In the first episode of your guide to the TrueFans app, we answer the questions:

• What is TrueFans?
• How is TrueFans different to other podcast apps?
• Why do you give me a digital wallet?
• How do I earn by listening to Fanzone?
• Where can I find TrueFans?

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Who founded TrueFans and why did they believe it was needed?

Let's answer the questions:

• Who is Sam Sethi?
• What are his credentials?
• Why has Sam built the TrueFans podcast listening app?

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Find out how you can pay a podcast creator based on the amount of time you listen to an episode.

Your favourite podcasters are going to love you!

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What happens when you click on the three dots icon on the episode screen?

You'll find out a little more about:

• Sharing episodes.
• Marking as played.
• Downloading.
• Reporting.

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We're moving down the episode screen now to the tabs.

First up is Episode Notes, where podcasters can provide a summary of that episode. useful links and credits.

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Navigate your way through episodes using chapters, which may also feature images. and links.

Discover:

• What you'll see when you click on the Chapters tab on the episode screen.
• Why it's a great idea for creators to include chapters with their episodes.
• How images attached to chapters can enrich your listening experience.

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Transcripts for podcasts enhance accessibility and allow fans to read along while they listen.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Where to find a transcript.
• How to search a transcript or copy a section.
• What you can do if a podcast you love does not have a transcript.
• How podcasters can add transcripts to their episodes.

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In TrueFans you can make a comment on an episode that the creator and other listeners will be able to read.

You can also make a private note about an episode that is viewable only to you.

Find out:

• How to write and read comments and notes.
• The difference between comments and notes.
• The possibilities for social media integration.

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Heard something so good on a podcast you want to keep it, or share it? Create an audio clip in TrueFans.

Learn how to:

• Locate clips that have already been made from an episode.
• Make your own clips.
• Add a payment element to your clips.

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Learn how you can listen to podcasts with your friends in real time.

Find out:

• What your friends are listening to.
• How to join them.
• How to find new friends and podcasts.

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Find out why the episodes list for a podcast might not show ALL the episodes straight away, and how to filter a search for an episode.

The handy place to go to find out how you have interacted with a particular podcast.

Anyone can listen to podcasts on TrueFans, but what extra stuff can you do if you sign up for an account?

In this episode we ask:

• Do I have to create an account in TrueFans?
• What are the advantages of signing up?
• How do I create an account?
• Is my user name different to me actual name?

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Find out how you can see all the comments, clips, ratings and reviews one podcast. has received, and how to customise your searches.

Find out which other shows your favourite podcasters recommend.

How can you become the super fan of a podcast?

Find out to:

• Gain points to climb up the leaderboard.
• Find listeners that you might like to follow.
• Find listeners in a particular country.

More about the final three tabs on the podcast show screen.

You can financially support your favourite podcasters with one-off payments, monthly subscriptions, and by the minute.

In this episode find out about the options you might be presented with when you click on the heart and hand icon in TrueFans.

Find out why you get given a digital wallet when you sign up to TrueFans, what you can do with it and how to set up any preferred defaults.

We answer the questions:

• Why do I get a wallet in the app?
• What can I do with tokens in my wallet?
• How can TrueFans help me to earn tokens?
• Can I add my own funds to my wallet?
• How can I customise my wallet?

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Let's find out exactly what we can see and explore on the TrueFans home screen.

We answer the questions:

• What does the home screen show me if I have NOT signed in?
• What are the differences I'll see on the home screen if I sign up for an account?
• How can I customise the home screen to suit me better?
• Can I easily find podcasts I've been listening to on other podcast apps?
• Can I find new shows?
• What do the icons on this screen do?

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Take a tour around the show-level screen in TrueFans.

Answer the questions:

• What information will I find here?
• What does becoming a fan mean?

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Time to start exploring what's what at an episode level on TrueFans.

Let's find out:

• What the tray is and what's in it?
• What can the metadata tell me?
• What do those icons mean?
• What will the tabs tell me?

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Learn how to organize your listening by creating, managing and customizing playlists.

Let's find out:

• How to add episodes to playlists.
• How to make your own playlist.
• How to pin a playlist to your home screen.
• How to change your default playlist.
• What the difference is between a static and dynamic playlist.

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A lovely little way to express your appreciation for a podcast episode, and perhaps support the creator with a micropayment while you're at it.

You'll learn how to:

• 'Like' a podcast. episode.
• Add a default payment to all 'likes'.
• Specify a payment for particular podcast.
• See how many 'likes' an episode already has in TrueFans.

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Learn how to leave comments on podcast episodes for the creator and other TrueFans users to see,

We'll also look at how to attach micropayments to comments (to create super comments) and ways to add reactions to other people's comments.

This episode covers:

• The comment icon.
• Leaving comments and super comments.
• Comment notifications.
• Accessing episode comments.
• Comment reactions.

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