Breaker - The social podcast app 🎧

@rrhoover : I've been beta testing it, too and it's also overtaken Overcast as my default podcast player. One thing I would love to see the Breaker team tackle is the problem of hearing podcast references then having to look them up on my own. Podcasts often reference books, videos, articles, etc and when I want to see what they're talking about, I have to exit the app, do my own search for it and hope I find the right one they're referencing. I've dreamed of a podcast player that somehow allowed listeners to access these references with a single tap at the moment they're mentioned (cuz shownotes don't always include everything). I'd love to see the Breaker team solve this paint point. @sferik @leahculver - any thoughts? But even if they don't, it's a solid app, even in Beta form.

@beckerjs I think you're asking for unprecedented AI here, way beyond what even Alexa can do; it's light years of scope creep for a podcast app. I would suggest emailing your favorite podcasts and ask them to beef up their show notes. @rrhoover

@themarc @rrhoover : having AI handle the task is def one approach - and I agree, one that might be far off from becoming reality. Another option might be to put the onus on the uploader to insert the links with timestamps and then have Breaker just pull the links up in time when the podcast is playing. Another option would be to crowdsource it - let listeners put those links in and have them come up in time. Different ways of achieving the same thing...

@rrhoover yup. Been using Breaker for a couple of weeks and I love it. My favorite part is the social aspect and the ability to see what shows your friends are listening 2.

@rrhoover ditto! My fav podcast app now. Super awesome discovery and the ongoing innovation far surpasses the apple version. It even works on my older smaller factor device. Thanks Team Breaker for building a kick-ass product!!

@palavalli We‘re just getting started! We do plan to build an Android app eventually.

@sferik @palavalli "eventually"

@sferik Great! I'd provide contact information in exchange for letting me know if "eventually" ever turns into "currently."

@sferik how far off is "eventually" -- weeks? months?

@iandouglas736 We just launched a waiting list for Android, so you can be the first to be notified when our Android app is live: https://www.producthunt.com/upco...

@mrcalexandre I agree on the user on boarding, would be easier if it opened the Twitter app (if installed) 👌

@mrcalexandre how does this app democratize podcasts? I'm not sure I follow.

@abasa haha I agree! Thanks! It was a lot of work.

@jesse_wallace Then again, this is in beta and will likely improve UI pretty quickly

@jesse_wallace Just want to mention that PocketCasts is also available on iOS/iPhone, is my all time favourite podcast app, and would highly recommend it to everyone.

@_sklahr_ I don't think that should necessarily be the case. It's the overall art direction - they'd have to change it significantly for it to feel more user friendly.

@jesse_wallace totally agree here. For it to be in beta, it's far too cluttered to be an MVP. It's reminiscent of audio players and forums of the `00, IMO.

@andrewett yeah, it's just recommending random strangers to follow. There also doesn't seem to be a way to share my own profile to my friends. I can only share the generic app, and do they then just have to manually search for me?

@sneurgaonkar We‘re just getting started! We do plan to build an Android app eventually.

@sferik

@sneurgaonkar We just launched a waiting list for Android, so you can be the first to be notified when our Android app is live: https://www.producthunt.com/upco...

@caprihiggins YouTube is the only app I know of that has missed this functionality. Yet another indicator that YouTube-only shows are not podcasts.

@jactorrez How does this app "hits the UI/UX out of the park"? What does that mean exactly to you?