"slow music for fast times" ambient • space • contemplative
3.53·463 reviews·10,000+ downloads
Hearts of Space delivers a curated ambient, space, and electronic listening experience through a free Android app with a long-running catalog. With 10,000+ total downloads and 81 in the last 30 days, the app enables users to search, browse, and build playlists and favorites, while offering subscriber features across devices focused on contemplative listening.
Pros & Cons
Curated ambient/space music focus with a distinct sonic identity.
Supports playlists, favorites, and voiceover control for a personalized listening experience.
High-quality AAC streaming with reliable background playback and Bluetooth support.
Cross-device subscriptions and tiered service plans (Full, Standard, Basic) for flexible access.
Primarily streaming-focused; offline playback and local library features are not highlighted in the data.
Not ranked in any top lists, which may affect discoverability in some contexts.
About Hearts of Space
Hearts of Space is a music & audio app developed by Hearts of Space.
How many times has Hearts of Space been downloaded?
Hearts of Space has been downloaded 25 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 81 times.
What is the rating of Hearts of Space?
Hearts of Space is rated 3.53 out of 5 stars, based on 460 ratings.
Is Hearts of Space free?
Hearts of Space is free to download. The APK download size is 22.43 MB. The latest version available is 424. The last update was on May 1, 2026.
What are the requirements for Hearts of Space?
Hearts of Space requires Android 4.0.3+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play May 2011.
Description
HEARTS of SPACE is the original NPR national showcase for the best electronic, acoustic, and ambient space music. Listeners describe the show as ‘addictive,’ ‘essential,’ and ‘sublime’—a, consistently high quality curated experience of emotionally significant music that goes far beyond simple relaxation.
Our new, completely rewritten 4th generation Hearts of Space app offers Android users free, anytime access to our new shows, up to four (4) times each week. Shows change and the free play allotment refreshes on Friday nights around midnight Pacific Time.
You can now browse and SEARCH the entire Hearts of Space collection of PROGRAMS and ALBUMS within the app, and make and edit personal PLAYLISTS and FAVORITES (now a 3-star rating that also allows you to block any program you don’t want to hear). New in-app SETTINGS allow you to customize your HOS “home page” and player content. Streams sound great in high quality AAC format, with glitchless audio backgrounding, Bluetooth support, and device hardware integration.
SUBSCRIBERS gain expanded levels of access to music, choice, and interactivity. One subscription works on all your devices and all but prehistoric laptops and desktops. For a seamless musical experience, subscribers can turn voiceover narration off, and use interactive stream navigation, a sleep timer, and autorepeat.
OUR SERVICE PLANS
• FULL SERVICE provides maximum access, choice, and interactivity. It’s ideal for both targeted listening and continuous background music. You can SEARCH, BROWSE, and enjoy unlimited plays of the entire Hearts of Space universe of music: over 1,300 PROGRAMS, 150+ classic ALBUMS in our genres, 11 continuous play, interactive CHANNELS, and THIS WEEK’s show. It includes all interactive features—our random select feature SURPRISE ME, a sleep timer, autorepeat, and shuffling of PLAYLISTS.
• STANDARD SERVICE is a budget-conscious plan for continuous background music by genre. With slightly less interactivity and choice, it includes unlimited play of THIS WEEK’s show and all 11 full-time CHANNELS (plus a 12th at winter Holiday time) containing 12 selected programs each, for a total of 133 shows. Each channel drops and adds 1 program per hour, resulting in a complete refresh every 12 hours. Nine of the channels are genre-based, the RECENT channel features the 12 newest programs, and the eclectic ALL ARCHIVE channel draws from the entire collection. On all channels, you can skip to the next show, repeat a previous show, choose specific shows within channels, and turn the voiceover narration off or on.
• BASIC SERVICE gives unlimited play of THIS WEEK’s show anytime during the week it’s featured, an auto-repeat function, voiceover choice, and the ability to browse and sample everything in the collection.
ABOUT HEARTS of SPACE
Beginning as a pioneering late-night radio show in the San Francisco Bay area in 1973, the program continues to offer “slow music for fast times.” Hearts of Space evolved its own unique format — a calm, space-creating mix of ambient, electronic, world, new age, classical and experimental music from around the world and across the centuries.
The breadth and depth of our musical focus, intensively curated into thematic programs, is the secret of our longevity. Our weekly show has been heard by millions, distributed on the NPR network since 1983 to over 300 U.S. public radio stations, and daily on XM Satellite radio from 2001 to 2010.
Launched in January 2001, We were one of the first independent music producers to offer an online streaming service. While we continue to serve our radio network, our main focus today is our web service and mobile apps.
GETTING STARTED
Download our free app and create your free account. Or sign in with your existing account and subscription, and experience the sublime world of Hearts of Space.
For more information about our programming and subscriptions, tap ABOUT in our app.
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★★★★★Audio Aficionado· Nov 1, 2022
App won't work on my Android 10 tablet. It shows the Adobe air Startup page and then goes black. Fully opens on my older Android version phone. Have to play through a web browser. Love your music on my PC, but wish I could enjoy it on my tablet also. Update: since this app was updated, it now works beautifully on my tablet. Very glad it was fixed as I like listening with my tablet connected to my stereo system.
★★★★★joanieb0942· Jan 11, 2024
HOS really helps me calm down, and focus. Has been working great up until this week. 1/9/24 keeps shutting down when accessing fron my Android phone. Uninstaller and the reinstalled with no improvement. Works fine on computer and iPhone.
★★☆☆☆Don Allen· Aug 26, 2021
App hangs and crashes when screen saver or lock screen activates. Also, when laying inactive for a while, as when you're listening to a track. Needs some work. As it hasn't been updated for quite a while, I don't expect any fixes. I've been listening to HOS since the early eighties and it's sad that the Android app is so lame.
★★☆☆☆A Google user· May 1, 2021
If this show which I have been listening too since the 80s. However, this app needs updating it stops for no reason.
★★☆☆☆Audio Aficionado· Jul 21, 2021
App won't work on my Android 10 tablet. It shows the Adobe air Startup page and then goes black. Fully opens on my older Android version phone. Have to play through a web browser. Love your music on my PC, but wish I could enjoy it on my tablet also.
Google Play Rankings for Hearts of Space
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Technologies used by Hearts of Space
Hearts of Space is requesting 13 permissions and is using 4 libraries.
Show details
Trust & Safety: Permissions include network access, foreground service for uninterrupted playback, notifications, wake lock, and in-app billing. No sensitive data access is requested. The combination of a foreground service, online streaming, and subscription options aligns with standard safety practices for music apps.
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