Podcast Go
★ 4.4What it actually doesPodcast Go is an app for discovering, downloading and listening to podcasts with subscription and playlist creation capabilities. It works mostly, but suffers from bugs during updates, uncontrolled ads and stability issues.
Actually does
- ✓Podcasts80% of reviews
- ✓Offline-first30% of reviews
- ✓Поиск и открытие новых подкастов15% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Подписка на подкасты с уведомлениями
- ⚠Создание пользовательских плейлистов
- ⚠Управление скоростью воспроизведения
- ⚠Таймер сна
- ⚠Dark mode
- ⚠Поддержка Chromecast
- ⚠Push Notifications
Common complaints
- ✗App frequently crashes on startup and after updates25% of mentions
«Please bring back Russian language. After the update, it crashes when I go to my podcasts. The latest update prevents listening to downloaded podcasts.»
- ✗Intrusive ads that significantly hamper free version usability15% of mentions
«Non-skippable lengthy ads, Ads are implemented terribly. Basically, using the free version is very inconvenient due to pop-up ads.»
- ✗Issues with downloading and playing downloaded podcasts20% of mentions
«Turns out podcasts don't download, impossible to listen to them. The latest update doesn't allow playback of downloaded podcasts.»
- ✗Missing Russian language, localization issues after updates20% of mentions
«Please bring back Russian language. Why did everything become English??? There are plenty of podcasts, but I can't find any in Russian!»
- ✗App cannot be force-closed from memory, interferes with incoming calls10% of mentions
«Because it's impossible to close the app from memory, it's annoying that it reacts to the call answer button and resumes playback»
What people praise
- ★Convenient, elegant interface and app controls
«A functional, convenient app with an understandable interface, intuitive controls, and a pleasant design»
- ★Episode download and offline listening works well
«Thanks for the ability to listen offline»
- ★Core functionality works correctly for everyday listening
«Everything works well, Everything works perfectly, I like the app - it's convenient»
- ★Affordable premium version pricing
«The premium version is quite inexpensive - that's a huge plus»
- ★Large podcast catalog (300,000+)
«There really is a lot of podcasts»