✅ What is Kuku FM?
Kuku FM is an application for people looking out for alternative forms of entertainment, precisely in the tones of audio books or podcasts.
It says it has: First episodes free, offline downloads, pay‑for what‑you‑listen model and categories including love/drama/thriller/self‑help.
Languages & genres: It has content in more than 7 languages, and 15+genres.
It operates in strategic partnership with Storytel to build-up its bestsellers / regional languages library. Vertex Ventures.
📲 How to Get It
On the GooglePlay Store: You can get it as “KukuFM: Audio Series” (made by Mebigo Labs) with over 100million+ downloads.
On Apple’s app store (iOS): You can get it through “KukuFM: Audiobooks & Stories”. App Store
Critical for Pakistan: It’s on Timo, but you may get region‑restricted (or India payment method tied) content with it being available in a lot of countries/regions.
🔒 Safety & Legality Considerations
According to its PlayStore “Data safety” section: the developer“ no data collected. − no data shared with third parties.”
There’s not a whole lot safer than official stores (playstore/apple/etc) generally.
Side-loading APKs from third‑party sites may be riskier (malware, fake releases, legality). For example, one site has an APK download version — but be very careful.
Copyright/content‑licence issues: platforms are subjected to litigations (e.g., in India) about right of contents. Nice to see if those issues impact availability in your area. The Economic Times
🎯 Use‑Case: Good for you, (Pakistan)?
Pros:
And that doesn’t mean their content in English alone – with over 100,000 hours of stories available across hundreds of categories (in Hindi or any one of the supported Indian languages), they offer one of the largest libraries of audiobooks and self‑help etc.
Offline download available in case you have weak internet.
Ideal for “listening” content (like audiobooks, stories) that might be convenient while you’re doing other activities.
Cons:
Regional payment/subscription issues may be there (Indian Rupee, Indian payment gateways) — so make sure subscription/coins model works well for Pakistan.
Some of the content could be language‑specific; if you are looking for English‑language content, there may be a smaller selection of it.