Podcast Player App - Podbean
★ 4.4What it actually doesPodbean is a podcast player app with search, download, and recommendation features, plus a built-in studio for creating podcasts.
Actually does
- ✓Podcasts85% of reviews
- ✓Video player
- ✓RSS / News40% of reviews
- ✓Поиск подкастов30% of reviews
- ✓Offline-first30% of reviews
- ✓Audiobooks10% of reviews
- ✓Push Notifications15% of reviews
- ✓Фоновые звуки и расслабляющие миксы5% of reviews
- ✓Audio effects10% of reviews
- ✓Playlist Management15% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Audio recorder
- ⚠Widgets
- ⚠AI assistant
- ⚠Sleep timer
Common complaints
- ✗Playback issues — songs/podcasts won't play or load indefinitely20% of mentions
«I can't listen to ANY podcasts at all... the play button keeps spinning endlessly, the track won't play»
- ✗App crashes, podcast lists fail to load15% of mentions
«Podcast list loading broken again... lists won't load, music won't play»
- ✗Lack of full Russian language localization13% of mentions
«Too bad there's no Russian language...everything is not in Russian»
- ✗Autoplay malfunction — plays episodes in wrong order, mixes up play history10% of mentions
«After finishing an episode, it automatically starts playing the previous one instead of the next one»
- ✗Downloaded podcasts disappear8% of mentions
«Downloaded podcasts sometimes disappear from downloads»
What people praise
- ★Huge podcast catalog with plenty of quality content
«lots of podcasts...lots of good mixes»
- ★Free app with good stability and no aggressive monetization
«Good free app. Doesn't demand money. It works»
- ★Convenient podcast download and notification management
«Notifications control, download feature, limited ads»
- ★Clean and convenient interface, easy to use
«Lovely app! ...the only podcast app I use now»
- ★Good selection of background sounds and relaxing mixes
«excellent app lots of good mixes»