# Player FM — Podcast App

> Best Offline Podcast Player

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id940568467](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id940568467)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id940568467`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Maple Media Apps, LLC
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (4,680 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.3.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29
- **First published:** 2018-10-25
- **Size:** 234 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/player-fm-podcast-app/id940568467)
- **Website:** [http://maplemedia.io](http://maplemedia.io/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://maplemedia.io/privacy/](https://maplemedia.io/privacy/)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #26,693 — Overall
- #13 — Keep Up With Your Podcasts
- #41 — media
- #63 — medium

## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id940568467)