Pocket Casts: Podcast Player

Pocket Casts: Podcast Player

By Automattic

  • Category: News
  • Release Date: 2011-01-26
  • Current Version: 7.85.2
  • Adult Rating: 9+
  • File Size: 123.38 MB
  • Developer: Automattic
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Score: 4.1
4.16959
From 6,492 Ratings
Free On itunes

Description

Pocket Casts is the world's most powerful podcast platform, an app by listeners, for listeners. Our podcast player provides next-level listening, search and discovery tools. Find your next obsession with our hand curated podcast recommendations for easy discovery, and seamlessly enjoy your favorite shows without the hassle of subscribing. Here's what the press has to say: 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 you love. WE SWEAT THE DETAILS Design: Easily listen to, manage and find new podcasts. Themes: Whether you're a dark or light theme person we've got you covered. We even have you OLED lovers covered with our Extra Dark theme. Universal: Custom but familiar iPad interface, supporting Slide Over, Split View and Picture in Picture. Everywhere: CarPlay, AirPlay, Chromecast and Sonos. Listen to your podcasts in more places than ever before. POWERFUL PLAYBACK Up next: Automatically build a playback queue from your favorite shows. Sign in and have that Up Next queue sync to all your devices. 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 easily, and enjoy embedded artwork that the author has added (we support MP3 and M4A chapter 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. Apple Watch: Control playback from our Apple Watch app, adjust the volume or change playback effects, all without ever touching your phone. Sleep timer: We'll pause your episode so you can rest your weary head. Airplay & Chromecast: Send episodes straight to your TV or speakers with a single tap. Sonos: Browse and play your podcast collection directly from the Sonos app. CarPlay: When you're in the car, so are we. SMART TOOLS Sync: Subscriptions, Up Next, listening history, 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.

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Reviews

  • Buggy

    1
    By dordr
    Cannot keep up with their bugs but still adding new features. Their support is useless. I wouldn’t recommend giving them money.

  • Best Podcast App. Period.

    5
    By IB Jordan
    I’ve been a avid podcast listener since 2005 and a user for Pocket Casts since 2015. I’ve tried and attempted to switch to many apps throughout the years from Apple Podcast to google Podcast (during a brief Android period, Stitcher, Overcast and many more than I can remember. What made me stick to Pocket Casts is the amount of control it gives you to your Up Next playlist in terms of specifying which podcasts you don’t want to miss any episode from, and which you only care to hear the last couple of episodes. Overall well rounded experience and App, I’m glad to be one of the early paying customers and how designated as a Pocket Casts Champion.

  • Latest version freezes when casting to a device

    1
    By Hippobulle
    Recreation steps: 1. Play a podcast on iPhone app 2. Select … and tap Chromecast 3. Select device to cast to -> « Cast-to » device beeps and podcast stops playing. App hangs.

  • Gets more glitchy every year

    1
    By uughmanbean
    Player has always been glitchy. I am particularly annoyed by one where you need to press play several times before it actually plays. It also will skip around at random. But now its playing a few seconds or a minute maybe and then it just stops and loads forever. Quitting the app, etc, nothing helps.

  • 5 stars for import shortcut!

    5
    By haswain
    Switching from apple podcast to the this app. Apple has become clunky and bloated. Was prepared to start over when pocket casts asked me if I wanted to download a shortcut to import my subscriptions from Apple? YES PLEASE!!!!!!

  • World’s Best Podcast Player

    5
    By Josh Wiegand
    I have been a Pocket Casts user since 2015 and this application continues to be the most reliable, user friendly, and intuitive podcast listening platform. I am always impressed with the level of craft and detail with which the team continues to build the application. This is the world’s best podcast player and a must download for anyone who is serious about podcast listening.

  • I want to delete the cache

    4
    By caipod_outlook
    I want to delete the cache.

  • Awesome app; small tweaks would make it 5 stars

    4
    By Misplaced Ads Ruin Everything
    Context: I’ve only ever used Apple Podcasts and Spotify to stream podcasts. Awesome customization options (speed, auto trimming, filters). Easy to use. You can view data (hour listened, hours saved skipping), if that floats your boat. Suggested tweaks: • Be able to view podcast seasons by season (this is especially useful when update episodes are added way after the fact) rather than as an endless cluttered scroll • Be able to link subscriptions (here’s looking at you NYT) • Have fewer steps to mark an episode as played while playing (Also, is there a difference between ‘mark as played’ and ‘archive’? If not, why the change in language?)

  • Gets out of your way

    5
    By 65iufjgdk
    Exactly what you need and none of what you don’t in a podcast app.

  • Already a fail

    2
    By mad8029
    The whole dialog about importing from another app and/or having to email it to yourself is wrong. Trying to import from overcast which is really bad now and these instructions are just plain wrong. Not a great way to get somebody to sign up for a paid subscription. How about an option just to add your opml file which have stored locally on the phone?

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