Podcast Addict

Today I got a notification from my carrier that I've used 90% of my 4gb data plan...a week after my billing cycle reset. I went into my data usage and discovered that PA has used over 2gb of background data in the past week. I've have had background data turned off, all settings to wifi only and ads set to interstitial since the day I downloaded the app 2 years ago and this has not been an issue before. Can anyone offer any insight as to what's going on here? Android OS. Now I have to pretty much go 3 weeks unable to use my phone for anything but calls/texts and I'm not to pleased about it.

Update: It seems the banner ads cycling while the app was close or the phone was in sleep mode was causing the issue. After buying the premium version, there had been no data used at all. Thanks for the responses.

You have a thousand episodes in queue but you want to save all of the “good ones” for your upcoming flight so choosing what to listen to today is stressing you out 😥😥😥😥

My subscription to Podcast Addict is up in September so lately I've been searching around other podcast apps to see what is out there and if I like them. The first one I tried was Pocketcasts, which I was familiar with from IOS, but I didn't entirely like how it looked on Android Auto. Then I tried Podcast Republic and Antennapod and for some reason even though I had it set to auto download, Antennapod didn't Auto Download. As for Podcast Republic, that was probably my next favorite but I had set the app to delete downloads after the episode was played and it didn't do that. Maybe I was doing things wrong on all three of the different apps but I found myself coming back to Podcast Addict just for it's simplicity and basic use. Maybe I'm just more familiar with it over the others, but it does everything I want it to do and it just feels really organized. I wish they had a single pay donation though, but I would pay the developer for how he can maintain it. Also, Pocketcasts needs an episode filter feature which I have found really nice, especially because I have a podcast that airs a classic episode each week and I don't need to listen to it since i've heard them all.

Am I doing things wrong on the other apps or am I just missing something. I see these android apps recommended a lot but with Antennapod and Pocketcasts, I found them kind of lacking.

Hiroshi Lockheimer, Senior Vice President of Android and the Play Store (among other departments), posted a tweet today saying Podcast Addict was falsely flagged and should not have been pulled from the store.

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The official Podcast Addict account has confirmed that its appeal has been accepted

[I checked for reposts before posting this, apologies if I missed any]

I get the popup saying that the app must be excluded from the device optimized app list in order to update in the background - I hit the fix button which opens the optimized app list and the app isnt even listed there. What should I do?

Hi. I've used Podcast Addict for years now, across multiple Android phones, and love it.

Recently it's been doing a weird thing where, unless it is actively playing, it will pretty much always close itself. This means that the play controls are no longer accessible on the lock screen, or via Bluetooth, meaning I have to unlock my phone and reopen the app to resume a podcast.

This is new behavior in the last week or so. I long ago turned off battery saving for the app. Was there an update at some point (to PA or Android? Is there a setting I can tweak to change this behavior?

has anyone tested podcast addict on grapheneOS? unfortunately podcast addict isn't on f-droid, but it's def my preferred podcast app. there's antennapod, but artwork can be wonky sometimes, plus i can't import audio like i can with podcast addict (newpipe audio dl). been building a f-droid list of apps to replace frequently used non foss apps. think i'm about 95% on f-droid now. wasn't sure to ask on degoogle or grapheneos sub.

I'm an Android user and new into Podcasts, I've been reading a lot of posts in this forum asking what is the best Podcast app and I've seen people recommending Podcast Addict. So instead of asking again what Podcast app is your favourite I want to know why you prefer Podcast Addict over Podcast Republic, Pocket Cast, Player FM and Overcast I think were the ones I saw mentioned more.

Hello, Fellow Podcast Lovers!

I've recently been overwhelmed (in a truly heartwarming way) by the number of you who've been recommending Podcast Addict as a solid alternative to Stitcher. For that, I am genuinely thankful. Your support means the world!

I understand that transitioning between apps might seem daunting, especially when you've built a substantial library of subscriptions on your current platform. But don't worry! To help make the switch as painless as possible for all Stitcher users considering Podcast Addict, I've created a simple, step-by-step guide.

This guide will walk you through how to export your Stitcher subscriptions and import them seamlessly into Podcast Addict. It's designed to help you continue your podcast journey without skipping a beat. You can find the guide right here:

I want to be sure that your transition to Podcast Addict is both smooth and easy. If you have any questions or need assistance during the process, please feel free to reach out. I'm more than happy to help!

Once again, thank you for all your support and recommendations.

Best regards,

Xavier

^{[Edit: I got on Twitter/X about this: "thanks for pointing out, mick—I think the switch back to wide has been causing some issues. I’ve been reaching out to different platforms and will reach out to PodcastAddict too, so hopefully fixed soon!"]}

UPDATE: looking at Podcast Addict now, the problem seems to have been fixed.

is no longer a Spotify exclusive, and it's now available on all the usual podcast platforms. Lately--in the lead-up to the new season--they've been releasing last season's Spotify-exclusive episodes on those platforms. Unfortunately, I've noticed on Podcast Addict that a lot of listeners aren't currently subscribed to the correct feed. The old feed has 68.2K subscribers. The currently active feed has 730 subscribers.

The correct feed will say "Spotify Studios." The incorrect feed will say "Gimlet." If you're using the right feed, the most recent ep is S7 #51 The Elliotts. Incorrect feed: S6 #42 Mark.

Not sure if this applies to other apps, but I've noticed several PA users saying they aren't seeing the new eps. This is probably why.

Hey guys, I wanted to share our experience with advertising on Overcast and Podcast Addict for August 2021. Hopefully this can help people with their own decisions regarding in-app ads.

For context, we run a gaming website called Goodnight Groofs that currently has 2 podcasts:

1. GG Replay is fully centered around gaming news and comes out 3 days a week (Monday/Wednesday/Friday).

2. Game Groofs features more in-depth gaming discussions (not necessarily news), trivia, and mini-games. It's a weekly show.

We decided to go with GG Replay for our advertising effort because we felt as though it was an easier sell (the idea of gaming news is pretty straightforward), and it already had a large backlog of episodes since it's 3 days a week (we started in mid-June).

Both ads were in the leisure category. Our Overcast ad cost $240, and our Podcast Addict ad cost $215. From what I can tell, that's about as low as you'll see in the leisure category for Overcast. We caught it at a good time, price-wise.

Expectations: Overcast tells you that you can expect somewhere around 400-600 taps and 30-35 subscriptions. Meanwhile, Podcast Addict predicts 1,000-1,500 taps and 20-70 subscriptions. Obviously these aren't guarantees, but we were very excited at the idea of even coming close to these numbers.

Here's how things broke down for us:

RESULTS | Views| Taps| Subs

• | - | - | - Overcast | 82,255 | 609 (0.74%) | 24 (3.94%) Podcast Addict | 418,813 | 345 (0.08%) | 8 (2.32%) Total | 501,068 | 954 (0.19%) | 32 (3.35%)

We were pretty disappointed, especially with the Podcast Addict results.

With Overcast, we exceeded the expected results for taps, but were a bit short in expected subs. That's fine, I can deal with that. At least people were taking a look. I know our cover art isn't the best in the world, but I thought it was enough to catch some eyes, and I think that the tap numbers here backed that up.

With Podcast Addict, however, we fell way below the expected number of taps, and our sub count obviously suffered as well. In fact, with Podcast Addict, we were hanging around 1 or 2 subs for most of the month up until the end. It was incredibly disheartening, and felt like a total waste of money.

Would we do this again? Maybe, but it would have to be for the right price, and we'd probably only do it on Overcast. Right now, we're definitely looking into other avenues for marketing.

Please feel free to ask about anything I didn't cover in this post.

I want to start listening to podcasts and need help choosing between these two apps.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

PA has a bug that causes other audio to play silently over Bluetooth. For instance, when I'm on a run Spotify will allow the running app to play audio alerts periodically. PA will not allow that. Same for Telegram and Whatsapp audio messages, which I get a lot of. I have to kill PA to listen to them over BT.

Dev says it's not a bug.

Anyway, paid is fine. Just looking for a solid podcast app that isn't PA.

If I had to choose between Podcast Addict and Podcast Republic, what would you suggest me to opt for? Also, please suggest me if there is any other podcast app, with a modern UI and a one time fee model. Thank you.

Now I'm in need for Podcast like this pls suggest me with this type of storytelling.

i used google to see if there was a desktop version of the app, and i found something but i don't think it's legit. which makes me wonder, is there a plan to release a desktop version of the app? maybe with a sync feature?

Thanks! regardless of your plans, i love this app, thank you for making it, thank you for your engagement with the community.

Starting with v2020.11, I'm adding a subscription option to the app called Podcast Addict Premium.

First, I want to start by saying that this won't change anything to free and paid app users.

The app will keep receiving updates and new features and paid users will keep using the app without any ad banner. The one time IAP to remove the ad banner still exists even though the price will increase a little bit.

The subscription model is added so users who want to help support the app can do so.

For the past 3 years, ad revenue has been decreasing a lot (-50%) while the app was increasing the number of users.

Now since the Covid started, the ad revenue dropped by another 50%. So this subscription is here to help make the app sustainable.

You can get more details about all this here: