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Great content but app could be betterWhy do the downloaded items get deleted? I frequently find myself having to redownload things after I go outside and leave wifi..Version: 1.3.35

Too slowTakes forever to download- bad app..Version: 1.13.14

Needs some additional features.I love Audm for many reasons - especially the long form journalism from the New Yorker, Atlantic, NYT, Mother Jones, etc. However it would really benefit from some improvements. 1. It can be buggy and sometimes clears my history/queue unprompted. At other times it gets stuck on the same article (it keeps suggesting that I’m about to listen to an article that I listened to and cleared from my queue a couple of months ago). 2. Most frustrating is that there is no way to save certain articles that I’ve listened to and may wish to revisit later. It’d be helpful if there was a playlist feature that would allow me to sort and save different articles. 3. The content can be inconsistent. Sometimes I want to listen to all of the articles and sometimes there isn’t much added on a given day and nothing really appeals. Other times it gives you a part of a series but not all of the accompanying articles. Why only upload the introductory essay to a series on private equity firms from Mother Jones?.Version: 2.22.1

Great content, terrible search functionWanted to love this as has tons of great publications, but the search function was awful. Unable to search by title, very clunky to use..Version: 2.4.0

Create an account = deleteAnother data collection organization..Version: 1.0.8

Still charging me for service even though I deleted appStill charging me for service even though I deleted app.Version: 1.3.35

Variety used to be great, not nowThis used to be a brilliant app with a wide variety of publications from which to choose stories. Recently though it’s become clogged up with just New York Times stories, no Atavist, no Outside, no Wired, no LRB. This narrowing of content has led to an app that is a lot less enjoyable than it used to be. The serendipity of stumbling on great writing about a topic or from a viewpoint that was previously unfamiliar to you has disappeared. I’ll give it a few months, but I’m thinking of cancelling..Version: 2.15.1

Brilliant idea, great content, poor performanceI’ve been with this app for a while and it’s made great improvements. The content remains strong, and the performance continues to get better. After fixing significant issues, there are, however, still long load times, inconsistent downloads and interrupted playing. Much more work is needed, but the idea is sound and the developers seem committed..Version: 1.3.33

Great Idea But BuggyThe app is a wonderful idea and would represent good value for money if it worked. The past three days I have lost my queued items, they just disappear and everything has to be downloaded again (which costs battery). Articles often stop playing mid way through for no reason. There are too many problems with the platform..Version: 1.1.10

HorribleThis is a horrible app. The content is fine although you have to pay for things you are already paying for if you are a subscriber to any of the publications. Also, quite few articles are published here. But the really horrible part is the reading. Even if you set it to 2x speed it is mind boggling slow. The worst part however is that every time the article has a full stop the audio pauses for several seconds. As in many many seconds. So stressful and it really makes the app useless. iOS even things the audio has stopped so it pauses and restarts. Very strange. The pause is what you would expect between two articles but not something that happens hundreds of times in one article. Having listened to one article for 40 minutes, which should have taken maybe 20, I have never been more stressed ever. To preserve my health I have now deleted the app..Version: 2.21.3

CrashingLove this app. But the recent upgrade has made it unusable (literally) as it no longer opens? Fix please..Version: 1.6.0

Great range of articles ... confusing to navigate & manage.Wide range of articles, well read ....5*s in those domains. Confusing and annoying to both navigate and maintain as it lacks a simple to follow user manual or a talking guide (which you’d think would be the first thing they’d provide). ...... 1* In these domains..Version: 1.2.42

Great content. Terrible app.The content is excellent. The performances are solid and the choice of stories are often topical and popular. Unfortunately, the app is so bad that it makes accessing the content frustrating. Long load times, bad navigation, average user interface to name a few issues. I have persevered with Audm for over a year I think now, but am finally considering cancelling because the app makes accessing the content a chore..Version: 1.9.1

Only free for 3 days!Ditched it as it claimed to be free (Aug 2017) but turns out it's a 3 day free trial but you can't even trial it unless you sign up with iTunes and then you start being charged unless you remember to cancel, yet doesn't even say how much it will cost. It's a shame because I was keen to try over the next few weeks, but instead I'm deleting it..Version: 1.1

Used to be betterI enjoyed Audm for quite a while but lately its range has narrowed considerably. Only about three new stories appear per day, mostly about lefty politics, edgy cultural issues and trending entertainment figures. I could not care less about most of these issues. Only by delving into the archives can I find the long-form narratives about adventures, crime, etc that I used to enjoy on Audm. I’m spending much more time on Curio these days. There, I can hear more stories on psychology, technology, economic trends, philosophy, etc., along with the sorts of topics that Audm covers. I’ll probably renew my Audm subscription this year, since it’s fairly inexpensive on a yearly basis, but I’d be much happier if it broadened its scope..Version: 2.16.2

Content amazing, app is terribleHighly recommend for access to some of the best long form journalism in the US, but the app is just awful. Several small irritations, but two majors: 1) can’t find anyway to move forward or back in the player, except the 15sec skip forward back. Every other audio or video app I’ve ever used you can drag forward/back 2) no cast function A feature I’d love to see is a list somewhere of upcoming articles (obvs after they’re published) so we know what to expect and look forward too!.Version: 2.18.0

Almost there- App still too slow to initialise. - Needs a ‘favorites’ in settings where you choose publications or authors that you want audm to always download latest articles from - Also would be great to have a ‘most listened’ or ‘most recommended by listener’ option..Version: 2.4.0

Support issuesI subscribed to the app on the audm website, but was unable to link my payment to the app, as a result I started the apple subscription. Audm is now billing me twice, and their support is so bad that there is no one to help me cancel the initial subscription..Version: 2.12.3

Took too longTo improve the design, font size, syncing, etc. Good content, terrible app. Just like the NYT; that bought this one year ago, & only did surveys. I think they’ll launch NYT Audio later this yr, but most of the narrators are journalists..Version: 2.15.1

How much?Wants you to sign up, but doesn’t tell you how much the subscription costs. Automatically charges you after the 3 day trial..... but how much?.Version: 1.6.12

ErrorsI feel like I would love this app but when I try to sign up I get the error message “App not set up: This app is still in development mode, and you don't have access to it. Switch to a registered test user or ask an app admin for permissions.” i dowloaded it from the App Store, so why can’t I use it?? Not exactly ideal..Version: 2.12.3

DisappointingRarely feel compelled to leave a review, but Audm seems to be an exception. A great idea for an app, bringing together readings of the best pieces from some of the best publications. Unfortunately the app itself is buggy, frequently crashing or loading slowly. Updates seem to have done little to make it anymore stable. Long pauses between paragraphs are frustrating. Content is largely concentrated around tech navel gazing, the Trump White House, or the politics of identity. I guess this isn’t Audm’s fault as these are all part of the zeitgeist, but there’s an element of curation that goes into a service like this and some more diversity would have been interesting. I’ve also noticed spoken word pieces will appear - for free - on the website of the publications listed and either take days to appear on Audm or don’t appear at all. Unfortunately, after six months I’ve had enough and am giving up on it. Great idea, but there need to be some changes to make this worth paying..Version: 1.2.42

Generally disappointingAudio is very glitchy. There’s noticeable chirps between paragraphs and some sentences. Seeking is also painful, probably because of the quirky and questionable UI choice the developer team made to have the text of an article scroll in sync with the spoken words. Kinda a useless embellishment in my opinion, and it makes seeking forward in an article truly painful. Queue sorting is also buggy. Often sorting changes are lost, and more often the app will outright crash when trying to sort a playlist. On the subject of content, i feel a bit cheated by their claims of “professionally narrated content” (or something to that effect, in their marketing). Many articles, particularly those by NYT are narrated by the authors themselves, who are not necessarily professional narrators, a pretty obvious cost-cutting measure. The curation of content is also lacking, or perhaps just slow—i check back often but don’t see a meaningful amount of new articles posted on a frequent basis. By and large this app disappoints, but I’ve already paid for a year in advance so my only recourse is to publicly shame all the very rough edges. Their devs put some effort into refinement. There’s tons of potential here..Version: 2.22.1

Doesn’t even open 👎🏻Title says it all.Version: 1.2.12

Could be great but now “woke” to the point of boringWith high production values and practically all of the world’s high quality, long form, properly funded and researched journalism at its fingertips, Audm chooses to present an increasingly predictable worldview from an elite liberal perspective. Even if only 10% of the content is surprising enough to warrant the subscription, it’s still good value, but it’s impossible to contact the editorial team, and that tells you everything about the arrogance of its core worldview. It would be so easy to make it better, and more interesting..Version: 2.16.2

Great Content, Terrible AppIt’s a shame such great content is offered in such a poorly design app. Articles are organized by upload date... and that’s it. So to find an article that interests you, you must scroll down endlessly past topics that hold no interest until you spot one. You could also filter by author, but how likely is a casual listener going to care about specifying the journalist! If the app glitches or closes… tough luck, you’re right back at the top and must scroll past the same content to continue searching. I’m sure there is a massive part of the collection I’d love, but will likely never find unless I want to scroll forever. Half of the content is Politics, which holds little interest to me, yet I must scroll endlessly through it. Would it really be so difficult to create filters for topics or tags? There is a search bar but I find it’s not effective for showing relevant results. As a paid app, I would expect much better quality than this..Version: 2.22.1

Good idea, fatally flawed appContent is very good - great articles and professional narration. However, the app has been continuously flawed over several months. It variously freezes, skips, refuses to rewind or fast forward, won’t pause when incoming phone call is taken. Has reached the stage where it is so frustrating that it isn’t worth the effort to persevere..Version: 1.6.3

Good idea but not enough contentI’m generally happy with the way this app works. I have run into problems when there’s no internet connection at times. My main problem is lack of new content. In addition what content there is is pretty US-centric, so I couldn’t justify paying the subscription fee..Version: 1.2.11

They charge you before your free trial is finishedThey charged the first monthly payment only 3 days after getting the app. The trial period was meant to be longer than that..Version: 1.6.1

False advertisingThe “download for offline” feature does not work at all. I have no ability to listen to anything without an internet connection. I am unimpressed with this company advertising a feature that doesn’t exist..Version: 2.22.1

App has stopped working.Tried opening the app today but wouldn’t allow me to play anything. So logged in and out and it wouldn’t allow me to log in and out. Seems to be a problem with the app. i’ve cancelled my subscription until this is fixed..Version: 2.22.1

Robotic narrationOnly thing I know about Audm so far is that they supply the narrators for the NYT Sunday Read. It’s super weird: we hear a lovely natural intro from the actual writer, and then it sounds like Siri comes in to pretend to care about the story. Maybe that’s the style they’re going for, but it’s definitely not for me..Version: 2.22.1

Won’t open anymoreWhatever they did to this app in the past few days has ruined it. It won’t open anymore. Complete rubbish and a waste of money..Version: 1.2.12

Almost goodI really like the premise of the app and some of what it delivers. I have two main complaints: 1) there aren’t enough narrator voices and I get really sick of hearing the same voices over and over (some of them also narrate on other apps and audiobooks and I’m so over hearing them); and 2) some of the narrators are just much too “old school” in their reading of edgy investigative journalism. It’s not Shakespeare, and I don’t want to consume my investigative journalism via an over-enunciated and borderline pretend English accent narrator. I’d probably rather just hear the journalists read their own stories as they will get the emphasis right, hit the right beats etc..Version: 2.20.0

Amazing Product, Frustrating ApplicationI love this subscription so much — the ability to listen to long-form news and magazine articles while working or traveling is such a great thing to have. The individuals who do the readings are engaging and soothing to listen to, and the breadth of article availability is awesome. The app, however, is so very frustrating. I’ve frequently had articles stop playing as soon as I minimize the article or when my phone locks, which obviously isn’t sustainable for a listening app. I have also had articles stop playing every time they reached the end of a paragraph. CarPlay integration is similarly dysfunctional. Each article takes up too much space on the main screen, it takes an inordinate amount of scrolling. The author filter is nice I guess, but you have to scroll through an endless list of authors to select one. I think a voice actor filter with the ability to type to complete would be more handy for an app such as this. Genre/topic filters also seem like a no-brained to add. And I pray for the day when the desktop player is finally implemented. I still recommend the service, but it has a ways to go..Version: 2.15.1

🤬Terrible service. Expensive and fked around by tech support. Avoid..Version: 1.2.11

Nefarious Tracking?The first thing the app does is ask for Bluetooth permission. No audio or video app should ever ask for this. Why? Because playing audio thru bluetooth is handled by the OS and doesn’t need permission. So then why ask for permission? Unless the app needs access to a specific Bluetooth piece of hardware (think GPS or heart rate monitor, etc), when they ask for permission, usually it’s to use Bluetooth as a tracking system thru beacons. So in absence of an explanation for why they need this access, I’m going to assume it’s for tracking. The sad thing is I bet most people click ok to allow access thinking that if they don’t, they won’t be able to use their headphones or speakers or car stereo. Shady. Second: when creating an account, neither the email or password fields do not use the OS api for password creation or management. So you can’t generate a strong password or account during the set up process in the app. Unless you make something up or switch to a password manager and set up an account and cut n paste. Never got to step 3 since I gave up. The Bluetooth permission thing is shady (yes, I denied access, but it shouldn’t even be there) and the bs pain point of generating a password externally we’re enough to stop me from continuing. Horrible UI/UX experience..Version: 2.12.2

Doesn't remember where it was in a story.I've been enjoying it so far but aside from the seemingly static content, if I close the app at any point while listening to an article — be it at the second paragraph or more than half-way through — when I return to the app to jump back into that article, it starts from the beginning. Every. Single. Time. If I'm paying $8/month I expect the app to remember where I left off. If I have to dig through paragraphs to try and find where I left off, it kind of defeats the purpose of it being an audiobook style app, no? If I had to dig through the supplementary scrolling text of War and Peace (the way Audm implements it) every time I jumped back into the audiobook version to find where I was when I left off, I would never finish that audiobook. And if this app doesn't get that fixed quick, then it's bye-bye from me..Version: 1.1.4

What’s the word for “worse than bait and switch”?This app starts with a single button to start a three-dat trial. After which time I’m charged automatically. Not a single word about the cost. No “find out more” button. People who think this is classless, and will summarily delete this app on principle, will rarely bother to write a review. It’s a shame that quality publications would shoot themselves in the foot like this..Version: 1.2.20

Still buggy after all these updatesAUDM has great content though, as others have pointed out, has sparse offerings from some of the publications that may have attracted you. The app is a stripped down audio player with no bookmarking, cross device play is hit and miss if you use more than one device, forget trying to fast scrub by touch—it isn’t supported. The app stutters, does weird time indexing (buffer mishandling), inserts strange awkward pauses. “Did the article end?” “No it’s just pausing for irritating effect.” It is very difficult to recommend the service as implemented despite the great content. Today I could not get the app to play for several minutes without quitting the app repeatedly. Older devices crash the app. These are issues still present from prior versions! No bug fixes for 6 months. Today it lost my profile. I had to delete and reinstall. I discovered that even automated support is nonexistent..Version: 2.22.1

Not possible to deleteThis app traps you in subscriptions by not allowing cancellation. Really frustrating as I tried the free trial period, wasn’t impressed, and now can’t get out..Version: 2.22.1

Very exited for when this app truly worksAudm has an exiting idea for a business model. Offer subscribers access to highly professional audio recordings of top-tier print magazine content, for about the retail price of a single glossy paper copy. Everything about the model is well thought through, so I’m very exited for the day the the app itself does not constantly pause, crash, or otherwise make the listening experience unbearable on the iPhone 7 I’ve periodically been attempting to use it with over the last 6 months. I’ll keep trying again every few months, in hopes that the technical development catches up to the professionalism of the rest of the model. Fingers crossed. 4+ stars, when the app begins to actually work. 2 stars until then..Version: 1.1.10

Great in theorySuch a great app in theory, but I’ve never had an app that works so badly: it keeps crashing and takes forever to buffer (or just doesn’t at all). It’s a complete gamble to get it to work..Version: 1.13.14

Great listening, app has missing featuresThe content on Audm is fabulous. Great narrative stories with excellent readers. The app, however, is frost rating. Like other reviewers said, I come here for long form journalism, compelling stories, and profiles. The feed is taken up by 5 min news clips. The Trending section needs to get refreshed for recency. A story about Hunter Biden’s laptop has been the top story for weeks. Who cares. I’d like to filter by story types- longform, profile, narrative journalism, crime etc. I would also like to follow publications. And the queue functionality needs improvement. Currently there is only the option to “play next”. I would like to play next, play later, play last like the Apple Podcasts app..Version: 2.22.1

More non-US content please!Love the app and the journalism is fantastic but unfortunately almost all of it centres around US politics and culture. Some international balance would be a breath of fresh air..Version: 2.12.3

Too one-sidedI used to listen to this all the time and really loved how many different periodicals contributed. But, as time has gone on, I have found the various stories to be part of an echo-chamber. While the narrators are superb (they really are), the featured stories themselves are all of a piece: primarily NY-based, liberal, etc. Don’t get me wrong; I *am* liberal, but the effect of having pieces from the NYorker, the NYT, the Atlantic, etc...they’re all pretty much the same after a while (or covering the same topic). There’s just not enough variety. I find myself listening only to the book reviews nowadays (principally London Review of Books) or those from Outside. Otherwise...I find the lack of variety of topic and viewpoint to be both stultifying and too much of an echo-chamber. I’m not learning anything “new,” and I will be canceling when my subscription runs out..Version: 2.15.1

Don’t buyYou can manage your billing on this app or through apple subscriptions. It won’t let me cancel my subscription. Search functions are primitive. Very poor app..Version: 2.22.1

Great idea, unreliable implementationThe idea is great, both content and reading are of very high quality, but the app is terribly buggy. It often crashes during playback or changing settings. I've been using the app for almost a year and it seems to get worse rather than better..Version: 1.4.5

Can anybody fix the bugsI cannot even get access to the app anymore... 🤦‍♂️.Version: 1.2.18

No chromecast??!Year 2020, Audio App, no chromecast (or ANY cast for that matter). What were you thinking????!.Version: 2.12.3

Absolute waste of time and effortAfter the six or seventh attempt to even sign in I gave up and deleted the app..Version: 1.2.31

App is absolutely terrible and buggy.Completely ridiculous..Version: 2.21.3

So slowTakes an age to load and non-intuitive thereafter. Decent product let down by dreadful app.Version: 1.3.35

Good but buggyThere are lots of fabulous things about Audm. Many of the readers are absolutely excellent, with clear compelling voices. Much of the content is fascinating, spreading across politics, science, literature, travel and odd stuff. But there are problems. The app is prone to crashing and is a nightmare to use running - i’ve given up, it’s so unreliable. The lack of a topic list makes searching all but impossible - you miss something in the feed and it’s gone forever (i mean, who really searches by author?). Getting an article to start at a particular place is completely hit and miss. My wife gave up on Audm, because she found the app so frustrating to use. I’m sticking with it for the moment. I’m hoping usability issues can be resolved and that the spread of articles broadens now that the US election is over (yes we know it’s important, but come on guys, time to change the record, no?)..Version: 2.15.1

A few improvements can bring this to the next levelGreat concept overall, but could use a few improvements to make it even better: - seemingly not up to date with newest articles with Audm recordings. I’ll see a new article on NYT’s own site with a play Audm recoding option but just can’t find that article on Audm. And then it will only show up after maybe a week on audm’s own app. - there should be a link on each recording to the ORIGINAL publication source/website. so if viewers want to look at the pictures / illustrations accompanying each article they can easily do so. - search feature is abysmally useless. Often I first see an article that has an Audm recording on an individual newspaper’s own site, then wanting to find it in Audm. I can type in that article’s name exactly as is from the publisher and the search will show nothing close to that article. Discovering an article should be much easier than that. - No discovery mode, you can only filter by specific publishers and that limits you to the specific news publications you know, hard to discover interesting articles from other sources.Version: 2.21.3

Good content - app needs workI enjoy the articles but it shouldn't be this hard to press a play button and actually have it work.Version: 1.0.18

Great content, but a bit buggyGreat idea, great content, although a bit buggy and lacks a sleep timer.Version: 1.2.42

I want to like thisSecond time around subscribing hoping the scope quantity would have increased, but the articles that are available just don’t seem to be the ones from the publications that I would like to hear. Not sure why expected all articles to be read from these magazines, not a fair expectation, just not sure how they choose with articles to read. Wish they were the ones that I wanted to read. Also, the refresh of new content seems very slow. Today get the writer a mic one piece of software, Audm should do slight edits and boom, much more content. But again no idea their business model so…Kinda just venting. Going to cancel and try again in another year.Version: 2.19.0

Great Content but terrible appIn terms of the content, everything is great but the app is very basic and offers nothing special, you cannot organize or mark as read or like what you listen to and things like that that every similar app would do. It is also unavailable on iPad. It would be great if you can update the app with some features to give the audience a better experience..Version: 2.23.0

Could be so much betterThis would be an everyday experience for me- fantastic articles and fabulous readers well-worth the annual cost - but there are shortcomings that make me seriously hesitate now that renewal time draws near. 1) navigating within the article is mysteriously difficult- I want to scroll back to sections that were particularly interesting or that I need to refresh my memory for relevant details - sakes alive, some of the articles are nearly an hour long and the 15 second review button ain’t gonna help much. 2) The article menu wastes visual space on pictures that don’t help me decide whether or not to listen to an article. I would much prefer a 2 sentence summary of the article rather than a picture and 6-7 words. If I have a print magazine in front of me, I can easily skim to decide but that’s extra difficult here. 3) i wish I could track and save articles that I particularly enjoyed or that I want to refer back to. As it is now, they just slide ever-farther down the article scroll, endlessly replaced by new articles that make me realize how much I’ve forgotten because I can’t find them again..Version: 2.13.4

Stop using NYT reporters as readersI like Audm generally but a few things keep me from using it as often as I had hoped. My complaints-1) I’d like more longform pieces. When the feed is overrun by 5-10 minute short pieces and op-eds it’s disappointing. It’s the longer news stories, profiles, features, and investigative pieces that I really want from this app. Also, there are times when a long print piece from a participating publication will get a lot of attention on social media during the work week, and I will think “great, I will catch that on Audm this weekend” and it never appears. Or it takes several weeks. Not sure what’s happening there. 2) The car interface is annoying because you have to line up all of your preferred articles in a queue in advance. You can’t just play straight through the current news feed. 3) This is probably the most important item— please stop having NYTimes reporters read their own work. Stick to the professionals voice folks. It genuinely impacts the quality of my listening experience with this app, to the point that I will often just switch to another article, podcast, audiobook, or NPR because I just… cannot. It is a lot like listening to your classmate being made to read a passage out loud to the class— awkward, and sometimes even cringey, for listener and reader both..Version: 2.22.1

Where did all the publications go?This app used to be great. Lots of great articles from lots of great publications like Wired and the LRB. Now there are far fewer mags and those that are left are heavily US focused..Version: 2.22.1

No search function...What on earth is up with that? And you want to charge £6.50 a month for this? And to top it all, the app didn't even have the audio file that I'd been directed to listen to..Version: 1.2.36

Great idea but app issues make it unusableThe playback will consistently become stuck at the end of paragraphs for 5-10 seconds. More often than not, when it resumes playback it will have skipped the next paragraph. It’s really annoying to have the app playing while doing something else but have to go back into the app and force it to play a paragraph it skipped when suddenly the story doesn’t make any sense. Then it makes you wonder what other paragraphs it might have skipped that you didn’t notice, but I never have the patience to go back and check. It’s a great idea that I’d gladly pay the price they ask for if it worked as expected, but I’m finding the app unusable..Version: 2.21.3

Potentially great but poorly designed.Great app... when it initially worked, but after 24 hrs, it keeps on crashing. Have uninstalled/installed repeatedly but still not working. Has great potential but needs to get the basics right..Version: 1.0.5

Nearly greatJust started using the app, and so far lots of good stories that are well narrated. One annoying feature is that when playing a story or reading it, the title and navigation buttons take up over half the screen. To use this continuously I’d need to be able to view the text in full screen..Version: 2.21.1

Great idea, but not well implementedAs the title of this review indicates, I think the developers of Audm had a great idea. Sadly, it has not been implemented very effectively. From a purely technical point of view the user interface is a bit clumsy. The way in which articles are selected, queued, and played could be a lot cleaner. More annoying is the app’s propensity to crash. For example, as I am writing this (the last day of October 2019), the app nearly always crashes when scrolling through the list of available periodicals. I could perhaps live with these technical shortcomings, but far more troublesome are the content issues, viz., the lack of good articles from which to select. Given the lengthy list of periodicals the app touts, the developer would have prospective users think that there is a vast, vast number of quality articles from which to chose. But that’s not really the case. To cite just one example, the last article available from “The New York Review of Books”, a semi-monthly publication, was two and a half months prior to the writing of this app review..Version: 2.6.0

SneakyI wanted to like this but you can’t even view the app format or browse content without first subscribing. That’s not right guys. Happy to pay for something I want but I’m not signing a contract with you and handing over my data before I even see the product..Version: 2.22.1

Great content rubbish appApp is useless ruins experience.Version: 1.3.5

Good Content Terrible AppI like the content a lot and don’t mind paying for it but this app is terrible. You download a story for offline and the streams re-download in LTE anyway. I went through 9gb of data in a month before I figured out this app was killing it. Support is slow or unresponsive, I don’t know. Still waiting for a reply.....Version: 1.13.14

Authors reading their own pieces sound terrible; tech issuesAudm used to be a great app, but lately it has gotten bad. First, they have started allowing authors to read their own pieces (as opposed to qualified voice actors/readers). Many of the authors SOUND TERRIBLE. I’m sorry, I get no joy hearing an article read by someone with a heavy lisp and awful vocal fry. Second, would it kill them to expand the sources they use? I’d love to see Jacobin or some more cutting-edge journals/magazines featured, not the same things over and over and over again. Third, the app randomly will add and intersperse long pauses between paragraphs for no reason, and/or crash. Please stop having authors read articles. It adds nothing. Use your professional voice actors, the ones we pay for to read these pieces. And please, add some more sources and fix your tech..Version: 2.20.1

Not enough contentVery good narrators and the app works well so far. However, there is really not enough content. If you expect new articles from the LRB or the NYRB etc you are likely to be disappointed..Version: 1.2.12

Great Content, Horrible UIThe content here is amazing but the UI sucks. The biggest issue I have is there is no way to save an article for later without it automatically downloading to your phone. It eats up all your phone storage with just a few articles. This is a basic feature that all the podcast apps have, I don’t understand how they could have overlooked this...would like to see this fixed ASAP and perhaps a way to create personal collections/playlists of articles (another basic feature that all the podcast apps have)..Version: 2.12.3


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