Radiolab App Reviews

Have never been able to actually use this. Love the show but not the app.

Went to listen to some Radio Lab after a long hiatus. The app will not stop crashing. It loads the main screen and after 2 seconds crashes. Very sad :( I really wanted to get back into listening to them.

The app is pretty, sure. But Id genuinely rather have an ugly simple display (or even no display/features) AND ACTUALLY be able to listen to an episode or two! It crashes every time, its such a bummer.

I love this app, but this current version has some bad bugs. I keep getting stuck in the scroll, and the app is essentially unusable. Please fix.

DO NOT PAY FOR THIS APP! The updates fixed nothing. Episodes still skip constantly and whenever I pause, then resume playback, it plays from a different part of the show. App crashes all the time. I love the episodes but this app is driving me nuts.

Dont waste your money on this app. I brought it for the love of the Radiolab podcast but it doesnt really offer much more functionality than the regular podcast app. I wish it allowed me to hold my place in the playlist (Im working my way backwards from 2015 to the when the show started), the graphics make the app slow to respond and easy to crash, and there is no sort function or filter that lets you select anything other than the type of podcast (I wish I could select the year, for instance) Save your money for when they come up with a better app :/

I really wanted to like the app but IT DOESNT WORK! It wont let me download any off the episodes. Worst $2.99 I ever spent. Dont waste your money too.

I love this podcast but the app couldnt be worse. I havent been able to use it forever and I just tried again after months. Wont download or play anything. Have a 6Plus and the best wifi you can get. No problems with anything else. Hate the fact that I cannot listen to this great program. TERRIBLE App.

This user interface is confusing and gets in the way of the content your target audience is trying to access. Reminds me of a Flash website in the early 2000s. Im all for an artistic playful feel but not at the cost of the primary use cases. The playback and downloading is very buggy as well. I did not see any feedback after trying to download an episode as far as anything happening. The app pretty much just felt stuck. Probably the most frustrating bug is the play arbitrarily jumping back to a previous point in the audio for no reason. I love radio lab sooooo much I wanted to support by buying this app but was pretty disappointed with all the bugs. Decided to just switch back to listening via overcast.

Want money back

Current version crashes whenever I try to open the Listen section. 100% useless now.

Cant listen to any episodes. Full of bugs. Pointless. Do not buy.

Freezes. Not updated. Too busy. Needless design. Need to simplify!

Useless. Crashes constantly. Will jump back 15 seconds for no reason. Has to be closed and restarted with almost every new show. Worthless app. But a great radio show. Very unfortunate.

This app crashes almost every time I use it (iPhone 5S running latest OS). Please fix this guys

Crashes after mere seconds every time I open the app. (Running it on iPhone 4, ios7)

For me the biggest problem with this app is the broken download button. It keeps connecting but never downloads! Also, the app crashes a lot. It can be an awesome app if they can fix those problems, but apparently it is too hard to fix them since it has been like this forever!! I will only update this review when they fix those problems!

This app has always been buggy and a bad experience in general. Tell your Designer to hawk the "custom Ui" and design something that Devs can easily build to be more stable..

This app is very cool and a great way to listen to my favorite radio show. However, there are errors in the program that need to be fixed. First, I just had to delete and reinstall. The app was working but then got into this crashing mode. The screen came up the "spinner" when around and then gone black screen back to my home screen. There was something left in background but clicking on that did same thing. Second, if you record one of the readings the play back button does nothing. Not very helpful if you want to hear or delete what you just recorded. Bottom line we will see if a reload makes it better.

Like others, I can no longer download episodes in the app. When you click on the download button it just says "waiting" and does nothing.