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Ryan Hoover

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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Ryan Hoover
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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. 😊
Lucas Grohn
@rrhoover The focus on finding individual podcast episodes that fit my usage pattern has been awesome!
Jerry Becker
@rrhoover : 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. @sferik @leahculver - any thoughts? But even if they don't, it's a solid app, even in Beta form.
Marc
@beckerjs 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. @rrhoover
Jerry Becker
@themarc @rrhoover : 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...
Josh Muccio
@rrhoover 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.
Nagarjun Palavalli
Android please 😐
Erik Berlin
Maker
@palavalli We‘re just getting started! We do plan to build an Android app eventually.
Matt Albiniak
@sferik Great! I'd provide contact information in exchange for letting me know if "eventually" ever turns into "currently."
W Ian Douglas
@sferik how far off is "eventually" -- weeks? months?
Erik Berlin
Maker
@iandouglas736 We just launched a waiting list for Android, so you can be the first to be notified when our Android app is live: https://www.producthunt.com/upco...
Jamie Martin
@iandouglas736 @sferik Any update to this?
Alexandre Mouriec
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 👏
Nic Coates
@mrcalexandre I agree on the user on boarding, would be easier if it opened the Twitter app (if installed) 👌
Frank
@mrcalexandre how does this app democratize podcasts? I'm not sure I follow.
Okke van der Wal
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.
abasa aka pfazer
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!
Leah Culver
Maker
@abasa haha I agree! Thanks! It was a lot of work.
Jesse Wallace
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.
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@jesse_wallace Then again, this is in beta and will likely improve UI pretty quickly
Leo Vogel 🇺🇳
@jesse_wallace 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.
Jesse Wallace
@_sklahr_ 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.
Frank
@jesse_wallace 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.
Andrew Ettinger
I'd love to be able to follow all or select some of the people im following on Twitter / Facebook
Jason Alt
@andrewett 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?
Sunil Neurgaonkar
it was available on Play Store!
Erik Berlin
Maker
@sneurgaonkar We‘re just getting started! We do plan to build an Android app eventually.
Erik Berlin
Maker
@sneurgaonkar We just launched a waiting list for Android, so you can be the first to be notified when our Android app is live: https://www.producthunt.com/upco...
James Zhang
Top Product
This app has replaced Overcast for me as well. Lucky to have participated in the beta for a few weeks!
Please delete
I've never jumped on the podcast wagon, but this is so easy to use! Really love I can listen in the background while messing around on my phone 👏
Marc
@caprihiggins YouTube is the only app I know of that has missed this functionality. Yet another indicator that YouTube-only shows are not podcasts.
Owen Williams
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!
Javier Torrez
A podcast app that's free, usable, and hits the UI/UX out of the park...I've been looking for this for a loooong time. Great job to the Breaker team!
Frank
@jactorrez How does this app "hits the UI/UX out of the park"? What does that mean exactly to you?
Jevin Sew
Love the extensive choice of podcasts! Great app!
Kunal Bhatia
Seeing a trend towards products that get enhanced by the community (e.g., Refind, Anchor, Glitch). I haven't been a regular subscriber to any podcasts yet, just single episodes. Breaker may help me start listening regularly!
Chris Jayden
I read the tag line as: Listen to podcasts at the same time with your friend. That would be awesome 🐼
Steven Law
I am using Breaker as my main and only podcast driver, I just love the simplicity of the app and the easy re-ordering of podcasts. Try it for a week as your only Podcast app and you will be switching to it.
Colin Devroe
I'm much more of an episode-listener than a show-subscriber (though I have a few subscriptions). I typically use Huffduffer by @adactio to cherry pick episodes to listen to. I'm looking forward to using this app to discover episodes rather than entire podcasts. Great work @leahculver!
Jon Nemargut
Great app you all! I love the social aspect of this. Recommendations are incredibly handy in the podcasting world.
tom meagher
Breaker recommended the single best podcast episode I have listened to. EVER. Naval Ravikant on Reading, Happiness, Systems for Decision Making, Habits, Honesty and More (Follow me @tom)
Gil Fewster

Adding a social layer to listening and discovering podcasts is a nice idea, but Breaker doesn’t appear to offer any easy way to unlink social platforms or erase your profile/data of you change your mind. Given the incredibly vague privacy policy, it’s asking for a big leap of faith.

Pros:

Social angle Is nice

Cons:

Inadequate custom playlist

Woefully vague privacy policy