Reviews of Podcast App

List of user reviews and ratings for Podcast App

Total ratings

4.30 (Rating count: 21,951)

Review summary

Pros
  • Easy to navigate layout.
  • Seamlessly flows from one podcast to the next in a queue.
  • Visual ads only in the free version.
  • Automatically plays the next episode in the queue.
  • Good content availability without blockage.
Cons
  • Slow buffering speeds and frequent glitches.
  • Excessive ads and pop-ups affecting usability.
  • Issues with downloading and listening to favorite podcasts.
  • Podcasts not marked as listened, causing confusion.
  • App freezes when paused, requiring scrolling to find the playback point.
Most mentioned
  • Problems with app updates causing issues.
  • Loading times and playback interruptions.
  • Frustration with excessive advertisements.
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 2.40
All time rating average: 4.30
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Date Author Rating Comment
2024-12-25
Slightly Chaotic
The things I appreciate about this app: 1) The adds for the free version are visual only, not auditory. 2) When my podcast finishes, if there are more recent episodes to play, it plays them. 3) When my podcast finishes, and there are not more recent episodes to play, it does not start playing random new ones; it lets me decide whether to find another one. .
2024-10-23
Occia Drew
Your app is nice, however there is no way to get to the bottom of the Podcast list from when the Podcast started other than continually strolling downtown. Taking up a lot of time trying to get to the end and it locks up. Thank you for auto starts but there are times when episodes are in continuous buffing, skip or it just stops for no reason. Thank you, for looking into how it can be adjusted.
2024-08-08
Glenda Wilson
The recent update has some serious flaws. Some of the new podcasts aren't showing up as "New" when I open the app, and when I do click on the show, "New" then shows up and won't go away on the home screen. I sometimes have to click on the podcast icon and wait for the newest podcast to appear. Please fix this. The app was much better before this "update."
2023-10-23
Catherine pryor
Used to be great, now it stinks. It has been days since any new podcasts updated so I think it's broken, but even before that podcast would stop playing g after 5 seconds. I constantly would have to back out and then click again to even be able to get into a podcast. I think all the problems are adding up and the last few days of no downloads are pushing me to go shop a new podcast app. Used to be great but now is just broken on so many ways. Not good when there are many other functioning apps.
2023-08-29
Chris Pickhardt
I have been using this app for a couple years now and for a while it was fine. I even pay $15 a year for it. But for some time now, every podcast in my favorites takes forever to load. The play button just spins and spins as if it's buffering and sometimes it does so for 5+ minutes. Very irritating. I update the app often and that has not solved the issue. I experience the problem both on wifi and when I am using mobile data. I don't know what the issue is but I'm approaching the end of my rope.
2023-03-12
Lonnie Craig
Overall, a solid app for my favorite podcasts. My only complaint is that SOMETIMES I have to play the podcast which I want to download to listen to later. It sometimes will not download on its own. Not sure if this is a bug in the app or if it's my own phone, as I had the problem with my previous phone. But so far, that isn't enough to make me want to stop using this.
2023-03-12
Ben Graber
Not a great app experience. I've used other free podcast apps that are fine but this one is flooded with a lot of additional ads and pop-ups that prevent me from getting to my content and make driving unsafe by making me exit out of all that junk. Also not sure if there is a way to automatically play the next or another episode from any of the many podcasts I follow but doing all of this on the road or in the go is a bit cumbersome and could be made a lot better with the ads we have to tolerate
2022-11-03
Linda Brisbane
I have the annual paid version. The only complaints I have is (a) extremely slow buffering speed (often resolves if I restart my phone) and (b) this new feature that automatically picks a podcast it thinks I will like and plays it automatically. No thanks, PLEASE get rid of this feature or make it a setting to be turned on/off (especially if you're paying for the app annually).
2022-09-01
Trace Hunt
What are you guys doing?!? With the new update, in the listen later section, the play icon completely obscures the thumbnail of the podcast. You are forced to read the description to even know what pod you are attempting to select. There is no way this was beta tested and it wasn't a problem for the user. How could you roll it out like this?
2022-06-10
Leslie Chaffin
I recently got this app and paid for a year. It said I was not eligible for the free trial. Maybe I had it on an old phone - not sure. I have a long commute to work and like to listen while I drive. This app will go to sleep at a certain time after my phone screen goes to sleep and stops my podcast. I then have to open my phone and hit play again. This is absolutely not acceptable while driving on a busy interstate. I guess I'm out my yearly fee and will definitely research other apps.
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