I think they are in the right path. But IMO there are some hard things that should be fixed:
  • The UX is really bad. I'm always kinda lost and it's not intuitive. Fountain should simply copy the UX of other podcast apps.
  • Fountain is a battery killer and phone gets really hot with use
I love Overcast and I'm a happy paying customers (I don't actually use any of the paid features, just trying to help the dev). Their UX is pretty slick and the "smart speed" feature is really good. I hope they will add lightning at some point in the future.