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7 points by andrewconlan 13y ago

andrewconlan 13y ago
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- srik 13y ago
  I used the last one - http://tokn.co/6szkpy57 http://tokn.co/6szkpy57 I wasn't very satisfied with purchasing a popular 3rd party podcast app in the past, but this one looks promising.Is there a syncing desktop app in the horizon. I imagine that would make this app more enticing :)
  - andrewconlan 13y ago
    That is definitely the long term plan for the app
    - srik 13y ago
      Cool. I definitely dig the minimalism. Do you have a website/email or something where I can leave some constructive feedback in return. The app store review might not be the right place to leave it.
      - andrewconlan 13y ago
        thanks, feedback is always much appreciated, support@networkapp.net
- sehr 13y ago
  Man, those were gone fast! Good luck with the application, interface looks beautiful from the screen shots
icoder 13y ago
At first I thought that this was about a iOS dev oriented Podcast (due to finding it on HN + tunnelvision). But that it is not. Does raise the question whether there are any (free or reasonably affordable) (iOS or other) development related podcast.
- andrewconlan 13y ago
  Check out Core Intuition or NSBrief both great iOS Devel. Podcasts
- srik 13y ago
  Mostly iOS related podcasts from my subscriptions - Build Phase, NSBrief, Core Intuition, Debug, Iterate, Accidental Tech Podcast, Edge Cases.
rmoriz 13y ago
The app doesn't download/fetch podcast episodes, does it? It's only a player/streaming app?
- andrewconlan 13y ago
  No it will automatically download new episodes, using iOS7's new backgrounding features
pilif 13y ago
After years of running with iTunes, I settled with Instacast when iOS 6 came out and Apple removed podcast support from the music app. Instacast for me has three killer-features: * you can double-tap the headphones/microphone button to skip 30 seconds which allows me to skip ads without having to take the phone out of my pocket. * you can sort the unlistened playlist by time ascending (so many clients only allow newest first) and you can change it to sort by podcast order first, so new releases of podcasts you like more can preempt the general older->newer order. * instacast also has a mac app that's synchronized with the mobile apps. One of my most favourite past-times is playing Minecraft and listening to podcasts at the same time (wanting to get both the game audio and the podcast over my headphones). Being able to sync play position between my phone and my mac is very handy. It's crazy one person's killer-features are likely not that interesting for the vast majority of other people.
- andrewconlan 13y ago
  The app can do the first, the second two are coming in some form in the future, both things I want myself for the app.
- ihuman 13y ago
  It also uses some of the iOS APIs to download podcasts when you are not using your phone for extended periods of time. I listen to podcasts on my way to classes, and new episodes are already downloaded when I wake up.
smackfu 13y ago
Wow, iOS podcast apps really are the new to-do list or Twitter client. Seems like a new one every week. And this is in a market with two entrenched players and a free first-party app. I wonder if they were all thinking, "I can make it iOS 7 and make a shiny new UI and use background fetch and all the other new features and take over the market!"
- nb1981 13y ago
  I'm building one because none of the existing ones (including this one) do exactly what I want. Might aswel release it..good practice.
  - oneeyedpigeon 13y ago
    Sounds like you're planning on making it free. Any chance of an open-source license?
  - andrewconlan 13y ago
    pretty much the same reason I made Network, good luck with your app
russnewcomer 13y ago
I'm sure everyone hits you for feature requests, but if someone would make a podcast app that made it very easy to start at the least recent episode and continually download more recent ones so I could 'catch up' on a older podcast, I would be very happy.
- andrewconlan 13y ago
  Interesting idea, I'll have to think about that one
jey 13y ago
Can you compare/contrast this with the Apple Podcasts app? Why is it worth manually reimporting my entire list of subscriptions? :)
- andrewconlan 13y ago
  You can use OPML to import, you can export the list from iTunes or most other major podcast clients. The aim of the app is make things simple, so you don't have to worry about refreshing or changing settings, the app just gets new episodes, downloads them and has them ready the next time you want to listen and hopefully I made things look and feel good to use as well :)
  - jey 13y ago
    Sadly, that isn't enough to convince me to switch from the Podcasts app. (I also don't have a Windows or Mac box to run iTunes.)

7 points by andrewconlan 13y ago

Here are some promo codes for the app: http://tokn.co/wyjnqc2v http://tokn.co/wyjnqc2v http://tokn.co/ahkz4pz9 http://tokn.co/ahkz4pz9 http://tokn.co/z4fuhq3f http://tokn.co/z4fuhq3f http://tokn.co/epds24dd http://tokn.co/epds24dd http://tokn.co/rzm2zyvm http://tokn.co/rzm2zyvm http://tokn.co/pghfmfnq http://tokn.co/pghfmfnq http://tokn.co/c6am8bfr http://tokn.co/c6am8bfr http://tokn.co/3fnayqpg http://tokn.co/3fnayqpg http://tokn.co/9237f4ay http://tokn.co/9237f4ay http://tokn.co/6szkpy57 http://tokn.co/6szkpy57 Update: looks like they are all gone now, here are a few more http://tokn.co/uju8afkj http://tokn.co/uju8afkj http://tokn.co/5nbewbhk http://tokn.co/5nbewbhk http://tokn.co/auhwrkaa http://tokn.co/auhwrkaa http://tokn.co/sygcw65n http://tokn.co/sygcw65n http://tokn.co/dhyqj9k3 http://tokn.co/dhyqj9k3 http://tokn.co/7d7n6yhz http://tokn.co/7d7n6yhz http://tokn.co/4wjz4xeu http://tokn.co/4wjz4xeu http://tokn.co/q8kp3kjb http://tokn.co/q8kp3kjb http://tokn.co/kkp4dq6s http://tokn.co/kkp4dq6s http://tokn.co/03v5s948 http://tokn.co/03v5s948 http://tokn.co/nr4tgy74 http://tokn.co/nr4tgy74 http://tokn.co/8terxfte http://tokn.co/8terxfte Looks like they are all gone now, hope everyone enjoys the app, if you missed out follow on twitter http://twitter.com/Network_App http://twitter.com/Network_App I'll be giving away a few more

srik 13y ago
I used the last one - http://tokn.co/6szkpy57 http://tokn.co/6szkpy57 I wasn't very satisfied with purchasing a popular 3rd party podcast app in the past, but this one looks promising.Is there a syncing desktop app in the horizon. I imagine that would make this app more enticing :)
- andrewconlan 13y ago
  That is definitely the long term plan for the app
  - srik 13y ago
    Cool. I definitely dig the minimalism. Do you have a website/email or something where I can leave some constructive feedback in return. The app store review might not be the right place to leave it.
    - andrewconlan 13y ago
      thanks, feedback is always much appreciated, support@networkapp.net
sehr 13y ago
Man, those were gone fast! Good luck with the application, interface looks beautiful from the screen shots

icoder 13y ago

At first I thought that this was about a iOS dev oriented Podcast (due to finding it on HN + tunnelvision). But that it is not. Does raise the question whether there are any (free or reasonably affordable) (iOS or other) development related podcast.

andrewconlan 13y ago
Check out Core Intuition or NSBrief both great iOS Devel. Podcasts
srik 13y ago
Mostly iOS related podcasts from my subscriptions - Build Phase, NSBrief, Core Intuition, Debug, Iterate, Accidental Tech Podcast, Edge Cases.

rmoriz 13y ago

The app doesn't download/fetch podcast episodes, does it? It's only a player/streaming app?

andrewconlan 13y ago
No it will automatically download new episodes, using iOS7's new backgrounding features

pilif 13y ago

After years of running with iTunes, I settled with Instacast when iOS 6 came out and Apple removed podcast support from the music app. Instacast for me has three killer-features: * you can double-tap the headphones/microphone button to skip 30 seconds which allows me to skip ads without having to take the phone out of my pocket. * you can sort the unlistened playlist by time ascending (so many clients only allow newest first) and you can change it to sort by podcast order first, so new releases of podcasts you like more can preempt the general older->newer order. * instacast also has a mac app that's synchronized with the mobile apps. One of my most favourite past-times is playing Minecraft and listening to podcasts at the same time (wanting to get both the game audio and the podcast over my headphones). Being able to sync play position between my phone and my mac is very handy. It's crazy one person's killer-features are likely not that interesting for the vast majority of other people.

andrewconlan 13y ago
The app can do the first, the second two are coming in some form in the future, both things I want myself for the app.
ihuman 13y ago
It also uses some of the iOS APIs to download podcasts when you are not using your phone for extended periods of time. I listen to podcasts on my way to classes, and new episodes are already downloaded when I wake up.

smackfu 13y ago

Wow, iOS podcast apps really are the new to-do list or Twitter client. Seems like a new one every week. And this is in a market with two entrenched players and a free first-party app. I wonder if they were all thinking, "I can make it iOS 7 and make a shiny new UI and use background fetch and all the other new features and take over the market!"

nb1981 13y ago
I'm building one because none of the existing ones (including this one) do exactly what I want. Might aswel release it..good practice.
- oneeyedpigeon 13y ago
  Sounds like you're planning on making it free. Any chance of an open-source license?
- andrewconlan 13y ago
  pretty much the same reason I made Network, good luck with your app

russnewcomer 13y ago

I'm sure everyone hits you for feature requests, but if someone would make a podcast app that made it very easy to start at the least recent episode and continually download more recent ones so I could 'catch up' on a older podcast, I would be very happy.

andrewconlan 13y ago
Interesting idea, I'll have to think about that one

jey 13y ago

Can you compare/contrast this with the Apple Podcasts app? Why is it worth manually reimporting my entire list of subscriptions? :)

andrewconlan 13y ago
You can use OPML to import, you can export the list from iTunes or most other major podcast clients. The aim of the app is make things simple, so you don't have to worry about refreshing or changing settings, the app just gets new episodes, downloads them and has them ready the next time you want to listen and hopefully I made things look and feel good to use as well :)
- jey 13y ago
  Sadly, that isn't enough to convince me to switch from the Podcasts app. (I also don't have a Windows or Mac box to run iTunes.)