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Pocket Casts

Name: Pocket Casts
Rating: 3 (4952 reviews)

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Smart design interface changes colors to complement beautiful podcast artwork
Go mobile or listen at home! Full compatibility with Android Wear and Chromecast
“Pocket Casts is the best podcast app for Android.” - AndroidCentral

Reviewed by Kaylin on March 7, 2018

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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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7.5.4
November 10, 2019 Fixes an issue where CarPlay would say that it can't connect to Pocket Casts. Thanks to everyone who helped us track this one down. I appreciate you all so much that I'd like to write you a poem. Alas, I suck at poetry and I'm also in a hurry, so please accept this joke in its stead:

Two girls walk into a bar. You'd think at least one of them would have seen it.

....BADUM TSSSSS...

Also cheers to everyone who said they still read our release notes! It makes me so happy to know that I now have hundreds of extra people I can be nervous about letting down! Don't worry, the queue is long but the refreshments are amazing.
7.5.3
October 29, 2019 As we continue to work on our new feature update (v7.6) we bring you another point update to address some issues we've been working with you all on:
- improved syncing, especially in cases where people were seeing old archived episodes come back
- fixes an issue that could cause your custom files to be duplicated
- improved chapter support when streaming custom files
- various other improvements and fixes

I always vowed to never write "various bug fixes and improvements" as a release note, so I got a little chuckle from that last bullet point. I hope someone still reads these things ;)
7.5.2
October 15, 2019 New versions aren't quite like opening presents, but we hope you at least get a partial dopamine hit reading the following:
- Dark Mode support! You asked for it, we delivered! Actually we'd already written it and were waiting for [redacted dev tool name] to stabilise before we shipped it, but why split hairs!
- You can now clear your listening history. No judgement here, wipe that slate clean if you need to!
- Added a new podcast grouping option: group by starred. If you want to see starred episodes at the top of your podcast this ones for you.
- Lots of small bug fixes and improvements
7.5.1
September 26, 2019 Welcome to everyone who's new to our release notes and also of course to those of you that have been around for a while. This time around they are 33% less funny, but 62.74646% more accurate. Trust me on this one I've done the maths. Yes it's 'maths' here in Australia. We write it on our coloured Aluminium Synchronised Kangaroos so it's hard to forget.

- Improved the reliability of syncing between iOS devices
- Fixed various small theming issues
- Fixed an issue where your chapter info could get shown on top of the episode name. Efficient, but it looked kinda odd.
- Fixed a few iPhone SE sized issues. Mad respect for those of you still rocking those tiny little phones.
- Fixes an issue where the files section would show a full file upload progress even though nothing was being uploaded
- Fixes the -37 years issue. As some of you know we made a last minute change here in terms of how Plus memberships work, but the version we'd submitted many weeks before that didn't support the display of it
- Fixed a few other crashes and issues reported to us
7.5
September 19, 2019 If you love something, set it free, or so the saying goes. Pocket Casts has been a paid app since 2010 when it first launched. Back then we had a small company to run and people's families literally depended on us charging for our app. It was a business model that worked well in terms of paying the bills, but always caused confusion with our customers. "Do I have to pay again if I switch from a robot phone to a fruit based one?", "Why is the app paid?", "How can I recommend this to friends when it will require them to pay?".

Today, things are different. We have the backing of some amazing partners, all of whom come from, and firmly believe in, an open access model. For a while now we've felt that charging for the app conflicted with their core values of being open and available to everyone. Clearly we had to do something about it, and so in the spirit of Shifty Jelly of yore, we did. After many months of hard work, we introduce you to version 7.5!

If you want a detailed write up on everything that's changing and why it's changing please visit our blog (blog.pocketcasts.com). We'd love to share some highlights on here though:
- The app is now completely free, and every feature previously available in the paid version is still available in the free version.
- We've introduced a completely optional premium tier: Pocket Casts Plus. Among other benefits, Plus members get exclusive access to new themes and icons.
- You can now import your own audio files into Pocket Casts and listen to them sped up and with silences removed. Plus members can also upload these files to the cloud so they are available on all your devices.
- Improved account control. You can now do things like change your email and password inside the app, without having to go to the web.
- Performance enhancements and fixes. We spent a large part of this release focussing on performance and usability, tweaking and honing the app to make it our most refined release yet.

We hope you'll join us on this next stage of our journey. To all of you who haven't told a friend about us because our app was paid, now's your chance!
7.4
July 22, 2019 What's with all the apps getting hip version numbers now? 2019.4?! I get it, it's the fourth 2019 build but you just know regular people are going to confuse the 4 for April, so I give this new system one star out of five. Bucking the trend and bringing you 7.4 (sorry to those of you that think this came from 7AD and is suuuuuper old now)
- Added keyboard shortcuts for iPad. Zip around the UI. Play, pause, skip and more. Let your fingers do the talking!
- More improvements to syncing, especially for those that play podcasts they aren't subscribed to. We get it, commitment is scary.
- Fixed an issue that could cause your Up Next list to be cleared (thanks to the beta testers who helped us find this)
- Fixed an issue that could cause you to not be able to subscribe to a podcast. Goes with the issue above really, no excuses anymore.
- Fixed re-arrange controls being missing in Up Next for a certain redacted, yet public, shall we say fruity beta OS
- Full screen video player now hides the status bar like it should
- Other small (and large but hard to describe) improvements, as always!
7.3.2
June 24, 2019 Shiny new versions with shiny new things. Who doesn't love that? Sit down Gary, we know you don't just chill a little.
- Improved accessibility
- Fixed some issues with syncing episode progress
- App now applies auto-archive limit settings sooner than the next time it refreshes
- Play all now warns you about clearing your Up Next list
- Fixed an issue where sorting oldest -> newest and grouping by seasons would still leave the latest season at the top
- Fixed a visual issue when pulling down on the full screen player
- Fixed an issue that could cause podcasts you'd subscribed to on other devices not to be added during a sync
- Fixed an issue that could cause items in your listening history to be duplicated
- Fixed an issue where episode durations might not be updated properly

We also fixed some things too mundane or long to list up there. It's fixes all the way down, as the kids say. No Gary, you're not a kid, put your hand down. For Zeus sakes. Why can't you be more like Jenny?
7.3.1
May 16, 2019 - Fixes a crash related to resuming the app to the player page (long story, but thanks to the beta testers who helped us track this one down!)
- Fixes an issue with using the older format of our subscribe links to get to a podcast
- Improved grammar by 33%. Your welcome
7.3
May 13, 2019 Why are we always chasing the new? Can't we just live in the now? Why is it always what will be, not what is? I don't actually have the answer to your existential struggle, I'm sorry. I do have some change notes though!
- Added chapter progress UI to the player. You can now see how far into a chapter you are and how long there is to go.
- Added ability to group podcasts by play status, download status or into seasons. The seasons grouping is particular nifty though it does require the podcast author to support it. Quite a few do though, check out shows like Serial and Startup for example.
- Added some new Siri actions to extend your sleep timer, play all in a filter and open a filter.
- CarPlay now shows archived episodes if the app is configured to show archived episodes.
- Added an option to allow you to single tap an episode in Up Next to play it straight away.
- Added support for 2 line episode titles, making it easier to tell in lists what an episode is about.
- Added Download All option for podcasts and filters.
- Added a workaround for a truly bizarre bug affecting some car stereos (covered on Reply All and 99% Invisible). If you're a 99% Invisible fan you should now be able to listen over bluetooth in your car without fearing that it might freak out on you.
- Lots of fixes and performance enhancements including (but not limited to) syncing, playback, Siri actions, lists and crashes.
7.2.3
March 14, 2019 Quick crash fix update, but don't worry, we'll have some new features for you all in the upcoming 7.3 release.
7.2.2
March 7, 2019 I've noticed other developers don't bother to tell you what's changed. Why can't I, just once, just this one time, just write "Bug fixes and enhancements" in this little box? You'd let me have one right?

I mean I spent 2 days fighting with a stupid search box to get it to scroll up a page, but I'm not entirely sure that's release notes worthy is it? Nor is staring at crash logs until my eyes hurt trying to figure out exactly why line 0 EXC_BAD_ACCESS'd. I mean it's not the bad old days of BADIMPLEMENTSREFINCOMPATLIB but we're not far off Large Fruity Company, we're not far off.

All of which is to say, we fixed some things. You might notice, you might not, but by golly v7.2.2 is better than 7.2.1. My name's [redacted] and I endorse these release notes.
7.2.1
February 25, 2019 This release we took some time out to track down and fix some long standing playback issues we've had. So if you've had Pocket Casts not resume after a phone call, or occasionally go back up to 30 seconds after an interruption, this release is for you. For the rest of you we've made the app start faster and sanded back a few other rough edges. Overall version 7.2.1 is the best Pocket Casts yet! And we think...you're going to love it.
7.2
February 12, 2019 2...2...7...2. Ever wondered why sound people can't think of more interesting things to test mics with? Why not Peter Parker Picked A Pack Of Oh Man Spiderman Doesn't Start With A P? Beats me. Version 7.2 is here to clear up all that confusion and much much more:
- Added per podcast episode limits. If you have a pesky hourly or daily podcast you're struggling to keep up with, lay your burden at Pocket Casts feet and we'll take care of it. Appreciate all your feedback on this issue!
- Fixed an issue with the Apple Watch Now Playing screen not showing a skip back button.
- Added a setting for the default Up Next swipe, so now you can be the master of if play next or play last is best. Play next fo lyfe tho.
- Fixed quite a few other small things, including some lists getting cut off by the evil that is the mini player.
7.1.1
February 4, 2019 2019 came at us so fast. New year, new resolutions, new addiction to chocolat...wait that might have just been me. Well Pocket Casts wants in on that new action too! 7.1.1 might not be as catchy as 2019, but it does feel good to say really fast. No really. Try it!

What's new?
- Added CarPlay actions for Mark as Played and Star (you can turn these on in Settings -> Playback -> Extra Playback Actions)
- Added some more polish to the podcast page and sped up both viewing new podcasts and unsubscribing from old ones
- Fixed some more iPhone SE issues, tiny phone love is real!
- Added swipe to close for video player, as well as it automatically going full screen when you rotate your phone
- Fixed the Keep Screen Awake setting occasionally not, well you know, keeping the screen awake
- Fixed an issue where episodes could be marked as in progress when they actually aren't
- Changed the look of archived episodes based on your feedback
- Various other performance enhancements and fixes
7.1
December 12, 2018 With the holiday season fast approaching, Pocket Santa always delivers the good. He Casts them at you with a sprinkling of terrible puns:
Santa's highlight reel:
- Added per podcast auto-archive settings to help people manage shows that release a lot of episodes
- Added progress indicator to Apple Watch Now Playing page, tap the title to toggle it on
- Added support for the new watchOS 5 complication styles
- Added long press play all and archive all options to the Downloads page
- Added unsubscribe button to the podcast settings page (you can also tap the subscribed tick on the podcast page to do the same)
- Added a long press option to the skip forward button in the player, for those that quickly want to move to the next episode
- Added a refresh button to the profile page, as well as displaying when your last refresh was
- Tap artwork on the player page to quickly view episode info
- Added release date and season info to items in your Up Next list on the player page

Santa's Elf Related Fixes (SERF for short):
- various crash fixes and performance improvements
- Fixed an issue where you couldn't sort Up Next items above/below the height of your screen
- Improved performance of the Up Next list in the player when you have hundreds of items
- Updated the Profile tab so that the header scrolls with the rest of the table
- Various iPad fixes. It's not water proof though, so still don't use it for SERFing (sorry)
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Inactive sync option not to work properly
- The list version of the podcast grid now works with accessibility
- Changed "Now Playing" to "Playing" in the Apple Watch app so it doesn't take 3 seconds for the time to appear on smaller watches
- Fixed a Chromecast issue that could cause your progress to get reset to 0 when you stop casting
- Fixed an issue that could cause the app to not get new episodes of some shows
- There's many more fixes and improvements that are just too long to list in these update notes. Rest assured though that Santa treats his elves with respect, especially now the little blighters have unionised. None of them were harmed in the making of this update, but if they were all the correct health and safety regulations were followed!
7.0.2
November 29, 2018 Thanks for all your great feedback around version 7, we're super excited to keep moving things forward just like we have been for the last 8 years. What a ride! Today on the roller coaster of fun we have:
- changed the 'Unplayed' badge on the podcast grid page to be 'Unfinished' instead, since a lot of you said you'd still like to see a badge if you're half way through something
- fixed some issues with the network images in the Discover section
- fixed an issue where your tab bar could go walkabout and not come back (thanks to those of you that helped us track this one down!)
- added an 'Unarchive All' option that appears when all the episodes in a podcast have been archived
- added an 'Archive all played' option to give you a quick way to move all your old played episodes in a podcast straight to the archive
- added an indicator to rows to show if an episode is in your Up Next list
- fixed some issues with our Siri Shortcuts
- fixed an issue where re-ordering the filters didn't always stick
- improve cross device/platform syncing
- improved performance throughout the app and fixed some crashes reported to us
7.0.1
November 20, 2018 After every major release has to come the bugs/fixes update, right? No matter how long you beta test a few things always slip through. The marvellously named 7.0.1 is no different:
- Fixes an issue where the Discover page could be blank in some regions of the world.
- Fixed some iPhone SE issues with text getting cut off and buttons not being in quite the right places. We love you tiny phone people. Never change.
- Fixed some issues with syncing.
- Updated the search on both the Podcast and Discover pages to scroll away when you scroll the page up. The Podcast one is also now hidden by default, but easy to get to by just pulling down.
- Fixed some issues with the app badge counting too many episodes.
- Fixed some issues with the video player when moving to the next thing in your Up Next list.
- Fixes some crashes too.
- Added better handling for when a podcast doesn't load in the Discover section.
- Fixed some CarPlay crashes as well as archived episodes showing up in the podcasts section
- Player now shows chapter info as you scrub the timeline (for episodes that have chapters)
7.0
November 14, 2018 [camera fades from black to a white, featureless room]
[Posh British accent] "Pocket Casts 7 is a truly wonderful re-imaging of what a podcast application should be. Every surface. Every touch point. Every detail has been milled to unbelievably precise tolerances. The chamfered aluminium gives way to...

Sorry we ran out of budget for the rest of this amazing video, so instead let's go over what's new:
- Play without subscribing: Committing to things is so 2015. Browse podcasts and hit play on episodes that look interesting, no strings attached.
- Episode Search: Trying to find your favourite guest on that one amazing episode? Looking for your pet topic but confronted with hundreds of shows to sift through? Episode search to the rescue!
- Up Next Syncing: Have you built the perfect list of shows to play on your phone? Wouldn’t it be nice if they were all there, ready to go, on your PC at work? How about the tablet sitting on your coffee table? Pocket Casts 7 has you covered.
- Listening history: ever wondered what you listened to last Wednesday? What about that amazing show you fell asleep to last night? Pull up your listening history and wonder no more!
- Streamlined user interface: everything from the new bottom tab navigation to buttons being exposed instead of hidden behind menus makes Pocket Casts 7 the easiest to use version ever.
- Refined Light and Dark Themes. Brand new Extra Dark theme for those that love their OLEDS blacker than black.
- Archive episodes you don't want to see, without losing the playing status so you never again have to wonder "Did I actually play this?"
- Streaming playback effects. You asked for it, we worked hard to bring it to you.
- Enhanced Apple Watch support: control the volume of your phone and change playback effects from your wrist.
- Siri Shortcuts. For the more adventurous among you, reach new levels of automation (or just plain fun) by talking to your phone.
- Season and episode numbering support.
- Vastly Improved Discovery. Enjoy more dynamic and regional content that is updated more often to find that new podcast which is just right for you.
- Airplay 2 support

There's a tonne of other small and large improvements in version 7 of Pocket Casts. This is just the beginning of the next phase of our journey though. We have so many exciting things in the works and we can't wait to share them with you in the future. In the meantime though, grab a hot beverage, sit back, relax, and explore the new Pocket Casts. We think...you're going to love it.
6.9.8
July 24, 2018 Just like another episode of House MD, we bring you another release where we tried to figure out an issue, figured out it wasn't Lupus and almost killed the patient but then saved their lives. SORRY SPOILERS!
- Fixes an issue with automatic download and WiFi vs Cellular (or 'mobile' as we call it here in Australia. Maaaaaaaaate.) usage. Thanks to the people who gave us the details needed to find this one!
- Fixes some other issues we found along the way as well
6.9.7
June 26, 2018 You know we try incredibly hard to have bug free releases, but inevitably small things still get through. This update fixes a bug that can occur when you first subscribe to a new podcast. That's literally all it fixes and yet here we are in the release notes section, you and I. Me writing this. You reading this. What a truly small world this is. Be excellent to each other.
6.9.6
June 25, 2018 There's something really catchy about a version number like 6.9.6, I don't think we're going to see a release version as majestic as this until build 7.4.7. But what's new you ask?
- Fixed an issue with Chromecast discovery (especially when you have them in groups).
- Fixed an issue where Siri could pause playback in our app but not resume it.
- Introduced a separate setting for choosing whether to use cell data when auto downloading vs being warned about using cell data in everyday use of the app.
- Fixes for some people who had sync data too large to, well, sync.
- Ensured that the app never fakes the funk on a nasty dunk.
- The app now looks for changes to episode URLs more often, which should fix some download issues.
6.9.5
March 14, 2018 How many builds must an app go down, before it's considered an app? I know, I know, it's an age old question. Sadly we've yet to answer it except to say: "Welcome to the app condition my friends":
- Fixed the watch app having an outdated Now Playing screen in some circumstances
- Fixed issues with chromecasting
- Fixed some crash issues
- Ran out of funny things to say
- Well not really, did you really think I'd really ever really do that? Let's get real, like really real people. For real. Real talk. Real time. Real soon.
6.9.4
February 7, 2018 We've been busy beavering away on a major new update, but in the meantime we didn't want you feeling all neglected and sad, so here's some cool new things:
- App now supports variable speed playback when Chromecasting. Youcannowlistentopodcastlikethisandohmywe'vemadethisjokeafewtimesnow. Alternatively 0.5x is hilarious if you want your podcasters to sound a bit tipsy.
- Fixed those pesky Now Playing paging dots being in the wrong spot on some phones
- Ireland added to the Discover section. I'd make a joke here, but it would probably be culturally insensitive. Let's just go with: yay!
- WatchOS target changed to v3, so if you still have iOS 10 you can use our watch app again.
- Lots of other invisible tweaks and fixes which excites me, but probably not you.
6.9.3
October 31, 2017 Version 6.9.3 Fixes layout issues with iOS 10 and the podcast and now playing pages.

In case you missed it, version 6.9.2:
- Added episode details to the Apple Watch app so you can read about an episode before playing it (or force touch to star, mark as played, play next or play last).
- Apple Watch app now shows playback progress.
- Added force touch chapter buttons to the Apple Watch Now Playing page. You're welcome.
- There's a phone which we're not allowed to name launching, and in theory this version supports that phone. We have no further comment at this time.
- Fixes a Google Cast crash when casting to a group of audio devices.
- Podcast images now load faster than ever before. As part of this change the app will need to clear out your current artwork. It will only do that once, and should reload it when it needs it.
- Various other enhancements and fixes.
6.9.2
October 26, 2017 Version 6.9.2 is 0.0.1 better than 6.9.1. At this point I'm not entirely sure you need more information than that, but here goes:
- Added episode details to the Apple Watch app so you can read about an episode before playing it (or force touch to star, mark as played, play next or play last).
- Apple Watch app now shows playback progress.
- Added force touch chapter buttons to the Apple Watch Now Playing page. You're welcome.
- There's a phone which we're not allowed to name launching, and in theory this version supports that phone. We have no further comment at this time.
- Fixes a Google Cast crash when casting to a group of audio devices.
- Podcast images now load faster than ever before. As part of this change the app will need to clear out your current artwork. It will only do that once, and should reload it when it needs it.
- Various other enhancements and fixes.

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