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I use Downcast every day, not even as an advanced user, but just because I need to download podcasts on-the-go. This sucks in comparison. * Catalog (aka Store
by smackfu 14y ago
I use Downcast every day, not even as an advanced user, but just because I need to download podcasts on-the-go. This sucks in comparison.
* Catalog (aka Store) is very slow and clunky. Takes 5-10 seconds to flag episodes as "Downloaded" after I click on a podcast I have episodes for.
* Clicking download button takes 4-5 seconds to react. Progress of download is not shown in store, but only in Library.
* No connection between podcasts you downloaded and those in the store. So if you want to get more episodes, you need to search again. Why?
* No way to add podcasts by URL.
* Descriptions are cut-off after a line or so with [...], even if you press the "i" button.
* No position indicator. Oh wait, it's hidden behind the cover image and you need to tap to switch. And that's the default view every time.
* The position indicator has buttons at either end. They don't do anything. Or do they?? They're certainly really small.
* Some of the stuff hidden behind the cover image is a button. Some of it is just shiny bits of the reel-to-reel. Guess which is which from a foot away!
* Only fast speed is 2x which is too fast. Only slow speed is 1/2x which is too slow.
* The share buttons everywhere just link to the podcast in general, not the episode.
* Generally sluggish on an iPhone 4.
Honestly, this seems like the kind of stuff Apple is supposed to be better than.
- mcfunley 14y agoIf you add podcasts by URL, you are probably an advanced user.
- smackfu 14y agoI guess? It doesn't feel advanced, it's just that one podcast that I listen to is a podcast Apple doesn't list. So I can't switch to this. Like "oh, you want to listen to music that's not in the app store? That's an advanced feature." And this is actually a lost feature relative to desktop iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/fanfaq.html http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/fanfaq.html "It's easy to subscribe to any podcast using iTunes, even ones that aren't available in the iTunes Store. "
- michaelbuckbee 14y agoI had a significant (and expensive) issue with Downcast where it would continue to download podcasts from wifi -> 3g. I'd get in my car and my phone would be still connected via WiFi to the house, start Downcast to listen to something and then drive off - switching it to 3G and incurring mobile data overage charges.
- b3b0p 14y agoFellow Downcast user. Love it. Use it everyday. It's the only the only app I have paid for (I have not pirated/stolen any either) and it's nearly the only app I use on my iPhone besides NPR and Netflix on my iPad.
- CubicleNinjas 14y agoConsidering this just launched, I might give it more than a few hours of testing to warm up to it.