Castos User Reviews

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Showstopping bug

Skips back 3 seconds every 8 seconds or so on downloaded podcasts. Please fix.

Not very good

I can’t even relisten from the beginning. It will just go on and on and on, you can’t start from the beginning

Freezes, Tons of Bugs

Lots of issues when using the 10s back. The audio then stutters to make in unbearable. The app is also slow to respond with any clicks.

Worst App Ever

Most unreliable App on my phone. Never deletes old shows, almost impossible to load new ones.

Bluetooth control

Bluetooth control stopped working after latest iPhone update.

Needs alot of work

The “unplayed” tab isn’t accurate. Only shows a handful of episodes. So, all episodes show up in the “all” tab even if they are unplayed. It is such a nuisance to scroll through all episodes to try to remember which ones have been listened to. An accurate “already played” tab would help or fix the current “unplayed” tab so ALL UNPLAYED EPISODES actually show up. I wish Confessionals would just create a premium member stream for itunes/spotify.
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No bookmark option.

Please add a bookmark option. Seems like a basic feature that any podcast provider must have.

Randomly closing down

I will be listening to a podcast and it will close and boot me off the app. Makes it to where I will have to reload app and resume podcast. It happens about 3-4 times in a hour and half minute podcast

Decent but …

Well, the podcasts appear in your library seamlessly and play. You can adjust the playback speed and volume.

There is a download feature which absolutely does not work for me on my iPhone, so I can’t listen offline.

And what I dislike the most is the lack of any option to bookmark and save particular episodes.
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Needs a sleep timer

Works fine, but how did a sleep timer get overlooked?

Good but lacking key features

Good app, but would be so improved by adding a few things: A sleep timer would be huge! Right now, it just keep playing and playing, eventually waking you up if you fall asleep listening to an episode. Remember where I left off in an episode. Would love the ability to download episodes to my phone.

Update: Now the app remembers where I left off, but I’m unable to play any other episode! If I click on a new podcast, it keeps jumping back to where I left off in the previous episode. Really annoying.
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Buggy

Buggy when skipping forward/backward. Stops and goes a handful of times. Close the app, restart, and try again.

Update: Also have to turn phone off and back on to play a different podcast track. Playback timer no longer works. Can no longer skip forward or backward within a track. Almost useless app now.
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Doesn’t save your place

I am BEGGING you (whomever that may be) PLEASE fix it so your place in a given episode is saved if you have to pause. I listen to The Confessionals while working and if I have to pause to take a call, my episode restarts from the beginning. Makes it almost not worth paying to be a member or supporter for podcasts.
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Crashes

Crashes when attempting to play any new content.

Loading issues

I use spotify, rokfin and now this app. This is the only app i have issues loading episodes. Downloaded this app to listen to “the confessionals”, constant issues trying to play episodes. Sometimes closing the app and trying again works, sometimes it doesnt. Canceling membership for the confessionals.
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Volume issues

The volume level is significantly lower on this app compared to other podcast apps

Bare Bones

No sleep timer and does not save where you left off.

This is the worst podcast app I have ever encountered

The UI when it works is not great. No way to search prior sources or episodes. And then there is the reliability . Terrible rarely works constantly buffers . Only use this if you are forced to. Every content owner should look elsewhere as the listed company does not even bother to track their rankings ie they don’t care.
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Works great! No login issues

Those old reviews are clearly out of date. Working beautifully for private podcasts. Had no issues logging in with the simple code sent.

Works

Does exactly what it’s advertised to do. However, When I try to log into Castos on multiple devices (same Apple ID, iCloud, etc) it doesn’t work. I’m immediately logged out of one and into the other. Kind of a bummer