Player FM — Podcast App

Name: Player FM — Podcast App
Rating: 4.7 (4653 reviews)
Author: Maple Media Apps, LLC

By: Maple Media Apps, LLC

Best Offline Podcast Player

Features & Capabilities

Player FM is a top independent podcast player and library, empowering listeners to search, discover, save and listen to 20+ million free podcasts. It covers education, news, business, technology, sports, comedy, and more, with a daily-updated catalog that includes free audiobooks, documentaries, and video podcasts.

Key features include offline listening, seamless cloud sync, social sharing, hot topics, colors and dark themes, organization by genre, sleep timer, and picture-in-picture for video podcasts. Premium options add Space Saver compression, Relax & Sleep sounds, custom app icons, iPad and Apple Watch support, ad-free listening, multi-device sync, playlists and bookmarks, theme editor, Turbo Fetch, and personal search.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Entertainment Music & Audio Education News & Magazines Content

By:

Maple Media Apps, LLC

Rating:

4.70

(4,653) 4 new ratings

Version:

5.3.0 Last updated: 2026-05-29

Version code:

886159160

Creation date:

2018-10-25

Compatible devices:

Size:

233.79MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 27,219 ▼ 27

Other rankings

#14 in Keep Up With Your Podcasts #35 in mediapanel keyword ▲ #37 in media keyword 16 ▲ 3#39 in medium keyword 22 ▲ 6

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Developed by:

Maple Media Apps, LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/player-fm-podcast-app/id940568467

Website:

http://maplemedia.io

User Reviews

Highlights include strong cross‑platform sync and a robust feature set with good organization and discovery. Common complaints focus on bugs and crashes, intrusive ads despite Premium, login/sync issues with possible data loss, unwanted automatic downloads/subscriptions, and inconsistent UI/UX and accessibility.

Pros

Excellent cross-platform sync between the iPhone app and the web app, keeping your podcast library in sync across devices.
Power‑user friendly with a robust feature set and strong organization tools for managing subscriptions and episodes.
Large content catalog and strong discovery/features that many users find hard to match in other apps.

Cons

Persistent bugs and crashes that degrade reliability and performance.
Ads and sponsored content appearing even for Premium subscribers, including recommended apps and ads within the playback flow.
Login/sign‑in failures and sync errors that can lead to data loss (downloads, bookmarks, etc.).
Unwanted automatic subscriptions and downloads that consume storage without user consent.
Poor UI/UX and navigation, including hard-to-find controls and accessibility issues for screen readers.

Recent reviews

I used this podcast app for probably over a decade on Android, and loved it. But after switching to Apple I think I'm going to need to find a new player. Things that don't work: 1) Nothing gets marked as "played", even after fully playing through the episode and beginning the next one. This means "auto-delete when played" setting doesn't work. 2) It only plays based on the download order, not the playlist order. When combined with the first bug that means it frequently will start replaying an episode you already completed. 3) The "switch to series grid view" setting in the "following" tab doesn't stick. It resets to chronological episode view every time you leave the tab.

by Es*****, 2026-05-11

This app used to be great when it was getting regular updates. But over the years it’s gotten buggier and its available features simply haven’t kept up with the competition. It seems the app owners know this, and so have decided to quietly remove the ability to export your podcast subscriptions out of the app via OPML. You can still “Import” via OPML, but the option to export was at some point entirely removed. This appears to be the case in another podcast app they own as well - Breaker. Basically they’ve trapped users into staying because they know how much of a hassle it is to manually re-add each podcast subscription in a new app. Which would be fine if they were regularly updating either of these apps, fixing bugs, and adding new features. But they’re not, because “Maple Media” isn’t a group of app developers - they’re just scam artists who buy popular apps for less than their worth so that they can continue to profit off of the original developer’s hard work while doing nothing except collecting premium subscription fees for themselves. They provide nothing for the users. The apps they own are essentially “dead apps” that stopped receiving updates and new features ages ago - but they keep them listed on the App Store so they can continue to profit off of them. So be forewarned if you download this app, because your’re actually falling into a trap that you later won’t be able to get out of.