Ratings and Comments about ACast for Android

by Mel the 2/21/2012

Not worth time The only redeeming factor for this app is its variable speed play of the podcasts, but the setting is under advanced settings and it takes forever to find. And for me, a Motorola Droid 2 Global owner, the setting is grayed out. So I can not change the playback speed. No documentation what-so-ever. Deleoper's website is a joke. Just a blog, with no user manual or a how to list. FAQ is a joke too. A blog entry with answers to questions from people and not kept up. Questions from Fall of 2011 still no answers. No compatibility list for devices. I don't know why I wasted my time downloading it but I hoped that the variable speed play back would work. Well it didn't. Down the drain this app goes right after writing this review. I'd rather use the Google Listen. To do anything on this darn thing, you need drill down many menu items. I am done and out.

by Søren Juul the 2/13/2012

Has bug Bug: stops randomly while playing. Otherwise love it but this is annoying

by Tristan the 2/13/2012

Needs an Update Have to select feed twice to open. Then it opens wrong feed. Downloads and updates good. Player is very good. Plez fix the little functions. Lg p925

by Krackpot the 2/8/2012

Plays all, but sloppy interface Plays both audio and video casts. Good update sheduling. Has a hard time when switching sources while streaming: 3g to 4g causes stream to crash, should be able to pause and retry automatically instead of me reloading and seeking manually. Too many clicks to do anything.

by Sandro the 2/2/2012

Great This is a great app no problems for me does all I need.

by Brian the 2/2/2012

Pros and Cons Great speed control. Mediocre interface but head and shoulders above the competition. Well worth your time.

by Whiskey Richard the 1/30/2012

Awful Horrible interface, claims variable speed playback but if it does it there is no way to activate it! Installed!

by Neil the 1/27/2012

Great app Just works

by kiki the 1/27/2012

Great app, but buggy Bug: stops randomly during playback. But great feature set. Feature request: ability to customize settings for each feed individually e.g. I would like some podcasts deleted daily, some never at all - saves space vs global settings. Excellent app.

by benny the 1/23/2012

Not pretty, but effective Does every thing you want a pod catcher to do..... Interface is clunky, and search feature is pretty poor for UK podcasts. otherwise great!

by deeny the 1/19/2012

Wonderful, but 2 suggestions Great app, and love the widget for easy access to streaming controls. Please make it so that unplugging headphones from the audio jack stops playback. *Found that option in settings* Also when clicking on a subscription from google reader, have it open to the feeds by default and move the other options in the pop up somewhere else. 5 stars if these changes occur

by Michael the 1/16/2012

nice work clean and simple, stable, user friendly, reliable and enjoyable. what can i say more? it has become one of my favorite uses for my phone.

by Ian Rennie the 12/30/2011

Was great until now A good and efficient podcatcher. However, I haven't been able to use it for the past 4 days. Every time I try to update my feed or add a new one, it tells me "permission denied". ACast's blog is down, so I have no way of reporting the problem. I don't want to switch to a new podcatcher but i'll have to.

by Mike the 12/29/2011

Best Free Fast Playback Player! Have tried several free combinations of good podcast players and/or downloaders. While Acast is not perfect, it is the only free all-in-one app I've found that can download and play back podcasts in faster than real-time. Bugs: sometimes randomly stops playing podcast, but pressing "play" resumes from same spot, so only minor problem. Feed sometimes re-downloads podcasts I've finished and deleted. Option screens are a bit confusing, ie don't "update all" and "download latest" essentially do the same thing?

by lima_anderson the 12/27/2011

The right app I searched a lot for an app with all the features of Acast. This was, hands down, the best one so far. What it lacks on interface, it has of features. The filters are great, you can manage casts individually, the organization is excellent. Sometimes it has some strange behavior, like not downloading the casts and having to re-force the queue, but still is is a great app. Only thing missing is a sum of total time of playlist and filters.

by Chloe the 12/23/2011

Interface horrendous. SO many bugs. Books ok. To play audio books double speed with ACast, move your audio book under /sdcard/acast/YourBook, click Add, +, Add Directory, <YourBook>, Feeds, <YourBook>, Open, Menu, Common, Settings, Advanced, Experimental Player, Audio Speed 1.9x, Ok, go back, Chapter 1, Play. To get Bluetooth button working exclusively with ACast, root your phone, download Gemini App Manager, find all other apps that autostart on Bluetooth button, turn them off, open ACast, Menu, Common, Settings, Player, Headset Button, will crash, restart ACast.

by Steven the 12/20/2011

Needs ics support Starts and stops on ics needs update

by D! the 12/19/2011

Clumsy No download button, frequently deletes or downloads something other than selected. Dumping this for BeyondPod, better interface, free, no ads.

by joplinmo the 12/17/2011

Absolutely wonderful!!! Use it every day. Downloads podcasts while I sleep. Also syncs with Google listen subscriptions.

by Paul the 11/29/2011

Best free podcatcher Fav features: local downloads of audio, scheduled downloads, limit to wifi, hide from media player, FREE!