Cosmicast

This would be 5 stars with SharePlay support.

There are a few bugs, such as freezing the the graphics of the wheel altering. Podcasts, even in progress, will reset if I change to a different podcast. Also, the ability to save specific podcasts would be nice.

Do not buy anything by this developer or his other alias Shihab. While all of his apps look great, all of them are abandoned, sold (to another company) or otherwise broken.

I primarily listen to podcasts in my car and the main reason I bought this app was CarPlay. The CarPlay functionality does not work correctly at all. You basically have to open the app on your phone and keep it open for the app to work in CarPlay. Nothing will work without first opening the app on the phone. Very disappointing.

I think this app has the best podcast playing interface. The minimalist interface takes some getting used to, but I like that it’s not in my face like other apps. There is just about every cool feature in this app: skip silence, change icon and color scheme, and sharing audio clips. Unfortunately, there are many bugs that cause the app to stop and/or crash. I’ve had the app crash when I’ve tried to share an audio clip from an episode; the Topics tab show no results for various topics, like medicine, for which I’m sure there are actually plenty of relevant podcasts; there are three different places to unsubscribe from a podcast, and I have to remember the right one that will actually remove it from my library—after I restart the app. Also, I wish the library was laid out like some sort of LP collection, and the Mac turntable UI is glitchy-ugly. Fixes for these issues would have me rushing back to Cosmicast on all my devices.

This app is literally riddled with bugs. There are double streams playing at the same time, all subscriptions are gone from library when I quit the app, the user interface becomes unresponsive, it does not resume when you pause, but starts from the beginning, etc... This is not even alpha quality... shame, hopefully Apple returns my money!

Why haven’t you guys made an Apple Music client?!?! The whole thing with the vinyls would be perfect for Apple Music. Keep the same design just make an Apple Music client. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

I tried Cosmicast because I heard all about how beautiful the layout was and was not disappointed when I first downloaded. However, after a week of use I had to switch back. The player glitches often, doesn’t load when opening, and pauses/unpauses at random. I hope it gets fixed but right now, it’s a 1/5.

In my original review, I had a problem with double streams of the same podcast playing at the same time (every time) from the very first time I opened the app. The developer responded saying that it will be fixed in the next update (v2.2.5) Well, I updated and the double stream continues from the very first podcast after updating. I gave it a shot but, time to move on.

Multiple times I’ve subscribed to podcasts and see them in my library, until I close the app, then they’re gone when I launch it again. If it’s something I’m doing wrong I’ll adjust my rating.