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The navigation is clunky. Since the last update it’s better but I don’t find it to be very intuitive. There is just too much going on in the user interface. You can’t download series in bulk. You have to download individual episodes. By biggest complaint is that episodes I have already downloaded will not play unless I’ve connected to wifi. So why bother downloading if that’s the case? When I do connect to wifi the app just says “waiting”. I came to Stitcher in search of an alternative to Apple’s native podcast player which is even worse. But now I have found that I need an alternative to the alternative. I’ve completely moved my listening experience to Overcast, at least until they manage to mess up that user experience too. All I want is, 1 a robust library of podcasts. 2 a simple user interface where I see my shows in the play order I choose. 3 easy to download and play from anywhere. Streaming is fine when wifi is available and or good cell coverage. Keep It Simple Stupid!!!

Much to like about stitcher but their search fir podcasts is absolutely atrocious. Example (and this has been going on for months in various ways): I search for the actual name of a podcast - I also try using quotes - I add in the word podcast - I remove the quotes. There are substantial times that nothing comes up. Then I scroll and scroll down and there it is twenty podcasts down the line - the exact name. The only accurate one but way down the list. I recently searched and could never find the podcast under any name or combination. When I scrolled through my actual personal list of saved podcasts there it was. Shocking search. How can they survive such a basic simple need. Reply to this Stitcher.

A couple of weeks ago THREEDOM ep had ads. Stitcher tech solution was for me to delete app, and reinstall, losing all downloads. Now the latest episode of HOW DID THIS GET MADE has an ad right at the top of the show. If I have to uninstall and reinstall every week, losing all my downloads in the process, what’s the point? You need a better solution than telling paying customers “oops.” UPDATE March 16 The new THREEDOM (Murder on the Moon) episode has an ad at the top of the show. Again. I’m a Premium member and THREEDOM is a Premium show with the little badge, but for the third week in a row there’s an ad. Your previous “solutions” have been for me to delete the app and re-download, thus losing all my downloads and just being a general inconvenience. Please engineer a permanent fix.