Ratings and Comments about ACast for Android

by A Google User the 1/25/2013

Ok Good, but not flawless- deleting read posts does not delete downloaded audio files and therefore fills memory card.

by A Google User the 1/18/2013

Nice Podcast App I have been using this app (free version) for years, going back to Froyo. I use it to download and play regular tech podcasts. They down load during the day and ready for me to hear on the commute home. They app does a nice job of cleaning up after itself by letting me set thresholds on the number of downloads to keep. It would be 5 stars but somewhere along the line it developed a problem opening the feeds. On the first attempt to open a feed it opens the last one opened, then on the second attempt it opens the feed you want. Just a slight annoyance.

by A Google User the 1/4/2013

Incredibly frustrating Works most of the time, but VERY often it can't play certain feeds that it played just fine the day before. The error message, if any, is useless : Cannot create player for [URL] or simply "Exception".

by A Google User the 12/4/2012

Variable Speed Playback! Wow- finally found this functionality on Android! Works like a charm on my LG Lucid ICS. After more testing I'll be buying the pro version. Lots of other great features too- love the download options and the large playback buttons. Great app!

by A Google User the 11/24/2012

Does exactly what it needs to do This is the only easy to use podcast app that I've found

by A Google User the 11/20/2012

Player randomly pauses Love the app but the player sometimes pauses at random. Happens more often when running in background with other apps.

by A Google User the 11/17/2012

Ok Not the best, but among the free ones, it does things better than most.

by A Google User the 10/27/2012

Great but headset control would be great! After Google stopped supporting "listen" I tried a lot different podcast apps and this one fits my need the best. I use it on a HTC desire HD under ver 2.x. What I miss is the possibility to use the headphone control button as none of the programmes recognise A-Cast. Would it be possible to add this? K.

by A Google User the 10/17/2012

Plays all, but sloppy interface Plays both audio and video casts. If it weren't for that I'd be annoyed at the sloppy interface, awful updating, and many bugs.

by A Google User the 10/15/2012

Finally a sane podcast manager I only wanted to get a podcast manager that would let me add podcasts by URL, remember play position and not require google accounts access permissions. Finally after sifting through 10+ podcast managers I found one! Thank you ACast developers for adding a flexible podcast manager app that works. If I manage to use the speedup feature for playing downloaded podcasts I would love this app even more :-)

by A Google User the 10/13/2012

Fixes audio problems with S3 Using this program's experimental player fixes popping noise error with S3 podcast playback. UI leaves something to be desired, but it works and makes the Same usable as a podcast player. Thanks!

by A Google User the 10/8/2012

Efficient and reliable! Dear author, you can consider to make it beautiful now, many people will love this!

by A Google User the 10/6/2012

Clumsy Clumsy interface...

by A Google User the 10/4/2012

Buggy Last version is buggy, about 30% of rounds all buttons are inactive, pretty disturbing. Fix this.

by A Google User the 9/30/2012

Works... mostly This app is a little buggy, often pausing for no reason, sometimes deleting a different file than the one I selected, nothing that can't be dealt with. It's also a little clunky to use, especially when adding new feeds. Its own searchable list of podcasts is far from extensive, so I end up having to go to the podcast's web page, find the rss feed, and add it that way, which is clunky. The developers also seem to have abandoned it, as there have been no updates for a year. The adverts take up a lot of screen space so I paid for the full version, but I think I'll try something new now.

by A Google User the 9/26/2012

Useful but not the best yet (for my ARCHOS 70) Scheduled download/synchronization does not work if the app is moved to SD. It's a shame I have to keep it in the (limited) main memory. Can this read RSS newspaper as well? (for my Xperia Ray) Also, I have recently upgraded my phone to Android ICS 4.0.4. I find that the play/resume button on my bluetooth headset no longer works. FF and REW still work though. Please check.

by A Google User the 9/22/2012

Good A very good and useful app. Not yet updated to support rich notifications and lockscreen player controls.

by A Google User the 8/25/2012

Awful Deserves award: most cluttered UI ever. Pretty dumb: can't find feeds by keyword and refuses to browse file system for an OPML file which I have, just not where this app expects to find it: in its own subdirectory! Yeah, sure, I've always kept my supposedly globally compatible OPML file in a subdirectory called "acast," because it makes perfect sense... I am a psychic and I've always known that someday I would run into a program called "acast" that would look nowhere else than in its own subdirectory for a file that is supposed to be useful with many programs. Pffft. What a dumb idea! RSS feed display/rendering is quite ugly. And of course, it annoys us with ads. What's not to hate? Go have a tooth extracted instead. More fun than this.

by A Google User the 8/24/2012

Don't update Was 5* until the latest update. Can no longer do other stuff on my phone whilst listening to a podcast as if I don't stay in the app then it will sound all crackling.I must stay in the app and do nothing else on the phone. Although playback is fine if I use my phone's music player but I prefer to use the apps player as if u pause it, go out of the app, it will play back from where u stopped when u return

by A Google User the 8/23/2012

V good app! Scheduler is great. UI complex but no prob if you spend a bit of time learning it. For 5* I'd like to customize individual feeds