Sync between iPhone and iPad failed spectacularly

The equipment:
iPad Mini Retina
iPhone 5S
The OS: 8.1.3 (on both)
The Objective:
So my wife has an iPad and an iPhone. She's been using Podcasts on the iPhone for quite some time, and hasn't had a problem with it for quite a while now - it seems most of the bugs have been hammered out. Shame about losing the reel to reel. She, quite reasonably, wanted to sync Podcasts across her devices, the iPad is relatively new and she's naturally been using it more and more. The iPad had no subscriptions yet, the iPhone had many, with many episodes not yet listened to. So we turned on "Sync Podcasts" - first on the iPhone, then the iPad.
The Fail:
My wife opened the Podcasts app on the iPad (just a moment after enabling syncing) - huh, only two of her subscriptions showed up. She rolled her eyes at me because, rather expectedly, it didn't Just Work. So I opened up the podcasts app on her phone - and it immediately crashed. Huh. I opened it again. Two subscriptions - everything else, GONE.
The Result:
She was displeased.
She just finished resubscribing and trying to figure out what episodes she still had marked as new. We left "sync" turned on. Is it safe? Has anyone seen this? Is syncing going to be a headache? It's not synced with iTunes - she never uses it, she is pretty much post PC, except she uses her MacBook Air and handoff is a life saver, but whatever.
We also have two Apple TV's (with the Podcasts app) - I'm afraid to even go near the icon. If this is a harbinger of Photos, color me terrified.

Thank for replying.
I tried to find the Accounts as you said but do not see the Accounts button in either the Notes app itself, or in the Setttings > Notes.
I've googled about but not found a solution.
Seems like Accounts is only available when you are syncing through USB to itunes.
I wasn't synicng to itunes and so assumed they would be stored somewhere locally on the ipad, think it is this that has been overwritten when added icloud to the device.

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