Speed-Up for iTunes App Reviews

I have a 2013 mbp. With the latest Yosemite. and iTunes 12.0.1 i see this thing has a lot of 2 and 1 star reviews. And only one review for the latest version. And that review is a bad one. However the description of the functionality fits exactly what i wanted to a tee, that I went ahead and risked the 1.99$ anyway. What i wanted was an addition of functionality to iTunes… not a seperate app. It works exactly as i expected. Basically it allows me to listen to podcasts (which i have downloaded… not streaming) at 1.5 - 2x speed. It is not a seperate app. Its just added functionality to Itunes in an extra playback speed. It is an icon that sits in the task bar (up top) and has a selection of speeds. Thats it. easy peasy. I don’t notice any of the echoing or reverb other people have noted in reviews of earlier versions

I would like to clear out the bad reputations this software used to have. As current version - 1.2.3 is working. And a nice and expected feature is that I can define my own speed. Like my favoriate is 1.25x

I am the perfect audience for this app. I listen to audio (podcasts or audiobooks) ALL THE TIME and speeding it up will save me a ton of frustration! I normally listen on my phone but wanted to listen on my computer as well so I figured I’d give Speed-Up a try. Sadly, like other users I am getting a weird echo during playback when I try to speed it up. To be fair, this same problem seems to be present for the Overdrive Media Console App as well. Both offer playback speed adjustment. Both have strange echo in the background. I am assuming that both apps are running into the same backend problem. The problem with Overdrive was what drove me to use Speed-Up as an alternative. I thought I had found the solution, but so far I have been proven wrong. Running on a Macbook Pro OSX 10.9.5 iTunes 12.1.0.50

Using this app to speed up a lecture on iMac. Works well at 1.5s, but really needs 1.25x and 1.75x playback options. It depends on the speaker if 1.5x gives intelligible playback.

I bought this app to listen to podcasts. The app does what it says, speeds up playback, however the quality of the audio is awful. As others have stated, there is an echo even at the 1.5 rate. Not sure if I will continue using the app because even trying to adjust with the equalizer the sound is quite annoying.

This app hasn’t been updated since 2013, but luckily Apple hasn’t changed much since then and thus its working on my 2015 MBPr w/ 10.11 El Capitan It works surprising well and integrates with iTunes without any issues. Thanks for letting me listen to my podcasts at my choice of speeds! (x.25-x3.0)

I really like Speed-Up! Like rvncto said, it is not a separate app, it adds additional features to iTunes, and that’s exactly what I was looking for. I want my podcasts and audiobooks on my Mac’s iTunes to sync with my IOS devices while being able to play them at higher speeds. I heard a small amount of choppiness at 2.0x, but I didnt hear it at 1.75x. Using Preferences for Speed-Up, it allows you to select any speeds, from .25x to 3.0x to show up on the drop down menu. Also, it lets you select either, Podcasts, Music & Audiobooks, or both, in the Preferences. It also lets you to reset playback speed, or not, when you change songs. To me, Speed-Up does everything it says it does, and more.

Currently this app is working for me…. mostly. I’m using iTunes 12.3 and on my mp3 audiobooks it usually works. It’s a little strange or echoey at times, but I get used to that pretty quickly. However, when playing multiple tracks, when one track ends, as it starts the next track there’s often a little weirdness, some repeated and indecipherable words. This Speed-Up app is currently my favorite as it stays playing in iTunes (versus some alternatives that use QuickTime instead — google for itunes script applescript for playback speed to check them out).

I can’t get it to work with audio books in iTunes either from Audible or not.