Love
Absolutely love listening to Casefiles. Only complaint is every once in a while the voice becomes distorted and I have to close the app and open it back up to make the voice normal again.
meh
this used to be a good app. i can’t figure out how to add a new podcast, so i have to listen to it in spotify ig.
Can’t login
The login is broken so I can’t access the app
Version 5.1.5
In general, I love this app, but crashes a lot since this most recent update.
Decent App initially, now it’s terrible.
Deleted this app, was decent when I started using it, now it has been glitchy and suddenly I am getting adds every two mins with messages to upgrade. Not worth paying for an app that is no better than Apple’s native app.
Company loses my listen data twice
I’m a heavy listener. I listened to 18 days worth of podcasts in 2022 (432hrs) - all that history gone! All my likes gone. Disappointed
Functioning
This app shadow bans certain shows and if they do luck out and let you download one there’s no sound to them.
CarPlay issues
Seems to have issues while playing on CarPlay. Sometimes it won’t download episodes and/or play episodes.
Turns out it’s a scam
I paid for this app and got scammed. I have been locked out of my account for months on end. Reaching out to support gets no response. They “updated” the app to require you to reset your password to access your account again, but the link they email you is broken. Don’t bother paying for this app. It’s apparently just a money grab.
Previous review: Social podcast app? No thank you. I don’t want to talk about my podcasts or share them with my friends. I don’t care what anyone else is listening to and I don’t care about discovering or searching for new podcasts. I have several custom RSS feeds for ad free podcasts that I pay for via Patreon. I want to import them to an app via URL, listen to them, AND SAVE THE BEST EPISODES TO A PLAYLIST TO SAVE FOREVER SO I CAN RELISTEN TO THEM EASILY. I have tried a dozen podcast apps and searched high and low on Google. I finally found this app through a Medium article and I want to cry. It actually works. Import via RSS works. Listening works. Adding my favorite episodes to the favorites playlist works, and I can customize the settings to keep the episodes from being deleted on listen. Finally. I have not been able to find a single other app on the internet that does this and it’s literally the only feature I wanted. And I didn’t even have to fork over cash to try the app. Well done. I will be subscribing to get more playlists now that I know this app does what I need.
Previous review: Social podcast app? No thank you. I don’t want to talk about my podcasts or share them with my friends. I don’t care what anyone else is listening to and I don’t care about discovering or searching for new podcasts. I have several custom RSS feeds for ad free podcasts that I pay for via Patreon. I want to import them to an app via URL, listen to them, AND SAVE THE BEST EPISODES TO A PLAYLIST TO SAVE FOREVER SO I CAN RELISTEN TO THEM EASILY. I have tried a dozen podcast apps and searched high and low on Google. I finally found this app through a Medium article and I want to cry. It actually works. Import via RSS works. Listening works. Adding my favorite episodes to the favorites playlist works, and I can customize the settings to keep the episodes from being deleted on listen. Finally. I have not been able to find a single other app on the internet that does this and it’s literally the only feature I wanted. And I didn’t even have to fork over cash to try the app. Well done. I will be subscribing to get more playlists now that I know this app does what I need.
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This app keeps getting worse and worse 😞
I’ve tried so hard to give this app chances to improve. I’ve been a user for almost 4 years, and it just keeps getting worse and worse.
It doesn’t bother me that there are so many bugs, or that it doesn’t work consistently. What bothers me is that I see regular releases of new features when the core functionality of the app is incredibly unstable.
Things as simple as playing back podcast from the last session don’t work. The UI for pop-ups literally obscured the buttons that you’re trying to use just to tell you that the app is switching to “nighttime mode.” This would be like your car stopping in the middle of the highway in order to tell you that it is turning on the air conditioning. 🤦🏾♂️
I have really tried. I have been a paid member, I have been a premium member, I have sent feedback, and the app just doesn’t get better. It’s like there’s no prioritization for the core functions of the application.
No one needs all the bells and whistles. I just want to listen to podcast. I thought that maybe after the company was acquired, that things would get better, but really, they have just gotten worse…faster.
Anyways, hopefully this review will save someone else four years of anger and frustration. Find another app.
It doesn’t bother me that there are so many bugs, or that it doesn’t work consistently. What bothers me is that I see regular releases of new features when the core functionality of the app is incredibly unstable.
Things as simple as playing back podcast from the last session don’t work. The UI for pop-ups literally obscured the buttons that you’re trying to use just to tell you that the app is switching to “nighttime mode.” This would be like your car stopping in the middle of the highway in order to tell you that it is turning on the air conditioning. 🤦🏾♂️
I have really tried. I have been a paid member, I have been a premium member, I have sent feedback, and the app just doesn’t get better. It’s like there’s no prioritization for the core functions of the application.
No one needs all the bells and whistles. I just want to listen to podcast. I thought that maybe after the company was acquired, that things would get better, but really, they have just gotten worse…faster.
Anyways, hopefully this review will save someone else four years of anger and frustration. Find another app.
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Closest approximation to the original
*update* I had to drop a star and stop using the app for two reasons - the lost progress bug was getting worse and if you leave the app and come back to it, the UI shifts around and the options on the bottom of the screen cannot be selected. It is still better in theory that many other apps. /update
I feel bad for those who never experienced the original Apple Podcast app in its glory. Breaker is a close approximation, but the bugs are frustrating. The lost progress/looping previously reported in other reviews still exists, and there haven’t been any updates to the app in quite a while. Even with these sorts of bugs, it’s still better than most podcast apps on iOS or android.
I feel bad for those who never experienced the original Apple Podcast app in its glory. Breaker is a close approximation, but the bugs are frustrating. The lost progress/looping previously reported in other reviews still exists, and there haven’t been any updates to the app in quite a while. Even with these sorts of bugs, it’s still better than most podcast apps on iOS or android.
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Best alternative to Podcast Addict
Recently switched to iPhone and was bummed I’d miss out on podcast addict, it this is a great alternative! Missing some key features like auto adding new episodes from chosen podcasts to your playlist, but overall happy with premium!
Great Way to Organize Your Podcasts
This app has great intuitive UI thats easy to comprehend and learn. Organizing your podcasts into categories is very simple. I have mine organized into categories like backlog, current binge, current listen, things like that which makes keeping track and listening very smooth. It works with CarPlay perfectly as well. The only reason I give it 4 instead of 5 is that sometimes when you have the speed set to 1.5 or 2, the app will create skipping like a scratched CD, so you only hear every other words. And while the plus service advertised sync across platforms, there is no desktop support. So I can’t go from listening on my phone to listening on my laptop. Other than that I really enjoy this app. I’ve used Overcast, Spotify, Apple Pod, Stitcher, Castbox. But their organization feature just don’t compare to Breaker.
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Search has a horribly low number of results
When I search for martech for example it comes back with one result about biscuits? There’s literally a podcast called martech and it’s not coming up. Can you fix? Lovely app though.
Very Good
I like the way the queue is arranged, I can see the order they’re in, etc. I also love that it doesn’t automatically play anything if I don’t want it to.
However, when resuming a paused a podcast the episode often starts playing at the beginning rather than at the point the episode was paused.
4 of 5.
However, when resuming a paused a podcast the episode often starts playing at the beginning rather than at the point the episode was paused.
4 of 5.
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Garbage
Been using this app for years, but now it’s awful.
1. Downloaded podcasts still need app to go online before playing (?)
2. Very slow updating even when on Wi-Fi
3. Past shared links of podcasts on twitter now just go to an advert for sister app Player FM - my entire twitter history been destroyed
4. The opml file exported to move to another podcasts app is not standard and doesn’t work(!)
1. Downloaded podcasts still need app to go online before playing (?)
2. Very slow updating even when on Wi-Fi
3. Past shared links of podcasts on twitter now just go to an advert for sister app Player FM - my entire twitter history been destroyed
4. The opml file exported to move to another podcasts app is not standard and doesn’t work(!)
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Good selection but has playback issues
Sometimes the track I’m playing will rewind back to the beginning whenever I unpause. This is problematic with episodes that are 2 or more hours long and trying to find where I stopped is frustrating.
Constantly crashes
They also host white supremacist content.
Lots of bugs
It has content but it’s not enough to make me go back to just Apple Podcast. What ever the “now playing” feature is just works really poor and it seems like a broken UI. It’s been 6 months since an update so I don’t think this app you are looking for.
I love the app but the support feature doesn’t work.
I’ve been trying to get ahold of Breaker because whenever I go to sort a podcast by oldest it never gives me their first episode. It loads a few episodes in. When I go to send them this support request it doesn’t let me tap on the send button through the app. So here I am, just trying to listen to podcasts from the beginning.
I love the rest of the app for the most part. The categorization and the UI are great. But occasionally when I pause an episode and go back to listen to it the player will start it from the beginning. I wish there was a “play next” or “add to queue” option.
I love the rest of the app for the most part. The categorization and the UI are great. But occasionally when I pause an episode and go back to listen to it the player will start it from the beginning. I wish there was a “play next” or “add to queue” option.
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Response from developer
Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Silamandered. That's surely not how our app should behave. For us to properly investigate your issues, can you please mail us at support@player.fm and share the info you mentioned here, as well as any other useful info? We look forward to reading from you again soon. Cheers.
