Why Dial is a radio, not a playlist
A playlist asks you to choose. A radio asks you to listen. Dial is built on the small effort of turning a dial.
Most music apps are built around choosing. Tap a mood, tap a track, skip, skip again. It is fast, and it is tiring in a quiet way: every song is a decision.
Dial goes the other way. There are no tiles. You turn a knob, the needle drifts across the band, and between stations you hear static. Keep turning and the hiss thins out until a song arrives. You did not pick it. You found it.
The room comes with it
Every receiver in Dial lived somewhere. SHIBUYA '84 sat by a window with rain on the awning. SIAM '96 played in a cassette stall under a ceiling fan. BRAUN '68 stood on a café counter at closing time. You can turn that room up under the music, or turn the music off and keep only the room.
Then it lets you go
A radio is something you leave on. So Dial has a focus timer for a block of work and a sleep timer for the night. It keeps playing with the screen locked and switches itself off on time, with a soft chime.
That is the whole idea: less choosing, more listening. Start with SHIBUYA '84. It is free.