Podcast Player - OwlTail for Android

I love that you can control the playback speeds really granularly, especially compared to other apps. Nice interface as well and i like the queue feature

Great for finding new podcasts. I like following my favorite podcasters, episodes sorted by popularity, and listening at 1.3x speed. But the rewind bug is awful. Until I can consistently resume playback where I left off, the app is not worth using.

This app is so good compared to the original podcast app and the other paid subscription one I had. It makes it so easy to find the best episodes from every podcast and its also really good at recommending podcast you liked based off the ones you've saved already. But the only negative is sometimes when I close out the app and open it back up the podcast won’t save were I last left off. Then it won’t let me drag the slider to where I left off also. So the only way I can get back to my spot is to spam the 15 sec forward all the way through 3 hour podcast which is a pain in the butt because usually for me I listen to podcast at work when I’m not suppose to be on my phone so this ends up being a huge inconvenience.

I can’t find anywhere to submit feedback so I’m writing it here. This is the first podcast app I’ve found that actually ranks podcast episodes, which for me is a killer feature. I love being able to find the “best of” when starting with any new podcast. But there are major bugs that need fixing: 1. Frequently I open the app and the podcast I was last listening to has rewinded up to 10 minutes. I have to seek forward and try to find my place again. No idea why this happens but it is frequent. Perhaps the listener’s location is just not saved frequently enough. 2. At times the Play button at the bottom of the app doesn’t work. The play button at the top always appears to work 3. Player does not pause when using Siri, so I always have to rewind after that. Other podcast apps pause when using Siri. Missing features: 4. Search podcast episodes. I’d like to just be able to view a podcast’s episode history and filter it by one or more search terms. This simple feature is available in overcast. If the developers can follow up on these issues I’d be happy to update to 5 stars. I very rarely leave reviews but the “popularity” sorting of this app is so good I want this app to succeed!

4.5 stars ... I love this app for finding new podcasts! The recommendations aspect is great and I love that I can search for and follow people now! I’ve tried just about all the podcast catchers out there and Owl Tail is the best with discovery by far. I’m hoping that listening features (most importantly trim silence and custom playlists) will be implemented. Once that happens, this will be a solid 5 stars in my book, and I’ll ditch the podcast player I currently subscribe to specifically for those features!