Good app, but would be so improved by adding a few things: A sleep timer would be huge! Right now, it just keep playing and playing, eventually waking you up if you fall asleep listening to an episode. Remember where I left off in an episode. Would love the ability to download episodes to my phone. Update: Now the app remembers where I left off, but I’m unable to play any other episode! If I click on a new podcast, it keeps jumping back to where I left off in the previous episode. Really annoying.
Well, the podcasts appear in your library seamlessly and play. You can adjust the playback speed and volume. There is a download feature which absolutely does not work for me on my iPhone, so I can’t listen offline. And what I dislike the most is the lack of any option to bookmark and save particular episodes.
I am subscribed to a handful of private podcasts through Castos and this app is an easy way for me to listen to all of them in one place. Great UI, easy to use, and I get all of the new episodes automatically each time they’re published. Great app.
Okay, I am grateful for an app designed around only doing what it purports to do, and not to be a data collecting Trojan Horse for advertisers. But, there are a few things that would be really helpful to make this a stand out product 1) Let me download the podcasts in the app so I can listen to them on planes or when out of cellphone range. There is apparently an arduous process of downloading from the website, but haven’t successfully accomplished that. 2) Automatically save my place in the podcast instead of going back to the beginning each time a want to restart. Regards, John Gallien
The “unplayed” tab isn’t accurate. Only shows a handful of episodes. So, all episodes show up in the “all” tab even if they are unplayed. It is such a nuisance to scroll through all episodes to try to remember which ones have been listened to. An accurate “already played” tab would help or fix the current “unplayed” tab so ALL UNPLAYED EPISODES actually show up. I wish Confessionals would just create a premium member stream for itunes/spotify.
Buggy when skipping forward/backward. Stops and goes a handful of times. Close the app, restart, and try again. Update: Also have to turn phone off and back on to play a different podcast track. Playback timer no longer works. Can no longer skip forward or backward within a track. Almost useless app now.
Does exactly what it’s advertised to do. However, When I try to log into Castos on multiple devices (same Apple ID, iCloud, etc) it doesn’t work. I’m immediately logged out of one and into the other. Kind of a bummer
I am BEGGING you (whomever that may be) PLEASE fix it so your place in a given episode is saved if you have to pause. I listen to The Confessionals while working and if I have to pause to take a call, my episode restarts from the beginning. Makes it almost not worth paying to be a member or supporter for podcasts.
I will be listening to a podcast and it will close and boot me off the app. Makes it to where I will have to reload app and resume podcast. It happens about 3-4 times in a hour and half minute podcast
How can you have an app that is so hard to register? After trying to login 8 times it keeps sending me the “magic link” just let me login already! How hard can it be?
I use spotify, rokfin and now this app. This is the only app i have issues loading episodes. Downloaded this app to listen to “the confessionals”, constant issues trying to play episodes. Sometimes closing the app and trying again works, sometimes it doesnt. Canceling membership for the confessionals.
Worked good the first time I tried it. Now it won’t let me login because it sent a code to my email that I have yet to receive after a week of resending multiple times.
Passwordless login is a fad and needs to stop. It’s neither convenient nor is it anywhere close to a good user experience. When the email services won’t send a login code (yep, I checked my spam filter), I can’t use this app. Ironically, I have my username and password but I can’t login to my own Castos account. Might want to get some tests and observability around your services. This is a pretty bad fail.
I somehow got logged off the app maybe with a recent update. I try to log in with email so that I can get the code and no email is ever sent. I checked spam and everywhere else at least 10 times. I deleted the app and tried the whole thing all over again only to fail. No Bueno!
Listen to all of your favorite private podcasts in one place with the Castos app. Log in once with your email and instantly access all of the Castos private podcasts you've been invited to. Great for internal company podcasts, for membership sites, courses, and online communities, and even local organizations who want to share information only with a select group of listeners. Save yourself the trouble of trying to manage multiple private RSS feeds, and clunky 3rd party listening experiences, and get all your private podcast content in one easy-to-access app. If a private podcast you're subscribed to is hosted on the Castos platform then it will be instantly available to you as soon as you log into the Castos app. With private podcasting, companies can: - Share latest updates from the leadership team - Connect remote employees with the home office - Communicate best practices to sales teams - Improve and sustain employee engagement - Help with the transition to remote work while staying connected Online Communities, membership sites, and courses can use private podcasting to: - Repurpose written or video content into audio format - Share long-form content in an easy-to-consume, mobile, asynchronous manner - Create additional ways to deliver value with their members - Stand out from the competition with higher engagement with students and audience App Features: - Customizable playback speed. - Skip forward 30s and backwards 10s with just a tap. - Easily view episode show notes and resources. - Security focused: streaming only, no download allowed for listeners. - Persistent playback bar in the bottom of the screen for easy access. - Easy to use, Magic Link login - no password to remember (or forget). - View new, unplayed episodes, and ones you've already listened to. Privacy Policy: https://castos.com/privacy
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