Podcast Republic - Podcast App

I have no idea how there isn’t a single podcast app that lets you make multiple custom playlists so this app is an absolute godsend. It’s like the Marvis of podcast app - I love that it’s a one time purchases to remove ads and all the features (like custom skip intro skip outro options) I like from annoying paid subscription app are just inherent to this one. I also love now customizable everything is as well. I have a lot of RSS patreon feeds and being able to edit podcast titles and artwork makes it so easy to keep organized. Most underrated feature is the lock timeline bar - the amount of times I’ve accidentally skipped 30 minutes ahead in a podcast should be criminal and this prevents that. My only tweak is I wish I could see all my playlists laid out in the grid pattern like the normal podcast screen (if that IS a view feature, let me know lol I absolutely could have missed that) but that is only minor compared to how much I love every other aspect of the app.

This isnt inherently a bad app. My immense disappointment is rather from the fact that I'm unable to continue enjoying this app as I had for soo long. I could go very very deep into detail as to the root of my contempt, but I am literally unable to without it causing my blood to boil. For the developer, I will attempt to sum up a couple of small features in the design that have basically caused me to lose over a years worth of collecting, organizing and tweaking my podcasts, in literally a matter of seconds due to clumsy fingers. 1.) The download vs stream ambiguity has been the bane of my existence in this app, which i have only learned to cope with by reluctantly getting used to systematically goin into advanced settings to delete the catch 1 to 3 times per hour that Im listening. Failing to do so fills up my phone with 20+ gb in a matter of hours, and this is with literally all downloading features disabled and this being proven by none ever occupying my downloads list. So what is all the catch data? I have no idea, i emailed dev about this over a year ago and they basically said they didnt understand what i was complaining about. This brings me to how my worst fear came true tonight. 2.) the dev elected to put a nuke button in settings that just strait permanently resets all settings and customizations, and it is right under the clear catch button and cannot be disabled. Pretty frequently I tap it by mistake and the "are you sure?" box emerges. But for the first time, I accidentally clicked yes. All 500+ of my podcasts organization system priority level, display options, auto-playlist population, poof. Vanished.

I’ve been looking for a new pod catcher since stitcher went down and ran threw a lot of them. This is the only one I’ve found that allows you to categorize your podcasts (an essential and seemingly basic feature). You can customize all sorts of thing for each category or playlist including if you want that to auto download. I have been enjoying my must listens on an auto download feed but am able to track others I occasionally will listen to without having them flood my entire feed. I can listen to my preferred podcasts for news, politics or sports when I have time without having them overwhelm my core podcasts in one giant feed. 5 stars!