Podcast Player

The selection of available podcasts is really good and it's free to use so I won't complain much. The big issues are bugs not being fixed. If you download a podcast show then remove that channel, the whole player stops working. I've refreshed repeatedly. I've opened and closed the app for things to just keep spinning. it's essentially frozen and doesn't let you play anything or see new episodes.

They added too many ads. Ads when you pause your podcast - and they make sound - is too much. I understand the need for ads, but that is so annoying. update, I went to the app to pause my podcast, however an ad popped up with music and an "instant download" button appeared directly above the pause button I tried to click. this immediately installed some random app when all I wanted to do was pause the podcast.

The ads that get thrown on your screen in this app use all of the deceptive tricks to hide the exit button, throw you to links you had no intention of clicking on and prevent your back button from functioning. It cheapens the feel of the entire app, which is actually a decent podcast player. I don't mind intermittent ads for a free product, but this is different, these are malicious, they are deceptive and they make the whole package feel like a pile of 💩.

Ads are expected, but an auto download for apps in ads is a serious issue. I have had this app for over a year, but in the last two months every app ad automatically installs, even if you only hit the exit button on the ad. I am constantly having to uninstall unwanted apps. Because this app has tracked my podcast listens for so long, ive been hesitant to switch to a different podcast app. However if this auto install issue persists then I guess thats just what I will need to do.

there are a lot of bugs unfortunately. Episodes will either skip back or forward and if it skips forward, there's no way to hear that part of the episode so you can miss a lot of a story edit to update: I was provided a fix (clear cache), and it does help in that moment but I ended up having to clear the cache at least once every time I listened. I drive while I listen to podcasts so this was super inconvenient. I have now deleted the app but I hope the bugs get fixed for other users' sake.