TuneIn Premium's monthly subscription will cost $7.99 in the US, $8.99 in Canada and 5.99 in the UK, and there's a free 30-day trial period if you want to give it a go before upgrading. Though it's only launching in those three countries to start, TuneIn plans to expand its premium tier to other countries soon.

Try tapping on the Menu button on the "Now Playing" screen. Then tap "Choose Stream" to see if lower bitrates are available. You can also increase the "Buffer Before Playing" option in the settings menu. This may reduce buffering pauses when there is temporary network congestion.

Tunein radio app Using 64 kbps, the average usage is @ 230 megs for 1 hour of streaming - on 3G. If you increase the stream, you'll increase the bandwidth.