Wondery: Discover Podcasts

This is app is a premium subscription app yet it fails to deliver basic functionality such as correct timestamping, running in the background without failing and just playing back a podcast. If it weren’t for the content I would probably cancel this in an instant.

Hi, I’ve been listening to several podcasts of Wondery on Spotify and Apple Podcast. Since I got really annoyed of all the commercials during the podcasts,I decided to download the Wondery app and hope the casts would run without all the commercials. I took a yearly subscription of about 35$, however the podcasts are still full of commercials... I really do like the podcasts, but there are too many commercials en they are too long ... When I pay for an app, I expect it to be commercial-free....

My podcast audio stops playing when I open another app. Not always, but sometimes. Sometimes it stops when my screen lock comes on. It’s unpredictable and requires me to restart the phone. This happens a lot. I looked it up on the internet and a lot of people seem to have this issue w Wondery.

No playlist. Need one for roadtrip. I want download on WiFi before leaving. Too confusing to explain to partner how to use Now way to see what I’ve downloaded shows and episodes just a big list I normally use Overcast, but don’t have all the shows linked. Very frustrating, if playlist are there, I can’t find them. I’m an experienced podcast listener, from the iPod days.

I HATE this app. Burns battery like crazy, lags, inexplicably doesn’t load episodes when my other podcast apps do… the only reason I have it is my favorite podcasts have moved here for reasons unknown. The free version never works but it’s always pushing the Wondery plus version. Not interested in paying for this junk app.

My app constantly logs me out or doesn’t hold my place in my episodes. Also wish it had more true crime options.

Makes a six hour drive a breeze with great podcasts.

Been a Wondery customer since 2021. I enjoy many of the pods that Wondery has on their app. However, the app is so unbelievably unusable I listen to many of the Wondery pods on other platforms and just skip through the ads. Cancelled. Do better Wondery app!!!!!

I really wish there was a “play next” option so that you could queue podcasts to play.

Amaxing