Podverse 12+

When I started down the Podcast 2.0 path with Curry I selected an app at random. I’ve tried very few of them since this one covers my needs. The clipping is a huge feature I didn’t know I needed in my life. Being able to send a link to people with ease is why I give you 5 stars. There are a few oddities that may be my device. Such as playing after a pause usually requires a second press of the play button but w/e the app just works otherwise. Keep it up!

Podcasting 2.0 is way better and this app utilizes the most features for an iOS app that I have found. It does have some issues updating images for chapters. If you are listening to an episode freshly released and the images for the chapters get uploaded while you listen to the episode, the app needs to be killed and reopened to get the new image chapters. Commonly an issue if listening to episodes not too long after they are released. I would also like the images to fill up much more of my screen because I listen to a show with great artwork for the shows.

Also wish searching for a podcast would allow you to see comments and descriptions for each show so you know what a podcast is all about. I’m nitpicking though. It’s a pretty great app. I especially like dark mode.

I am very excited with the possibilities and potential of podcasting 2.0. While this app offers some exciting New features such as chapters, displaying album art, lightning payments etc. it is missing the most core functionality for a podcasting app and in my opinion is inexcusable. First even though I have downloaded Podcasts it still needs to connect to the Internet for some unknown reason to access my content making ti useless when off grid. Second, I’ve been using this app for at least six months and they still haven’t fixed The issue where it doesn’t save your place in a podcast and you have to scroll through to find where you were. Both of these are dealbreaker‘s for me from a usability standpoint. If you don’t fix these issues I’ll likely just be going back to the default Apple podcasting app.