Is there a good app for subscribe to and download podcasts?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
87
Opportunity /100
93
Demand /100
95
Competition /100
89
Execution gap /100
17
Apps serving it
38
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to subscribe to and download podcasts, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| ads added to podcasts for subscribers | other | 2 | No longer giving ad-free access to the podcast |
| ads added to podcasts for paid subscribers | other | 2 | The app added ads to podcasts for paid subscribers with 1 days notice |
| no podcast download support | missing-feature | 1 | for some reason it doesn't do podcasts |
| cannot play podcasts | bug | 1 | I can inter to the app but I can't play podcasts |
| no import podcasts via URL | missing-feature | 1 | Nothing to import podcasts via url |
| hard to listen to podcasts | ux | 1 | I find it very difficult to listen to podcast on here |
| podcasts difficult to find and follow | ux | 1 | trying to find the podcast and follow them is clunky and unintuitive |
| no podcast support | missing-feature | 1 | No ads is perfect but needs podcasts |
| can only import from Apple Podcasts | missing-feature | 1 | Can only import from the Apple podcast app |
| can't make playlists with podcasts | missing-feature | 1 | Can’t make playlists with podcast content |
| error playing certain downloaded podcasts | bug | 1 | certain podcasts having an error message when trying to play them after being downloaded |
| subscription cap on number of podcasts | price | 1 | Can’t subscribe to too many podcasts… unless you pay |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podcast App | 4.8★ | 304,625 | Free |
| Apple Podcasts | 4.9★ | 2,071,522 | Free |
| Podcast App & Player - Castbox | 4.9★ | 196,768 | Free |
| iHeart: Radio, Music, Podcasts | 4.8★ | 634,978 | Free |
| Spotify: Music and Podcasts | 4.8★ | 40,260,341 | Free |
| Pandora: Music & Podcasts | 4.8★ | 11,207,196 | Free |
| Audible: Audiobooks & Podcasts | 4.9★ | 5,523,961 | Free |
| Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts | 4.7★ | 3,261,036 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 87 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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