Pocket Beacon

Name: Pocket Beacon
Rating: 3.3 (315 reviews)
Author: Critical Role Productions, LLC

By: Critical Role Productions, LLC

The Home of Critical Role

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:

3.30

(315) 5 new ratings

Version:

1.34.0 Last updated: 2026-05-20

Version code:

885863987

Creation date:

2024-05-13

Compatible devices:

Size:

58.46MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-06

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 109,015 ▲ 611

Other platforms

Pocket Beacon (v1.34.2)

74,629 2.66

(639)

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

Constant crashes and lagging, logs me out nearly every time its opened. Dont want to pay monthly if it barely even works. Love the app and CR but its not hard to make an app at least runnable

by Ni*****, 2026-05-25

It is constantly logging me out and it’s infuriating to be paying for something that just doesn’t work. And there’s not Apple TV app. So that’s a bummer.

by Jn*****, 2026-05-23

I do not want to be leaving a bad review on this because the content is amazing!!! However I’ve had to switch to listening to the show on my podcast app because this app is pretty much unusable. Unless I am watching an episode from beginning to end without needing to pause or rewind, the episode glitches, restarts, freezes, etc. I love to listen to this as a work podcast which means I need to pause frequently and I struggle severely to get the app to work afterwards. As soon as these bugs get fixed I will move my review up, but for now I need to leave a bad review in hopes that it will help get the bugs fixed.