# Castify — Generate AI Podcasts — user reviews > 77 indexed App Store user reviews of Castify by Castify LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 719 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/castify-generate-ai-podcasts/id6477980878/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/castify-generate-ai-podcasts/id6477980878.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 577 · 4★ 75 · 3★ 20 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 38 ## What do users think of Castify? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 💡 Amazing concept - 👍 Wonderful response rate via Instagram - 👍 Literally any information - 👍 The utility - 👍 Awesome app - 👍 Information for me! - 👍 Fantastic **Cons** - 🐛 Did not let me past the first page and let me use the app - 🐛 Scammed - 🐛 Didn't do anything but glitch and gave me silent unnamed podcasts - 🐛 It will not open - 🐛 Crashes all the time - 🐛 Podcast stops randomly in the middle - 🐛 Paid the 14.99 to be able to listen to a podcast to learn and when you go to listen to the podcast there's nothing - 🐛 The App is severely underdeveloped!! - 🐛 Seems shady - 🐛 I paid for the app to 'cut the noise' however it took my money and did not give what i payed for **Commonly reported bugs** - Keeps going through the initial set up over and over again and never allows me to utilize the app - Regardless of the length of podcast chosen, the app only produces 2-3 minutes maximum - Information is not covered as in depth as initially promoted - Onboarding is insane with 40 screens to get to anything **Most requested features** - Longer podcast duration than 20 minutes - Ability to delete podcasts from library - Free trial before buying option - Ability to skip back and control podcast speed - Free voice change option ## Newest reviews (19 of 77) ### 3/5 — Better Free Options *2026-07-07* It’s a great concept but it always feels like it’s repeating itself over and over and over again. There are infinitely better options out there now, especially NotebookLM **Developer response:** Honest feedback, and fair — repetition has been the app's biggest weakness and it's what I'm focused on improving. Email me at nate@castifyapp.com and I'll refund you in full; I'd also genuinely love to hear what the alternatives do better so I can close the gap. ### 2/5 — No Free Trial *2026-06-25* I tried to do the free trial and it charged me up front. My card declined the charge but it's lame that you advertise a free trial and then automatically bill your users without actually giving the free trial to check out the app. Disappointed. **Developer response:** I'm sorry — you should never be charged upfront on a trial, and I want to figure out what happened. Since the charge declined you shouldn't be out any money, but email me at nate@castifyapp.com and I'll double-check and make it right either way. ### 3/5 — Promising but flawed *2026-01-24* The idea of this app is great, and I like how the deep research podcast setup works. My main issue is just that the app is quite unstable. Sometimes podcasts I’m trying to generate just won’t generate, sometimes it’ll say they’re 30 seconds long or something and I won’t be able to use the playback bar since it gets to thirty seconds and keeps going for the duration of the podcast (in which case pausing the podcast also restarts it), and the fact I can’t delete podcasts I’ve generated and have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the my podcasts playlist each time is annoying. The price for the subscription does beat the other more refined versions currently on the market but the app frustrates me enough that even with that I don’t think I’ll get another subscription to the app unless it’s made substantially more stable and user friendly. ### 1/5 — totaler mist *2026-01-18, version 1.2.2* ich habe mir das jahres abo für ca. 30€ gekauft aber die erstellten podcasts verschwinden einfach. ich kann die app nicht über meine apple id geräteübergreifend verwenden. ich musste die app einmal löschen und nach erneutem installieren wurde mein abo nicht anerkannt. 30€ wurden somit einfach in den sand gesetzt. abo direkt gekündigt und app gelöscht. ich komme damit überhaupt nicht weiter. ### 2/5 — Erstellen von Podcast geht nicht *2026-01-17, version 1.2.2* Premium abgeschlossen und die meiste Zeit geht das erstellen von Podcasts nicht. Scam würde ich sagen. Nutze jetzt eine andere App die funktioniert. Sonst ist die App gut aufgebaut, aber eine hübsche App bringt mir nichts wenn das Keyfeature nicht geht. Bitte beheben! ### 1/5 — Not working *2026-01-08* Useless **Developer response:** I'm sorry it didn't work for you. Email nate@castifyapp.com and I'll refund you in full — and if you can share what went wrong, I'll do my best to fix it. ### 1/5 — No support. Paid for a subscription. Podcasts locked. *2026-01-05* I paid for a year subscription and my app/account doesn’t work. No support, no help, no “redeem subscription”. It lets me listen to about a minute before locking the rest of the podcast. Useless **Developer response:** Paying for a full year and getting locked out after a minute is unacceptable — and so is not being able to reach anyone about it. Email me directly at nate@castifyapp.com: I'll restore your access immediately or refund the entire year, whichever you prefer. ### 3/5 — Short *2025-12-19, version 1.2.2* Can only get 30 second of podcast for free ### 2/5 — Have to keep repaying? *2025-11-25* I paid for a yearly subscription that should have ended in February of next year. I went to login and it logged me out and is now trying to charge me for another year and keeps looping in my payment screen because I refuse to pay for something I already paid for. I reached out to app support and sent a email to the contact listed and still have not received a response. Loved the app when I could actually get on it but now that everytime I close it, it requires me to resubscribe is beyond frustrating… ### 4/5 — Ability to delete a podcast *2025-10-02* I don’t see an option on how to delete a podcast? Other than that it’s great. **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback! You can delete podcasts by swiping left on them in your library. We're working on making this more intuitive in future updates. Appreciate you using Castify! ### 1/5 — Paid for Premium & now app won’t work! *2025-09-21* I paid for premium beginning in June of this year, the first few weeks everything was fine. They use AI to create your podcast so if you’re using it for studying the information might get jumbled a bit but overall things were great. Fast forward a few months & they’ve updated their app and it keeps asking me to subscribe to a premium subscription EVEN THOUGH I ALREADY PAID FOR A FULL YEAR UP FRONT. The app is completely unusable, & there’s no way to get in contact with customer service. I wouldn’t recommend it at all in this current version. Absolutely terrible. **Developer response:** We are so sorry about this experience - we had a major update that mistakenly asked some existing subscribers to pay again. Please email nate@castifyapp.com and we'll give you immediate free access for the trouble. This should absolutely not have happened and I apologize for the frustration. ### 1/5 — . *2025-09-07, version 0.2.7* It should have a free trial even for a few documents and should list which languages it works for. How do you except me to pay without knowing if the app is good? ### 3/5 — Good *2025-09-01, version 0.2.7* Good theres payment badd as ### 2/5 — Alright *2025-08-20, version 0.2.7* It was alright although you have to pay, good marketing scheme, looks like you don’t have to pay for it but you do. At the start it I thought it was good until it said you have to pay, it didn’t even have me a preview, and I had to answer questions, part of this meaningless quiz, it practically wasted my time, my hopes were high, yet failed. ### 1/5 — I cant delete the App *2025-07-18, version 0.2.7* It says I need to give a review before deleting but I‘ve done that twice now and I still cant delet it! I’m very angry! ### 4/5 — Download how ?? *2025-05-22, version 0.2.6* Love the app but how do I download ?? “Send to friends” feature doesn’t open a tab for me. ### 2/5 — It’s not ready for use for serious students! *2025-05-14, version 0.2.5* I’m a student and bought this yesterday for £30! I know it doesn’t seem like a lot but come on i’m in school and make minimum wage so i would call this a big investment for me. At first it was okay… i was trying to convince myself that it was good and it is okay to a certain extent but not if your a serious student! i generate things from official exam board notes and the podcasts just didn’t cover what i needed no matter how specific i was in the title. it’s 100% a good idea just needs a few tweaks for students to use it in revision so it’s actually effective. ### 1/5 — Voice change 😠 *2025-05-10, version 0.2.4* They’ve change the professor Bill voice so it’s not funny anymore and pointless to use. Also sharing option wasn’t working from the beginning so you have to record the gad damn screen to share it with anyone… ### 2/5 — eh *2025-05-04, version 0.2.4* got my hopes up and it costs a lot of money ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Fake. Is anybody subscribing beware *2026-06-21* Fake. **Developer response:** I'm sorry the app let you down — I understand the frustration when it doesn't deliver what you expected. Email nate@castifyapp.com and I'll refund you in full, no questions asked. ### 1/5 — Scam app *2026-05-02* I’m an indie author sometime I like using apps like this to hear about my story’s from another angel and everytime I tried to listen to the podcast it cut it off 2 minutes in even after I paid for the subscription I tried reaching out no one got back to me honestly part of me wants to sue for my money back **Developer response:** I'm sorry twice over — for the podcasts cutting off, and worse, for your emails going unanswered. Please email nate@castifyapp.com with "REFUND" in the subject line so it can't get missed, and I'll send your full refund right away. Hearing your own stories from a new angle is exactly what this app should be great at, and you deserved better. ### 1/5 — lies about free trial *2026-04-12, version 1.2.5* robbed me of my money, will change my review once i get my money back from my free trial that literally did not clock in. ### 1/5 — Stay away. *2026-04-03* Any reviews above one star must be fake. This app DOES NOT WORK. Don’t download. There are better options that do the exact same thing. Wouldn’t be surprise if they’re doing a cash grabbing scheme. **Developer response:** I understand why it feels that way when the app fails on you. If it didn't work, that's my responsibility to make right: email nate@castifyapp.com and I'll refund you in full. And if you're willing to tell me what went wrong, I'll use it to fix things for the next person. ### 1/5 — What the.. *2026-03-30, version 1.2.5* What are these celebrity hosts? Why would you focus on them instead of having more likeable AI hosts that actually sound like a podcast? Andrew Tate and Epstein… why would you ever think that is a good idea? The app is so slow to generate as well and mispronounces half of the words I try to get it to talk about. Terrible ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2026-03-30, version 1.2.5* If you upload anything semi long it just takes like 10 minutes to generate and says they were unable to create a transcript ### 1/5 — Got scammed *2026-03-30, version 1.2.5* I did the free trial and it charged me regardless ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-03-29, version 1.2.4* This app generates 40-50 minute podcasts when you only want 5 minutes, and it repeats the same stuff like 10 times. Plus, the sound quality of some voices is terrible. ### 1/5 — Free Trial My Butt *2026-03-25, version 1.2.3* It only played 10 seconds then said free trial up. Who the hell gets know if an app is worth paying with only 10 seconds of use??? ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-03-05, version 1.2.2* I signed up for the free trial and it charged me anyways. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love *2025-08-21, version 0.2.7* This is a really helpful app a need in life ### 5/5 — haha *2025-05-02, version 0.2.4* I LOVE THISS ### 5/5 — Jah *2025-04-19* Jah **Developer response:** Jah indeed. Thanks for the review! 🙏 ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-01-21* Yes **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your amazing feedback! 🎉 ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-01-07* I did this! And I’ve gotten 5x better at what I’m doin! **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your amazing feedback! 🎉 We’re thrilled to hear that the app has helped you improve and achieve such great results. Your success is what motivates us to keep improving. Keep up the fantastic work, and we’re here to support you every step of the way! 🚀 ### 5/5 — ITS AMAZING *2024-12-16, version 0.0.6* I tried it once thanks to TikTok AND IM OBESSED ### 5/5 — Literally any information! *2024-12-10* I just downloaded a podcast to listen to info on a medication I was talking to a friend about. The breadth of information I was provided with was amazing. I learned so much about dosing, side effects, etc. and now know what questions to ask my doctor. Such an awesome tool I use daily. **Developer response:** We're thrilled to hear how the app is helping you make informed healthcare decisions! Thanks for sharing your experience - this kind of feedback motivates us to keep improving! 🙌 ### 5/5 — The utility! *2024-12-05* This app is phenomenal! I can’t wait to see what more updates will bring to it! I use this app when I am sick of music on a drive and want to learn about something new. **Developer response:** Wonderful to hear you're using Castify to learn on your drives! Thanks for the awesome feedback! 🚗📚 ### 5/5 — Good app *2024-12-05, version 0.0.4* It’s a good app. ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2024-12-03* This app has a lot of goals it’s want is to set and it will help you for the rest of your school or even work career it will help you find information that you can’t even find on the internet it’s amazing **Developer response:** Love hearing how Castify is helping you discover and learn! Thanks for the amazing feedback! 🎓✨ --- *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 2026-09-14.*