# Podium: AI Lead Gen Management

> Your AI Employee, Messaging, Payments, Marketing

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ionicframework.ionicapp410897](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ionicframework.ionicapp410897)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.ionicframework.ionicapp410897`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Podium Corporation, Inc.
- **Category:** BUSINESS
- **Downloads:** 242,211
- **Rating:** 4.46 / 5 (3,522 ratings)
- **Version:** 2026.36.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2015-02-26
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 259 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ionicframework.ionicapp410897)
- **Website:** [http://www.podium.com](http://www.podium.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.podium.com/privacypolicy/](https://www.podium.com/privacypolicy/)

## Description

Podium is a comprehensive AI-powered communications and marketing platform designed specifically for small local businesses. It consolidates all customer interactions across multiple channels — including texts, chats, phone calls, reviews, and social media messages — into a unified, easy-to-use inbox. This helps businesses ensure no conversation or lead is missed. 

With features such as bulk messaging boasting a 98% open rate, automated review invitations that double monthly reviews within 60 days, integrated payment collection via text, and a singular business phone number, Podium enables businesses to enhance customer engagement, streamline payments, and boost online reputation effectively. Over 100,000 businesses trust Podium to grow their customer base and operate more efficiently as a team.

## Rankings

- #145,465 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_PHONE_CALL`
- `android.permission.HIDE_OVERLAY_WINDOWS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MANAGE_OWN_CALLS`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.NFC`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.READ_PHONE_NUMBERS`
- `android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.amazon.device.messaging.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`
- `com.ionicframework.ionicapp410897.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Podium is praised for improving customer communication and business growth and is noted as easy to use. However, Android users report missing push notifications and frequent messaging and call/connectivity issues, along with app instability. Intrusive prompts (reviews requests, phone number prompts) and some contract/support concerns are also recurring. Overall, strong engagement benefits are offset by platform-specific reliability problems on Android.

### Pros

- Improves customer communication and engagement, including automatic review requests.
- Easy to use / user-friendly.
- Helps grow the business and stay top-of-mind with customers.

### Cons

- Android push/notification issues (no push notifications on Android).
- Messaging reliability problems (cannot send files or photos, messages fail or get stuck, frequent crashes).
- App instability and performance problems (crashes, slow loading, looped UI).
- Call/connectivity and dispatch reliability problems (phone calls often fail or don't connect).
- Intrusive prompts for reviews, phone numbers, and frequent feature update notifications.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ionicframework.ionicapp410897)