Stereo Reviews

by BrotherWilliam

Hello everyone, I was happy with Stereo and people staring messing with you on Stereo and when you report them and the this app team say you violating the terms and conditions and when I send emails to explain they just push me aside and give me other excuses. I told if I did mess up I am sorry so can I come back to this app or get my account unblock. I have not hear from them after I sent the email. They did not pay me my money and I am still waiting on my money. People on Stereo calling ladies and black ladies out of there names and then coving it up with the Bible they having sex talk senes on here xxxx version. It’s a whole lots going on here and I talk on it and I get block for talking about it others talk and do things on here and get away with it.

by Qopel

The is the worst app I have ever had on my phone. 90% of the people on Stereo act like children. The rest are real underaged children that don’t belong on Stereo .
Don’t expect to have a real conversation here. When you connect with someone, you will either get silence, fart noises, rappers, recorded music, people with their TV blasting so you can’t hear them, people who mumble or can’t speak English correctly, talk about private parts, racism against whites, the “N” word or just annoying people who say, “You know what I’m saying” 30 times per minute.
The “contest” they have is next to impossible to make money with. It’s favored towards people who have a mysterious checkmark next to their name that isn’t widely known how to get. Celebrities like Paula Poundstone will come on and snatch all the prize money, anyway.
Total waste of time.

by Darkpraxis

I get what they are trying to go for with the name, this app. There’s no pause button, just like listening to live FM radio.

I suppose you get a mute button, but it’s UI is counterintuitive, and why the heck would anyone want to mute but not pause?! Do app developers believe the audience wants to mute and miss part of the show, but not pause?

There’s no volume equalization, so if a show has middling audio quality, you’ll be constantly adjusting the volume to hear what’s being said. Just like listening to FM radio.

When one show ends (probably the one you follow), you are thrown into the middle of an unrelated live show with hosts you don’t follow and with no subject context. Just like changing radio stations, except you didn’t change anything.

Worse still, when you open Stereo , it throws you into a random live feed where hosts are swearing and/or talking about sensitive subjects. Beware opening Stereo in certain environments, like a work office.

For shows you do follow, Stereo doesn’t give you context if you’ve already listened to an episode or not.

Stereo would’ve been good 10 years ago. But now we know how good live feeds can be with play-pause, forward/back 15 seconds, and skip-to-live functionality.

Even though my favorite podcast is now producing a show on this app app (paid sponsorship), I’ve listened twice, but won’t again due to the above functionality limitations.

by VenusNeptunez

Hello my fellow Americans. I have been using Stereo for well over a month now. After initially being hooked to Stereo where I’ve had the opportunity to have so many interesting talks with a plethora of people from many different cultures, thoughts, and religious backgrounds during a pandemic and quarantine I stopped to realize something incredible DANGEROUS AND CONCERNING.

Stereo is owned by a Russian Billionaire worth 1.5 a billion dollars. It was introduced to a extremely small town in Europe and then immediately mass marketed via Facebook & Instagram to the citizens of the US. 👀

Employees that work for this company who are predominately Russian run the leader boards. And if you speak about certain things concerning the conspiracy here they will follow you and track you.
It’s extremely concerning.

Stereo can be a tool for spying 👀 on US citizens. Why? I don’t know. Russia we see you! And yes the owner is Russian-British but he is Russian by loyalty and something is fishy with Stereo. Watch what you discuss and what you release when it comes to your information and deeply rooted thoughts 💭.

by Dichromtastic

The lack of pause/play even when listening back to old shows is really annoying. I can pause the audio on my phone's dedicated audio control, but it creates a glitch where I then can't play it again -in my audio controls or in the this app app.

Lack of 15sec rewind is also irritating. If I missed something I have to slide the progress bar back, which throws me all over the place.

Lastly and probably most annoying of all is the fact that I can't open Stereo without some random show auto-playing. I follow specific creators with content I like. I hate that my "home base" on Stereo is an endless steam of grabbing from people I'm not interested in. Either allow users to auto-mute shows they don't subscribe to or allow them to disable auto-play of such shows.

by Sazuli

Needs a sleep timer and it needs a pause for replay. It also needs an off button. I can turn off the sound but I think it’s still operating so then I have to quit it completely or I think it’s using battery power. Some people don’t know how to stop it so they delete it. I think you could keep those people with those functions.

Also I’d like to choose to go I to the next replay in the list of the people I’m listening to (after replay or live) rather than go to some random people after my replay finishes. If I fall asleep I wake up with random people talking.

by Lauren82603

One thing that’s been pretty frustrating that I’ve encountered while listening back to past shows is the lack of a pause button. I think it’d be very beneficial for there to be one, in an easy to access spot. Another thing that would be nice is a rewind button. There’s one to fast forward 15 seconds, but it’d be cool for there to be one to go back 15 seconds as well, as I’ve found myself missing what the person said and wanting to hear it again. It’s a struggle and inconvenient to use the slider for this. Finally, I understand the goal of trying to get more people to listen to different streams they might not otherwise, but the feature that begins a random stream as soon as you enter Stereo is quite annoying. Perhaps if this stays, maybe the default could be for it to be muted when you open Stereo ? Or give a list of popular streams at that moment instead? I just think that if people are discussing 18+ topics, you should have the option of when it’s played, rather than immediately and constantly while you’re browsing Stereo , as I’ve opened Stereo before and the stream I’ve been given were talking about inappropriate or “nsfw” things, and I wouldn’t want that to happen if I were around someone like a family member or someone in a public space.

by Asjfgkgfkfjdjs

This is not a platform ready for mass listeners But it’s really good for small groups under 500 listeners per podcast. It’s fun to see a new way people are able to interact and I think the feature of audio from the audience is very cool.

One thing I would like is for the streamers or be able to preview the audios or pick one out if they have a queue of them. Maybe an option for them to listen to the audio before their listeners hear it, or maybe let the people sending in audio to the streamers add a title. So you can say I’m talking about the general topic or giving an answer to what was just mentioned. I think this would be something that really improves the experience for the creator and the users. Sometimes you get a troll or two and being able to preview their audio before playing it would be helpful.

With more growth I'm positive it will be a platform that can handle more and more people and it seems like a cool place for people to get started as a small podcaster. Especially with covid and the need to social distance having it all so easy and accessible to just create a show and go is very nice.

by Sparklious Plenty

I actually feel this was a great development & right on time. With this pandemic we needed a additional way to connect with other people in a safe way. Some of the conversations have been very entertaining and enlightening. There has been some glitching that I and others have experienced. I had heard that this is due Stereo taking off so quickly & not quite being prepared for such a huge response.

Soooo here’s the BUT... I feel Stereo is great BUT doesn’t really give others the opportunity to reach the $10,000. I personal don’t think I will because it does require an extensive fan base/huge number of listeners. Or you MUST have a good amount of time to dedicate talking to accumulate time. So with all of that being said... I feel the $10,000 should be maxed out per quarter. In other words, you can win that amount once every 3 months. This I feel will give others the opportunity to win that amount as well. I’m sure there’s much more to Stereo & I’ll definitely follow up when I gain additional experience with Stereo. Okay, so that’s my two cents. I hope this will be helpful to someone.

by YeahThatCee

The Following list is alphabetized because it’s ideal for comparison and analysis. However, the Follower list is unsorted, first come, first served. As a suggestion, I think it’s ideal to sort both the Following and Follower lists alphabetically, for obvious reasons. Having to scroll up and down or typing names individually for comparisons is time consuming. I would argue everyone on this app would prefer a way to easily glance at each list to see whether those you Follow are also Following you.

Finally, this app needs to invest in a Desktop app version for Mac OS and PC. Being limited exclusively to a smartphone is restrictive for several scenarios and often encourages if not requires an additional investment in several phone accessories for sound quality improvement.

Thanks!

by Latinsteel

I am in love with Stereo!!I think that this is a total game changer when it comes to social media content creation and bridging the gap between people around the world! I think it’s extremely helpful to have something like this especially today where people are isolated because of COVID-19. I love that I have the opportunity to have a conversation with people I otherwise would have had the opportunity to do so. Stereo allows me the creative freedom that I want as far as creating a brands for my wellness practice! One thing that I would like to suggest Stereo do is find a better vetting process for verifying peoples age when they download Stereo . We all know that kids are being affected by the lockdown as well and want to socialize however this is not the place! I think that there needs to be a vetting process that is more thorough so we can keep kids under the age of 18 out of the community. Outside of that, I think Stereo is amazing and I look forward to seeing where it continues to grow.

by G2Kal

this app is fascinating because it’s like talk radio for the internet! No more dialing in, just quick reactions and voice messages. My gripes are only being able to have a conversation with one other host, and the swiping card layout. It’s fun to be able to swipe through like that, but also having a list of trending or the most listened to podcasts in another tab would work better for discovery of new voices. I’m hyped for the future of this app!

by I4u2c

claims of lives being saved, changed, or created from the accolades written in these reviews and I am lifting my dusty finger to express in writing how — well, at least for me — they were all true!

Only wished I were able to “this app” the multitudes of gratitude for this platform and its community (don’t worry, you’ll get it) because once you’ve tried socializing this way it might feel hard to go back to voiceless mediums!

Love tuning in to talk, look, and listen to what’s up around the world! HELLO!?

by Jessbarnettsfd

I love Stereo so far I joined Stereo September 11th and the first person I talked to was jake Marin and he is awesome!! As well as a a lot of other people I have talked to. But here is an idea I would like to throw out there instead of just the mouth moving on the avatar why not have the whole head move eyes and all you know what I mean!? I think that would be really cool. But either way Stereo is awesome and I know you can get paid on it but I just like talking to people and having some real good conversations on it!!

by BCox__

It’s dumb how someone can just randomly report you for being underage and then before you can confirm you age, you get restricted. I’m 21, but some jerk reported me for being underage, and now I can’t get back in. It’s should’ve pre verified my age based on my Apple account, this is stupid. I couldn’t even dispute this, they just restricted me for no reason. Why is this a thing? The user should at the very least have a chance to dispute it, or show proof, I.D., Passport, or Birth Certificate. Please fix this, because other users should not have control over this kind of thing; it should be dealt with by Stereo owners themselves.

by ADOT405

I love Stereo because it gives you a platform to be able to interact with other users in dialogue based off of topics that are prompted or you can choose your own to talk about and as an added bonus you have an opportunity to win cash prizes based on your use of Stereo ! I’d say get on, listen as if it’s a live podcast or start your own and give people something interesting to listen to. There’s minor glitches between users but it’s still worth taking a look 😊👍🏾

by Tpatt2

This is a few suggestions that I think could help.
I think a good idea would be to add an option to type in your own topic so that people can have a better understanding of what you’re talking about, it it would help people understand what’s happening in the room without someone having to stop and continuously remind people what they’re talking about or what the subject is. The other option would be instead of having the message option or in addition to the message option allow people to have someone kind of call in for like two minutes, I think this could help dialogue. Thanks!

by DHeezyBabii

I love Stereo! It’s very fun and has a lot of good content. The concept is very clever but I do have a couple of suggestions. First, one recorded chats, developers should add a 15 second rewind button in addition to the 15 second fast forward button. Second, and I’m sure you get this all the time, you should add a feature to allow people to send private messages to one another. But maybe that’s part of the uniqueness of Stereo . Last suggestion... you should implement a way for the hosts to put a poll in the broadcast and allow the listeners to vote! I host a weekly broadcast that this would be very useful for. Just some thoughts. Otherwise, Stereo is awesome!

by Rizzorr

I love Stereo but there are some room for improvement for example as I’m typing this review I cannot see my text I don’t know if that’s on your end or my phones in and I don’t know if it will actually show up or not but that’s just a review issue has nothing to do with Stereo itself one thing I wish Stereo would do is give you the ability to have more than one account because some people like to have their alias account and some people like to have an account that is connected with their other social media platforms and sometimes people have to be anonymous to discuss important topics so I personally would like to have more than one account

by Djtb250

this app helps and inspires me everyday to be a better person love you boo 😘🍑🍑☄️😘app I got banned for no reason and even some of my friends also got banned for no reason. The admins never look into anything properly and never give you an explicit reason for your ban. If you are a content creator I highly suggest you don’t go near this platform and get another one because one of my friends on here said they deleted over 100+ hours of content for their show and never gave them a reason. No wonder I heard everyone I talked to said that the amount of users on Stereo has been dropping and will continue to. The idea of Stereo is great but the people running it are sick. Unless they fix these problems beware that all your content could be deleted from Stereo for no reason but a few trolls wanting to bring you down.

by Namjoon1828

It says for ages 12+ yet you have to be 18 to make a account?

by Longtime Lama A

It’s alright

by Dee9-2

Great app 💪🏾💪🏾🙌🏿