Sword And Scale

I love s&s, but how does this app still suck so much for Android? it's been years. I started subscribing again after a few years, but it's not worth the money, if you have an android.

absolutely love this. it's perfect for my 12 hour work shifts. it gets 4 Stars because I am a plus member but have run out of things to listen to. lol.

I can finally say they got the app perfect!

I love this podcast! I love Mike! he's an incredible host and I imagine we think alike because he always says out loud what I'm thinking. if you love true crime you will love this! it is not for the faint of heart!

the app force stops 2x every episode

Love the show, love Mike and his sense of humor and I have enjoyed the app since subscribing. One of the best podcasts out there.

Okay so if i turn my battery settings to max it does not auto close every 9 min but I was hoping you could update your app to allow it to not shut down if phone is on optimize setting. looks like it could be updated so i could select it to not shut down. none of my other apps close when on optomize setting. great show.

Sooooo good! Mike is the BEST storyteller out there!!

I have no problems w/ any other app except this 1. It never just plays the next episode I have to close the app and reopen, for me to be able to start the next episode. It doesn't matter if I'm using WI-FI or my data. I have uninstalled & reset my phone & reinstalled I also updated everything. I only renewed my subscrip for the app to listen to all the old episodes from the beginning then I'll uninstall, again! ALSO, WHY SO DIFFICULT TO FIND THE FFW & RRW BUTTONS !!!!! I have tho, finally 🙄

I love the show so much it is one of my favorite podcasts. it's the main podcast I listen to. I'm a plus subscriber so I really have no choice but to use this app that being said this is the worst app I have ever used. I can't even name off all of the glitches and errors that are constantly happening. I can't even get through a whole episode without having to deal with some kind of problem. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app all of the things and nothing helps. Will update if fixed

LOVE YOU GUYS

I LOVE THIS APP!!!! App has a few hiccups every now and again, just like any other. Mike is always right on it though.

Best true crime podcast ever!! No one can tell a true crime story like Mike Boudet!

Greatness all around. Great podcast, great TV show, great content. This app on the other hand sucks big time. So many playback issues that it makes it hard to get through an episode. There are random pauses, restarts and skips to different time marks. Sometimes the episode will change all by itself and skip a few in the process. None of my other media apps do this, just this one.

not commenting on the show, but this is a review for the app and the app is freaking awful. it won't save my credentials like ever. it crashes unexpectedly, it will back me out of whatever I'm listening to and I go back in and it shows that it never started. so unless I remember where I was on the episode I mean I have to start from the beginning. also if you close it or I mean you just turn the screen off on your phone. a lot of times it will stop or it go in and out. fix plzzzzzzzzz

I love the podcast, but the app is unusable. I'm paying monthly for a podcast I can't listen to, because it stops *multiple* times per episode. When I hit play to get it going again, it restarts the episode EVERY TIME. For the record, I listen at home where I have super high speed internet, which is required for my job. No issues with anything but this app. I can't seek out the spot I left off at 20 times per episode while I'm trying to work. If this isn't resolved soon, I'll be unsubscribing.

Thanks to the developers who worked hard to make this app bug free as much as possible. When is this app going to get Android Auto support?

love the podcast, this app is horrendous. every episode crashes, when I restart the app it will be at the same timestamp from 5 crashes ago. this has been going on for years now. fix the damn app Mike!!!!

love listening to Mike, just wish the app didn't randomly stop so often. regardless of that minor issue I am happy to support this crew monthly

5 because the podcast is top notch. the app is mostly functional but it crashes on me at least once per episode which is very annoying. outside of that, I would suggest being able to filter episodes by season. I restarted the series a while back and every time I open the app I have to scroll past over 100 episodes to get to my current place. also autoplay seems to always start playing episode 1 after any episode I listen to rather than the next in sequence.

love love the content but the app is very frustrating. every episode about 10 mins in the app closes and I lose my place! please fix

Good looking app. But there's no "mark unplayed" option to make going back and listening to old episodes in sequence cumbersome.

podcast quality has gone down significantly over the years, while price continues to rise. I really tried to hang in there but what drew me to this podcast is no longer there.

Love love love this podcast but this app keeps crashing. Also cant figure out how to mark the videos as viewed and forget where I left off. Seems to crash whenever my phone gets additional notifications and doesnt stay where I left off when I re-open it. Super annoying.

Love the Podcast but hate the app. Keeps logging me out. App won't open. I uninstalled it and then installed it. now it will not let me log in. I am sad. Just sad about it. 🥺

I started listening on Spotify season 10 episode 232 and I'm hooked, I've been trying to find the rest of the seasons when I I kind out there's an app with all of them I felt like a kid in a candy store! I'm excited to listen to of them.

love the show, But this is probably one of the worst apps I have used. constantly crashing for no reason, restarting my episodes or just straight up skipping them.

I keep getting signed out. And just yesterday I had to create a new password and now it doesn't work. When I try to recover a new one with my email it says 'unable to resolve host'.....'no address associated with hostname'. This is getting old now.

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% worth it. The app is super user friendly, and there's much more content than on Spotify!

Absolutely LOVE S&S. Been a loonnnng time plus member. The app is great, but lately it just stops playing randomly every episode, 1-3 times & when I hit play again, it starts playing 10-15 min back from where it syopped then I have to find my spot again & it's tough to do while driving. Uninstalling now & will re-install which I hate doing, but if it'll play all the way, I'll try it. I'll update if it works

I wanted to love this app because I love the podcast but I like to listen at 2x speed. There is no option to speed up the sound and when I listen to it at regular speed it honestly feels so slow.

I download every single episode and still can't listen to it. I work in an environment that I have very little signal so I think downloaded episodes would have no issues, but that's not the case. Even if I use the wifi at my job I still can't listen. The download is magically gone and I have to wait to get home to try to download it again. I also found out I have to download it twice in order for it to try to play. I don't know who to blame, I just want to listen to my episodes smoothly.

Love Sword and Scale. Would be great if there was an option to hide played episodes.

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 app times out or it is closed. Having to go back through all the clicking and scrolling just to finish the last 5 min of an episode is so frustrating.

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 off. I understand losing money to people sharing a private rss, but I'd much rather listen in my preferred app.

It's a charming app that offers podcasts on criminal stuff. I listened to one of them and enjoyed it. I kind of want to plunge into the paid version since it's so well designed and the content interesting.

keeps cutting off and stopping the app every 10 to 15 minutes, very frustrating

Without a doubt my favorite podcast, but like so many other reviews say the app is just horrible. Constantly logging you out, and not saving where you left off are major hindrances in enjoying such great content. Unfortunately I am unsubscribing as well until the app gets fixed.

love

love love love the stories. the app needs work. It does not bookmark where you leave off so remember the episode you are on! Also randomly stops "something went wrong" error and you need to restart the app. Once you finish an episode the next one in line does not play. It defaults back to episode 1 and YOU NEED TO SEARCH AGAIN. Not driving friendly. again... love the stories. 5 stars for the stories and presentation.

an amazing podcast, but sadly, the app sucks, non stop crashing, and it's been like this for years. listen on spotify instead

best true crime pod out there... just wish the app would auto play the next ep, and not constantly pause on its own

I didn't know I would like stories about these subjects

So frustrating that this app is still functioning so poorly to the point ive stopped using it now. please fix the bugs and poor functionality

The episodes/podcast is great, but the app sucks. You need a signal to play downloaded episodes??? It does not resume any of the episodes where you left off. Super glitchy

Love the show, despise this app. Logs me out every day and crashes every 10 mins and doesn't save my spot in the episode when it does.

Best podcast ever, on the worst app ever. Good luck.

Love listening to your podcast, I listen every night. Have just paid for a subscription 😊

The best podcast but substandard app. Can't sort by show type and it doesn't keep track of episodes you have listened to, i.e. archiving them and getting them out of your queue. I want to use the app and take advantage of no commercials but it's quite painful. Only gave two stars because I love the podcast, the app does not deserve both.

Just started using this app and kind of annoyed with it. Every time I start it, it brings me to the newest episode when I'm working my way from oldest to newest. Secondly, almost every episode so far plays about 7-10 mins in then restarts. Once I finish an episode, if it starts another episode, it brings me back to episode 1. Rather annoying, hopefully something can get fixed.

Amazing podcast but the app needs a lot of work. Constantly stops mid story and doesn't continue playing unless I go into it. And when I go into the app a lot of times it's unresponsive. Mike is an AMAZING story teller though.

App keeps stopping when listening to podcast.

Most is available without subscription really good stories

The app is finally user-friendly!

App keeps crashing on me.

I've been a plus member for like 4 years. Canceling now because I'm tired of Mike's little kind of racist remarks he always likes making. Hey freedom of speech whatever, but I'm not supporting it anymore. Have fun little shock jock.

Love the content of the podcast itself. Best true crime podcast out there, in my opinion. But for the love, fix the logging out issue! It's so frustrating to have to log in every freaking day, or multiple times a day, especially when you forget to do so before you start driving.

Big fan and supporter. Constructively the app is rough. It automatically logs me out every single day, even when just switching between apps then back. Also, the media being played is not recognized by Android Auto so it will not show a play bar with controls like other media apps. Hope that helps

I love S&S but man... This app is so glitchy. It sings me out, it doesn't play seamlessly with my headphones or in my vehicle. The audio needs to be paused from the app, the futures on my bose headphones won't work to rewind or pause. Need a little more attention to this app for the price of membership!

Exceptional, Mike B and his team produce a 5 star level of content throught his platform.

Play/pause needs to be available from pulldown and lock screen. Currently, you have to unlock your phone, find and open the app, expand it, and then hit pause. It's not a great user experience. It now remembers the episode that I'm listening to after closing the app, so 👍 to that

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 to where I want to be. Sorry Mike. Great podcast, but we need RSS feeds back. Give us freedom.

App isn't letting headphones pause the episode. Have to physically pull out unlock phone open app and press pause. Pretty annoying. Use to work now I don't know what they did to the app to bug it.

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 -- at least it was functional. I'm going to unsubscribe at this point, as much as I love the content.

Great true crime

I keep getting charged but it won't let me access the program. So I'm just going to delete it and ask that I be reimbursed for the last 6 months of unused programming! Laura Orr

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 to the last episode I was listening to. Currently, there's just a play button and it'll play whatever is latest if you click it. Having better access to player should be nice and help with continuity.

Was great, but after latest update it will not open

Finally unsubscribed. My grandfathered in 4.99 a month price was the only reason I stayed on this long. Here's why: -Blatant racist undertones throughout the entire episode with the newest. I have heard it before but this one took it to a whole new level. -They have become just flat out lazy. In the episode they play an audio clip and the host proceeds to restate the clip verbedum. -victim blaming in the episodes has become a real problem Show is now a dumpster fire

Was never a fan of the new app. Then the price doubled for the base plan. The show used to be so good. The earlier seasons the podcaster was able to focus on the show. Now he's more concerned about getting his personal opinions on anything and everything sprinkled through the show. He's too full of himself. The last 4-5 seasons were weak & only there for him too get in his quips. Definitely not worth paying for when there are so many other shows out there that can stay on track with the story.

fyi we want more pins and secret hidden episodes and stuff not more expensive content. Been here since the start, but still. We like pins and stickers, by we I mean the neurospicy folks here for the weird stuff. #adnandidit

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 will get a "bookmark" or "favorite" feature to save episodes (instead of dwnld); if I accidentally close out the app, it doesn't go back to where I left off, so if I forget what episode # I was on 🙄.

Don't like new app!! Can't fast forward or rewind! Doesn't save where I was in an episode. So disappointed!

Best app ever

The app doesn't work.. continuously stop the program I'm listening to, then goes back to the beginning when I try to restart it.

Not liking this app! It doesn't automatically stop when you have an incoming call which is irritating, and if I have it open and press pause to do something else it reopens on the home page and pressing play starts the first episode, rather than the one I was playing. When I open the season to find the episode I want it shows as fully played so if I can't remember the number I have no idea which play button the press. Also, the text is too small. Considering the cost, it's very poorly designed.

Love S&S but the app needs some work. App should run and be accessible via pull down notifications to play/pause etc. You have to go directly into app to control playing episode. Also cannot control via earbuds. A widget would be nice as well for ease of use. I also notice the app crashes often. Excellent content and have been a subscriber for years, but fix the basics!

I just sadly canceled my subscription after several years as a dedicated plus member. The new app is so awful and non-functional as a car listener. It does not save your listening place, constantly logs you out and the music in my car keeps playing when I hit play on an episode. This never happened with the old app. How did it get so much worse? I was really hoping for increased functionality and interfacing with Android-auto but have been so frustrated every time I open the app. Please fix it!

Love your show. Hate this app.

I do not like the new app. It is very confusing and difficult to use.

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 app, it's simply too frustrating.

My fav!!!

This is the best true crime podcast out. I have been listening for years, had to upgrade to plus to get more episodes. I am now listening to them all again for the 3rd time. Love you Mike, keep em comin xo

This app is TRASH 🗑️🗑️🗑️ cancelling my premium subscription immediately. LET ME USE MY OWN PODCAST APP WITH RSS

This app is the reason I'm no longer a hardcore subscriber, or any other level. The fact they took rss feed so it can't play on other apps was annoying but to have an app that will stop playing and if resumes will restart from the beginning makes it useless. The app would work about 50% the time with WiFi but when on mobile driving it was a 0% success of playing an entire episode. I'm personally not going to pay for content that I can't use. Fix the app or make it available on others.

Crashes every 15 minutes or so, making me log in again. Used to work fine, but the recent updates suck. In addition to the crashes, the new UI sucks too.

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 doesn't link up with Android Auto. So it's a major hassle if I want to listen while driving....which is often.

The app no longer starts where you left off , and the episodes just randomly stop causing you to start over

Sword and Scale is hands down the BEST and highest quality production, storytelling and award winning documentary-style podcast. No idiots talking over each other as they take turns reading Murderpedia to their audience and sneak in political agendas. Mike Boudet, never forget how incredible you are! Keep doing what you do! The new 2024 layout is APPsolutely stunning! Smooth and clean. Thank you for allowing offline downloads again! I APPreciate you! SAS has officially become part of my life❤️!

Love S&S and have been a listener since the beginning. Really really wanted to Love this app but it's unusable for me as is. I am visually impaired and so don't use the TV side of things and the podcast side seems like it fell by the way side. The podcast constantly drops or skips to the newest episode. If you open the app mid podcast it will play the newest episode and won't hold your spot. The design is not intuitive and I so desperately wanted to support the app but will just use Spotify.

Love this app and love the quality of content.

I love the content! The way each story is presented is great! It's unlike any other podcast! I can't get enough!! Thank you!

Can we get a "continue listening" button after opening the app and a way to change the seconds of the reverse button? 5 seconds is awful for me. Long time member. If it gets an update I'll immediately change it back to 5 stars. Edit: yay!!! Up to 4.5 stars. Rewind is up to 15 seconds!!! So much freakin better! Now for that continue listening tab amd it's an easy 5 stars.

Mike Boudet & S&S are amazing. Edit- Giving two stars due to the issues so far with new app. When you close the app and reopen, it doesn't save where you were when listening to episode. Android Auto is non functional unless you pause audio on other music playing on phone to listen to app, almost as if function isn't supported. Bonus content non existent on new app (raw interviews). Update - most issues fixed. Still having an issue with Android Auto and missing bonus raw audio. But + progress

This is hands down the best podcast I have ever listened to! The extensive research, entertainment value, production quality and a Host who is an awesome storyteller! He loves his loyal SAShole family. He's raw and brutally honest, yet cares deeply for the victims in every single story, giving them a voice from the Other Side. Mike Boudet, TY for all your love ,compassion, and hard work! BTW, I'm SO happy I can now download episodes!!! This App is pure perfection now!🖤💜⚖️💜🖤

Updated app works much smoother than the old. Nice new features. But the app will stop working and log you out after 5ish minutes. The only way to fix is close the app out, open back up, log in and play... for 5 more minutes till it logs you out again.

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 remember where you left off in the middle of an episode, not buttons for skipping or rewinding. You know what works great? The other 3 apps I have that can play podcasts!

I love S&S but the app is still having growing pains. Despite upgrading to the 19.99 membership I have to fight really hard to watch each episode of SSTV when it drops. The app design and features are fantastic and they are making fixes left and right but it's definitely still buggy.

The best podcast there is!! Keep doing what your doing this podcast is what gets me through my days!!! Thank you for all you do

This new app suuuuucks! It doesn't keep track of the episodes I've listened to already and if I stop an episode part way in and go back to listen later it doesn't tell me which episode I was on or where in the story I was and starts the episode over from the beginning. Very annoying! The other app worked just fine, please bring it back!!!

The old app was better. The new app randomly stops playing and logs me out. When I log back in, I have to guess where I was at just to get back to what I was just listening to. Then, after I log back in, I have to kill it and restart it half the time. It also doesn't store my login info, so I have to type in the username/password every time it crashes. Fingers crossed for next update!

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 this doesn't change

I love S&S but this app is pretty rough. Listen should come first, not watch. When in listen the default should be all episodes in chronological orders, then filter to regular, plus, and rewind. The player should pop up when an episode is clicked and it should be more obvious to get back to the player. This app doesn't properly use the android audio controls which makes listening in a car a nightmare. I can't wait until some of this gets fixed.

I love the podcast.. literally THE BEST true crime out there.. however, the app could use some attention. 1. Maintaining where left off when exiting the app still does not work. 2. Raw audio feature is no longer supported "bonus content" 3. Android Auto does not work - as stated by multiple users below.

The update seems nice but I don't like it. It's hard for me to tell where I left off, and it doesn't save where it was left off. So I was on an episode in the middle of it. Had to close it out cause I'm no longer driving. I went back the next morning to finish it and it's not there easily found like the last app. I used to love the app not sure why we upgrade things to make them more complicated. It's just not a feasible update.

Every single time I switch to HQ audio, it logs me out of my account and causes the audio to stop completely. When the default audio is chosen, it pauses every 6 to 7 minuets as if it's buffering. Have not been able to listen to a single hour uninterrupted since the new app has been released.

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 I have to remember where I am every time I use the app, no play/pause over Bluetooth devices, sometimes the audio just pauses itself, no downloading episodes, the list goes on. I love podcast, but the app needs help.

Since the update of the app my subscription has been lost and I cannot login back to my account. Trued signing up again and my level that I locked in a few years ago is no longer an option. i really would like to continue to support the cause but do not understand why my years of aupport is no longer valid. I hope support reaches out because emails have gone unanswered.

I've been a plus supporter for years, I logged in today and updated my app, was charged 99.99 instead of my normal 9.99, and you guys do not have a way to contact to get a refund. There is no place to even get help. I have to now go through my bank and the bbb. I hope this can get solved. You guys have been my comfort podcast for as long as I can remember now.

I love sword and scale. I like the app and how it works so far. A few notes I have are just in the function of the player I'd like it if you had a forward to next episode on the player control also if you can put a few episodes in a playlist to listen one after the other. Oh last thought I had was maybe the ➕ subscribers could have a week or two where we could share our plus with a friend so they can see if they would like it too.

Downgrade from previous version, which already had lots of problems. Now in addition to all of the same problems that seem to have carried over (poor Bluetooth control, etc) it is constantly signing me out, requiring me to enter my credentials multiple times a day. Very frustrating.

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 persists across all devices. A feature that is hopefully coming soon but is currently missing is the ability to cast episodes from the app to speakers, tvs, etc.

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 since listening to the episode. Unfortunately, SAS+ has killed off the RSS feed, which forces their users to use this app.

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 version. Was also hoping the new version had Android auto capability.

App works great. Love the Pod Cast! I live in an area with sporadic cell service so I need to download episodes in advance of driving. The library does not have the option of going latest episode coming up first, so I need to scroll through all episodes 1- 200's and all the plus episodes in between too. That is the only flaw which is only annoying when I'm driving and listening. Wifi no issues.

Easily the most addictive and immersive true crime content available. Great, no holds barred, storytelling. Perfect mix of narration, interviews, reporting and drama. Produced to a standard that outshines most well known podcast providers. My favourite for the past 3 years as nothing really comes close on a consistent basis.

THE BEST PODCAST / APP! I have listed to true crime podcasts for years and ready the books even longer. S&S was recommended to me a few years ago, but I didn't listen. One night I couldn't sleep and remember the recommendation. I've been hooked since. In less than a month I HAD to get the app, the add free, the bonus content...had to have it!! I love that the store is right there too. I only wish Nightmares was on here too, I always forget to check Spotify hahaha and I'm spoiled with no ads

The best True crime podcast around!! Strongly recommend spending for plus to get all the extra content. It's the only true crime podcast that tells you how it is. Rather than being so woke over policing their speech, to the point it makes the stories hard to follow...

The gold standard for podcast! I fell upon S&S on my stitcher app and was hooked about a month ago. I wanted to find the first couple seasons (82 episodes) and heard Mike mention this app of his, and for $5 month you are getting an amazing service! I'm new to sword and scale so I have so much catching up to do but this app is so user friendly and the true crime content is by far the best out there. Even the story's I already know I'll still listen for the new information I never heard before.

Excellently designed app featuring one of the best true crime podcasts available. They do the work to provide audio from cases that you won't hear elsewhere, and Mike Boudet is succinct and detailed. Have loved this podcast for a very long time and would recommend the Plus subscription and app to anyone who is interested in true crime.

Best True Crime podcast out there and I don't say that lightly. It sounds like a complete audio production. The real life footage and police interrogation tapes set it apart from others. App works pretty well and is pretty fluid. I usually turn off the screen and listen while I'm driving or doing stuff around the house.

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 episode. Canceling my subscription.. It's free podcasts or find new podcasts since I caught up,I guess. True BUMMER- I love the style he presents a case in- great story teller..App sucks!

I decided to get the app because using the web was such a pain. I like that the app has everything labeled, and I can go where I want fast. I do wish that it kept me where I leave off, instead of me having to go searching (example: I'm on episode 30 in plus, and each time I go to listen to the next episode, I have to go to Plus - then set it from oldest to newest then go to my next episode.) Perhaps an autoplay would be a nice edition. I LOVE that there are no ads or commercials.

Mike's comments make this the best! Even if I have heard the story before, I want to hear his version. Also love the fact you get to hear so many things first hand...with the boring stuff edited out. Literally my favorite crime podcast...get the app just for the sound quality if nothing else.

Much easier to get my Sword and Scale fix in. Had all the old episodes for when there is a period of boredom aka waiting for a new episode, and you want to listen through, again, for the 3rd or 5th time. Lol Long time listener since episode 2 or 3, was skeptical about getting an app on my phone. I already have so many, but having it on my homescreen being able to see a new episode pop up makes me happy.

Sometimes the app will stop every 2 minutes. I absolutely enjoy the podcast and have been listening for years. I'm a plus member, but when I have to keep messing with the app it's super frustrating. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app twice now. Im hoping all is good now.

Love the podcast and the app for the most part but 1) it's not compatible with Android auto. I would love to able to change the episode with my vehicle controls instead of reaching for my phone. And 2) the layout of the app doesn't save when I close it. So I have to find my place again every time I open the app.

Absolutely love this podcast. The app is finicky shuts down randomly no ryhme or reason, and when an episode finishes it will skip to the very first one of the season rather than continue to the next one. Would be nice if there was a "mark as finished" option to bypass that.

I find the app very easy to use. Love everything associated with S&S . Happy to have plus and the other extras included with the app. Better than other sites where it takes forever to find and/or continue listening to a particular episode. Love the notifications as well like knowing when a new episode is ready.

It's suspect that this app has nothing but 5 star reviews. If this review actually gets posted, it will be the only one with less than 5 stars. The podcast is great and the app is fine, but I definitely wouldn't give it 5 stars. On every android phone I have owned, including the S22 Ultra and Pixel 7 Pro, this app is the #2 battery drain. It will have like 15 hours of background activity. This, despite the fact that I only listen for an hour and swipe the app out of memory.

I have been listening to S&S since season 1 and it gets better and better with time. The original true crime podcast and the app makes it easy to binge the episodes. Plus is definitely worth it too because there are some crazy stories you're missing out on if you aren't a plus memeber. Thanks for all the hard work S&S.

If you listen to Sword and scale regularly, plus is good buy. If you've listened to the whole catalog on spotify (like i have), getting plus will give you over a 100 new episodes on plus. And there are some GOOD ones on there. Im almost done with the whole plus but ill still stay subbed just to support. Good job everyone!

I would give it 5 stars if the audio didn't randomly stop everyonce and a while, I'll have to keep going back in and pressing play because it will stop randomly. Other than that wonderful story telling, keeps you on edge and makes my day at work go by quicker listening!!

Hands down my fave podcast. I love the way that Mike presents the facts of the case and the style and setup of his story telling as a whole. As far as the app itself goes, no issues whatsoever, my only qualm would be I wish there was an option in app to connect to diff audio sources.

This app is my favorite way to listen to Sword and Scale. So glad they have their own platform. Ive been listening since 2014. S&S has always had a style of it's own and I'm glad they arent bending to fit anyone else's mold. No other true crime podcast compares. Love how Mike is unabashedly himself. I highly recommend becoming a Plus member, they put a ton of time into each episode and it shows. Thank you!!

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 just stops, but it works fine 99% of the time. Still, just become a plus member, you will not be sorry!

Overall a great app, great experience for the user, the only thing I would add into it would be a playlist feature, where I could add episodes from both the regular feed and also the plus feed. I'm a truck driver so I can't use my phone to change episodes when either the plus or regular feed finishes episodes so a play list feature would work perfectly for those times. Other than that I can't fault SAS

SAS is by far my favorite true crime podcast, and has been for the past couple years.. I'm a plus member, and the app is great. All the past episodes are there, and I've been working my way from the 1st plus episode all the way thru the most recent. My only issue is that for some reason the controls on my bluetooth earbuds don't work with the app. For example, I can pause by tapping the earbud, but these functions don't work with the app. No big deal tho. It won't stop me from listening

I love love this podcast. The app works really well and syncs pretty good across devices. My only wish is that it was compatible with Android Auto, I hate having to switch to a podcast app to listen to the main feed and then when I want to listen to plus I have to deal with having no controls because there's no integration

I really dig this app. I like the snooze timer. I like that I can create playlist and can download episodes. It's really convenient and easy to use in my opinion. Sometimes I can't skip to next episode but that's only sometimes and easily resolved by scrolling down and clicking on the next episode. No big deal 🤙

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 it is), would be to add a setting/option to view downloads in the order of download. Usually im driving when listening and it can be hard to scroll all the way to the bottom to find my newest download. Well done guys!

Love the podcast for years now. Plus is 100% worth it and love the overall delivery of each episode. Covers true crime that you've heard of before but always offers more detailed research and better follow up and covers tons of true crime you've never heard of. Mike's delivery is a little judgemental and he can come off as a dick, but somehow it's a perfect fit. Enjoy that he is similar age as myself and references things accordingly.

Love the content, but I'm having issues with the app.. I was listening on a phone with wireless earbuds and the episode kept pausing.. I switched phone with wired headphones and it still paused which told me the earbuds weren't the problem..

Let me say the 3 stars is just based on the app, sword and scale is a 5/5 and I love it but this app has some problems. If you pause it via headphones most of the time it won't let you resume by pressing the resume button on the headphones you have to unlock your phone and go into the app to do it. Also will decide to just not autoplay the next episode most of the time.

Amazing! My only issue is being able to pause using my ear buds but not being able to un-pause the same way. I have to open my phone and go into the app to get it to play. Otherwise, f*@k the haters, I love the show and the app.

I love the content can't stop listening only thing is there are a couple bugs my app will stop working completely in the middle of an episode or in between episodes and I find myself having to go back in find where I left off. also would be great if it automatically went to the next episode instead of me manually having to change it

Excellent app, and great podcast, I used to listen to date line and cold case but when I started sword and scale I never went back and I feel like those other show are not no way near as good as this show. The host is so good he be having my emotions all over the place because he makes you feel and understand the psychology of the killers instead of just telling you a story. A lot of the stories I heard multiple times but Mike gives me such a different view and gives me more information.

My fav true crime podcast. I've changed my plus membership twice this last month because you deserve it! I've only started listening a few weeks ago and I can't get enough. Started with S8 and started from the beginning. Same with the Plus+ esp. I didn't think it could get worse, but it did. The stories are so well told and Mike, 👏. Thanks for giving the victims a voice. The hardest ones are the ones that involve children. Monsters.

Well made app with easy navigation and easy access to the things I'm looking for! I've actually discontinued my subscription on and off (when money is tight) and been able to pick back up easily and effortlessly when I can. Love the app and the media quality too

Nearly perfect app with some minor flaws. I wish the download and info buttons were larger. I have a Samsung Note 20 Ultra - one of the largest smartphones ever produced - and I still have a hard time not accidentally starting an episode when I intended to hit the info or download buttons. The notification controls are great but sometimes the X/close button doesn't work. I also wish there was a setting to automatically delete a downloaded episode after listening to it.

We already know the show is amazing. The app is good so far, no real issues to report. The only thing inconvenient is if you stop an episode without the time running out, when you listen to another episode and let the time run to start the next episode, it'll play the episode you didn't let complete. I hope that makes sense..

I've had this app for six months and haven't had any problems since this month. As one reviewer mentioned it closes after a few minutes. I've reinstalled the app and it's still doing this. My favorite time to listen to this podcast is waiting to pick up my kids from school and on the way to do work so this is disappointing. It's my favorite show but I may cancel if I can't listen to the extra content I'm paying for.

I've listened to Sword and Scale for the last 3 or 4 years. Love the show, my absolute favorite. I've probably listened to all the free and plus episodes 3 or 4 times. Love the app! Very easy to use, and for me it's pretty self explanatory. Keep up the great work!

Monsters are real and so is Sword & Scale! Appreciate the facts delivered without sugar coating and sprinkles. It's a reminder that these times require us to stay on our toes, be aware and trust no one. When it comes to telling it like it is you are a category 5 while the haters are microbursts soon to fizzle out. Thanks for diving in deep and for the wake-me-up pinch Mike and team!

The sword and scale app is so easy to use. Often, listening to podcasts can be frustrating, but this app is completely intuitive and does what I need it to do. It's always easy to listen. In addition, and most importantly, the content is incomparable. Best podcast ever. Glad to be a plus member.

I've been listening to Sword and Scale for 4-5 years - it's my favourite podcast and recently started subscribing to Plus because I'm craving more content. App is great, the only things I wish is that 1) it would automatically take me to the last episode I listened to when I click on a tab and 2) I wish that it would continue onto the next episode automatically. If I select the episode from the list it does do this, but not if I stop playing halfway through and press play in the player.

A decent app for a great show without all the strings of major podcast networks. App runs well 98% of the time. Odd audio pauses from time to time. The audio quality is so good you have to download via WiFi or you won't have any data left. Because of that, my biggest UX complaint is managing downloaded episodes is too many steps and was too hard to find. Let me delete episodes without going to "Library".

The one that got me hooked many moons ago. Sword and Scale has consistently set the bar for how it should be done. The host has done things 'his way' which has, and still is, resulting in him having to do it the hard way, which in my opinion is wrong and is coming from 'cancel culture' and big organisations doing the easy thing and not the right thing. If you are a true crime fan you cannot go wrong by adding this to your library. In excess on 20,000 paying subscribers can't be wrong eh?

Sword and Scale is everything!! This podcast is extremely well done, well researched, and includes a ton of interviews, interrogations, news clips, etc., which keeps me completely addicted. This app is user friendly and doesn't glitch out like others have done for me. I love it, and love this podcast!!

The Best True Crime Podcast EVER!!! I've been listening for over a year maybe two now. I finally got their new app and joined as a subscriber. I appreciate the team and the effort they put to create a truly captivating and engrossing style of story telling. You can tell what Sword and Scale create is better than what others are putting out. Thank you to the whole team that creates true crime works of art. You are loved and appreciated for your hard work and dedication to your craft.

I hate this app as much as I love S$S. It takes forever to play the episode and when it finally plays, it played for a few seconds then stops. This repeats over and over until out of SUPREME frustration I just switch to another platform. GGRRRR!!

The app itself is a pain to operate. If I press pause on my headphones, the app wont play again unless you open up your phone and press play from the app. Lay out is ok, but took some doing to delete, downloaded episodes. The podcast itself is great. But not being able to just hit play from my headphones is a 2 star.

I could not get enough of sword and scale and bindged 7 seasons in 2 months that I HAD to get plus. It's a win/win. It helps keep it going and I get to hear more from Mike 😉. Little different than the original podcast in a navigation sense and it's a little glitchy but I just got on here so there's a learning curve I'm sure.

The 5 stars only count for the podcast, not the app. This is truly one of the 2 best podcasts out there; well researched, amazingly narrated, just the right amount of sarcasm! The app however, drives me nuts! Most times i cannot open it, because it keeps crashing. The rest of the time, there's an issue keeping it connected it to casting or bluetooth devices. ( It starts playing on the bluetooth as well as on the phone)

I actually dislike the app overall. The show is amazing. So randomly it will stop playing, I'll hit pause then play again, and the timer for the episode will say it's around 300 hours left and not play the episode at all. Quit, restart...good to go until next time. I'd also really like the toolbar option to have a next episode button....but I don't know if that's an app thing or an android thing ... Finally. Spotify has an amazing connect system... But it's lacking here.

This is a VERY Good Podcast. No B.S. Just one voice emerges you into the case. No unnecessary background music or sound effects. It's free to listen but I enjoy this podcast so much I am willing to fork over my $ for some bonus content :) P.s. I've noticed with the app sometimes it does stop playing, and it has done it to where when it goes silent I wonder if the app stopped or is it of Mike moving on to the next segment. Lol

I love sword and scale but this app keeps messing up on me, where it will play and then stop about 15 min into an episode. If I hit play on an another episode and go back to the episode I was originally listening to, it will resum playing. I've also noticed that if I'm listening to the app through a bluetooth speaker and turn off the speaker it will resum on my phone (like it should) however I can't get the app to stop playing unless I shut my phone off completely

I absolutely love Sword and Scale but this app is killing it for me. It keeps glitching really bad for me. It will suddenly stop playing mid episode and I'll have to completely close the app two times before it fixes only for it to do it again. It will sometimes stop the current episode early and start the next episode so now I have to go back myself to get the ending. Idk why it does this and if there are suggestions on how to fix, I'm all for it. I don't want to give up my Sword and Scale fix.

Best True Crime podcast BY FAR! Ive been a plus member for over a year now, paying 10 extra a month(NOT a requirement!) because I literally felt like I OWED Mike and the team for the absolute addicting greatness I was listening to for FREE! This app looks great, feels good. Been waiting for it!