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Evolve Podcast App For Android · 22,408 ratings · ★ 4.3
4.3
★★★★★
22,408 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 26 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"podcasts"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "very poor performance. Many of the podcasts I want to listen to, just buffer and never actually play. Also I found it hard to locate the cancellation process after the free trial, so im stuck with it for a year." - John Macleod
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"subscription"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "there is no user surface where we can manage our subscription and personal details need help on that" - Arif Shaikh (Aaru)
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"listen"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "very poor performance. Many of the podcasts I want to listen to, just buffer and never actually play. Also I found it hard to locate the cancellation process after the free trial, so im stuck with it for a year." - John Macleod
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"play"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "very poor performance. Many of the podcasts I want to listen to, just buffer and never actually play. Also I found it hard to locate the cancellation process after the free trial, so im stuck with it for a year." - John Macleod
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"free"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "very poor performance. Many of the podcasts I want to listen to, just buffer and never actually play. Also I found it hard to locate the cancellation process after the free trial, so im stuck with it for a year." - John Macleod
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"later"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "You changed it from a free app with ads to a pricy app. I used it for years and enjoyed it. No more. I was just using it and uninstalled it to reinstall to free up space, and surprise, seconds later, you want money. No free option. Even tho…" - Todd Golding
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don't use
very poor performance. Many of the podcasts I want to listen to, just buffer and never actually play. Also I found it hard to locate the cancellation process after the free trial, so im stuck with it for a year.
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there is no user surface where we can manage our subscription and personal details need help on that
terrible! got new phone, forced to pay subscription, still get all the same app ads (not from podcaster...the app), no way to communicate or fix. ..VERY DISAPPOINTED 😞
worest
Uninterested in hosting podcasts ...
when you try to play something you get the round circle over and over again and yes the ads get through but no podcast. other than that the layout is great.
I downloaded this app, got a screen block that would not let me proceed without purchasing premium version. I re-read the reviews and obviously the reported issue has not been corrected. Uninstalled. DON’T waste your time or money.
You changed it from a free app with ads to a pricy app. I used it for years and enjoyed it. No more. I was just using it and uninstalled it to reinstall to free up space, and surprise, seconds later, you want money. No free option. Even though I was using it moments before!!
This app takes forever to connect to apps. Often times, I give up and go to Spotify instead. In fact, I'm waiting for an app to connect right now...I've been waiting over 20 minutes. I'm giving up and trying Audible.
I am facing a problem in this app, when I am listening to the story, the episode goes backwards like 3 after 4.
signed up for premium and transferred to New device. nothing is porting over and can't sign in. how can I move my account with Google play to the new device. very frustrating.
I think there's a bug. when I open the app, all I can see is more like lists - navigation. there's no way to get to My Podcasts. except adding an episode from a show to listen later, then clicking through 'view'.
unable to locate where to cancel subscription for my podcast listener app
Automatically installed against my wishes. I'm now automatically uninstalling it.
app is not open. the app stuck on the pay wall
fake "x" to close apps, just be transparent if i cant skip but make it work
unable to find the show I want that was described available. unable to reach any settings to adjust my subscription.
tirreble keep stoping
this app worked great until your latest update this week. now I'm not able to search for episodes at all! please fix asap.
I finally had enough. Maybe I'm too used to using ITunes. But I was annoyed when I saw the episodes saved for later listening hadn't or were they deleted or did they just evaporate? And you can't organise the order you want to listen to the episodes. Now, hopefully, when I uninstall, it'll delete all its downloads, including the ones I couldn't get to work even though it said they were there.
Cannot close visual adds. After the visual add plays, the close button doesn't close the add so I can return to the action buttons in the app. I have to use the window tile action to close the app and start over again. It is very frustrating having to do this regularly.
doesn't easily track pods you have already listened to.
since the last update I'm not longer able to search for new podcasts
changes have made it difficult to access the bottom row of apps and generally more cluttered and complicated. Used to be easy and uncomplicated
Sentiment summary
82%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
14%
Negative (1-2★)