Reviews of Capsule: Podcast Player

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List of user reviews and ratings for Capsule: Podcast Player

Total ratings

4.24 (Rating count: 159)

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Review summary

Users consistently praise Capsule’s beautiful, minimal UI, speed, lack of ads and responsive developers who add features (sleep timer, queue, auto-download). Frequent complaints are missing organization (tags/folders, multi-select), playback/Bluetooth control issues, limited download controls (Wi‑Fi restriction, auto-download visibility), weak discovery by region, and clumsy episode-info UX (play-on-tap, hard-to-expand descriptions).

Pros

Beautiful, clean and minimal user interface with good theme options
Lightweight, fast and uncluttered (no ads) — easy to use
Developers are responsive and ship frequent fixes/updates
Solid core podcast features (sleep timer, queue, auto-download added)

Cons

Lacks organization tools: folders/tags, multi-select and bulk actions for episodes
Playback control problems reported with Bluetooth and after other apps take audio focus (some fixes noted)
Download management is limited or unclear: Wi‑Fi-only restriction and auto-download settings/visibility
Discovery is sparse/region-limited and categories often contain few shows
Episode info / UX: play-on-tap can be annoying and descriptions aren’t always easy to expand or read

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.50

All time rating average: 4.24

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Date	Author	Comment
2024-07-21	Wa*****	I just wish that the picture of the show to be bigger on the player view. Perhaps a full page instead of a tab when clicked in?
I just wish that the picture of the show to be bigger on the player view. Perhaps a full page instead of a tab when clicked in?
2020-12-19	Ch*****	I love the easy to use design and speed of this podcast player. it has no ads/clutter. If I think of suggestions, I would say having folders for our podcasts (e.g. "jogging", "games",etc.) Second, having a favorite button for episodes. Third, exporting to mp3. Last, an option to show description when tapping an episode. A bug report: the Games category in the Discover tab leads to an error message "You look lost". I can't locate the Exported OPML file. Thank you
I love the easy to use design and speed of this podcast player. it has no ads/clutter. If I think of suggestions, I would say having folders for our podcasts (e.g. "jogging", "games",etc.) Second, having a favorite button for episodes. Third, exporting to mp3. Last, an option to show description when tapping an episode. A bug report: the Games category in the Discover tab leads to an error message "You look lost". I can't locate the Exported OPML file. Thank you
2020-09-06	Ma*****	This is a very nice looking app. Everything is laid out very well . The only thing I couldn't figure out, is how often it updated. It updates but I'm not sure when. Otherwise it's very nice. I love the fact that the episode notes are very complete and include clickable links. Nice theme selection comes too. Had a style all it's own. I'm using it.
This is a very nice looking app. Everything is laid out very well . The only thing I couldn't figure out, is how often it updated. It updates but I'm not sure when. Otherwise it's very nice. I love the fact that the episode notes are very complete and include clickable links. Nice theme selection comes too. Had a style all it's own. I'm using it.
2020-06-25	Gl*****	Ever since last update, player controls refuse to operate after another app temporarily takes control of audio. I now have to constantly kill and restart the app. Update: As promised, developer has corrected the issue.
Ever since last update, player controls refuse to operate after another app temporarily takes control of audio. I now have to constantly kill and restart the app. Update: As promised, developer has corrected the issue.
2020-05-26	Ak*****	Minimal UI. One of the best I've tried so far. It does what it says. Most of the podcasts are available. It has inbox, themes and discover section. Just one suggestion : try to add more regions. But overall A great app for podcasts.
Minimal UI. One of the best I've tried so far. It does what it says. Most of the podcasts are available. It has inbox, themes and discover section. Just one suggestion : try to add more regions. But overall A great app for podcasts.
2020-05-03	Tw*****	so far i am really enjoying this app... i have been lookinh for new podcast app since bad updates from other app... i could give this five stars IF my Bluetooth devices could control playback... (fast forward and rewind do not work... only pause works)... i do all my listening via Bluetooth device... is real pain i can't control playback via these devices. this is forst podcast app i have tried that can't.
so far i am really enjoying this app... i have been lookinh for new podcast app since bad updates from other app... i could give this five stars IF my Bluetooth devices could control playback... (fast forward and rewind do not work... only pause works)... i do all my listening via Bluetooth device... is real pain i can't control playback via these devices. this is forst podcast app i have tried that can't.
2020-04-01	A *****	Love it! Clean UI with minimal feature bloat or unnecessary frills. My only (minor) request would be to allow for swiping away the persistent notification if a podcast is paused since I'll sometimes accidentally miss the X button on the notification and open the app instead of clearing the notification.
Love it! Clean UI with minimal feature bloat or unnecessary frills. My only (minor) request would be to allow for swiping away the persistent notification if a podcast is paused since I'll sometimes accidentally miss the X button on the notification and open the app instead of clearing the notification.
2020-03-04	A *****	Can't believe I finally found a gorgeous looking player with all the important features (especially a sleep timer and a queue)! Good to see as well that the developers improve the app and communicate with users regularly. Keep it up! Thank you for your hard work!
Can't believe I finally found a gorgeous looking player with all the important features (especially a sleep timer and a queue)! Good to see as well that the developers improve the app and communicate with users regularly. Keep it up! Thank you for your hard work!
2020-02-22	A *****	Amazing.. now please add auto download and multi select episodes.. thanks Update: thankyou so much for adding auto download feature, probably the only podcast where they actually listen to users. Please do add the last remaining jigsaw -to multi select episodes and select an action like archive together or download together or add together to playlist etc.
Amazing.. now please add auto download and multi select episodes.. thanks Update: thankyou so much for adding auto download feature, probably the only podcast where they actually listen to users. Please do add the last remaining jigsaw -to multi select episodes and select an action like archive together or download together or add together to playlist etc.
2020-02-20	A *****	I've been holding onto this app for a while, and now it is finally fully featured with auto downloads. This is quite literally the best looking podcast app on the app store, and while occasional bugs pop up they get fixed very quickly, along with good feature updates. So happy with the dev's and their app! (Hopefully this is my final edit, because the bugs I mentioned in the last edit got fixed so fast I wanted to change this to reflect my opinions better)
I've been holding onto this app for a while, and now it is finally fully featured with auto downloads. This is quite literally the best looking podcast app on the app store, and while occasional bugs pop up they get fixed very quickly, along with good feature updates. So happy with the dev's and their app! (Hopefully this is my final edit, because the bugs I mentioned in the last edit got fixed so fast I wanted to change this to reflect my opinions better)