Realm - Podcast App

In-app purchases
4.4
1.15K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

We used to be Serial Box, but we fell through a portal and now we're Realm.

Part podcast studio, part magical refuge.

We create immersive stories unlike anything you’ve heard before, working with creators you probably have.

Listen away.

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WHY YOU’LL LOVE US:

• Curated shows, just for you: Created by award-winning, diverse, and best-selling authors.
• Cinematic sound design: Immersive sound effects and swoon-worthy narrators like Tatiana Maslany & George Takei.
• Easy-to-use app: Offline mode, autoplay, speed controls, customization, no ads, and more.

COOL FEATURES:

• Our gorgeous audio player with autoplay, sleep timer, device casting, dark and light mode support, hypnotic animations, and skip intro/outro
• Download audio and listen offline
• Sample everything for free
• Switch back and forth between listening and reading
• Scroll vs. swipe reading option
• Stunning type and colors: select between 5 optimized typefaces and 6 color combinations
• Advanced customization settings: custom margins, line height, word spacing, letter spacing

TRENDING SHOWS:

• Orphan Black: The Next Chapter. Narrated by Tatiana Maslany.
• Memory Lane. Written by Pretty Little Liars creator Sara Shepard.
• CTRL-ALT-DESTROY. Narrated by Firefly star Summer Glau.

REALM LOVE:

"Like Game of Thrones, but for your ears"—i09

"Best of the year"—Apple

"Their rich sound design has advanced audio storytelling."—John Carpenter (yes, THE John Carpenter of Halloween, The Fog, and The Thing!)

"...The narration is great and the music and sound design really add to the storytelling."—Seth Podowitz

“THE BEST audio narration. I’m a huge, huge fan of the app and the stories.”—@BookwormAsheley
Updated on
May 5, 2023

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Ratings and reviews

4.3
1.1K reviews
Shawn Neal
January 14, 2023
Fantastic content, but poor stability and usability. I love the content, even went as far to sign up for the subscription. However, it constantly crashes, and forces me to clear the cache, or reinstall it just to use it. And the app is poorly laid out, with some illogical UI. The app makes it difficult to search through different podcasts, or to browse all of their offerings. I wish I could give it five stars for the content, but the constant issues I have unfortunately have me frustrated.
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Serial Box
January 20, 2023
Hi Shawn, thank you for taking the time to share your experience and we are so glad to hear you're enjoying our shows! I'm sorry that you're experiencing some bugs and we apologize for the inconvenience. If you go to the "More" menu in the app and click on "Report a problem with the app" we'd be happy to work with you to resolve this.
Joshua A
December 28, 2020
Just started using this app and, overall, I really like it. It's fairly easy to navigate and the search function is good. The only complaints I have are lingering expectations I have from other apps. I don't see an option to place a bookmark in the audio version (useful for getting back when using the sleep timer) and there isn't an option to choose SD card storage rather than default phone storage. Otherwise, I'm really happy with this app and the membership thus far.
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Serial Box
December 28, 2020
Hey Joshua! Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We're a small team here so we read and appreciate all of them.💚 I know the bookmark option is a thing that's been discussed and is on the road map for a future app update. For the SD card, that's a GREAT suggestion and one I'll share with our tech team to explore further. Be well.
A Google user
December 30, 2019
Definitely like the stories I've purchased, but the app is a bit annoying. Even though I've downloaded the episodes while at home, I still have to turn on data or the app won't play them in my car. I don't know if the app has to "phone home," but it's a pain. I'm not always someplace where I can get a signal. Edit 20191230: Developer says the bug is fixed but I still have occasional trouble where the app says something has gone wrong & try again. The only fix seems to be turning on data.
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Serial Box
March 2, 2020
Thanks so much for writing in. We wanted to let you know that we just released a new version of the app on Saturday, December 14, that fixed the bug. You should now be able to listen to serials offline. Let us know if we can help out with anything else! Can you send us any screenshots to info@serialbox.com when you see "something has gone wrong"?

What's new

In this version:
- Pause audio while using other speaking apps, like navigation to improve in-car usability
- Fixes to issues with Play/Pause button showing incorrect status
- Fixes to audio player inability to exit and vibrating hero text when user has selected not to allow nearby device permissions