Podcast Player App - Podbean

Podbean - Podcast & Radio & Audiobook

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About this app

Podbean is the best podcast app / podcast player and audio livestream app on Android with 5 Million+ downloads, 120K+ reviews, 300K+ live show hours, 1 Billion+ episodes downloaded, and an average rating of 4.7/5.

Also nominated as one of the "Top podcast player apps, 50 best podcatchers for Android and iOS" by TCC.👍

Podbean Podcast App is an easy to use podcast player for podcast fans, offering a super clean layout and easy to navigate interface. With millions of popular podcasts to choose from, you can stream or download your favorite podcasts anywhere, anytime for free.

⭐️DISCOVERY / RECOMMENDATION
•  Subscribe to millions of podcast channels including top networks like NPR, CBC, BBC, HowStuffWorks, The New York Times, This American Life and Gimlet.
•  Search by podcast name, episode name, or author name.
•  Browse new/trending/top podcasts by topics or categories.
•  Get customized recommendations based on your play history.
•  Choose audiobooks from bestsellers and classics for FREE.

⭐️PLAYBACK / AUDIO EFFECTS
•  Instantly stream or download podcasts to play offline.
•  Stay organized with customizable playlists.
•  Intelligent speed removes silences from an episode without distortion.
•  Volume boost normalize the volume and make shows easier to listen to.
•  Advanced playback features like auto-play next and Sleep timer.
•  Support mini podcast player widget on your android homepage.
•  Support bluetooth, ChromeCast and android auto.
•  Integrate with Amazon Alexa.

⭐️NOTIFICATION / AUTOMATION
•  Stay updated: Get new episode notification from followed podcasts.
•  Automatic download and option to delete after being played.
•  Support batch mode to download, delete, and add playlist.
•  Settings can be customized by podcast.

⭐️AUDIO RECORDER / PODCAST STUDIO
•  Professional podcast recording studio app with easy-to-use interface.
•  Rich background music and various sound effects to choose from.
•  Powerful post-production including edit, split, merge, and export.
•  Free large space, various promotions, and social sharing.
•  All-in-one audio recorder and podcast creator to make a podcast.
•  Remote group recording, collaborating with invited people.
•  Instant interaction and feedback in the live chat.
•  Cloud server backup, get originals for future editing.


⭐️AUIDO LIVE STREAMING
•  Listen to an exciting variety of live audio shows
•  Engage with the host and other listeners with messages
•  Send gifts to reward the host
•  Call-in to share your thoughts and ask questions
•  Fan Club: recurring income from your most loyal fan base with special live stream privileges.




Listen best podcasts 2020 on Podbean - Podcast App & Podcast Player, including This American Life, Serial, The Joe Rogan Experience, S Town, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, Radiolab, My Favorite Murder, True crime, Criminal, Joel Osteen, The Dave Ramsey Show, ESPN Radio, The Daily, Dirty John, Up First, The Moth, The Tim Ferriss Show, Freakonomics Radio, Startup, Stuff You Should Know, How Stuff Works, Bloomberg, Revision3, Relay FM, PodcastOne, The New Yorker, Showtime, Slate, TEDTalks, NPR podcasts, Wondery, WNYC, 5by5, KCRW, NASA, CBS Radio, CNET, CNN, CBC, BBC and Bill O'Reilly etc.

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Ratings and reviews

**Update** Still keeps crashing, have been in contact but nothing seems to be changing. And it's been almost a month since I posted my original review, so super disappointed and really annoyed Keep shutting down automatically, and when it is running, it will randomly jump back multiple minutes. Doesn't matter if the episode is downloaded or streaming if the app is actively open or not.

Difficult to use Castbox seems more user friendly. I found it more difficult to find the podcast I was looking for. The Podbean podcasts would hang up more frequently. This might be an issue with my phone. I am grateful for Podbean reaching out to seek to improve it's product. That is a good sign. Update October 2023. Similar to Mark Twain's story about being 17, the podcast player has gotten easier to use. I now use it alot. The ability to control playback speed is a good feature.

The app has so many great features, bit then it lacks some very basic thoughtfulness in user experience at the same time, it's really a shame. For example, you can't easily click into a podcast and explore episode descriptions while listening without it jumping you right into switching to the episode you clicked into. Lots of things like that. I've submitted suggestions/feedback to the team but no changes yet.

What's new

1. Improve player performance
2. Enhance user interface (UI)
3. Add a "Report a Problem" feature to the app's Feedback page
4. Implement various additional enhancements