Apollo Podcasts Hack 3.11.1 + Redeem Codes

I truly enjoy having an app focused on fiction and all the fun categories under it. However, there are a few issues with the app I have. Compared to other apps I use I thought it would be similar but it is not, partially. I wish the app could keep track of where I am on an episode, if I get confused and play another episode only to go back to the correct one it doesn’t pick up where I left off but to start from the beginning. Also allow me the option to select all the episodes I want to listen to in order so it will play automatically. Other than that, I am enjoying the selection and excited to find more shows to listen to

At first glance everything about this app is great, then you dive into it and it’s one small thing after another. It doesn’t keep your place in the story your listing to and the previously viewed never has the last show you were listening to, so you have to search for what you were listening to last, plus it doesn’t mark episodes you’ve already listened so unless you remember you have to find out yourself (extremely annoying). It’s chalked full of these goofy dungeon and dragons shows that unless you play, they don’t transfer from game to story very well. And that’s just a couple things. There are so many little things wrong the add up into a poorly designed app.. and now there charging for some content. I don’t trust this app to actually buy content. Who knows what you would get or even get the. Right and probably end up losing it or getting overcharged. Not worth the hassle

It’s unbelievable how bad the current podcasting apps’ discovery options are for audio dramas.

For new audio dramas, I have been bouncing between apps (Apple’s, iCatcher and Owltail) for discovery and then subscribing and listening with iCatcher! (a mature feature rich podcaster). There is no dedicated audio drama section in any of these apps (‘fiction’, ‘arts’ or ‘podcasts similar to’ will sometimes bear fruit, but audio dramas are lumped together with many other types of podcasts, which makes discovery tedious).

Apollo is my new go to source for the discovery of audio dramas, which I subsequently play on iCatcher!.

I prefer to download episodes. My only quibble (though I understand the reasoning) is that you have to create an account and log in to listen to downloaded episodes. So, I discover with Apollo and subscribe and play the episodes in iCatcher!

It’s an extra step, but just for the discovery alone (which you don’t have to log in for) this app is offering an incredible, well needed resource for people that love audio dramas.

Thank You!

Thank you for fixing login and library menu! Every part of the app (screenloading, tap responsiveness, lag time etc.) is very slow, with the exception of playback. Aaaand the app suddenly quits sometimes. But I’m giving it 4 stars because it looks great, has an easy, intuitive UI, and an excellent discovery/suggestions menu. I’ve just been using Stitcher all this time, but I’m slowly migrating my many podcast subs to Apollo.

For audio fiction lovers, this does a decent job of categorizing curated lists by category to help discovery. However, the user experience is terrible. I love audio fiction and I support what this app is trying to do, but Apollo isn't a reason to give up on my favourite podcatcher yet.

The app resets your place too often so even finding the podcast you're currently listening to requires a query to the server *every time*.

Finished with an episode and want to go to the next one? You'll probably have to search for it again and hopefully you remember the name or number of the episode because there's no indication of your listening history. This includes sometimes not saving your progress at all, such as when you listen all the way through an episode then halfway through the next one, take a break, come back, and you're back where you started at the previous session.

No rewind/fast-forward controls are available on the lock screen. You must unlock each time to seek within a track or skip to the next. I didn't try with CarPlay.

Slow and frustrating. Maybe I'll revisit in a year.

So once you get passed the crashing (I didn’t see an update but the app just started working for me?), this app has SUCH good ways of sorting podcasts. There are so many podcasts that just never show up on Apple Podcasts. I already found 5 podcasts that I’m into that I never heard of. They also have a current category for the 2022 Ambie awards as well as all of the basic categories (e.g. Horror, adventure, fantasy, etc.) and a tagging system.

Every now and again it does seem to glitch out, but it does clear up.

The app creators need to make it to where you can subscribe to multiple podcasts. If it already has this feature then it should be easier to locate. I listen to lots of podcasts at a time just how I feel I have one to listen to when I’m doing a certain thing. How do I locate what I’m listening to there should be a library on the bottom bar so you can see what your listening to. Please please add this it would make people use this app if it were easy to navigate and also the library so people can listen to multiple things at a time

Thank you for creating an app for just fiction podcasts. My only complaint is that you only feature only a few podcasts in the playlists. and a lot of time the same ones and in my opinion mislabeled. So I end up seeing the same 10 shows over and over. How many times can you recommend the bright sessions? And second it’s not about superheroes at all yet it’s in the superhero playlist. Can you please just have a list of ALL the shows in that genre? Please and thank you 😁

…but super clunky for actually listening to them. As another reviewer mentioned, there’s no library bar or other repository for full seasons of the podcasts you’re currently listening to. The app lists episodes in progress on the homepage, but no way to see episodes you’ve already listened to or any other mechanism for tracking how far into a particular season you are (at least no mechanism that is easily located). Great potential, but just not very user-friendly at all.

This app is unique in that it has so much more to offer than any other podcast app in the App Store. Yes, there are bugs, but most recently, adding the genres has change the usage of the app for the better! I can easily find podcasts and stories just by the genre and that has increased my usage tenfold this great job