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A must have for podcast fans!Igloouk
Such a good app
Loving this app. It really opens up the world of podcasting and is easy to use. Win!The Maj
I love it so much!
There’s so many things I love. Let’s try to break it down.
History
I love having a history of everything I listen to with the date I listened to them. I love logs and stats!
Likes
I love giving a ❤️ on episodes I like and enjoy. I can also view on my profile all the episodes I’ve liked if I ever want to look back. Friends who follow me can also see what I like and liked episodes feed into Breaker’s algorithm of “Hot episodes 🔥” which are shared to the community. So, if a lot of people like something it’s going to get recommended and makes it easier to find something cool to listen to.
Credits
I love you can be credited for an episode. I’ve been a guest on a few episodes so I get a credit on those which shows up on the episode and my profile. And friends can get notified when I’m on something with a push notification.
Comments
You can comment on episodes at specific timestamps which makes engaging with an episode fun. You can also tag other users in the comments, including hosts if they have a profile.
Friends
I already mentioned friends a bit, but if you connect the app with your Twitter and Facebook it’s a breeze to find friends and followers already on there. You can also message friends episodes you think they might like and they’ll get it added to their queue. Makes it much easier than having to send a link or just a name and episode and someone having to look it up. Additionally, you get a feed of what your friends listen to, subscribe to, like, and comment on. I’ve found a lot of cool episodes this way. If you’re not into sharing your activity you can make your account private too.
Subscriptions
You can subscribe to shows you like and see how many episodes you’ve listened to. You can also mute a show if you don’t want it automatically adding to your queue but do want to bookmark it.
Search
There is excellent search for shows. You can find just about anything. In the rare care you can’t, you add a link from iTunes or the RSS feed to add it to Breaker.
Design
The design is fun and consistent, which makes it enjoyable to use.
Receptive
The makers of the app are very receptive to feedback and genuinely care about the user experience and making it better all the time. I should know, I’ve probably sent more feedback and support requests then most. I am always met with warmth and gratitude and have had many of things I’ve brought up worked on!
Host Support
They’ve also added features to help hosts monetise their episodes with premium episodes and I believe they are beginning to add Patreon support to benefit hosts who like to use the service to receive listener support that way. Overall, it’s an excellent platform for both listeners and hosts because they care about both and keep doing more in this space all the time.Show lessheidi_helen
Finally, a podcast player that works for me!
I’ve been through a half-dozen different players since Apple made the big change to theirs. All of them had confusing user interfaces and were organized in ways that didn’t make sense. Then I tried Breaker, and voila, it was exactly what I was looking for and more. Many thanks to the developers! Great job!Show lessBarefooted Papa
Loving this app
I’ve tried many podcasts app and they’ve been always disappointing. Breaker has a nice clean interface, easy to keep up with new episodes. Possibility for many different speeds customised per podcast series and skip silences is great !!babyg158
The only podcast app you need!
As an early user I’ve seen this app go from good to great. This app lives on my front screen and gets used daily to explore new podcasts, see what my friends are consuming (edu) and listen to my favorite podcasts. I love the social aspect of breaker too! Being able to engage in conversations around podcasts is super!Show lessErnest 🦘
I want this app to be great
I've been using this almost everyday for the past ~4 months, and I have to say I loved it at first. But recently the app has gotten worse week over week, to the point that it's simply not usable anymore. Some of the issues I've had:
- looses track of my place in podcast. Sometime its off by 5-10 minutes, other times - especially if it's been more than a couple of hours since pausing - it will lose my place entirely and start from the beginning.
- fails to fetch most recent episodes
- 500 errors when refreshing feed
- streams podcast that it says was downloaded ( I tested this several times by turning all data off with an episode I downloaded in the app and it won't play)
- play/pause button state gets flipped occasionally - the button will show paused and actually be playing, vise versa, etc.
- app will just crash from time to time
For now, I will reluctantly return to the Apple podcast app...but I'll keep an eye on future updates hopefully fixing these bugs that render the app unusable.Show lesstttuckerrr
Room for improvement, but still way better than Apple’s podcast app
Give me the podcast all Apple had out originally, and I’d be happy. Breaker is a great alternative to the app that Apple ruined- all my episodes download when they should and are easy to locate. My issue lies with being able to delete an episode after listening. The episode “disappears” from the playlist and you have to go into subscriptions to find it, and you still can’t do much with it there. If you don’t listen to all (or any) of an episode, it remains in the playlist, and you can swipe left to remove it from your playlist....but it’s not deleted from your phone (exists in subscription area). Not sure if I’m missing something that’s right in front of me, or if this was just overlooked.
A welcomed feature would be to be able to share an episode with people not on Breaker- sometimes I would email myself the episode to know to come back to it, and sometimes i would like to share it with others (who don’t use Breaker). Being able to create multiple playlists would be a bonus, too!Show lessiTif
Developer Response
Hi Tif, I think I can help you out here. When you listen to an episode in full, manually "mark as listened", or swipe to remove it from your playlist, it is deleted from your device. In the subscriptions tab, you'll see a list of shows you are subscribed to. Tapping on any of these shows will list all of their episodes. These episodes are not downloaded to your device. They can be by tapping the "add to playlist" icon. You can verify the episodes actually stored locally by visiting Profile > Settings > Downloaded Episodes. As for sharing an episode outside of Breaker, you can do that as well! To share the currently playing podcast from the full screen player, tap the arrow icon in the bottom right corner of your screen. From here you can share via email, messages, social media, or anywhere else you like. This icon is available on show and episode pages as well throughout the app! Thank you for using Breaker!Loved this for awhile, but download issues continue
I love the concept of this app and have used it for some time. The download function has bugs and has for some time — it is not always actually DL’d even when it says it is, and sometimes upon opening won’t actually DL new episodes even when forced. Also have issues with Skipping forward toward the end of a podcast — sometimes it will skip to the next show in queue, auto-archiving the episode I was trying to listen to.Show lessEllwheeler
Broken login = broken app
Broken Facebook login.
No I won’t give you access to my friends list... like, seriously?
F#*^ this appGourgeon!
