Pocket Casts: Podcast Player

Pocket Casts: Podcast Player

By Automattic

  • Category: News
  • Release Date: 2011-01-26
  • Current Version: 8.2.1
  • Adult Rating: 9+
  • File Size: 146.47 MB
  • Developer: Automattic
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 16.0
Score: 4.42049
4.42049
From 12,269 Ratings

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" NEW: PLAYLISTS Your listening, your way. Organize your episodes with our powerful new Playlists feature: - Playlists: Curate your perfect mix. Combine episodes from different podcasts, build collections around specific themes or guests, and even add episodes from podcasts you don't follow. - Smart Playlists: We’ve upgraded our famous Filters. Build lists that automatically update based on rules you set, like release date, duration, or download status. 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. • Smart Playlists: Organize your episodes using custom rules. • Storage: All the tools you need to keep your podcasts tamed. • Audible audiobooks podcasts. 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

  • Unreliable

    3
    By Alan7467
    I’ve used Pocketcasts for years. Lots of great features. Sadly it’s become very unreliable in one crucial way: playback. Even with intelligent playback resumption disabled resuming playback often results in as much as a 30 minute rewind. Making me completely lose my listening position.
  • Rock Solid

    5
    By 19mine
    Just your podcasts. It does not recommend unless you ask. My favorite app
  • Fantastic cross platform app

    5
    By Tom C8
    The best cross platform podcast app, with a development team that keeps adding useful features while mainly focusing on core functionality
  • Annoying

    1
    By antihate384
    It’s really annoying that they heavily promote low-quality Goahanger podcasts everywhere in their app. Like Apple and Spotify, they should show the best podcasts instead of selling out.
  • One of my favorite apps, but…

    4
    By HD650
    Something is wrong after one of the most recent updates. I can click once on me AirPod’s to pause a podcast but if I click the AirPods again to resume the episode it actually starts playing songs from Apple Music? Really strange and frustrating. Hopefully the dev look into this and get it resolved. My favorite podcast app when it’s time to get some sleep :-)
  • NOW with ADS AND TRACKING!

    1
    By jd2020
    Once great, pocketcasts sold out and wants to make you the product. Even long time “life members” are now served ads on most pages of the app. Terrible. But add to that the new owners of Pocket Casts now “track you across websites.” This is such a betrayal.
  • Search Functionality, Smart Playlists are buggy

    1
    By OldHouse9999
    Search accuracy is bad unless you are ultra specific. Try searching "New Height" and see where the New Heights podcast is in the suggestions. No ability to sort episode search results by date, so you have to scroll and scroll to find recent episodes. New Smart Playlists randomly show 0 episodes yet there are 4 downloaded and have been downloaded for days. Tap into the smartlist and they magically show up. Full of bugs.
  • Not Sure

    3
    By Gltrgrmy
    While there are several positive aspects of using Pocket Casts, I have found some negatives. I am using the free app and not the premium version. I have been using this app for several months. Lately every time I leave my house using Bluetooth in my car, it just stops working and does it several times before finally working correctly. The worst problem I have had is losing all of my automatically downloaded podcasts. Just gone! I know I haven’t cleared them accidentally. I have had to go back and download all of them at least on four different occasions. I’m going to hang on a bit longer, but if the issues persist, I’ll just switch to another app because it’s becoming too much of a problem.
  • Can’t listen without it

    5
    By WillP305
    I’ve tried about a half-dozen podcast apps for the iPhone and Pocket Casts stands above for its ease of use, organization, and interface. The developers clearly thought about how people like to listen to podcasts when they designed this app.
  • Ethical alternative to Spotify

    5
    By Ksibs90
    Highly recommend

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