Overhaul FM: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

The Good:

Let’s start with the Good. Over the past two years we have done everything we can to improve and grow within this beautiful industry we call podcasting. With the introduction of our podcast app - Overhaul FM - we wanted to create an app that we would want to use, focused on podcast discovery.

Overhaul FM on Google Play Store - Overhaul FM on Apple App Store

After several updates, we wanted to provide our users with good news on our progress and where we stand. Since our last release, we have drastically improved the features and functionality of the Overhaul FM app. As an example, we are pleased to announce that our app now supports creator-made podcast transcripts. Transcripts, if available, will now automatically appear within the Overhaul FM app on both Android and iOS.

We have received several critiques and recommendations over the past two years which has allowed us to add to our full list of features which now include:

• Podcast Episode Transcript Support
• For You Page for New Listening Recommendations
• Update to Queue for seamless listening
• New Episodes section for playlist built off your subscriptions
• Support for Podcast Episode Art
• Keep Listening section to pick up on listening right where you left off
• UI/UX improvements & much more (soon to come - currently in development)

So we hope you enjoy the app. But there’s more to this than just the app. Over the past two years we have done our best to reach out to this diverse community and exchange ideas with several people & groups within the podcast space. As a black-owned & operated company, it was our honor to partner with Afros & Audio in 2023. We also had an opportunity to work with the Outlier Festival and the Podfest Expo as well. These groups and organizations keep podcasting moving and we are happy to support them in any way we can.

The Bad

Now for the Bad. Creating a podcast app is not easy. What may take a few seconds for a user to access may have taken our dev team hundreds of hours to successfully implement. While we strive to do our best in providing the highest quality experience, at times we struggle and fall short of that mark.

We have had many bugs, issues, crashes and more within our tenure. Lots of problems. Like - a lot. You as the user however, let us know that and we listened. We are grateful for your feedback. It’s because of YOU we improved & will continue to do our best to strive to be better every day.

The Ugly

Last but not least, the Ugly. When we started this venture we had every intention to keep the app as clean and user friendly as possible. That is still our goal. However, due to rising costs, we unfortunately had to come to the decision of incorporating visual ads into our app.

Ads are minimal and allow us to keep the app free for users. However, if you’d like to help support us, we offer an ad-free version of the app starting at $0.99/month or $9.99/year.

And that’s pretty much it for now. If you’ve read this far along we are both impressed & grateful.

As always, please let us know what you think, whether it’s good, bad or just plain ol’ ugly.

Happy Podcasting Everyone.