Podcast app crashing in iOS 9

I think you may have missed the right path....you start with General....not the iCloud ....and not Documents.....try again...

Thanks for this link. I just put it to use. We ALL need to do this!!!

Susan

Gosh that just *****... mine hasnt been working either and have been trying to use another app called OVERCAST for my podcasts, but i have all my junk organized in APPLE's podcast app... since they're the geniuses who started it! LOL Oh well... i hope they fix it soon, because I AM A PODCASTER and cant even listen to my own podcasts on my PHONE... ridiculous! i wish i could just go back to IOS8 now until the fix.

Same issue- after IOS 9 update. Podcast app indicates "updating library"- white screen, then crashes. I called Apple Support and they indicated they had not heard of this issue- reccomended complete reset.

Hallie.....by this time, Apple definitely knows there is a problem.....not only are there dozens of these pages on their web site ....but it is at least a Podcast issue. My phone was restarted twice....the last was a total wipe to new.....reload everything new and individually .....HORRIBLE torture .....and the Podcast crashing issue remained. I trimmed, deleted , and turned off everything everywhere I could think of ....rebooted...checked updates....same. Then I listened to the others...change to Overcast....so far...so good ....it's all Apple's problem from the way I see it. I would gather it might be " normal " at an initial download when it's brand new and so many are stressing the system.....but that doesn't explain the Podcast App Crashing and no other issues. Further, when I phoned Apple Care...I too was told they don't know what I'm talking about....except they couldn't find any thing on their end about Podcast's being iOS9 ??!!! Huh ? If only Podcasts are your issue , I'd try Overcast.

Same issue here.

In my case I think that the updating library simply doesn't work correctly. I checked the list of podcast through the Storage setting and could only see 3 out of x podcasts. For these I had an information of the space they take, for the others the space used is called "Document & Data" (some 1.3GB in total).

Not sure yet if I want to go back to reset the app as it would mean to search for the podcasts I set up all over again ... and too bad to say .. I can't remember them all (guess I might consider that those I don't remember were not worth while ;-)) ...

anyhow, until no overcast, soundcloud are interesting apps, but they don't do the things I liked about podcast (i.e. the sleep timer)

And thanks to all of you posting the direct feedback links to apple ... I usually try to avoid them as I find the support pages pretty much useless / counter intuitive. So your links helped to add to the feedback 🙂

fhontoy: I'm brand new to Overcast and haven't found " it ' yet.....but if you read the iTunes App listing for Overcast, it lists " sleep timer " as an option. Most of the perks require the pay option....but all say it's worth it, so I went for it....and so far very happy.

Also....you might find a list of your podcasts in your iTunes app ....I did. Overcast says it it can import some podcasts, but I don't know the limitations .

Thank you mulelady!

You are right there is a sleep timer option, but it is in the paid version of Overcast, which is why I didn't test it yet. I'm new at Overcast and thus still figuring things out 🙂

Thank you for the idea with the list of podcast. Good point, sadly that's part of an error I made: It belonged to the things I didn't synchronize with iTunes .. so it seems, that I'm lost there too. .. but I'm used to problems with iTunes ;-)

I have the same problem even after 2 support calls with apple and 5 hours of wasted time including 2 restores!

feedback submitted - thanks for the suggestion!

I tried restoring from back up at the suggestion of apple support - didn't fix the podcast crashing.

My iPhone6 is still not working after a total restore as described w/ the iCloud backup.

My Podcast app still crashes after trying to load the library. I have tons of storage available to it (>40GB) so it shouldn't be related to a memory or storage issue.

Very disappointed with this iOS9 update. I hope Apple has software guru's working 24x7 on getting patches out, and I hope more that they determine how this was missed in testing before they had many of us blow a weekend trying to put our gadgets back together.

I Just went ahead and downloaded Stitcher Radio for podcasts & actually like it. If Apple doesnt wanna fix it then... Suit themselves. Stitcher is actually a pretty awesome app for ios9! 🙂 #TooBadForApple

Podcast app is still crashing for my iPhone 5. I only subscribe to a few so they size shouldn't be an issue. Going to download and use Stitcher for now. @Apple - get it fixed!

Add me to the list. My iPhone 6 and my iPad Air. This is just absolutely ridiculous. How many times can they screw up the podcast app. Going back to using Stitcher.