Podcast Player - OwlTail Reviews

by Skdufu3oej

The website has a good and accurate top ten list for many podcasts. PodcastPlayer has a different, less accurate list (for the same podcasts) that seems to ignore older episodes. I searched Tim Ferriss and Sam Harris and found this to be the case for both.

by Annoyed1334244

I was drawn to PodcastPlayer because I wanted to listen to original Paul Harvey episodes. Unfortunately it can’t play audio.

by The<Pronoun>

Great for finding new podcasts. I like following my favorite podcasters, episodes sorted by popularity, and listening at 1.3x speed. But the rewind bug is awful.

Until I can consistently resume playback where I left off, PodcastPlayer is not worth using.

by Jmcentee

I really want to use PodcastPlayer, but I have had two issues (1) the control buttons (rewind, fast forward, and pause) stopped working and (2) it doesn’t update with new podcasts as quickly as the apple app.

by Ltbeasy

I love PodcastPlayer but it keeps rushing when I try to open it

by Chrisgarcia1622

This is my 4th podcast app I’ve dowloaded in the past 3 weeks. So far, so good. It’s the first app that I’ve ever seen with a decent solution for discovery.

by Dannyboston396

Great app all around. Has room for improvement in terms of bugs as well as UI/UX, but as a new app, I imagine they’ll be consistently improving with each update.

by Jitsu101

I can’t find anywhere to submit feedback so I’m writing it here.

This is the first podcast app I’ve found that actually ranks podcast episodes, which for me is a killer feature. I love being able to find the “best of” when starting with any new podcast.

But there are major bugs that need fixing:
1. Frequently I open PodcastPlayer and the podcast I was last listening to has rewinded up to 10 minutes. I have to seek forward and try to find my place again. No idea why this happens but it is frequent. Perhaps the listener’s location is just not saved frequently enough.

2. At times the Play button at the bottom of PodcastPlayer doesn’t work. The play button at the top always appears to work

3. Player does not pause when using Siri, so I always have to rewind after that. Other podcast apps pause when using Siri.

Missing features:

4. Search podcast episodes. I’d like to just be able to view a podcast’s episode history and filter it by one or more search terms. This simple feature is available in overcast.

If the developers can follow up on these issues I’d be happy to update to 5 stars. I very rarely leave reviews but the “popularity” sorting of PodcastPlayer is so good I want PodcastPlayer to succeed!

by Dkdesmoines

I find it valuable but it needs to allow people to rate individual episodes. Most popular is kind of a popularity of guest contest and the top 20 can miss the best episodes. Rating individual episodes could be more valuable

by Factual Indian

Nice and easy to use app, has all of the podcasts you need with some good discovery features.

by Appuserreviewer84

Great search! App just needs trim silence and carplay support so I can switch to it in my car as well.

by Adventure Organiser Specialist

Great podcast for discovering new episodes and podcasts.

by Dk6418460

For those who want personalized recommendations, this is PodcastPlayer for you. They have custom episode level recommendations which I like, as well as topics that are hand curated.

by Param2050

Great app for listening to your favorite podcast. you can pick any of the popular episodes according to your favorite topic and listen to the best. It has also great feature like personalized episode recommendation based on your listening and subscriptions.

by Nickiioo

Love this so much a organization and sorting dream. Thanks guys

by Fischback7

PodcastPlayer is so good compared to the original podcast app and the other paid subscription one I had. It makes it so easy to find the best episodes from every podcast and its also really good at recommending podcast you liked based off the ones you've saved already.

But the only negative is sometimes when I close out PodcastPlayer and open it back up the podcast won’t save were I last left off. Then it won’t let me drag the slider to where I left off also. So the only way I can get back to my spot is to spam the 15 sec forward all the way through 3 hour podcast which is a pain in the butt because usually for me I listen to podcast at work when I’m not suppose to be on my phone so this ends up being a huge inconvenience.

by Deepaks21

After the latest iOS updates, I’ve had nothing but issues with Apple’s podcast app. Tried a few other apps, but they weren’t what I was looking for. PodcastPlayer has strong discovery features that makes finding new content easy. Would recommend to anyone who’s looking for a new way to listen to podcasts.

by Runwaylorrel

Nice app for finding and discovery podcasts. They’ve got the best episodes ranked by popularity which is a nice feature. Personalised recommendations also works well when you’ve listened or subscribed to a decent amount of content! Worth trying out if you want an app with more discovery features.

by Applezmoi

Um best app ever?
Only suggestions I could make is a blocking feature for words like Epstein or for shows so the same show I refuse to listen to doesn’t keep coming up. But it’s uhhhhmazing