Breaker—The social podcast app

Name: Breaker—The social podcast app
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Breaker—The social podcast app

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User Reviews for Breaker—The social podcast app

Almost a Stitcher (Classic) replacement

Stitcher made some horrible life choices and I’m on the search for a new podcast app. After briefly looking at the others, Breaker seems to be a pretty clear leader. It does so well what Stitcher used to do, it lets you prioritize your favorite podcasts, sort them and listen to them in the priority you choose. I still have yet to test it with my CarPlay (who is driving many places in 2020 anyway?). So this may be a feature request.The things I want to see that would quickly take it to 5 stars and keep me from ever going back to Stitcher (if they get their App together again). 1) Ability to search and add shows while you are listening to a show. I’ll start the search, but it doesn’t actually work until I pause the show I’m listening to. 2) have “back 15 sec” in the minimized view or the lock screen. 3) Start play on App open!! I don’t want to go dig around for the play button when I first open the app. I’m usually ready to just start listening. 4) an alarm feature, but I’m pretty sure with other automation I can tie this to the iOS alarm.Things it does better, but I haven’t had a chance to explore. The social aspect of it! Rating and liking podcasts. The longer I use it, I’m sure I’ll find more features that will keep me a forever convert.

A.Catesby, Nov 22, 2020

Still some bugs occurring

I downloaded this app to move away from other podcast apps. I love the layout and UI. I would rate this app higher, but my issue is that the pause and play button is not working on any other screen (home screen, pull down, car buttons, or Apple Watch now playing screen). When I do go back to app to get the podcast going again the last time I listened before pausing is not the same for when it starts up again. It is actually very behind depending on when the error occurred it could be that I am almost done with the podcast but in the podcast it shows that I am less than half of the way through. I apologize if I am not explaining this correctly, but it is an issue that I am continuously running into.

ad0071, Nov 19, 2019

Great Podcast App

So far I have found the app to be super easy to use and the interface is very clean and nice to look at. Couple of things I’d like to see in future updates is the option to auto download all the episodes of a podcast or a specific season of a podcast. Also the forward and backward buttons, it would be great if we could manually change how many seconds it moves forward or backwards. Last thing, please allow users to keep episodes even after they have been played. Other than that, the truth is that I don’t particularly care about the social aspect of it but I am very very happy with what I’m seeing on this app. I sense true greatness in the horizon for this app. Great work guys.

Asiel Flores, Feb 15, 2020

Almost didn’t try it because of the marketing

Social podcast app? No thank you. I don’t want to talk about my podcasts or share them with my friends. I don’t care what anyone else is listening to and I don’t care about discovering or searching for new podcasts. I have several custom RSS feeds for ad free podcasts that I pay for via Patreon. I want to import them to an app via URL, listen to them, AND SAVE THE BEST EPISODES TO A PLAYLIST TO SAVE FOREVER SO I CAN RELISTEN TO THEM EASILY. I have tried a dozen podcast apps and searched high and low on Google. I finally found this app through a Medium article and I want to cry. It actually works. Import via RSS works. Listening works. Adding my favorite episodes to the favorites playlist works, and I can customize the settings to keep the episodes from being deleted on listen. Finally. I have not been able to find a single other app on the internet that does this and it’s literally the only feature I wanted. And I didn’t even have to fork over cash to try the app. Well done. I will be subscribing to get more playlists now that I know this app does what I need.

cant understand why, May 25, 2021

Turns out it’s a scam

I paid for this app and got scammed. I have been locked out of my account for months on end. Reaching out to support gets no response. They “updated” the app to require you to reset your password to access your account again, but the link they email you is broken. Don’t bother paying for this app. It’s apparently just a money grab.Previous review: Social podcast app? No thank you. I don’t want to talk about my podcasts or share them with my friends. I don’t care what anyone else is listening to and I don’t care about discovering or searching for new podcasts. I have several custom RSS feeds for ad free podcasts that I pay for via Patreon. I want to import them to an app via URL, listen to them, AND SAVE THE BEST EPISODES TO A PLAYLIST TO SAVE FOREVER SO I CAN RELISTEN TO THEM EASILY. I have tried a dozen podcast apps and searched high and low on Google. I finally found this app through a Medium article and I want to cry. It actually works. Import via RSS works. Listening works. Adding my favorite episodes to the favorites playlist works, and I can customize the settings to keep the episodes from being deleted on listen. Finally. I have not been able to find a single other app on the internet that does this and it’s literally the only feature I wanted. And I didn’t even have to fork over cash to try the app. Well done. I will be subscribing to get more playlists now that I know this app does what I need.

cant understand why, Jan 13, 2023

Fussy

I really wanted to like Breaker—and to be fair, the social aspects of the app are the closest I’ve seen to what I want out of a podcast app. People don’t actually seem to be using those tools to be social yet, but that could just be an in progress network effect/critical mass thing. I run into too many bugs and confusing situations for me to recommend it to friends, though. My main complaint is that downloading episodes ahead of time rarely works out, which makes the app all but useless for me. I’m never certain when I open the app if I’m going to be able to listen to podcasts today.

CCAD student, Aug 07, 2018

Great but has some frustrating bugs.

Great app all around. Two things that could use some more work are the search function and more bug removal. The search itself isn’t the worst but sometimes it takes almost until the last letter of a podcast title for it to find the correct one, not very intuitive. The bugs can be a bit frustrating, some of the worst ones I get are toward the end of episodes that have been in a playlist for a while, they often will loop at random intervals. Three minutes will go by then that same 3 minutes will play once more. The absolute worst however is that your progress on an episode will often get deleted. This isn’t normally a huge issue, but with shows like Hardcore History that sometimes have nearly 3 hour episodes having to routinely scrub through to find my position is aggravating.

El Jimmy Rustler, Sep 30, 2019

Better than most

Switched to iPhone recently and have been having trouble finding a good podcast app (which seems absurd). This one is the best I’ve found but still has some annoying quirks. I like to download episodes since I travel a lot. This app adds episodes to my playlist, but it doesn’t always download them. Even when I force it to download and watch it complete the download, I will go back later and it will show that it isn’t downloaded. Where does it go? I just watched it complete the download. Frustrating! Also, I listen to most podcasts oldest to newest, but a few current event podcasts I want to listen to when they are released. This seems to confuse the app. Why is this so difficult?

eligovt, Aug 25, 2018

Great concept but some play/pause issues

I love the idea to try and get listening to podcasts to be a more social activity with “like” and “comment” functionality and a easy way to mark episodes as listened!Unfortunately I think I’m going to have to go back to Apple podcasts because playing and pausing from the iPhone lock screen is inconsistent. I’ll hit pause, the screen will indicate it is paused but the audio continues! Navigate into the app and sometimes it’s frozen. If it does pause successfully, and then I play it again from the lock screen, it seems like the app often doesn’t track my progress through the episode any more. All very frustrating. I really hope the developers can fix this issue and I’ll come right back!

grafted27, May 25, 2020

Room for improvement, but still way better than Apple’s podcast app

Give me the podcast all Apple had out originally, and I’d be happy. Breaker is a great alternative to the app that Apple ruined- all my episodes download when they should and are easy to locate. My issue lies with being able to delete an episode after listening. The episode “disappears” from the playlist and you have to go into subscriptions to find it, and you still can’t do much with it there. If you don’t listen to all (or any) of an episode, it remains in the playlist, and you can swipe left to remove it from your playlist....but it’s not deleted from your phone (exists in subscription area). Not sure if I’m missing something that’s right in front of me, or if this was just overlooked.A welcomed feature would be to be able to share an episode with people not on Breaker- sometimes I would email myself the episode to know to come back to it, and sometimes i would like to share it with others (who don’t use Breaker). Being able to create multiple playlists would be a bonus, too!

iTif, Nov 15, 2018

Description

New to podcasts? Looking for trending content recommendations? Or do you listen every day?

Either way, you can find all your favorite podcast shows and episodes on Breaker! With over 20 million podcasts available & growing day by day! Download Breaker today and discover a fresh podcast experience, combining your favorite shows with powerful features to optimize your listening experience. Elevate your Listening Experience: - Subscribe to shows you love - Easily search and find new shows - Download new episodes automatically - Get customized podcast recommendations - Cloud sync show playback across your iPhone and iPad - Offline mode (wifi not required) - Dark mode and colorful themes - Playback speed controls - Sleep timer so you can fall asleep to a show - Audiobooks, video podcasts and more - Human curated suggestions updated every day - Listening stats to track how many shows you listen to Subscribe to Breaker+: • Space Saver: Compress downloaded episodes, while maintaining audio quality. A 100MB MP3 could compress to 30MB • Relax & Sleep: Discover and listen to relaxing sleep sounds hand-picked by our editors. • Custom App Icons: Choose from 9 unique app icons to match your home screen. • iPad support: Explore the app in Portrait and Landscape views. • Apple Watch support: Access playback controls right from your wrist. • Ad-Free experience: Focus on the content of your favorite podcast episodes without the distraction of ads. • Play on Multiple Devices: Easily sync playlists, full play history, and resume playback across devices. • Playlists & Bookmarks: Create playlists & time stamped bookmarks, synced to your cloud account. • Theme Editor: Unlock all premium themes, cloud-sync your custom themes across all your devices. • Turbo Fetch: Be the first to know when a new episode drops. • Personal Search: Locate any episode with ease, right from your subscriptions & playlists. ______________ Subscription Info For podcast subscriptions, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription will automatically renew monthly. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current monthly period. Subscription may be managed, and auto-renewal may be turned off, by going to your App Store Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://maplemedia.io/privacy/ Terms of service: https://maplemedia.io/terms-of-service/ Questions? Feedback? Email us at [email protected]