I'm using Beyond Pod. I find it boring and complicated. Can someone recommend a better podcast player?
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Podcast app recommendation
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PocketCasts 4 is great. There are still a few bugs to work out but it's right up there with Downcast on iOS as the best I've used.
williams448
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I'm looking more for a free app. Beyond Pod makes it difficult for me to listen to podcasts I've already listened to.
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Bought Pocket Casts based on this thread. I like it so far.
I've been ok with Listen, but Google has discontinued it.
I like Downcast on my iPad for the most part.
I was testing OneCast before this, but, for $3.99, Pocket Casts seems pretty good in the early going.
Search is finding everything very well.
I've been ok with Listen, but Google has discontinued it.
I like Downcast on my iPad for the most part.
I was testing OneCast before this, but, for $3.99, Pocket Casts seems pretty good in the early going.
Search is finding everything very well.
Pocket Casts is worth every penny. version 4 had a really rough start but the Dev has been fantastic fixing the bugs and adding features we have been asking for.
I love Pocket Casts. BeyondPod is very functional, but it's in major need of a ui re-design. I have also heard great things about the updated doggcatcher but I haven't tried it.
Pocket Casts 4 is the app Apple tried to create with their Podcast app. It's still a work in progress but is very polished and easy to use.
For a long time, I was deciding between DoggCatcher and BeyondPod, and tacking on the Presto variable speed playback library as I like to listen to my tech podcasts at 1.6x speed. Seemed like there were occasional issues reported by users of either of those two apps.
Was about to go with BeyondPod based on reviews when PocketCasts 4 came out and had exactly the feature set I wanted, plus at $3.99 it was cheaper than just the Presto variable speed library I would have had to buy with the other two solutions. I read that in the prior version of PC, they used the Presto plug-in, but in version 4 they decided to code their own native variable speed handler into the app.
So many great updates and fixes too, in the first few weeks PC4 is out. I had just gotten around to setting each of my podcasts to 1.6x speed when they released an update to allow you to apply a speed change across all your podcasts.
Free is always good, but better yet is an app that does exactly what you want very well at a great price.
Was about to go with BeyondPod based on reviews when PocketCasts 4 came out and had exactly the feature set I wanted, plus at $3.99 it was cheaper than just the Presto variable speed library I would have had to buy with the other two solutions. I read that in the prior version of PC, they used the Presto plug-in, but in version 4 they decided to code their own native variable speed handler into the app.
So many great updates and fixes too, in the first few weeks PC4 is out. I had just gotten around to setting each of my podcasts to 1.6x speed when they released an update to allow you to apply a speed change across all your podcasts.
Free is always good, but better yet is an app that does exactly what you want very well at a great price.
BeyondPod for me. Their beta version has episode sync, letting me listen to podcasts on my phone and have the place where I left off sync with my tablet (and vice versa). It also has a handy Jelly Bean notification controller, where I can rewind/fast forward//pause from the notification.
Been using OneCast for a while now. Very simple and easy to use.
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