Podcasts iPhone App Review
Podcasts is Apple’s default podcast app. Even though largely barebones, the app still let you discover hundreds of thousands of downloadable podcasts, follow them, and even subscribe to your favorites to get free updates. Podcasts app comes as a standard installation in your iPhone.
Features
Podcasts for iPhone has a simple design when compared with other third party podcast apps in iTunes. It is attractive, but a bit over designed in places. The playback interface that resembles an old school tape deck is a bit odd, while the “top stations” section is extremely slow to scroll through. The iTunes like interface for adding podcasts is easy to use and simplifies your task of finding new podcasts. The app will import your podcast subscriptions, but does not sync them between iDevices. It also brings long requested support for streaming podcasts. If you are new to concept of podcasts, check out the ‘featured’ section, wherein you can find interesting new shows that cover a wide variety of topics.
There are plenty of categories to choose from and lots of interesting topics to explore. As a user, using Podcasts app for iPhone, you can search for your favorite shows, subscribe to them, download them to your iPhone for offline listening, and adjust playback speed and settings to your liking. The search results are returned quickly. The controls are rather intuitive. The sleep timer can be used to set the app to stop playing after some time. It comes handy if you prefer to listen to a particular podcast right before going to bed. Podcasts for iPhone also brings in the long requested support for streaming podcasts. On the flip side, some stability issues has been reported by certain users.
Conclusion
Podcasts app is a barebones default podcast option you have in your iPhone. It does the job and is simple enough to use as well. Its search feature is robust. Subscribing for podcasts is easy. First time users may check out the ‘featured’ section. The controls are intuitive. Support for streaming podcasts come handy. Stability issues with the app need to be addressed. The playback interface is also old school. Otherwise, the app performs reasonably well, and is perfect for those who prefer simple designs.
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