I've been experimenting with these apps since I launched my own show on podcasting 2.0. I want to encourage my listeners to try it out, but haven't been all that impressed with the apps.
  • Curiocaster: simple, easiest to use, no mobile app, only available as a web player
  • Fountain: they seem to be doing a good job of promotion, but there is way too much going on w/ the UX
  • Castamatic: the best mobile player, seems to be under the radar
  • Breez: They seem to be committed to podcasts, but the app still seems like a lightning wallet first, w/ podcasts included as an add-on (It's been a while since I've used it, so maybe they've made updates)
What am I missing?
Podverse: Web, Android, iOS. CarPlay. GPL open source, with quick updates and interaction and an active dev community.
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  • Breez crashed on my device everytime.
  • Castamatic is iOS only
  • Fountain works fine for me. UX isn't perfect but usable.
  • Curiocaster - no mobile.
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Agree. Fountain needs to fire whoever does the UX there
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I want to be on the fountain bandwagon it but it's hard to navigate inside the app and comments/clips/search, etc take way to long to load. They threw a lot of stuff at the wall.
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Exactly. I want it to succeed, but bad UX and audio not properly working offline made me delete the app
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