops until you choose one.

Can my brothers and sisters help?

Yes, for free. Invite them by email: they can change stations, send voice messages and get the alerts too. Only one person pays for each radio.

Where do the stations come from?

From radio-browser.info, a free community directory of internet radio. You choose which stations play.

Are there ads?

No, never. The radio never shows ads, prices or anything to buy.

Guides

Help for families

Give Mom her radio back.

Set it up on your next visit. Then look after it from wherever you are.

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