Is there a good app for change podcast playback speed?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
98
Opportunity /100
98
Demand /100
33
Competition /100
99
Execution gap /100
2
Apps serving it
82
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to change podcast playback speed, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| no video playback speed control | missing-feature | 3 | please add a way to speed up the videos like in YouTube or Instagram |
| no playback speed control | missing-feature | 2 | can't watch at a higher speed |
| replays already-listened episodes | bug | 2 | keeps playing episodes that I’ve already listened to |
| cannot change playback speed | missing-feature | 1 | Cannot slow down the audio |
| no way to slow down audio playback | missing-feature | 1 | The speakers talk way too fast to understand and there’s no way to slow it down |
| playback speed resets each episode | bug | 1 | Everytime I want to play an episode I have to reset the playback speed |
| reduces podcast volume during runs | bug | 1 | Podcast volume is reduced dramatically while using the app |
| podcasts skip during playback | bug | 1 | the podcasts skip all over the place during playback |
| no faster playback speed option | missing-feature | 1 | the only downside is you can't put the playback speed faster, only slower |
| app overrides/lowers podcast volume during runs | bug | 1 | overriding volume in my podcast or whatever else I listen to to where I can barely hear it |
| glitches during podcast playback | bug | 1 | glitches while podcasts are playing |
| podcasts slow to load and freeze | performance | 1 | So hard for podcasts to load ... Always freezes and takes forever |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podcast App & Player - Castbox | 4.9★ | 196,768 | Free |
| VPN - Fast VPN Super ™ | 4.7★ | 391,639 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 98 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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