Pocket Casts: Podcast Player
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| News | Free | Automattic, Inc. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Wired: "Pocket Casts Is the Podcast App Every iPhone User Needs"
iMore: "Pocket Casts is the best podcast app for iPhone"
With a unique set of simple, yet powerful features and a limitless podcast database, you're sure to find something for you:
BEST IN SHOW
Design: Your podcasts have never looked so beautiful, colours change to complement podcast artwork
Themes: Choose between dark and light display themes
Universal: Custom but familiar iPad interface, supporting Slide Over, Split View and Picture in Picture
POWERFUL PLAYBACK
Up next: Automatically build a playback queue from your favorite shows
Trim silence: Cut silences from episodes so you finish them faster, saving hours
Variable speed: Change the play speed from anywhere between 0.5 to 3x
Volume boost: Increase the volume of voices, while decreasing background noise
Stream: Play episodes on the fly
Chapters: Jump between chapters in the MP3 and AAC formats
Audio & video: Play all of your favorite episodes, toggle video to audio
Skip playback: Skip episode intros, jump through episodes with custom skip intervals
CarPlay: browse your podcasts and filters to find an interesting episode, then control playback. All without ever touching your phone
Apple Watch: Control playback from the Now Playing Glance
Sleep timer: We'll pause your episode so you can rest your weary head
Airplay & Chromecast: Send episodes straight to your TV with a single tap
SMART TOOLS
Sync: Subscriptions, playback and filters are all securely stored in the cloud. You can pick up where you left off on another device and even the web
Refresh: Let our servers check for new episodes, so you can get on with your day
Notifications: We'll let you know when new episodes arrive, if you like
Auto download: Automatically download episodes for offline playback
Filters: Custom filters will organize your episodes
Storage: All the tools you need to keep your podcasts tamed
ALL YOUR FAVORITES
Discover: Subscribe to any podcast in iTunes and more. Browse by charts, networks and categories
Share: Spread the word with podcast and episode sharing
OPML: Jump on board without any hassle with OPML import. Export your collection at any time
There are many more powerful, straight-forward features that make Pocket Casts the perfect podcasting app for you. So what are you waiting for?
Visit pocketcasts.com for more info about the web and other platforms supported by Pocket Casts.
Reviews
New UI is absolute garbage
E717373793
They’ve totally destroyed a once useful app with the “improved” user interface. What was once simple and intuitive (e.g., deleting podcasts) is now obscured by layers of crap.
Becoming unusable
lisaviv
This app has been great but for last few weeks it just stops playing casts randomly and then will play at all.
The interface is so bad
Ballistic Bacon
This app used to be great, but now it’s all waisted space and anti-intuitive organization Update: overdrive seems to be a good alternative, but I’m still testing
Favorite Podcast app
Dalek_Genocide
I consume a lot of podcasts and I’ve tried a lot of apps and always find myself coming back to this. I listen in order most of the time and I love how it’s organized. I really dislike the inbox view some apps have. I like being able to see all of my podcasts. I’ve paid for the app on both android and iOS and don’t regret it
Great design, poor execution
jd2020
Amazing customization and a darn good UI seems hobbled by poor coding. New features are great but basic playback has problems. They haven’t fixed basic problems: the player stops randomly, the player “de-registers” from iOS player control disappearing shortly after pausing podcasts, and Siri fails to go back/forward so frequently it’s hardly usable (possibly fixed). Recent app updates are unstable: my entire up-next queue disappeared and the app is now crashing every few days. Overcast player sounds better anyway, but it’s UI paradigm and download/stream model doesn’t work for me. But at least it’s work. I revised from 3 to 1 star because the app has actually gotten worse this year. Sigh.
Bugs and issues after redesign
tex red
I ran into a whole bunch of problems after the UI was redesigned a while back. Playback issues, loss of episodes, crashes. Some problems were resolved by reinstalling, but I've continued having problems using the app. Cannot recommend. Switching over to Overcast.
I love Pocket Casts. Love it. Except...
thfump
This is one of my favorite apps from a design perspective ever. It is quick, pretty, smooth, everything is just as it should be. It looks simple but has a zillion options under the hood if you need them. Except... There is one simple little feature that I (and take a search on Reddit and you'll find many of us) have been begging for for ages: folders. Folders. You know, those things that the very earliest computers did from the very earliest times. The things that are so basic you don't even think about them as a feature. All I want to do is be able to sort my subscribed podcasts in folders so I can find a history podcast when I want one. Or a comedy one when I want one of those. Or put all my recent discoveries in one place. Or put all the podcasts I've listened to and dislike in a Podcast Dungeon so I don't accidentally download them again and subject myself to their misery. And yes, the source of this problem is that I subscribe to a gazillion podcasts. But look: Pocket Casts is meant to be a podcast-nut's podcast app. And mostly it is. Except ... if you're actually a nut for podcasts. Then it's impossible to ever find anything. Not that I listen to all of these podcasts all the time. That would be insane. There are a few core ones, and then there are a lot that I like to check in on every once in a while. And then there are others that a friend has recommended but I haven't had a chance to check out yet. Etc. But there are a lot of them, and there are almost no organizational features in Pocket Casts – just one giant endless list of frustration ... I mean, podcasts. Now, you might say: why don't you just delete this app and find another one with folders? Or: why did you rate this app 4-stars and then moan about it for four paragraphs? Here's why: because it is a brilliant little app. It is so beautiful. It works so fantastically well. It just desperately needs the most basic organizational feature imaginable: folders. Please for the love of god. Can I give you money? Can I send you wine? Can I bring you a hot towel & a mint like I'm a 60s airline steward? What if I write you a love song?
Audio skipping erratically.
capntang
Used this on Android and though it would be the best option for me on iOS. Features are good. Interface is fine. Unfortunately it doesn’t work as well on iOS. Audio skips around erratically. Chunks of episodes are skipped over suddenly. Attempting to rewind and replay skipped over sections reveals issue with the downloaded audio that persists after rewind/replay. Switched to another podcast app and did not experience the same issue. May give this one another shot in the future, but the skipping is just too distracting when trying to follow a story.
