i'm sad to say i'm going to have to find a new podcast app as beyondpod has become Beyond Frustrating. on the other hand, i'm glad to see i'm not alone here -- and it's not just me. BeyondPod *used to be* my favorite podcast app, literally right up until yesterday. yesterday, my phone crashed and i lost *ALL* of my feeds. i've rebuilt my feeds, but now the app is *incredibly* buggy. - playlist does not automatically play the next episode (i've double and triple checked to ensure i have it set up to do so, but it's not) - sometimes it just stops playing in the middle of a podcast for no reason whatsoever. it just stops. - sometimes, when this happens, if i hit play, it will start playing the episode from the beginning of the episode *and* from where it left off. if i stop the playback, the "ghost playback" continues. if i close the app entirely, the "ghost playback" will continue playing. i once had TWO ghost playbacks going at the same time. i had to open and close the app three times to get all of the different audios to stop.

Been using it for many many years. Was always my most reliable app. Went through 4 phone upgrades but always had this. Now I'm ready to find a new one. About a year ago it started to lock up and freeze every time you hit play on a widget or lock screen play button. It will hang on a white screen for 2-3 min before loading or won't load at all until I go into settings and force close it.