Can’t access account, no response from devs (as yet)
After getting fed up with the app failing to sync new episodes and displaying no data in the Discover section, I decided to sign out and back in to my account, hoping this might straighten the app out. I’m now unable to sign in because my password is apparently incorrect, and neither the app nor the website will allow me to change my password (“Failed to send reset email: Please try again later”). I paid a tenner for an annual Plus subscription. I would like this sorted, please.
*Just heard from admin - Fingers crossed. 🤞🏻
*Just heard from admin - Fingers crossed. 🤞🏻
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Long-time user giving 5-stars but….
I love this app. I’ve tried them all and this is the cleanest most user-friendly interface out there. The album-style view with the ability to update the order is great. The user interface for playback is solid.
The one wish I have is the ability to create a folder and place completed podcasts into that folder. I’m a true crime fan and roll through podcast, but I don’t want to delete them once completed. Why? Because so many podcast do legal follow-ups or second seasons about 6-12 months after the last podcast releases. I’d prefer to move these played podcasts into a folder and only visit them when a notification on the folder indicates a new podcast has posted. These are normally commercials anyway. This would declutter the main screen.
Thanks!!!
The one wish I have is the ability to create a folder and place completed podcasts into that folder. I’m a true crime fan and roll through podcast, but I don’t want to delete them once completed. Why? Because so many podcast do legal follow-ups or second seasons about 6-12 months after the last podcast releases. I’d prefer to move these played podcasts into a folder and only visit them when a notification on the folder indicates a new podcast has posted. These are normally commercials anyway. This would declutter the main screen.
Thanks!!!
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Poor support - and will not download over mobile network
When you try to get support for this app you are warned they are a small team so please don’t ask if you don’t have a real need. Well I had a real need because it would not download podcasts over my mobile network in the U.K. nor would the Discover function work. I asked for help without a response three times. On the fourth occasion I was asked to send the debug text which I did. I have never heard back in spite of another reminder. I have to assume they simply don’t want to acknowledge there’s a problem or are just rude and unpleasant. In all other respects the app is good and I’d use it if they provided decent support and fixed the problem. I’d actually pay for it if they did that. It’s better than Overcast which extracts a subscription.
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Favorite podcast app but…
This is my favorite podcast app by far. The ability to add filters and the huge amount of control I have over what I play next is fantastic. And pocket casts actually shows the older episodes on my “up next” list on Apple CarPlay, something that Apple Podcasts refuses to do (for no good reason I can think of).
However, I’ve been running into an error that makes it difficult to continue to use this app. Sometimes, when I’m listening to an episode, the player will jump back to a portion of the podcast I’ve already listened to. The problem is that when this happens, the timer/progress bar (scrubber? Idk tech names for UI elements) doesn’t update, and the podcast will stop playing when it reaches the end of the timer, rather than the end of the recording, which means I can’t listen to the end of the episode!!! The only way to fix it is to force close the app and then start playing the episode again, but it always starts playing at some random point so I have to spend time looking for where I got cut off. I mostly listen to podcasts while I work, which means my hands are busy, so I either have to stop what I’m doing to fix the app, or miss the end of my episode (and I listen to a lot of true crime—the end is the best part). This would easily be a 5 star app if I didn’t have to deal with this pretty significant inconvenience all the time.
However, I’ve been running into an error that makes it difficult to continue to use this app. Sometimes, when I’m listening to an episode, the player will jump back to a portion of the podcast I’ve already listened to. The problem is that when this happens, the timer/progress bar (scrubber? Idk tech names for UI elements) doesn’t update, and the podcast will stop playing when it reaches the end of the timer, rather than the end of the recording, which means I can’t listen to the end of the episode!!! The only way to fix it is to force close the app and then start playing the episode again, but it always starts playing at some random point so I have to spend time looking for where I got cut off. I mostly listen to podcasts while I work, which means my hands are busy, so I either have to stop what I’m doing to fix the app, or miss the end of my episode (and I listen to a lot of true crime—the end is the best part). This would easily be a 5 star app if I didn’t have to deal with this pretty significant inconvenience all the time.
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The Best Podcast App! (from a jilted Apple Podcasts user)
I had always used Apple Podcasts, but recently they changed the format and I hated it so much I had to switch. The thing I love most about Pocket Cast is how easy it is to sort out episodes, and in multiple ways. There’s a couple of podcasts I listen to where I’m still far back in the catalog, and through this app’s “downloaded” and “starred” filters, it’s easier for me to sort those episodes from the new streams (unlike the new Apple Podcasts, which is outright frustrating). I tested out the features on 4 of the other big podcast apps, and simply put, none of them let you customize your preferences as much as Pocket Casts. *Also, it doesn’t have annoying in-app ads like some of the others ones, AND includes the “Chapters” feature.* The app even gives you options for the color of the icon on your Home Screen (which I loved, because I wasn’t a fan of the default red icon). Love this app!
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Amazingly Simple Podcast App
Fantastic Podcast App that is intuitive and easy to use. Plenty of features around building your own playlist and keeping everything organized. Couldn’t ask for a better platform.
Fine on iOS, but not cross platform
On the surface this is a really solid podcast app, especially when compared to the smoking car crash that is the official Apple Podcast client.
It has a clear front page of artwork with a badge on each podcast showing how many updated episodes there are. Once playing it can skip silent parts, jump 30 seconds, queue up what's next, and change playback speed. So far so good.
Then I tried to use the desktop client. Syncing been the two is basically broken and all of that nice functionality they iOS app has is gone. The desktop app is really just an incredibly bare bones webapp in a Window. So if you're a 100% iOS user then give this a go, but if you're a cross platform user this is one to skip.
It has a clear front page of artwork with a badge on each podcast showing how many updated episodes there are. Once playing it can skip silent parts, jump 30 seconds, queue up what's next, and change playback speed. So far so good.
Then I tried to use the desktop client. Syncing been the two is basically broken and all of that nice functionality they iOS app has is gone. The desktop app is really just an incredibly bare bones webapp in a Window. So if you're a 100% iOS user then give this a go, but if you're a cross platform user this is one to skip.
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Plays podcasts and a little more
Okay podcast app. Dislike apps that go from premium to free and offer nothing to people that paid for the app initially…anyway, may not matter as the app is low on features that actually work! Do you have a podcast that changes cover art? You’ll always see the first cover on those podcasts. No idea why this app can’t change covers but I can assure you, it won’t.
Do you have a podcast that has fun little teaser clips from the episode that are released as promotions or Alexa Briefs? Well, you’ll have to listen to them or manually delete them because this app has no way to prevent these from being downloaded.
The only redeeming quality of this app is you can load mp3 and listen through the app. Only needed since Apple jacked the directory with 14.5 and podcasts with a lot of old episodes only show recent shows now.
Do you have a podcast that has fun little teaser clips from the episode that are released as promotions or Alexa Briefs? Well, you’ll have to listen to them or manually delete them because this app has no way to prevent these from being downloaded.
The only redeeming quality of this app is you can load mp3 and listen through the app. Only needed since Apple jacked the directory with 14.5 and podcasts with a lot of old episodes only show recent shows now.
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Great replacement for Apple Podcasts
I’ve been using Apple Podcasts for the past ten years and have seen its interface go from easy and straightforward to complicated and lacking of up front info. I started looking for another app and found Pocket Casts. Downloaded it and got it set up with the basics and it was like a breath of fresh air. All of my podcasts are right up front and easy to access. I especially like the info screens (Notes) for episodes that are easy to see and give the info I’m looking for. The ability to touch an episode and not have it start playing is another bonus as Apple always irritated me when I’m just trying to find out info about a cast and have to click on a tiny link under the title to go to the cast for info. The big and straightforward download and play arrows tell just what I need to know about the podcast I’m looking at. Once I learned how to use and set up the filters I was absolutely hooked. The included New Releases filter is great and I added one that shows me what I have downloaded so that I can basically use it as a playlist. BTW I haven’t had any issues with downloading and episodes of one cast I subscribe to that were never available on Apple are readily available through Pocket Casts. I could go on and on but, all in all, I’m loving Pocket Casts right now and have completely switched over to it from Apple Podcasts without any regrets.
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Under-rated, literally
Ignore the average rating and download. The Apple app became so bad crashing what seemed like every session. Had no issues with this and so far haven’t found any feature I would want that isn’t there.
Compared to Overcast I’ve found the interface much more simple and intuitive.
Just a slight concern that the plentiful updates that add more features will eventually become detrimental and lead to a clunky bloated player. Please don’t fix what isn’t broken.
Compared to Overcast I’ve found the interface much more simple and intuitive.
Just a slight concern that the plentiful updates that add more features will eventually become detrimental and lead to a clunky bloated player. Please don’t fix what isn’t broken.
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