# AI Podcast Maker - PODLM — user reviews > 53 indexed App Store user reviews of AI Podcast Maker by Omer Erdem Aydemir, rated 4.10/5 from 125 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ai-podcast-maker-podlm/id6737045700/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ai-podcast-maker-podlm/id6737045700.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 79 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 15 ## What do users think of AI Podcast Maker? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Best text to speech - 👍 Works as advertised - 👍 Beautiful and user-friendly - 👍 Excellent with variety of voices **Cons** - 🐛 Doesn't work at all - 🐛 Unable to load subscription options - 🐛 Cannot save anything - 🔋 Stops playing when phone is locked - 💰 Paid app with limited free minutes **Commonly reported bugs** - Stuck in revolving restore purchase screen - Paid version not working after purchase **Most requested features** - More minutes/unlimited usage - Ability to customize output time - Support for additional languages like Arabic ## Newest reviews (13 of 53) ### 2/5 — Muy Robótico *2025-10-14, version 6.0.2* No suena natural como algunas apps para diseñar canciones, en esta de podcast aún suena como si fuese un robot leyendo ### 3/5 — Accessibility Issues for blind users of Voiceover. *2025-08-16* At first all appeared fine. But the sign up button wouldn’t activate with a double tap, and neither would continue with Apple. I got through it by activating screen recognition temporarily, but selections made while creating the profile would not indicate if they were checked or selected. I can’t speak to the experience for low vision users, if dynamic text or system dark mode is supported,but buttons in the player were not labeled for Voiceover, and I couldn’t find a speed control, or a way to reach feedback or support through the app during the setup and tutoring fase. The sample AI podcast was Quite slow and stilted. Don’t get me wrong. The ideas are great! The implementation and user interface just needs a little work to meet Apple’s accessibility standards for blind creators. ### 3/5 — Forced reviews to work *2025-06-23* This app will not let me try it without rating it. I tried clicking the X minimizing and everything else but it’s the same screen. You have to read it so if it doesn’t show some kind of promise, I’m coming back to review my rating. **Developer response:** Does the problem persist, it should be removed with the new update, you can say cancel from the voting pop up. ### 2/5 — Access issues *2025-04-23, version 5.0.1* I’m using the app from Spain and the screen stays blank when I open it. I’ve waited through several updates, but the issue persists. I finally tried using a VPN from the US and was finally able to access it. I don’t understand why the app is available in Spain if it doesn’t work here. It’s frustrating to have to use a VPN just to access it. Please look into this and fix it. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Premature release *2024-12-01, version 1.0.5* The app is still premature. Paid life time subscription is no different to normal user. The function of pdf to podcast does not work on my subscription. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2024-11-30* The app doesn’t actually work and a lot of positve reviews seem fake **Developer response:** I apologize for the bad experience, there was a slight interruption in service. Our reviews are definitely not fake, you can try the app again. ### 2/5 — Why only 500 min where to request more *2024-11-30* Why only 500 min where to request more. Why not just let everyone use it unlimited and only warned those who abuse it please **Developer response:** Hello, 500 minutes limit is renewed every month. If you need more, we will be happy to offer you more credit if you contact us from the feedback section in the application. ### 1/5 — Nothing happens at all *2024-11-30* I took advantage of the free lifetime offer. When you open the app, you're given a text box to select the subject you want to generate content about No matter what I type in, it generates nothing - it takes me to the next page where the content should be on display, and there's nothing there except a message telling me to "write an engaging introduction...". I copy pasted text from elsewhere and even then, the "generate podcast" button was greyed out. In case you're thinking it didn't work cos I used silly examples, I actually used the example that the app itself gives you - "the rise of AI", and I get nothing back. "Having a baby" - nothing. "Comedy on television" - nothing. Nothing works. I've uninstalled and reinstalled, I've restarted my phone (iPhone 16 pro max). Deleting the app now. **Developer response:** There was a short disruption in our services, the bugs have been fixed. We apologize for the bad experience, you can try the app again if you wish. ### 4/5 — Pretty Decent *2024-11-30* I purchased lifetime package. But how can we get more time? How do we get in touch with the developers? And how can we make podcasts that are longer than a couple minutes? I don’t see option to customize output time. Otherwise a decent app **Developer response:** If you contact us from the feedback section in the application for additional time, we will help you, the periods are automatically renewed every month, if it is not enough, contact us and we will increase your credit. ### 1/5 — Unable to load subscription options *2024-11-30, version 1.0.5* The app always starts with the same onboard ing, but then becomes completely dysfunctional : no options working, subscriptions not loading. Looks like a lousy job of a bad programmer ### 1/5 — Resources Exhausted? *2024-11-29* Cannot save anything. Keep getting an error. **Developer response:** There was a short disruption in our services, the bugs have been fixed. We apologize for the bad experience, you can try the app again if you wish. Thank you for your feedback. ### 1/5 — Life time paid user should have unlimited time? *2024-11-29, version 1.0.5* I suppose user who had already got lifetime package would not see the counting of time quota decreasing? ### 3/5 — Never seen an app that does podcasts before. *2024-11-29* Little bemused by the limitation of minutes considering it’s a $99+ paid app. 500m is only about 8 hours so that’ll surely be used up very quickly. I was thinking of using it for script writing for practice of foreign languages I’m learning. I speak 5. Amazing what AI can do! Seems very promising with more natural voices coming with updates I assume. Nice that it uses correct grammar. 👍 **Developer response:** Hello, the minutes in the application are renewed for every month, if you contact us from the feedback section, we can give you as much credit as you want. Thank you for using the application. Please do not hesitate to contact us. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Scammed all lifetime users *2026-03-12* Scammed all lifetime users ### 1/5 — Scam app - avoid at any cost is a must *2026-03-11, version 8.0.0* Purchased pro version with credit. After update, become free user. Require to buy credit again. Scam and cheating app. Must avoid. ### 1/5 — Not three days free trail *2026-01-20, version 7.0.3* Language pronounce and tune is not perfect. It’s a poorly basic audio. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work properly *2025-10-05* 1. If the text is a mix of English and Chinese, and English voice was originally selected, the app ignores the previous setting and forcibly changes to Japanese voice reading when generating the blog. 2.The program crashes and displays a white screen when pasting text to generate Podcasts using self-written text. The pasted text had a Chinese title and an English body; the crash occurred immediately upon pasting. However, when the Chinese title was removed and only English text was pasted, the crash did not occur. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-09-04* The program crashes and displays a white screen when pasting text to generate Podcasts using self-written text. The pasted text had a Chinese title and an English body; the crash occurred immediately upon pasting. However, when the Chinese title was removed and only English text was pasted, the crash did not occur. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-08-28* When using my own written text to generate Podcasts, choosing an American accent, and selecting a single person, the program crashes and displays a white screen when I paste and click. ### 1/5 — Нет русского языка *2025-06-30, version 5.1.1* Очень плохо русского языка нет ### 1/5 — Bait And Crash *2025-05-08* I am a totally blind person who tried this app via a one time lifetime free purchase. At first the app appeared to work fine, but soon it started to slowly decline. No longer able to send file since it became split into three files. Now, you can’t even save anything outside of the program. Can’t even get the podcast you’ve already made outside the app. I personally don’t like being tricked and made to look like a fool to the folks I’d told about the app. If you;’re going to offer a trial run, say so. Don’t trick me into thinking something is free for a lifetime only to have it not be true. **Developer response:** Hello, first of all, we apologize for your bad experience. We have not made any changes to the application other than design and adding new features and we have not introduced any restrictions. If you contact us from the feedback section in the settings section in the application, we will understand the problem better and help you. There is no deception, if you have lifetime, you will be able to use it for life without any restrictions. ### 1/5 — Super short *2025-03-17* The podcasts are only like 2 mins long **Developer response:** I saw that there was no such request from you in the feedbacks, but you gave 1 point here, don't you think this is unfair to our team? ### 1/5 — I deleted the app right after installing *2025-02-15* You ask me to pay your monthly E even before I test the app what is the exact reason or I am manager of the US Bank so I can pay every app to use it goodbye I never even test the app and they asked me for pay that’s not fair This will be very convenient even they offer one hour free trial so we can test before commitment to pay. Good luck with your podcast. Goodbye. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Générer un podcast un plaisir *2025-08-08, version 6.0.2* Bon, il y a encore des progrès à réaliser, trop souvent ,les titres accompagnants l’illustration, sont pleines de fautes d’orthographe ! La lecture à deux voix, a parfois des sautes de phrases (en bout de phrase, on passe de la voix féminine à la vois masculine, ce qui provoque un « couac » ! Des progrès sont encore à faire, mais cela en vaut la peine, bravo pour le travail déjà accompli et vivement une nouvelle version plus élaborée. Cordialement, ### 5/5 — Super appli *2025-03-25, version 4.0.1* Cette appli me fait penser à NotebookLM, mais en version mobile, plus simple et super pratique. Ce que j’aime vraiment, c’est qu’on peut écrire son propre script et choisir parmi plein de voix dans plein de langues. On peut même mettre jusqu’à quatre voix différentes dans un podcast. ### 5/5 — Best text to speech *2025-01-03* I used just to turn email text to speech so I can listen to my emails as podcasts. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2024-12-15, version 1.0.6* Great voices and audio quality, really really good. ### 5/5 — Beautiful *2024-11-30* I have been looking for one similar to PodLM for some time now, thankfully it is here now. There is a slight problem though. I type my prompt but nothing get generated. **Developer response:** There was a short disruption in our services, the bugs have been fixed. We apologize for the bad experience, you can try the app again if you wish. Thank you for your feedback. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2024-11-30, version 1.0.5* Works just as advertised with a variety of voices to pick from! ### 5/5 — Gran aplicación *2024-11-29, version 1.0.5* Puedo hacer lo que quiero ### 5/5 — Freaking Amazing *2024-11-29* ok, I just ran through it once, so Im not completely knowledgeable but this little app is AMAZING and definitely a starting point for anyone who wants to make a podcast. its limitations now seem to be the number of AI voices you can have (over 2 and voices duplicate) and the duration (approximately 2 minutes)but I entered a 2 word subject & title & it generated a very decent podcast! I can see using this for sure! watch for an update but on Black Friday 2024 its FREE! Definitely worth a look! **Developer response:** Thank you for your comment. In the coming days, the application will come to better places thanks to you. We continue our work for better audio experiences. ### 5/5 — Great! *2024-11-15* I love it **Developer response:** Thank you for your comment ### 5/5 — Impresionantemente buena *2024-11-11* Realmente es impresionante, ver cómo genera los temas, y las voces que tiene son excelentes. Felicidades --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-24.*