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Absolutely superb app - definitely the best podcast app
I have been using this for years and years and years now. It is absolutely superb. The most powerful aspects are the immense configurability and the fact that it is constantly kept under development. You can still use it immediately out of the box, but over time you can do more and more with it - so the power isn't off-putting. A superb app, and my thanks to Joe for developing it.
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Over-Complicates Things
I want to love this app. It has so many great, granular controls. I just wish it began from a baseline of normal use. Instead it seems to require a lot of time in the Settings and elsewhere to get it working. ESPECIALLY if you sync it from another device or previous installation. The way it flat-out not just hides but old episodes of a podcast feed but makes them completely inaccessible but for individually resetting every feed is an odd choice. What trouble is having a quickly toggle-able “archive”? Too much odd default behavior and unnecessarily complicated operations, I always end up uninstalling despite loving it in theory.
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Best Podcast App
This podcast app is my favorite
Joe the developer did an amazing job. I noticed that there an a really. Life major update recently which was great.
I have been happily using this app for many many years on my iPhone and iPad. I love the swipe gestures and the user interface is nice. Swipe left or right to skip ahead or back. Swipe up and to the right to mark as played or draw an L to do the Leo skipping 2 minutes.
Double tap to pause or play. I also love the user interface. I have tried many other podcast apps but prefer this one.
This app can play video and audio podcasts.
Joe the developer did an amazing job. I noticed that there an a really. Life major update recently which was great.
I have been happily using this app for many many years on my iPhone and iPad. I love the swipe gestures and the user interface is nice. Swipe left or right to skip ahead or back. Swipe up and to the right to mark as played or draw an L to do the Leo skipping 2 minutes.
Double tap to pause or play. I also love the user interface. I have tried many other podcast apps but prefer this one.
This app can play video and audio podcasts.
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Always Awesome
Been using for about a decade. It’s my favorite podcast app
Many playback issues …
First of all, it skips around podcasts unexpectedly. Maybe this is because the UI is too sensitive, but I always find it’s jumping to some other podcast unexpectedly. On top of that, it frequently just stops playing. at the end of an episode instead of playing the next one in my queue. Finally, if you skip to the end of the podcast, it insists on playing the last 3 to 5 seconds. Apparently it doesn’t know what skip to the end means…
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Great app I’ve been using for years l
Love the app but newest version still has issues. 1) changing to another podcast’s stream won’t play audio until restart app.
2) why is the indicator for being done/ played a podcast the same as unplayed- an open circle? Was fine before.
3) the minimized now playing will disappear. More bugs than I’d hope.
2) why is the indicator for being done/ played a podcast the same as unplayed- an open circle? Was fine before.
3) the minimized now playing will disappear. More bugs than I’d hope.
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Great app I’ve been using for years l
Love the app but newest version still has issues when changing to another podcast stream. Won’t play audio until restart app.
Also why is the indicator for being done and played a podcast the same as unplayed- an open circle? Does not make sense. Was fine before. Why change it.
Also why is the indicator for being done and played a podcast the same as unplayed- an open circle? Does not make sense. Was fine before. Why change it.
Great app I’ve been using for years l
Love the app
Great app I’ve been using for years but now not as good
Love this app but so many bugs now. Even with the update having issues where podcasts don’t play (stream) until restart. Also progress circle is bugged and doesn’t accurately show how far into an episode it is now when I’m looking at previously played things. Hope it gets fixed fast.
Years of enjoyment
I have been using this podcast app daily for over 10 years. I love the flexibility of options and love setting up playlists for my work day.
Best podcast app!!
I love iCatcher! and have been using it religiously for years for all of my podcasts.
My only little complaint is with the recent UI update where it’s really hard to tell if an episode has been watched. Something changed with the colors or shading where it used to be obvious, and now I have to study/compare next to another episode. :(
Update: I might be missing something, but now, yes, it’s easy to tell if an episode has been listened to, but it’s the same indication if I’m halfway through or fully listened. The little circle used to show how far I was in the episode and I loved that. :)
Thank you!!
My only little complaint is with the recent UI update where it’s really hard to tell if an episode has been watched. Something changed with the colors or shading where it used to be obvious, and now I have to study/compare next to another episode. :(
Update: I might be missing something, but now, yes, it’s easy to tell if an episode has been listened to, but it’s the same indication if I’m halfway through or fully listened. The little circle used to show how far I was in the episode and I loved that. :)
Thank you!!
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My favorite podcast app (again)
A mature app, and it keeps getting better. Well-designed, and you can tell that it's had real-world testing. Great usability and attention to detail. With so many features and options, you can configure the app exactly the way you want it. I especially like the Auto Start Sleep Timer, a feature I have not seen in other podcast apps. The developer is responsive and releases timely updates.
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The Best Podcast I’ve ever used!
The breath of details is amazing! The Apple Watch app with the ability to use the built in speaker WOW! I have tried many podcast apps and this is head and shoulders above the rest. Awesome!
Used this podcast for year but it has been changed and no longer know how to use it
I am unable to stop “automatic continuous play” in the past this was not an issue, the only thing I can do is play the last podcast.
Latest update deleted all my downloads and randomly cuts off the ending of episodes
The latest update removed a setting that prevented downloaded episodes from being auto-deleted, and all my downloads were deleted and replaced with more recent episodes so I don’t even know which episodes are missing now. There doesn’t seem to be any way to protect downloads by default anymore; instead you have to select each individual episode and click through several menus until you can protect that one episode.
There also seems to be a bug that starts playing an episode and then partway through skips backwards and replays a portion ranging from the last few seconds or the last few minutes. After that it plays normally, but when it reaches the end of the original run time, the episode ends abruptly and misses the amount of time that got replayed. For example, if halfway through the episode it skips backwards and replays the last three minutes again, the episode will be missing the last three minutes at the end.
Thanks for the good privacy policy but the UI and UX really need improvement
There also seems to be a bug that starts playing an episode and then partway through skips backwards and replays a portion ranging from the last few seconds or the last few minutes. After that it plays normally, but when it reaches the end of the original run time, the episode ends abruptly and misses the amount of time that got replayed. For example, if halfway through the episode it skips backwards and replays the last three minutes again, the episode will be missing the last three minutes at the end.
Thanks for the good privacy policy but the UI and UX really need improvement
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Great for privacy, but has annoying UI. Recent update really frustrating. Can be unstable
Pros: free but still private; more stable than Overcast when subscribed to large numbers of podcasts; large catalog, including the ability to browse international podcasts
Cons: occasionally freezes, crashes, and/or skips backwards by 30 seconds. The UI is unnecessarily complicated and queuing up past episodes is really time consuming. The most recent update changed the default settings and deleted a bunch of my downloads. The episodes are gone from the queue so it’s going to take forever to even figure out which ones are missing.
A good option if you value privacy, want to find podcasts in multiple languages, or prefer casual, episodic podcasts. If you prefer binging serial podcasts, the UI is really annoying.
Cons: occasionally freezes, crashes, and/or skips backwards by 30 seconds. The UI is unnecessarily complicated and queuing up past episodes is really time consuming. The most recent update changed the default settings and deleted a bunch of my downloads. The episodes are gone from the queue so it’s going to take forever to even figure out which ones are missing.
A good option if you value privacy, want to find podcasts in multiple languages, or prefer casual, episodic podcasts. If you prefer binging serial podcasts, the UI is really annoying.
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too confusing
I have the paid version and have had this for years. I find myself not using it because it is just too confusing and not intuitive and it takes up a lot of memory and I still don’t know how to delete certain things so that it doesn’t take up so much space.
Best Podcast App
This podcast app is my favorite.
Joe the developer did an amazing job. I noticed that there an a really. Life major update recently which was great.
I have been happily using this app for many many years on my iPhone and iPad. I love the swipe gestures and the user interface is nice. Swipe left or right to skip ahead or back. Swipe up and to the right to mark as played or draw an L to do the Leo skipping 2 minutes.
Double tap to pause or play. I also love the user interface. I have tried many other podcast apps but prefer this one.
This app can play video and audio podcasts.
Joe the developer did an amazing job. I noticed that there an a really. Life major update recently which was great.
I have been happily using this app for many many years on my iPhone and iPad. I love the swipe gestures and the user interface is nice. Swipe left or right to skip ahead or back. Swipe up and to the right to mark as played or draw an L to do the Leo skipping 2 minutes.
Double tap to pause or play. I also love the user interface. I have tried many other podcast apps but prefer this one.
This app can play video and audio podcasts.
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Decade on still the best podcast app!
I have been using iCatcher for a decade. It’s miles above Apples podcast app and any other podcast app I’ve tried. I can’t imagine using anything else.
