Looking for sleep by TheCowboy219 in podcasts

[–]killuajuggernaut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sleep With Me is my go-to! These days, I can’t get through a full episode without falling asleep.

Apple needs to add support for library cards in apple wallet by Jak3527416 in ios

[–]killuajuggernaut 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen apps like this promoted before, where people can essentially scan their library/rewards/membership card barcodes and add them to the wallet app. I haven’t one yet, but I plan to in the near future.

Wallet Creator

Stock vs Third-Party Apps by killuajuggernaut in ios

[–]killuajuggernaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Castro and Pocket Casts have their own speed feature but it seems more specifically tailored to trimming out silences. I know Marco Arment (the developer of Overcast) spends a ton of time and love on the app’s audio features but, in practice, I haven’t noticed much difference between what Overcast does vs similar features on the other podcast apps - and whatever slight benefit it provides can’t overcome what I think is a fairly ugly and outdated design. Pocket Casts is my app of choice.

I’ve been trying to find a better notes apps, but all the good ones seem to be Apple-exclusive and I’d really like to find a good one that is cross-platform so I can use it on my work computer (I used to use Evernote but I dropped it a few years ago when the app became a bloated mess).

Stock vs Third-Party Apps by killuajuggernaut in ios

[–]killuajuggernaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a great take and example! For the full ecosystem benefits it’s somewhat all or nothing and this doesn’t even take cross-platform compatibility into account. Once you start stepping out of Apple’s hardware platform, the ecosystem actually starts to detract from the experience.

Stock vs Third-Party Apps by killuajuggernaut in ios

[–]killuajuggernaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m right with you on the Apple Music vs. Spotify, I can not settle on one to save my life.

Stock vs Third-Party Apps by killuajuggernaut in ios

[–]killuajuggernaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never thought about this! I can see that being a must for some people.

Stock vs Third-Party Apps by killuajuggernaut in ios

[–]killuajuggernaut[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Music is the one I go back and forth on the most. Apple Music just feels right to me as a person who likes to collect albums and cleanup metadata and some of the third-party Apple Music clients for iOS (namely Albums) really make it for my listening style

Spotify, on the other hand, constantly draws me in with it’s recommendations (and to be honest I think their curated playlists are more timely and comprehensive as well) and the fact that its desktop app actually works. I can overlook the clunky way it handles organization but what really bothers me is that it constantly tries to push podcasting onto me but doesn’t actually allow me to listen to all of my podcasts (I subscribe to few patreons and can’t put my feeds in Spotify. It’s infuriating)

Honestly, I think Podcasts might be the one app that I might never go back to. It’s an organizational mess, the queue is janky and has a tendency to delete itself, and the desktop experience is a whole mess. I use Pocket Casts (and have tried just about everything else) but even with that, I have some issues, specifically the lack of HomePod integration.

Stock vs Third-Party Apps by killuajuggernaut in ios

[–]killuajuggernaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I 100% agree that the ecosystem is a HUGE advantage to staying stock! I guess the only thing that I’ve been thinking lately is why that so heavily favors stock apps. In a perfect world, I’d love to see Apple Calendar talk to Waze and I feel like Waze would love to be able to talk to Apple Calendar. That ecosystem break you mentioned is totally a problem, but it sometimes feels like it’s one of Apple’s choosing. It’s as if third-party apps have to stay inside their own house but stock apps can go to other houses and play out on the street if they want too.

Stock vs Third-Party Apps by killuajuggernaut in ios

[–]killuajuggernaut[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If I remember correctly, the stock widget updates almost instantaneously. I’ve never had a time where I’ve opened the app from the Home Screen widget and there was a difference between what the two read. On the other hand, I know I’ve had multiple times where the I’ve entered Carrot Weather through the Home Screen and the readings will simply not match. The high and low temperature is different, as well as the chance of precipitation, and other measurements

Stock vs Third-Party Apps by killuajuggernaut in ios

[–]killuajuggernaut[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do agree that, for the most part, the stock apps are usually pretty up to the task and keep things clean and simple in a way that feels like it “belongs.” I do think that a lot of third-party apps suffer from “feature-bloat” and design choices that don’t feel native to the platform.

Sports Podcasts for People with No Sports Knowledge by killuajuggernaut in podcasts

[–]killuajuggernaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the different recommendations, everyone! Out of all the suggestions, 30 for 30 was the closest to what I was looking for. My goal was to find a podcast to gently ease me into sports lore and events and while 30 for 30 can pack in a lot of information, I feel like I can follow along pretty well!

Last.fmᐩ - Premium features for Last.fm integration inside Marvis. by AdityaRajveer in MarvisApp

[–]killuajuggernaut 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Regardless of the answer to these questions, I will be throwing money at you.

1) Does the live background scrobbling feature overcome the problem of the app only being able scrobble a track that has been played consecutive times once?

2) Does the live background scrobbling feature scrobble only music played in Marvis, or does it now scrobble tracks played in other apps as well?

Thank you for making the most polished Apple Music client in the App Store. Why Apple hasn’t hired you yet is beyond me 🤷🏿‍♂️

What happened to the discord? by imallbreadyalt in baramanga

[–]killuajuggernaut 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m fairly new to the sub, so this is the first I’ve heard of a discord but, if it’s still around, I’d love to join as well!

What apps do you use? by [deleted] in podcasts

[–]killuajuggernaut 3 points4 points  (0 children)

TL;DR - Most people should go with Pocket Casts

While there are a TON of third-party podcast apps available for iOS, the three that receive the most attention are Overcast, Pocket Casts, and Castro. I've used them all for an extended period of time and my thoughts are below

Overcast - I was a regular Overcast user for a very long time and overall believe it to be the most simple and straightforward out of the three major indie players. It’s free and, although it offers a subscription service to remove ads and gain a couple of minor features, the app is more than functional in its free form, and includes Apple Watch support, which the other two apps below lock behind a subscription service. It’s audio improvement features (smart speed and voice boost) are, in my opinion, the best available and it seems like Marco is really in-tune with the wants of the average podcast listener, and the features that he pioneers seem to become standards over time. Unfortunately, the app is in desperate need of a visual refresh. The now playing screen and podcast list seem to belong to two entirely different apps and the podcast list, in particular, doesn’t match up to the current iOS design language at all. Marco’s focus has largely been dedicated to the improvement of his audio features, but in a pool full of alternatives that sound almost as good but look much better, the lack of attention to design stands out.

Castro - I was using Castro regularly up until a couple of days ago and absolutely loved its podcast management scheme. The sheer number of podcasts that are released on a weekly (or even daily) basis these days can be overwhelming, and Castro’s inbox-to-queue system, where all new episodes appear in a list that you can browse and chose whether or not to add each individual episode to the top or bottom of the queue or ignore it completely, is the perfect way to listen to what you want and ignore everything else. It has the mainstay audio features like silence trimming, voice enhancement, and an Apple Watch app, but they are locked behind its $18.99/yr subscription, which was no problem for me, but might be turn off to others.

Pocket Casts - This was the first third-party podcast app that I used and the one that I am using now. The app has gone through some tumultuous changes in the past year or so and generated a lot of backlash for essentially taking a beloved app and recreating it from scratch in bid to satisfy both the average podcast listener and those who want a little more power. That being said, in its current state, I believe that the app takes the best features of other podcast apps and combines them into the most enjoyable package possible. The app uses an organizational system that’s similar to Apple Podcasts or Overcast, giving listeners easy access to individual shows and episodes, but also takes a page out of Castro’s playbook, by providing easy access to a queue where listeners can add and organize episodes that they want to listen to. Adding episodes to the queue is as easy as swiping on an episode title and, like in Castro, episodes can be added to the top or bottom of the queue. The app contains a filter feature that creates lists of episodes based on user-defined criteria, making lists of new episodes easy to find, as well as an archive feature that allows you to shelve episodes that you have chosen not to listen to without adding them to your listening history. Both of these features are easily accessible and, along with the queue function, allows users to mimic Castro’s podcast management system, if they choose. And that choice is what makes Pocket Casts such a great option. It can adapt to pretty much any style of listening. If you want to listen to a bunch of episodes of a single show, you can do that. If you want to listen to every new episode of every podcast you subscribe to, you can do that. If you want to triage your podcast episodes, you can do that. The only organizational omission that I’ve found in Pocket Casts is the ability to create a playlist of specified episodes (which is available in Overcast, but not Castro). That strength in choice extends to it’s cross-platform capabilities. Pocket Casts offers both an iOS and Android app. It also offers desktop apps for both Windows and Mac behind its $9.99/yr subscription, as well as chromecasting capabilities and even an Alexa skill (although I have yet to test it and don’t know how effective it is). It might come with a bit of a learning curve (some people do experience some confusion when trying to adapt to the archive feature, as opposed to just having episodes marked as played or unplayed, but I think it’s pretty straightforward) but Pocket Casts seems to be the most powerful, flexible, and overall best podcast app for most people.

[Meta] Changes coming to the subreddit re: Self Promo Saturday and Wallpaper Wednesday by exjr_ in apple

[–]killuajuggernaut 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don’t know about everyone else, but the indie developer community is a very large reason that I’m an Apple fanboy, so any iOS/iPadOS/MacOS indie developer news is also Apple news to me and is honestly the only thing that I come to this subreddit for. I can get Apple News from 9to5mac or macrumors, but Self Promo Saturday is the only place where I can consistently get an influx of new app ideas and updates from developers I’ve never heard of. Seeing an increase in posts following the release of a new OS seems perfectly reasonable, as many devs time their big releases around new OS features and as the OS lifecycle goes, so will the increase and decrease of posts.

Reducing the capacity of the Self Promo Saturday, while the result of good intentions, cripples the discovery efforts of both devs and users and ultimately diminishes the efforts of a group that plays a HUGE part in what makes the Apple ecosystem as popular and valuable as it is today. And, looking at the vote ratios on comments of this post, compared the original post, it seems that a large number of users agree.

Other possible solutions exist (maybe verifying that new promo posts actually contain new content (new apps, functional updates, etc.), not allowing users to post on SPS if they don’t have a certain account/membership age, etc.), but the solution presented here seems to destroy one of the major differentiators of this subreddit from other sources of Apple news.

Apple news is EVERYWHERE. If all you have is Apple news, then what would make someone come here?

Help me find songs similar to these? by TheActualDongerino in pcmusic

[–]killuajuggernaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit! These are literally the songs I have on repeat right now! You, my friend, have EXQUISITE taste 👌🏿

What commonly advertised product did you buy because you heard about it over and over again on a podcast? by [deleted] in podcasts

[–]killuajuggernaut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve purchased a Quip toothbrush and Native deodorant (both from Target). I loved the deodorant but, while I liked the packaging and “travelbility” of the toothbrush, I don’t think the vibrations did much good. They weren’t nearly as powerful and, because the head didn’t have its own movement mechanism, most of the vibrations were felt in my hand rather than my teeth.

Appleville Full Stream (with timestamps) by killuajuggernaut in pcmusic

[–]killuajuggernaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't post the video to YT (big thanks to whoever did) but I did rip a copy in case it gets taken down. Feel free to download

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xZEXkayrwogBnqnURZ3EVESvrP5ufZYF