Reviews for Wondery: Must-Hear Podcasts

Truly the worst streaming app I’ve ever used. It logs me out randomly and never keeps track of where I pause in my podcast. Without fail, every single time, I have to spend forever trying to find where I left off because this stupid app can’t even do that for me. I only keep it […]

Not worth it, even the free trial. Closes and restarts anytime you go to another app (without closing wondery app). It doesn’t actually matter if you download episodes, because the app won’t open if you don’t have WiFi/data connection. Always slow even when working well. Overall a disappointing app, which is unfortunate because I really […]

I’m ready to cancel my subscription! Every time I get a text or notification it skips the podcast back a few minutes or more. I listen at work or while driving and I can’t easily find the spot I was at. It’s ridiculous. In typing this, it happened three times! It’s not worth it when […]

I work with my hands and its very difficult for me to stop what I’m doing to re-open the app because it crashes all the time. ): I pay for this because Pandora Premium still includes ads on my favorite pods, but at least it doesn’t crash. It also doesn’t make me re-listen to episodes. […]

It’s a good thing Wondery Plus is a free trial subscription, otherwise I’d want my money back. You have to use Google Podcast to search because the app is useless. It finds nothing. Constant uninstall/reinstall due to errors, “can’t access”, “no internet connection” and “not available”. Doesn’t resume or sync across devices. Doesn’t hold the […]

Worked after initial install. Set up my profile and picked some podcasts. Got puah notifications. Clicked on one two days later. Won’t log me in. I put info in and it just sits on ‘in progress.’ Finally uninstalled and reinstalled. Same issue. Tried signing up for a new account. Put in info, hit submit, it […]

I like that I get early access to my favorite podcast episodes. What I don’t like is that this app drains my battery so much faster than other apps. I also don’t like that it glitches and freezes, having to force close and reopen. Not a huge deal, because I’m doing a free trial. Otherwise, […]

Glad I only paid for a month. I feel bad for creators who have contracts w/ Wondery & are stuck w/ them. The content is great but the app is TERRIBLE/HEAVY. It crashes constantly. You have to manually play each episode; rarely will it automatically start the next one in a series. Now, it’s refusing […]

I have used this app for years and really enjoyed it. But the last couple months, it will not download episodes to listen to offline. I can click it, but it just spins and spins. It might randomly show up in my downloads, but that’s rare. Very frustrating.

I’d really like to leave a better rating. The podcasts that I listened to are great. My issue is that it absolutely kills your battery due to it wanting the battery saver turned off. Yes, you can leave the saver feature on. But then the app constantly hits you with a pop-up that tells you […]

The content on this platform is incredible but this app continues to be ATROCIOUS. I have used it for well over a year and it loads 50% of the time. Unfortunately, I’m just not going to be able to renew my subscription at this point because it is consistently terrible. The entire job of this […]

for an app that encourages a paid subscription its not user friendly. it doesnt auto play, I have to manually do it and half the time it throws me out of the whole section every time I have to. it would be a lot more convenient to have these on streaming platforms instead of ones […]

I really wish I would have read the reviews before I paid for a subscription because the app hasn’t been loading for the past two days. WITAF. ETA: I was advised to uninstall and reinstall the app. Am I going to have to do this every five days?! It not loading again today, June 30. […]

This is one of the worst interfaces and buggiest apps for podcasts. If you commute or are in your car for work chances are you listen to podcasts. I downloaded this because you have to use this to listen to exclusive wondery podcasts. The podcasts are terrific but this app is not. It is a […]

JULY 2025: EXTREMELY slow and cumbersome, IF it opens. It usually does not. I pay for an app that does not work only to avoid commercials. If I could listen to the wondery podcasts I pay for, commercial free, on another app, I would. ALL the free apps work better. Years of “we’re sorry” answers […]

Just plain broken. At first I thought it was me or my phone, but reading others here it looks like it a common issue. For me, it just plain doesn’t open in android auto. Just a spinning circle. I tried every step that they recommended. Nothing worked. It’s a shame because the podcasts are good […]

I really enjoy the podcasts and content, but the app itself makes the listening experience frustrating. Even when I’ve already downloaded an episode—knowing I’ll have poor connection—it still just spins when I open the app, instead of resuming where I left off. On top of that, the audio doesn’t pause when my navigation gives directions. […]

I’m glad I went with the free trial first. Wondery content is great but I can’t get the app to work. Every show I try to play, it just loads and loads and loads and never actually plays. Very frustrating. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app but nada, still can’t play anything. I would […]

Don’t bother downloading anything. You have to connect to the Internet to access your downloaded podcasts. And if you connect, leave the app open, then listen to one podcast offline, as soon as you unlock your phone to listen to another episode, the app automatically logs you out. it used to just do the first […]

I started using this app because I thought it would manage my podcasts better than spotify. It does not. Even though I have continuous play selected, I still have to manually select the next episode in a series half the time, and that’s almost always while I’m driving. It also keeps logging me out for […]