Castro Podcast Player

The player for heavy listeners

Published by: Bluck Apps
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Description

Castro is a beautiful, full-featured podcast player that makes it easy to track and manage lots of podcasts at the same time. Only listen to the episodes you want and easily skip the rest, queue up hours of podcasts at a time and enjoy a seamless listening experience with carplay compatibility, chapter support, trim silence and much, much more!
HOW IT WORKS
1. New episodes land in the NEW tab. Read their descriptions, add episodes you like to your QUEUE, and clear the rest.
2. Press play to listen to episodes from your QUEUE in order. Queued episodes are downloaded automatically.
3. Re-order your QUEUE to plan your next few hours of listening at any time. Browse your LIBRARY to review the back catalogue, quickly access starred shows, and see your listening history.
Subscribing to a podcast is no longer a commitment to listen to every episode. You don’t have to manage a huge list of subscriptions or choose a few shows and miss the rest.

WHY OUR USERS LOVE CASTRO
• Drag and drop podcasts to plan your listening with Castro’s unique queue
• An elegant dark mode and thoughtfully designed sleep timer offer the best in night time podcast listening.
• CarPlay support makes it easy to pick up where you left off while driving.
• Apple Watch app to control playback and select another episode from your queue.
• Episode notifications include a summary of the episode to help you decide if it interests you. Play, queue or clear the episode directly from the notification without opening the app.

CASTRO PLUS
Castro Plus is an optional paid subscription available for $24.99/year (includes a one-week trial). Plus unlocks a range of advanced features:
• Trim Silence — With this option on, the app will analyze audio as it plays to detect silent parts and accelerate those parts. Get through more episodes faster.
• Enhance Voices improves the listening experience for many podcasts and makes it easier to hear in loud environments. Under the hood, Enhance Voices applies a dynamic compressor to increase volume just where it’s needed.
• Sideloading: Import audio files directly, just by dropping them in iCloud Drive
• Mono-Mix — Mixes a stereo podcast to mono, which makes it easier to hear podcasts that pan some guests on left/right channels.
• Chapter Support: Artwork, Skipping & Pre-selection.
• Custom settings per-podcast: Episode Limit, Trim Silence, Enhance Voices, Mono Mix, Skip Intros, Playback Speed.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“Castro 3 is an incredible app.”
— The Sweet Setup
“Castro 3 is everything Castro already was, but better.”
— MacStories
Castro 3 Is a Great Modern Podcast App”
— Beautiful Pixels
“Unlike other podcatchers, Castro's primary virtue is its simplicity and ease of use. The app combines sleek visual design with crystal clear audio.”
— Tom’s Guide

CASTRO PLUS SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
Castro Plus costs $24.99 per year. Prices are in US dollars and may vary in countries other than the US.
Castro Plus is charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. It will renew on the day before the current subscription period ends. You can cancel auto-renewal any time from the Castro settings screen.
You can switch between the two subscription periods after you pick one, but your trial period will end immediately if you do, so it's best to wait till your free week is over before changing.
Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://castro.fm/privacy-policy
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In-Apps

Castro Plus Annual
CHF 25.00
Castro Plus Monthly
CHF 4.00
Castro Plus Quarterly
CHF 10.00
Castro Plus Family Plan
CHF 40.00
Early Supporter Special
CHF 25.00
Early Supporter Family Plan
CHF 40.00

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User Rating

4.54 out of 5

206 ratings in Switzerland

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No more love for Castro

sandrowuermli on

Switzerland

Seems like the new devs doesn’t care anymore. Since there was a server error and they didn’t fix it for multiple days, I was done with this app and cancelled the subscription. Update: seems like this app is useless now.

No support, no service,

App reviewer CH on

Switzerland

This app used to be excellent! I have been a paid subscriber for several years now. However, lately, I have been encountering problems with the app. I can't seem to find more and more new podcasts. I tried reaching out to their customer support, but I haven't received any response to the three emails I sent in the last two months. Unfortunately, I think it's time for me to move on and try a different podcast app.

Servers down, nothing works

jo-ry on

Switzerland

It seams the app is goong to be shut down soon. It‘s been offline for 3 days now, without any clear communication. They do price increases while you can read that it‘ll be shutdown soon.

Nor working since days

osazrh on

Switzerland

The app is not working since days. Almost no feedback from castro developers. Rumors that they shut down the service. How do I get my subscription fee back?

20.- p.a. für miserablen Support

innovaTutor on

Switzerland

Ich war seit Anfang dabei und habe für alle Premium Funktionen bezahlt. Aber sobald ich das Abo stoppe (da ich die App teilweise monatelang nicht benutze), werde ich bestraft indem ALLE praktischen Features deaktiviert werden! Wer so seine langjährigen Kunden behandelt, sollte sich schämen.

app used to be amazing - not anymore...

mayore99 on

Switzerland

this app used to be the best podcast app on the market - since one month it is not usable at all. nothing loads and the inbox doesn't show the new episodes. i hope the team can fix this because like this that app doesn't really make sense to use.

OMG

bernhard schneider on

Switzerland

the last ~update was destroying everything!!! ... till that day i liked the app slightly ... but now it's crashing every five minutes and is not working together with the iphone, as before ... ..... and even the 'design-changes' are horror(& useless) ... i'm sad, but i'll deleteit from my phone. ... & shame on you, guys!

Castro

zuni223 on

Switzerland

best podcast app ever

Praktisch

Spitzmaus47 on

Switzerland

Mit dieser App hat sich mir eine neue Welt erschlossen. Gut gestaltet und praktisch im Handling!!

Dependent on central servers

prappreviewnickname on

Switzerland

When the servers are down you cannot get new podcasts. Genius.

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App Info

Category
News
Publisher
Bluck Apps
Languages
English
Recent version
2024.9.1 (1 week ago )
Released on
Aug 15, 2016 (8 years ago )
Last updated
6 hours ago