Audm - New Yorker, Atlantic

Description

Audm presents the world's best long-form journalism, read aloud word-for-word by celebrated audiobook narrators. Listen to hours' worth of new stories every week, from publications including: * The New Yorker * The Atlantic * WIRED * Rolling Stone * New York Magazine * BuzzFeed News * Vanity Fair * The New Republic * The Daily Beast * The New York Review of Books * Outside Magazine * ProPublica * London Review of Books * The Atavist * Texas Monthly * Epic Magazine * The Texas Observer * The Times Literary Supplement * The Bitter Southerner * POLITICO Magazine * Esquire * Backchannel * Foreign Policy * Harper's Bazaar * Marie Claire * Road & Track * Popular Mechanics * First Things * Tablet Magazine * Pacific Standard * Guernica * World Policy Journal * The Marshall Project * The American Scholar * Places Journal * Coda Story * The Morning News Add stories to your playlist to download them, then listen on the go -- even with no Internet connection. Within a story, jump to any paragraph by tapping on it. Choose the narration speed you like best. After your free trial you will be charged. Payment will be handled through your iTunes account. The first charge will occur when your trial ends. Your subscription will automatically renew 24 hours before the end of each subscription period. You may cancel your subscription by going to iOS Settings > iTunes & App Stores > Apple ID > View Apple ID > Subscriptions > Manage. If you cancel in the middle of a subscription period, your cancelation will become effective at the end of that period. Terms of Service: https://www.audm.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.audm.com/privacy-policy

Reviews

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since writing the review below the developer has been working to correct the problems that i and other reviewers have noted. this concept is really solid so it's gratifying that the developers seem committed to doing the work to make sure it works. "the app is glitchy af. the content is good but it hiccups so bad in the playback it is impossible to listen to a story."

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Wait for a new version

I bought a new phone so I could use this app but so far it’s full of glitches. They’re very nice and respond to my complaints but so far all the updates and patches have failed me. Maybe save your money for now. It might get better.

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Great idea, unbelievably buggy

Gave up after multiple conversations with support team. Every time I open it the app hangs. Needs to be reset, re-installed...and then it forgets where I was. So every use involves me being my own support person. Would’ve worth it if it worked predictably. But it is predictable that it won’t work.

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Previously given this a one-star, but...

But since I can’t seem to revise that review, I decided to write this new one. After an update, the app became very glitchy, with a lot of pauses between paragraphs and crashes. When I got in touch with support (mainly to tell them I’d never recommend their app to anyone), one of the developers, Ryan, responded almost instantly. Over the course of a day, he helped to resolve the problem (and acknowledged that they knew of this and had been working to fix it) and another update was also released. The app now works beautifully and delivers exactly what I’d hoped it would: an audio selection of terrific long-form articles from a variety of publications. I have discovered new magazines through this service (who knew The Bitter Southerner even existed?) as well. If you enjoy good journalism but don’t want to spring for multiple subscriptions, this is a very nice compromise.

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Great idea, poor tech

I love using Audm’s service, but the app is rather buggy. It keeps wanting to re-download already downloaded and queued articles. It also hangs or crashes more than it should. Time for a code review and cleanup?

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Excellent app!

There were some bugs but I reported them, was responded to promptly, and they fixed it really quickly with a new upgrade! Excellent content, readers, variety and selection. I’m recommending it to everyone I know.

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This is the glitchiest app I’ve ever encountered.

The current iteration buffers every paragraph with long pauses in the playback and often requiring repeated presses of the play button to keep it going.

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Such a great idea, so poorly executed

I’ve used Audm for years. The download for laser function has never worked. Confusingly long pauses between paragraphs. App will stop playing multiple time mid-article, and getting it to play again is frankly a hazard when driving, which when I most like to listen. The scroll feature will freeze randomly. It’s such a simple concept — basically podcasts that you can read along with — and it is beyond me how it continues to be so buggy.

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Peerless content, pedestrian app

The “Download for later” function doesn’t really work; I have to re-download everything whenever I navigate away from the app or pause playback. That said, the quality of the content more than makes up for the frustration. Just make sure you’re on WiFi.

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Too many bugs make it worthless

This is a great idea, but this app turned out to be a total frustration. I signed up for the three day free trial intending to pay for at least a month to try it. Unfortunately, I was able to listen to only one article. I tried several others, but each time the application froze up while “searching “ for the piece. The only way I could get out of it after several minutes of waiting for the piece to come on was to shut down my IPad completely. So, this app wa s just a waste of time. If I could, I would give this zero stars. What a shame! Need need serious work on your iPad app.

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