Player FM User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience50.7% of reviews
Neutral13.7% of reviews
Negative experience35.7% of reviews

~ Based on 227 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Player FM Safe?

Player FM — Podcast App appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Player FM is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 4,668 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

94.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 4,668 App Store ratings for Player FM.

Is Player FM Legit?

Player FM — Podcast App appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Player FM is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Angelo

Excellent outil avec la capacité d’écouter hors connexion ainsi que de créer une playlist d’écoute.

Worked fine up till now….app crashes

I had no issues with app for a long time.
Now it’s started crashing trying to open.

Worked great on Android, very buggy on ios

I used this podcast app for probably over a decade on Android, and loved it. But after switching to Apple I think I'm going to need to find a new player. Things that don't work: 1) Nothing gets marked as "played", even after fully playing through the episode and beginning the next one. This means "auto-delete when played" setting doesn't work. 2) It only plays based on the download order, not the playlist order. When combined with the first bug that means it frequently will start replaying an episode you already completed. 3) The "switch to series grid view" setting in the "following" tab doesn't stick. It resets to chronological episode view every time you leave the tab.
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No way to export podcast subscriptions

This app used to be great when it was getting regular updates. But over the years it’s gotten buggier and its available features simply haven’t kept up with the competition. It seems the app owners know this, and so have decided to quietly remove the ability to export your podcast subscriptions out of the app via OPML. You can still “Import” via OPML, but the option to export was at some point entirely removed. This appears to be the case in another podcast app they own as well - Breaker. Basically they’ve trapped users into staying because they know how much of a hassle it is to manually re-add each podcast subscription in a new app. Which would be fine if they were regularly updating either of these apps, fixing bugs, and adding new features. But they’re not, because “Maple Media” isn’t a group of app developers - they’re just scam artists who buy popular apps for less than their worth so that they can continue to profit off of the original developer’s hard work while doing nothing except collecting premium subscription fees for themselves. They provide nothing for the users. The apps they own are essentially “dead apps” that stopped receiving updates and new features ages ago - but they keep them listed on the App Store so they can continue to profit off of them. So be forewarned if you download this app, because your’re actually falling into a trap that you later won’t be able to get out of.
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Amazing been using 10+ years

Found this in 2016. Have been a paid sub since then. Absolutely love it. The web to mobile interface sync is amazing. Support your non-Spotify apps!!

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DO NOT BUY!!!

DO NOT BUY! TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE! PRODUCT DOES NOT WORK WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE TO PREMIUM.

Piece of trash

Foreclosed when opened

Awful

I’ve used other podcast apps with good results. What were they thinking of here? Downloads lots of content I didn’t ask it to and flakes out on downloading what I want.

Premium has ads

It used to be that if you spent for a premium subscription you could use the app ad-free. They are still charging me the same price for that subscription but the app is loaded with ads anyway in the form of “sponsored podcasts”, “recommended apps”, and now there’s huge pop-up ads again. I’m not going to renew my sub for next year.
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Avoid

App keeps crashing and requires reinstall everytime I want to use it. And it doesnt recognise my paid membership anymore.

App stürzt jeden Tag ab

Ich müsste die App jeden Tag neu löschen und wiedrr laden um sie ein paar Stunden nutzen zu können. Auf meinem alten Android läuft die super durch. Hab die Faxen echt dicke !!!!

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Broken

The app is broken. It doesn’t work doesn’t open

Player FM Pods Rock

The best of the best at your fingertips!

Great free App in 2026

Great free app. Highlighly rexommneded!

Worthless

Dropping podcasts and lying about it. Too many beg screens.

They’ve greatly improved this apps stability in iOS

For the past 5 years I have not used Player FM except in a web browser. So no app. It was great in Android, but awful in iOS. I would have rated it a 2 at that time. This weekend I started thinking about getting a new phone, and I was leaning toward Samsung because of this player. Sounds nuts, I know. But I really missed the player and haven’t listened to a lot of podcasts over the past 5 yrs because of the Apple player. Before making a decision, I decided to see if Player FM was still crashing frequently, still losing my place. I am happy to say that it hasn’t crashed once! It takes a while to load and there are some unnecessary splash screens with suggested podcasts upon opening and even if you leave the app for just a few minutes, but I’m so glad that once I get past that and find what I’m looking for, it’s great. It doesn’t play that nicely with CarPlay, but I can get past that. Now I can stay with the iPhone if I choose! (There are other things I miss about Android but this was one of the top 2. )Thanks for what I’m sure was a lot of hard work to fix the issues. Wish I’d tried the app again sooner!

Edit: I spoke too soon. Oddly, it doesn’t like when I click on screenshots in my Files folder. I’m not sure how clicking those files affects the player, but it does, and if I do it too many times, the app crashes. I’m hoping it’s because I have an old phone XR with I think 4 GB of RAM and when I get a new phone that issue won’t happen.
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Sync error deleted everything!!

Constantly asked to sign in, but then it gives me a sync error. It made the app completely unusable. After constantly trying to create an account to get past the error, it deleted everything I had. Downloads, podcasts I was following. Everything.

Login broke and locked me out

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Best audio app

Best place to listen to any podcast news or anything like that it really is there’s nothing that compares to it