Breaker
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Breaker - The social podcast app 🎧

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Listen to the best new podcast episodes with Breaker. Follow your friends to see what they’re listening to, and discover new shows that you’ll love. Like, share, and comment on your favorite episodes. Join the Breaker community and listen to the best stuff!

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Breaker (YC W17) replaced Overcast as my default podcast player a few weeks ago when I got into the beta. The app has many of the same features as other podcast apps (e.g. sleep timer, skip forward, subscriptions) but with community and focus on episode-level discovery. I'm excited to see it grow as a product and community. Find me in the app (username: rrhoover) to see what I'm listening to. 😊
: 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. - any thoughts? But even if they don't, it's a solid app, even in Beta form.
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.
: 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...
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.
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!!
Android please 😐
Maker
We‘re just getting started! We do plan to build an Android app eventually.
"eventually"
Great! I'd provide contact information in exchange for letting me know if "eventually" ever turns into "currently."
how far off is "eventually" -- weeks? months?
Maker
We just launched a waiting list for Android, so you can be the first to be notified when our Android app is live:
I was able to try the beta of Breaker thanks to Product Hunt 🙏and I really like the app. The social aspect might not work for everyone but IMO it can be a great way to democratize podcasts. I am currently try it instead of Overcast to see if it could replace it. I have some feedback. User onboarding for login could be better if It would open the Twitter app instead of Twitter.com on Safari. The experience would be better 😃Otherwise really great app 👏
I agree on the user on boarding, would be easier if it opened the Twitter app (if installed) 👌
how does this app democratize podcasts? I'm not sure I follow.
Any plans for a Mac/Web app? I've still been using Downcast (unfortunately) all these years, simply because they have a decent Mac app.
This is the app that I'm not crazy enough to make but I've been waiting for someone to develope for a very long time. Great job!
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haha I agree! Thanks! It was a lot of work.
I used Overcast on iPhone, and I use PocketCasts now that I am on Android. I must say that this, design wise, looks much more cluttered and less tended to than those options. The social features don't have any sway on me, so this probably wouldn't be for me.
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.
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.
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.
I'd love to be able to follow all or select some of the people im following on Twitter / Facebook
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?
it was available on Play Store!
Maker
We‘re just getting started! We do plan to build an Android app eventually.
Maker
We just launched a waiting list for Android, so you can be the first to be notified when our Android app is live:
This app has replaced Overcast for me as well. Lucky to have participated in the beta for a few weeks!
I've been trying this for the last few weeks and love the community they've built – it was the missing link in podcasts for me, since it often felt like you were living in a vacuum – there are so many likeminded listeners out there!
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