Pocket Beacon

Name: Pocket Beacon
Rating: 3.2 (334 reviews)
Author: Critical Role Productions, LLC

By: Critical Role Productions, LLC App

The Home of Critical Role

Overview

Version:

1.37.0

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Ranking

#109,310 ▼ 211

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Pocket Beacon is a membership program that provides ad-free access to Critical Role’s extensive video and podcast library, early live-event pre-sales, a private Discord server, and ongoing merchandise discounts across international shops. Members unlock exclusive bonus content—such as Critical Role Cooldown and Fireside Chats—and receive same-day Critical Role podcast releases alongside the VODs, all while supporting creator-owned independent media.

This Chrome extension enhances your Beacon experience by offering quick access to member perks, streamlined event sign-ups, and direct links to exclusive content and discounts, right from your browser.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Critical Role Productions, LLC

Rating:

3.20

(334) 1 new ratings

Version:

1.37.0 Last updated: 2026-07-01

Version code:

887651136

Creation date:

2024-05-13

Compatible devices:

Size:

59.35MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-23

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 109,310 ▼ 211

Other platforms

Pocket Beacon (v1.37.0)

77,176 2.63

(664)

For Developers

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Developed by:

Critical Role Productions, LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocket-beacon/id6477957665

Website:

https://critrole.com

User Reviews

Users love Critical Role content and appreciate Beacon as a way to support the show, but the app is plagued by reliability issues. The recurring problems include random logouts, playback crashes and episodes restarting, and progress not saving. Viewers also report casting and AirPlay problems, missing captions when casting, and no offline download option. Many feel the app hasn’t been updated in a long time, undermining the subscription’s value despite strong CR content.

Pros

Access to Critical Role content via Beacon for paying supporters.
High-quality Critical Role content available to subscribers.
A dedicated, fan-focused platform that lets supporters access CR content in one app.

Cons

Frequent login/logout and session reliability issues (app signs out unexpectedly).
Unreliable playback: crashes, episodes restarting, and progress not being saved.
No offline download option for episodes or podcasts.
Casting/AirPlay problems, including captions not appearing when casting and difficulty connecting to devices.
App appears outdated and under-maintained, with slow or no updates.

Recent reviews

Constantly getting kicked out/logged off of the app. Many times the episodes will just stop playing and take me quitting the app to resume. And often times when I pause an episode to come back to later it picks up at a lot earlier of a spot in the episode. I do badly want to like this app but these are all major issues with being able to just simple enjoy content. And it’s unfortunate that there is still no download/offline option.

by Be*****, 2026-06-26

For starters, I love having a hub for all my favorite content. If you’re a fan, instant access, and the Cooldown are enough to make this app worth it. I also really dig the feature to choose between listening and watching, thats great. In addition, the progress bar shown on your lock screen isn’t scrubbable. You’ve got your 15 second scrub buttons, but the bar is just an indicator, which i super love. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve accidentally lost my spot over the years on that progress bar. That being said, I’ve been using the app for over a year now, and have yet to see them fix some key flaws. The biggest is it loves logging you out. It’ll log you out any opportunity it gets. If you step away from it for more than an hour, there’s a good chance it’ll log you out. If you were away for most of the day, just assume it did. The other is offline access. Truthfully, not the end of the world, but it’d be soo nice to download episodes for flights or campouts. I still have to refer to youtube to download episodes, and if it’s not the following Monday after the episode, you’re kinda stuck without the episode. Truthfully, those are my only issues with it. The logging out is genuinely glaring and annoying, the other would just make sense to help me stick to one app, which I’d love to do.