Reviews for Sword And Scale

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Review by taylor paga
β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜† (2/5) April 15, 2024

One of my favorite podcasts! but the new app is unusable for me. I rely heavily on the download function to be able to listen offline and as far as I can see, the new app doesn’t allow that so i haven’t been able to listen at all in months, probably canceling my subscription if […]

Review by Chris Harre
β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† (1/5) November 26, 2024

The app is still bad. I’m unsubbing, I would rather listen to commercials in Podcast Addict. Still won’t save progress. Still uses data and streams episodes I have downloaded. I’m constantly being logged out for some reason? The Android media controls don’t work. The landing page is TV instead of Podcast, adding clicks to get […]

Review by Zack Pendleton
β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† (1/5) March 25, 2024

I thought the new app update would solve the issues I was having with the old app, but somehow it did the opposite. The old app had some quirks for me, like play/pause over headphones or my truck not working. But the new app is far, far worse. It doesn’t save my episode progress, so […]

Review by Jane Walsh
β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜† (4/5) October 19, 2024

The content is great! I love sword and scale and Mike is an amazing story teller. App specific: the sleep timer glitches(?) if you tap multiple times to select a different length of time, it will just stop the episode seemingly randomly after that. I’d love to be and to open the app and get […]

Review by Katie Phelps
β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜† (2/5) July 8, 2023

I liked the app the first two days, paid for a podcast subscription-first time ever…S&S got me thru 4 days w/o power due to storms. Day3- the app crashed or something- I can’t play any episodes. I have 1 episode downloaded it plays the first 15 sec&freezes- cant fast forward or rewind, can’t play prev/next […]

Review by snookie g
β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… (5/5) September 9, 2022

I love Sword and Scale! Best true crime podcast. Period! The story telling is amazing, the focus is strongly on the victims, not just the regurgitation of lurid facts. They do share many of the details that most podcasts gloss over. It is definitely worth the $5! I only have one issue, occasionally, the app […]

Review by Alex Hansen
β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† (1/5) April 24, 2024

app is broken, the podcast is fantastic but the app is terrible. I can only listen to about 5-8 minutes of an episode before the app crashes and signs me out. I have uninstalled and reinstalled more times than I can count and signed out and back in even more. I really wish I could […]

Review by Scott Wheeler
β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† (1/5) October 28, 2023

Content is great. App? Not so much. My favorite true crime podcast. I listen to at least one episode a day while I’m working through my vehicle’s Bluetooth connection. If I get distracted from the podcast and want to go back a few minutes I have to open my phone and do it through the […]

Review by Gwen Long
β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜† (4/5) August 2, 2024

I absolutely LOVE this podcast! I love true crime, but never got into podcasts…until my husband’s friend told me about this one as we discussed our love of true crime! I CAN’T stop listening. I started out with my audible subscription but wanted more, so I signed up for plus! I do hope the app […]

Review by Tyler Parent
β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† (1/5) July 12, 2024

Been a plus member since 2021. This app simply doesn’t work, I can’t even stay logged in for more than a few minutes. It constantly logs you out or crashes and stops playing or both. It’s sad because I haven’t even been able to listen to a full episode since it became exclusive to the […]

Review by Jessica Flowers
β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… (5/5) July 29, 2022

I’ve been using this app for about a year now and I have to say that it’s one of the best ones out there! It works better than most big name podcast apps, which is really saying something considering the size of this company. If i were to give any feedback (it’s fine the way […]

Review by Derek Cohen
β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† (1/5) May 4, 2024

My absolute favorite crime podcast. App is atrocious and unusuable, and a stupid move to being app only. Update: they added a little icon for downloading that you can click but the app still doesn’t work offline at all including playback or selecting an episode. So there still isn’t a download feature. It also doesn’t […]

Review by Sage Morton
β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜† (3/5) June 2, 2024

Enjoyed the app at first, but the most important features for me are remembering where I left off and actually loading in under a minute. These two things are still not available from my current experience. I initially rated the app a 5 when it first dropped, but sadly, I had to change it. Also […]

Review by 13 Blocks
β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜† (3/5) March 8, 2024

App is nice but one major flaw. Playback of an episode does not resume where you left off. This means having to skim through an hour or more long episode to try to figure out where you left off. Not cool. Google podcasts does remember where you left off no matter how long its been […]

Review by Don Gates
β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† (1/5) June 11, 2025

this podcast is great, one of my favorites. dark, audio footage from real interviews, court hearings, body cams. it’s great. the app, SUCKSSSSSSS. Episodes will randomly stop, it will log you out for no reason, if a phone call comes in, the episodes will keep playing silently, leaving you to figure out where you left […]

Review by Yasser Madi
β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜† (2/5) March 7, 2024

Podcast is amazing and looking forward to watch the show. Unfortunately, the updated app (the reason for the 2 stars), doesn’t seem to work in the car. It only worked while playing music on Spotify. If pause Spotify, I lose S&S audio lol. The app looks nice, but not as user friendly compared to previous […]

Review by Matt Szewczyk
β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜† (3/5) March 9, 2024

The podcast is phenomenal! The best true crime podcast out there! The app however, needs work. The issues I’ve noticed so far are when I play an episode I can’t play/pause with Bluetooth headphones after a random period of time, sometimes right away. Tried a few pairs of headphones and a couple devices, same issue […]

Review by J0 J0 B
β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† (1/5) June 14, 2025

It won’t let me pause the audio on the pop up display player, or using the pause button on my earbuds. Response – yes it has been and still is the newest version available, still same problem. Also, it doesn’t save or pick back up on the episode I am currently listening to when the […]

Review by Ashley Callahan
β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… (5/5) July 25, 2025

I can’t say enough good things about this podcast. I found it on Spotify around episode 250 and was immediately hooked (I’ve listened to more episodes than I can count). I’m big on the facts. You’ll find 911 calls, police interviews, and other content. Just a really solid podcast. Paying for additional content is 100% […]

Review by Shannon De Buiser
β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜† (2/5) November 20, 2024

like everyone else: this app constantly logs out, which is a major pain when you’re a car listener; it doesn’t save where you left of in an episode; and it randomly won’t play over basic Bluetooth speakers. I get that it’s tough to design your own app, but the first app was just fine — […]