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Constantly crashes and slow load time. Almost unusable at this point
Listening to a podcast and want to check a text message? Player FM will crash or freeze. Enjoying a podcast and want to check the weather or Google something? Player FM will crash or freeze. And when it crashes, how long does it take to load and start over? A whopping 30 seconds. In fact, player FM will often stop a podcast or freeze for 15 seconds or more when you aren’t even doing anything else. This is extremely disappointing because years ago this podcast app was amazing and was my absolute favorite. I used to love this app and recommend it to all of my friends. But now the app has so many bugs that it is almost unusable. Extremely frustrating! I wish they would fix this, or just revert to a stable version from four years ago and let us download that on the App Store. Whatever it takes. I really don’t know how it could go from such a fantastic and wonderful app to something that’s broken. I wish I hadn’t had automatic app updates configured on my phone, because years ago the app used to work great! But I can’t find a way to go back to the old versionShow lessPowerUserPro
Terrible customer support
I like the app overall. I switched when Stitcher was discontinued and particularly like the ability to group my podcasts into playlists. I even upgraded to a premium account. But the technical and customer support is abysmal. I opened a ticket for a quirky bug that impacts my ability to enjoy the app. No response. I email again. No response. Again. Then I’m told - oh the app developers are working on it. Then nothing. Silence for a month. I ping them again. No response. Months go by. This is not a big bug fix. It’s a minor thing but its super annoying as an app user. When they finally decide to reply I’m told they are “looking into it”. Poor customer service, lousy response time on easy fixes that impact the customer experience. I’m looking at other apps now.Show lessTr In sf
Best podcast app, easiest to use
I have an iPhone and one of my biggest complaints was their podcast app had two options for sort, newest or oldest and sometimes playing even those was cumbersome
PlayerFM can sort by those and also shortest, longest and random and they stick! Playlists are also really easy to create and edit as well. Plus there seems to be more cryptid and horror podcasts which I love
And did I mention you can set it so it’ll skip awkward silences and pauses and reduce background noises like pages turning and throat clearing? And the speed has more options for the monotone ones with awesome stories so they don’t put you to sleep
I recommend it to everyone who is looking for podcast recommendations in my horror and paranormal communities
The one thing I wish was for CarPlay integration, it doesn’t show up on my car screen and I’m limited to using my phone to skip a podcast or find one which is cool unless I’m driving and our state is hands free or a ticketShow lesssamlau0916