# Wondery: Must-Hear Podcasts — user reviews > 516 indexed App Store user reviews of Wondery by Wondery, LLC, rated 4.73/5 from 31,988 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wondery-must-hear-podcasts/id1485913772/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wondery-must-hear-podcasts/id1485913772.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 27,922 · 4★ 1,849 · 3★ 749 · 2★ 493 · 1★ 883 ## What do users think of Wondery? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Great content - 🔒 No ads - 👍 Variety of podcasts - 👍 Excellent storytelling **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 🐛 Buggy interface - 🐛 Unreliable playback - 🐛 Slow loading times - 🐛 Difficult navigation - 🔋 Battery drain issues **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes frequently - Playback randomly stops - Logged out unexpectedly - Downloaded episodes not accessible offline - Inconsistent episode ordering **Most requested features** - Ability to create playlists - Improved offline listening functionality - Better syncing across devices - Easier episode management - More playback speed options ## Newest reviews (20 of 516) ### 3/5 — Faulty *2026-03-18, version 1.98.0* I have three starts because I love the programs in this app and I post for Plus to play without ads. However, I have to open Anna code the app no less than three times until it loads and works properly. It is so frustrating. Especially being a paying customer. I really wish they would do something about this. ### 3/5 — Wanted to like it, unstable *2026-03-11, version 1.98.0* When it works it’s got a great catalog, fairly usable interface, unfortunately it crashes more often than it works. I usually takes me two or three tries (timeouts) to get it running, every time…. It rarely crashes once it successfully opens, but it got too frustrating to use so I cancelled the renewal. ### 2/5 — Great content, horrible app *2026-03-10, version 1.98.0* Great and engaging content, a mix of true crime and history. Truly a fun feast for people who want edutainment! However the app is god awful. Slow and you are unable to manually arrange listening queues. Every other podcast app has this. Also, while driving, if I try to open it without doing so before I leave my house, it will lock me it. It wants me to open the app on my phone and login first. WHEN I HAVE THE PODCAST MP3s PRE-DOWNLOADED FOR ROAD TRIPS??? YOU WANT US TO TEXT AND DRIVE JUST TO UNLOCK MY ALREADY AVAILABLE SOUND FILES? Or at least wait until a red light? But that’s still a bit concerning! Why must we be constantly online and not just have the login connected to our phones, even offline? Again, other podcast apps like Overcast, Podcast Addict, etc., DO NOT have this offline login issue. Less dangerous and I can just access them with my car media screen and still drive and keep my eyes on the road (I have the touch areas basically memorized at this point lol). I am genuinely sorry that the Amazon/Audible takeover is happening, I am very sad to see yet another group of independent artists and businesses get consumed into the corporate beast that is big business and private equity. But also when other indie artists and companies like Dropout have better apps, it’s a bit ridiculous to have such a lackluster app like this. I hope the Amazon Audible app has a better GUI, I’ve never used it before. Good luck on the rest of the month that Wondery exists as its own thing. ### 2/5 — Great selection of podcasts, terrible app *2026-03-06, version 1.98.0* I have enjoyed the variety of content and new podcasts utilizing this app for over a year but the functionality is so disappointing. I have to continually open the app 3-4 times (every time) in order to access the podcasts.. ### 2/5 — love the premise, app is not it *2026-03-04, version 1.98.0* love the shows on the app but i have to try and open the app at least twice every time because it crashes and closes immediately. the app lags, and it’s not easy to discover new shows based on your preferences. ### 1/5 — Crashes constantly *2026-02-23, version 1.97.0* The app CONSTANTLY crashes and often doesn’t include the videos that are showing on other platforms. As a subscriber, this is very frustrating! ### 2/5 — App is really glitchy *2026-02-20, version 1.97.0* The context is great but the app is really glitchy lately, I constantly get knocked out of the app, and have to attempt multiple times to start episode that I want to watch ### 3/5 — Not thrilled *2026-02-20, version 1.97.0* I pay for Wondery plus specifically for Armchair Expert. I love Dax’s perspective and the dynamic between Dax and Monica. A lot of times the video doesn’t work and often times I have some sort of issue with the app (slowness, won’t sync well with my car, etc). I’m usually pretty tolerant but since I pay for this app, it gets really frustrating. I’ve emailed Wondery and usually just get a canned response. ### 1/5 — The worst app! *2026-02-20, version 1.97.0* Glitches, crashes three times before it will play anything. Reading the reviews, this has been a problem for over two years and has not been fixed. I pay to listen to the content but I’m barely able to get on the app to listen. It feels lil such a waste of money. It now has some of my favourite shows but I can hardly ever get it to work to listen. Frustrated! ### 3/5 — Crashes *2026-02-19, version 1.97.0* App is great, love the content, used to never have issues but now it crashes all the time. I have to open it 5-10 times before opening the podcast I want to listen to. ### 1/5 — Constant crashing *2026-02-16, version 1.97.0* The content is great but the app constantly crashes. ### 1/5 — Always crashes! *2026-02-14, version 1.97.0* This app crashes and then shuts off my Maps app when I try to use them at the same time. This is borderline unsafe in the car. I am stuck though because I will go anywhere Armchair Expert goes. ### 2/5 — App sucks now *2026-02-14, version 1.97.0* The app barely works anymore. It’s glitchy and slow. Also the quality of shows is declining. A lot go the history podcasts are clearly written by AI now. Gutless and boring. ### 2/5 — Great Content, Terrible App *2026-02-13, version 1.97.0* Crashes constantly, especially when trying to use CarPlay. Latest trick was logging me out on a flight so I couldn’t access the podcasts I had downloaded in advance. It had just prompted for login less than an hour earlier while I was downloading them. ### 2/5 — Love the content, app is glitchy *2026-02-13, version 1.97.0* The app crashes at least three times before it will finally play a podcast. This happens EVERY time I open the app and it is so infuriating it actually stops me listening to the content. ### 3/5 — Please fix your bugs *2026-02-12, version 1.97.0* I thoroughly enjoy Wondery history based podcasts so much I pay for a subscription outside of Apple Podcasts. The thing I dislike is that the app crashes about two times before I can even use it. I’ve waited patiently to get an update to address this, but I’m not the only one commenting on this, folks! ### 1/5 — App is a mess. I’m cancelling *2026-02-11, version 1.97.0* After several years with wonderly+ (ad free) I’m cancelling. The content can be excellent but the app is very glitchy. Yesterday it wouldn’t log me on and it wouldn’t reset. I’m tired of dealing with a poorly functioning service. Sad but maybe they’ll fix it and I’ll come back. ### 1/5 — Woeful app *2026-02-10, version 1.97.0* So the good: The content of the podcasts I’ve generally found to be fantastic. It’s quality content and I’m happy to pay the money…. HOWEVER Why on earth do I get logged out this app all the time!? Because you need internet to log in, if you are anywhere without internet…. Say when you traveling and would want to listen to a podcast, you cannot log in. This is pathetic. Spotify, YouTube, all sorts have the ability to do that. Sort it out. This is fundamental ### 4/5 — Notice a lot of shows are jumping ship *2026-02-09, version 1.97.0* I’ve enjoyed it in the past, but every time I open it, it closes on me: every single time. I have to open it twice for it to work, and even then sometimes it closes a second time. Third time is always the charm. I do notice that a lot of shows seem to be saying Audible now which maybe it was bought out by wondery or vice versa? And a few shows have just disappeared completely, so it makes me wonder what’s going on over there. I do pay for it, but I’m considering not anymore. ### 1/5 — Gone downhill *2026-02-08, version 1.97.0* The app and the content have gotten progressively worse over the several years I’ve been a plus subscriber. Many of my favorite shows have gone to over to SiriusXM and the Wondery app is buggy and loads at a glacial pace. It will also randomly log out when I go on airplane mode, and there have been multiple times where I’m on a flight, go to the app to listen to a downloaded episode and I have no way to access it. I have cancelled and gone to Sirius. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — scam *2026-04-24, version 1.99.0* I hate wondery! they make it ridiculously hard to get a refund so I never got one and I bought it through my apple podcast app so I still got ads perpetually which contradicts the reason I paid for wondery so I just never listened to my fav podcasts bc the ads irked me n my money for the annual ad free service went to absolute waste. it makes me so mad. ### 1/5 — Crash! *2026-03-17, version 1.98.0* I’ve been using this app for a year now, getting early access to my favourite shows. For an entire year, this app crashes at least 20 times before I can start my podcast. Won’t be renewing my subscription. ### 1/5 — Trashes my phone EVERY time I try to use it *2026-03-12, version 1.98.0* Wish I could leave zero stars. Doesn’t matter how often I update, each time I open up Wondery everything freezes and I have to wait 5-7 minutes to use my phone again. Every. Goddamned. Time. I cancelled my membership on this alone. I like their programs, but it’s not worth the hassle. No other app does this. You’d think by now Wondery would sort it out, but no. ### 1/5 — Bad service *2026-03-11, version 1.98.0* Bought a year access at the End of last year. Now the service is being moved to Audible for a monthly fee. ### 1/5 — Frustrating to get on *2026-03-06, version 1.98.0* Can never access the app right away on iPhone and/ir CarPlay. When I click onto the icon, it actually freezes my devices. It happens about 3 or 4 times before actually being able to get on. Once on, it is great. Maybe it’s not keeping up with all other the iOS updates. Very frustrating to use. ### 1/5 — Worst app experience ever *2026-03-06, version 1.98.0* I’m perplexed at the generally high reviews this app has. This is the least functional app I’ve ever used. It is INCREDIBLY LAGGY. It crashes 1/2 of the time upon launching. It has trouble loading any episode, downloaded or not. Every time I try to listen to downloaded episodes when I don’t have service, it logs me out and I can’t access anything. It feels like a relic from 15 years ago before we knew how to make good apps. I will be switching to Apple Podcasts immediately, the wondery plus features are nowhere worth this horrendous app experience. ### 1/5 — Great podcasts, horrible app *2026-03-02, version 1.98.0* The shows are great, but the app itself is horrible. Sometimes I have to attempt to open it 3 times just for it to work. I’m the past year or so I’ve never been able to just open the app and listen, it automatically shuts down every time. It’s frustrating because there’s no other app I have that has these kinds of problems. ### 1/5 — Horrible App *2026-02-27, version 1.98.0* This app constantly crashes when first opening it. I hate that I pay for the premium to listen to armchair expert early and ad free because this app is so undeserving of supporting their podcast. Apple CarPlay is a nightmare with this app too. Here’s an idea, fix the technical issues? It’s 2026 get some devs who know what they’re doing ### 1/5 — App crashes multiple times every day *2026-02-26, version 1.97.0* First app review I have ever left. This is one of the only apps I pay for. I do that because of armchair expert only. It’s the only podcast I listen to on the platform because the app is so terrible. I literally set aside 3-5 minutes each day to get the podcast to play. Open the app. Crash. Open the app again. Crash. Open the app one more time… maybe it seems like it will work… crash. Oh, one more time, open the app… and… Crash. Every day. Literally crashes 3-6 times daily before I can get my content to play. I am so looking forward to the day when AE goes to a different platform. ### 1/5 — Not thrilled *2026-02-23, version 1.97.0* I pay for Wondery plus specifically for Armchair Expert. I love Dax’s perspective and the dynamic between Dax and Monica. A lot of times the video doesn’t work and often times I have some sort of issue with the app (slowness, won’t sync well with my car, etc). I’m usually pretty tolerant but since I pay for this app, it gets really frustrating. I’ve emailed Wondery and usually just get a canned response. Video rarely works anymore! I won’t be renewing. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — American scandal *2025-08-08, version 1.89.0* I love the story telling and the way everything is presented ### 5/5 — Best podcast I’ve ever listened to *2025-08-04, version 1.89.0* The best podcast I’ve ever listened to! I listen to every new episode and feel like they are the girlfriends I wish I had! ### 5/5 — Subscribe *2025-07-24, version 1.88.1* Excellent content at an affordable price. The App interface is clean & easy to use. I had previously cancelled this subscription but realized I was getting great value from it so I’m back. Subscribe! ### 5/5 — Hip hop *2025-05-20, version 1.85.0* I love Wondry. But I don’t want to listen to hip hop of all things while I try to listen to my program. Bad idea. Kerrymitchell4909 ### 5/5 — Wonderful podcasts *2025-05-18, version 1.85.0* Such a great site. Love topics. Love podcaster’s voice. You can eliminate anything to do with Diddy. ### 5/5 — Winery Revîew love it a lot I highly recommend this app *2025-05-02, version 1.85.0* Listen with your Apple ID if you have one if you don’t have one just sign up for one and start listening this app is my personal favorite the sound quality is amazing u need to sign up right away is absolutely incredible it gets 5 stars from me ### 5/5 — Great! *2025-04-25, version 1.84.0* Going good so far. One of my favorite apps. 😄 ### 5/5 — April fools this year *2025-04-16, version 1.84.0* I literally had a bit of a panic attack . That was good. Just started laughing and listening to you both wonderful Ladies. NEVER change I tell everyone about you both. My mom says sorry you’re not Welsh. haha she married an American sooo . meeehh. anywho I just love I found your podcast. Feck people who don’t like your banter. Its the best! keep killing it Ladies! ### 5/5 — Simply the best *2025-04-03, version 1.83.0* Wondery full of good and interesting content and be heard on many podcast platforms. Their app is very good and user friendly. ### 5/5 — Innovative,Compelling Content *2025-03-27, version 1.82.0* Drama, history, crime, medical malpractice stories, plus a plethora of other fascinating genres: whatever your preference Wondery will always deliver meticulously researched, perfectly produced and beautifully narrated content. Highly recommended. --- *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 2026-06-16.*