Alora Podcasts

A podcast player that eliminates ads, even the ones that are mid-cast! No more having to constantly skip ahead several times per episode. A true differentiator. That’s worth five stars on its own. Clean, simple interface is great too, including pod 2.0 features. Doesn’t take forever to view/load the latest episodes like Apple’s native player. Only tweaks I’d recommend are reduce the card size of the episodes (reformat to get rid of blank space) so you can see more eps on the screen at once. And increase the font. You can barely read those show notes/descriptions.

I’ve searched high and low for a podcast player that removes ads. Most that I’ve found played more ads then prevented them, took forever to analyze the podcast, burned through my battery, or made my iPhone so hot that I was scared my phone was going to burst into flames. Alora is awesome - it catches all the ads (seriously), my battery doesn’t deplete, and my phone doesn’t run hot. The creators/developers are great - so helpful and responsive. I can’t wait to see how this player evolves. Download it - you will not regret it!

I’ve been using this app for about 3 months now and it’s great. Never had any issues with audio quality or lag and the user interface is super intuitive. The main draw for me is how the app brings together low transaction tipping functionality for creators with social media to create what could become a perfect podcast community app. I really like how the developers blended social media and episode highlights into the apps activity feed. The tipping feature is also super easy and is a great way to directly support my favorite creators, without having to sign up for a monthly Patreon subscription 🥱. It’s incredible how small transaction sizes are supported (less than a penny). Definitely seems like a great use case for crypto.