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The podcast app is the same shoddy-ness. Re-arranging things in the queue is such a PIA.

by 1980phipsi 2y ago

JoshTko 2y ago
podcast app is the worst, I can never find what I'm looking for
- lostlogin 2y ago
  > I can never find what I'm looking for Overcast might be the app for you. No affiliation, I just like it.
  - frereubu 2y ago
    Another vote for Overcast.
  - zimpenfish 2y ago
    Overcast is definitely the least worst of the iOS podcast apps but it does have its own set of UI/UX annoyances.
  - draebek 2y ago
    Unfortunately, Overcast's update towards the tail of last year ruined it for me and many others. It no longer functions reliably in my experience.
  - webdever 2y ago
    I've used Downcast forever. No complaints. No idea how it compares to Overcast.
  - pasc1878 2y ago
    My main issue with podcast alternatives is that onbe feature I use is walk into a room and ask Siri to play a podcast. That works with Apple but not anything else. What is the latest podcast has to sync across devices. However any maintainance or search for podcasts is crap with Apple and better elsewhere.
- 112233 2y ago
  have you tried their "books"? you cannot search by almost anything! Extra-strangely, selecting book language is macos-only feature! Does anyone even maintain it?
DrillShopper 2y ago
Apple Music, at least when I last used it, could not handle copying podcasts to my old iPod Video - this is now handled in Finder, as best as I can tell. It will copy the tracks, but it doesn't properly flag them as podcasts so if I switch to another track and then go back to the podcast it does not remember my location. Never had that problem with iTunes.
- bombcar 2y ago
  If you set your podcasts as AudioBooks and copy them in THAT area, it remembers where you were, at least. But you have to play them through Books.
  - DrillShopper 2y ago
    I did find that workaround and then I just scrapped that Mac (because it was a Mac Mini that lost OS support) and went back to using gtkpod on Linux.

The podcast app is the same shoddy-ness. Re-arranging things in the queue is such a PIA.

JoshTko 2y ago

podcast app is the worst, I can never find what I'm looking for

lostlogin 2y ago
> I can never find what I'm looking for Overcast might be the app for you. No affiliation, I just like it.
- frereubu 2y ago
  Another vote for Overcast.
- zimpenfish 2y ago
  Overcast is definitely the least worst of the iOS podcast apps but it does have its own set of UI/UX annoyances.
- draebek 2y ago
  Unfortunately, Overcast's update towards the tail of last year ruined it for me and many others. It no longer functions reliably in my experience.
- webdever 2y ago
  I've used Downcast forever. No complaints. No idea how it compares to Overcast.
- pasc1878 2y ago
  My main issue with podcast alternatives is that onbe feature I use is walk into a room and ask Siri to play a podcast. That works with Apple but not anything else. What is the latest podcast has to sync across devices. However any maintainance or search for podcasts is crap with Apple and better elsewhere.
112233 2y ago
have you tried their "books"? you cannot search by almost anything! Extra-strangely, selecting book language is macos-only feature! Does anyone even maintain it?

DrillShopper 2y ago

Apple Music, at least when I last used it, could not handle copying podcasts to my old iPod Video - this is now handled in Finder, as best as I can tell. It will copy the tracks, but it doesn't properly flag them as podcasts so if I switch to another track and then go back to the podcast it does not remember my location. Never had that problem with iTunes.

bombcar 2y ago
If you set your podcasts as AudioBooks and copy them in THAT area, it remembers where you were, at least. But you have to play them through Books.
- DrillShopper 2y ago
  I did find that workaround and then I just scrapped that Mac (because it was a Mac Mini that lost OS support) and went back to using gtkpod on Linux.