Dumb.com - Old Radio Shows

Have been using this excellent app for so long without any problems, sure the odd stream doesn’t work but that’s to be accepted with the enormous amount of content. Problem is more recently a lot of shows, many of which I’ve listened to countless times previously, have a tendency to jump back to the start continuously when opening rendering them useless. Shame because some were really good shows, mainly noticed on mystery section for me as this is what I listen too mostly. I hope this is just a problem which can be sorted in an update and I’m not forced to jump ship to similar apps which require subscription but work as intended. Fix this and it’s 5 stars no question.

The selection is great but the app has some serious flaws which make it useless. It’s been years and no changes.

This app has the best selection of OTR shows I've found, but the bugs in the app make them difficult, if not impossible, to enjoy. When I first downloaded this app years ago, it seemed to work well, but, for some reason, it seems to have got worse over time. The worst problem is that many of the recordings continuously skip back several seconds while they're playing, making them impossible to listen to. Additionally , the navigation is difficult; the controls at the top of the page don't even show up on my iPhone--just a blank white space. This would be my favorite OTR source if they could fix these bugs.

Best app for old time radio no doubt, two stars because it never loads, been like this for months now. Needs to be fixed.

I got rid of the app because it wouldn’t work anymore. Now I see it is working again, so I can give it 5 stars again. However, I see there are still problems with it, so back to 3 stars. Please fix the app so it works properly.

This app worked very well. After revised app versions and Apple updates it does not work properly. 1) When you pick the app it may or may not start. You have to try again and again until the app starts. 2) once app starts you can pick a show but it will not play…..ever. 3) sometimes it starts and keeps and keeps and keeps skipping ! 4) If all goes well and your listening to a show, you have no control over it FF , REW, Move slider. Please fix I love this app.

Just got the app and was looking forward to it. Takes forever to load and the show doesn’t play. Needs serious fixing!☹️

Make an updated version of this same app? This app is just too awesome to delete! If you only knew how much people like these shows! I’m not trying to be mean, just wanting my app to work!

I’ve been trying to listen to shows on this app, but as others have noted, there is a skip problem on many shows. I’ve tried to keep listening, hoping that it will stop, but it just doesn’t work. Because the problem is clearly being ignored, I will delete this app. Too bad, because the shows are good. A little attention to this easily fixed problem could go a long way.

4/12/22: This is the app I use nightly to listen to old radio broadcasts. It has everything! I’ve listened to ALL of Jack Benny and ALL of Burns & Allen and recently remote broadcasts of big big-band music. I’ve learned that it’s touchy and I’ve learned to deal with it. But for a week it won’t open — just flickers and then crashes. Please fix!