# Podcast App & Player - Castbox — user reviews > 905 indexed App Store user reviews of Podcast App & Player by Guru Network Limited, rated 4.90/5 from 198,077 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/podcast-app-and-player-castbox/id1243410543/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/podcast-app-and-player-castbox/id1243410543.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 185,625 · 4★ 7,974 · 3★ 2,177 · 2★ 732 · 1★ 1,569 ## What do users think of Podcast App & Player? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface - 🚀 Efficient podcast management - 💡 Useful community features - 🚀 Reliable playback and downloads **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and bugs - 💸 Aggressive and intrusive advertising - 🔋 Drains battery life - 🤖 Confusing and unintuitive navigation **Commonly reported bugs** - Podcast downloads frequently fail - App freezes when switching between episodes - Playback issues when locking screen or switching apps - Inconsistent behavior when marking episodes as played **Most requested features** - Ability to mark all episodes as played - Option to sort podcasts alphabetically - Customizable playback speed controls - Improved syncing across devices ## Newest reviews (11 of 905) ### 5/5 — تشکر و درخواست *2026-06-18, version 10.30.0* از زحمات شما و اگاهی دادن بسیار سپاسگزارم ایا جایی هست که مجموعه را در فلش تهیه و خریداری کنم !؟ ### 5/5 — A Hidden Gem for Children *2026-06-06, version 10.30.0* My child absolutely loves this podcast! The stories are engaging, creative, and do a great job of explaining proverbs in a way that children can understand and enjoy. It’s both educational and entertaining. Highly recommende ### 2/5 — Keeps replaying old episodes *2026-06-04, version 10.30.0* The app keeps playing episodes that I’ve already listened to which is frustrating. ### 5/5 — sir engineer *2026-06-02, version 10.29.9* the best in one word continue just like this 😘 ### 5/5 — Good *2026-05-25, version 10.29.9* Good ### 5/5 — Best ever *2026-05-15, version 10.29.9* Easy to use, user friendly and screen is easy to follow ### 5/5 — Pefect *2026-05-11, version 10.29.9* Best ### 5/5 — Very excellent….. *2026-05-04, version 10.29.9* Full comfortable ### 5/5 — Прекрасно *2026-04-21* Можно слушать оффлайн, удобная сортировка **Developer response:** Здравствуйте, мы в восторге от ваших ободряющих звездных оценок! Мы рады, что наше приложение облегчает вашу жизнь. Мы всегда рады любым дальнейшим отзывам. Пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами по адресу contact@castbox.fm! :-) - May ### 3/5 — R rated ads *2026-04-09, version 10.29.7* Fairly reliable player with decent options, but I’d like to filter out ads to “screw local girls” ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-04-05, version 10.29.7* Perfect podcast player ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Support en ligne *2026-07-14* Installé mais le support en ligne est en anglais donc désinstallé ### 1/5 — Lacking a critical function *2026-07-02, version 10.30.0* This app lacks the critical function of automatically adding downloaded subscribed podcasts to your playlist. You have to go in and add each and every episode to the playlist manually ### 1/5 — Will play podcasts you don’t want without asking. *2026-06-26, version 10.30.0* What if the podcast you are playing automatically without asking me has triggers in it for me you know nothing about. This is not okay guys. And I know it’s guys, because a woman would know better. ### 1/5 — Down the drain *2026-06-25, version 10.30.0* This used to be a superb podcast player. Lately it’s been going down the drain. Just a few months ago i gave this one a fabulous review now i have to eat my words because i have encountered one problem after another with this one. Lately, since latest iOS update, it freezes after playing only one cast; very frustrating. I have hang in there long enough, hoping that they will fix the issues but now must recommend that this app is no longer worth the effort or money. ### 1/5 — Skips on to the next still *2026-06-19, version 10.30.0* No, I really don’t an advertised podcast automatically playing. No I don’t want to skip to the next episode every time I open the app. ### 1/5 — Automatically downloads 20 GB of Podcasts without your permission or awareness *2026-06-17, version 10.30.0* Automatically downloads 20 GB of Podcasts without your permission or awareness ### 1/5 — This app sucks *2026-05-28, version 10.29.9* Sucks ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-05-21, version 10.29.9* Episodes are being automatically added to my downloads without my consent, even though I have not subscribed to the podcast. This is frustrating and not properly controllable. It also unnecessarily takes up storage space. I expect better transparency and proper control over automatic downloads in future updates ### 1/5 — Ads on Premium *2026-04-03, version 10.29.7* Why am I seeing ads as a Premium subscriber? What happened to the “no visual ads” part I’m paying $35 for? ### 1/5 — Another auto download fiasco *2026-03-28, version 10.29.7* Install app. Set auto download 5 latest episodes. Subscribe to some shows. Watch it download 2, or 3, or 4 episodes per show. [slow clap] ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Cool🤌🏻 *2026-08-26, version 10.31.0* Great ### 5/5 — بهزاد *2026-08-25, version 10.31.0* همه همدردیم ### 5/5 — Crazy awesome podcast app *2026-08-18, version 10.31.0* I love the AI episode summary, the general layout, and responsiveness of the app. I wish there were no ads, and I can’t pay so much when Apple Podcasts is free. But nonetheless I love this app. If it were $10 upfront per year I’d pay that. ### 5/5 — perfect *2026-08-08, version 10.31.0* so good thanks ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-08-04, version 10.31.0* It’s really amazing I like this app It’s super useful I like it😍 ### 5/5 — 👌 *2026-08-03, version 10.31.0* I would like it ### 5/5 — Thank you *2026-08-02, version 10.31.0* Thanks for all podcasts ### 5/5 — 이동진 빨간책방 왜 안 되나요? *2026-07-20* 다 되는데 왜 이동진의 빨간책방만 재생이 안 될까요ㅠㅠ? 이유 아시는 분? ### 5/5 — How great you are *2026-07-15, version 10.30.0* Dear Culips team. A huge Thank you to all of you for your time, hard work and dedication. I truly appreciate it. I owe a significant part of my English skills to your podcast. Please keep up with this amazing work And stay safe. ### 5/5 — اظهار نظر در مورد برنامه *2026-06-30, version 10.30.0* درود و عرض ادب با اختلاف زیاد یکی از بهترین پادکست هایی است که تا به حال شنیده ام. مطالب بسیار جذاب و قابل درک هستند. فقط یک نکته داشتم مبنی بر اینکه در بسیاری از پادکست ها خانم بهار کاتوزی بیش از حد صحبت می کنند و مطالبشان به اندازه دو مجری دیگر جذاب نیست و من به عنوان شنونده واقعا ترجیح می دهم تا از سخنان دو عزیز دیگر بهره مند شوم. پاینده باشید. --- *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 2026-09-08.*