In the past, I had the problems other reviewers have reported. The last few updates however, have fixed the issues. At least I haven’t experienced any issues that frustrate me like they used to.

If I pause the podcast on the app when I come back, I have to start all over again and it doesn’t remember where I was.I’ve had the app crash in the middle of listening to the app many times which can be a little maddening.I would like to do talkbacks on the app, but I would have to listen to it on iHeartRadio and deal with the ads. I never know consistently when the summaries are going to be available on the daily podcast.I would like to have the daily show edited without listening to the filler music in between segments. Heck I would buy a years worth of Crockett coffee along with my $50 membership just to be able to listen to the Clay and Buck show seamlessly and see their faces as they talk and without losing my place when I have to pause or finding it again when the app crashes.It’s a good thing I love you guys or I would never deal with these inconveniences.

I paid for VIP access but I can’t find anything for VIPs in this app. It only offers the podcast shows with commercials, which I was trying to avoid. This app also crashes constantly when I’m trying to play Clay and Buck episodes. I have to revert back to using the browser website instead, at least there I can find the VIP listening podcasts. But, the website doesn’t keep track of what you were listening to, once you leave the page, you lose your place. The Apple podcast app works great, keeps your place, but there’s no way to apply VIP standing to avoid the ads there. This Clay and Buck app needs a lot of work.

I have been a clean box subscriber for a couple of years and, while the Apple Store app did have a few problems in the beginning, they were mostly ironed out early on. This latest version apparently doesn’t understand the difference between a subscriber and a casual listener because it seems like every three minutes, the audio just stops and I’m listening to Ned, then another ad, then another ad, ad nauseam. If this doesn’t get fixed by the time, my subscription expires I’m not going to renew. Why would I pay $50 a year for an ad free podcast that’s full of ads?