Is there a good app for get podcast transcripts?
Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature.
58
Opportunity /100
74
Demand /100
71
Competition /100
77
Execution gap /100
7
Apps serving it
13
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to get podcast transcripts, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| replays already-listened episodes | bug | 2 | keeps playing episodes that I’ve already listened to |
| no podcast download support | missing-feature | 1 | for some reason it doesn't do podcasts |
| can only import from Apple Podcasts | missing-feature | 1 | Can only import from the Apple podcast app |
| only imports from Apple Podcasts | missing-feature | 1 | Only allows import from Apple Podcasts...importing isn't possible |
| no import podcasts via URL | missing-feature | 1 | Nothing to import podcasts via url |
| ads during podcast playback | ux | 1 | The way ads played during podcasts initially drove me to look for a different app |
| can't access deleted podcasts | missing-feature | 1 | I wish I could access podcasts I deleted |
| no podcast support | missing-feature | 1 | No ads is perfect but needs podcasts |
| cannot import from Apple Podcasts | bug | 1 | Authorization not granted when trying to import from Apple podcasts |
| app deleted user's podcasts/data loss | reliability | 1 | It literally deleted all my stuff... then it decided to delete my podcasts |
| frequent subscription prompts for radio transcriptions | ux | 1 | It does prompt you a lot to get you to pay for a subscription when listening to the radio transcriptions |
| ads in podcast player | other | 1 | Podcast player with ads?! No thanks. Immediate uninstall |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Podcasts | 4.9★ | 2,071,522 | Free |
| Podcast App | 4.8★ | 304,625 | Free |
| Podcast App & Player - Castbox | 4.9★ | 196,768 | Free |
| iHeart: Radio, Music, Podcasts | 4.8★ | 634,978 | Free |
| Speechify – Text to Speech PDF | 4.7★ | 478,228 | Free |
| iTranslate Translator | 4.7★ | 524,001 | Free |
| Pocket FM: Audio Series | 4.7★ | 266,610 | Free |
Should you build it?
Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature. Opportunity here scores 58 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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