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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Pocket Casts FAQ
Is Pocket Casts free?
Yes, Pocket Casts is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.
Is Pocket Casts legit?
✅ The Pocket Casts app appears to be high-quality and legitimate. Users are very satisfied.
If you are looking to maintain a self-curated list of podcasts and want to listen on multiple platforms… iPhone, Android, Windows desktop and even the sometimes cursed Alexa device… PocketCasts is the one for you.
The multiple platform capabilities are PocketCasts strong point. It is also the source of its shortcomings. The play point synchronization can fail between the mobile and desktop apps… don’t start me on the Alexa app… it’s like it refuses to talk to the synchronization system… play an episode on Alexa and the other versions think that you haven’t play it at all!
Best Podcast App in 2024 by a long shot!
This is the most feature complete, easy to use podcast app by a long way! Tons of ways to customize and organize Podcast making it easy to stay on top of the shows you want to listen to regularly and keep tabs on shows you may not listen to every episode of!
Great development team and very rarely is there a bug that’s not addressed and fixed immediately
New Release Has Choppy Playback
Playback goes in and out; 1 second sound, 1 second silence.
Frustrating to use and missing a major feature
Everytime I try this app out I get soooo frustrated. I need user configurable playlists. The filter could maybe do that if they could play sequentially and have manual sorting. Having a single unmanageable queue is for light users and newbies, not for serious podcast listeners.
So glad I bought lifetime.
Way better than any of the other podcast apps
Best podcast app, hands down
Does everyone I’d want, from organizing podcasts into self-updating channels, customization around how many episodes to “keep,” what order to play them in, skipping forward and ahead, adding things to the “next” or “end” of the queue, etc. Long live Pocket Casts!
My favorite podcast app
I’ve tried several podcast apps, but have always found I liked this one best. The UI makes sense, the queue is great, and I love having a desktop app. I like being able to cast to a Google Home and listen off an Apple Watch. The pricing seems more than fair for all the features. It has nearly everything I could ask for.
My only wishes are that i wish the desktop app had feature parity with the phone app (playback speed by podcast, silence skipping, etc.) and I wish there were some way to swap my queue out for a different one (e.g. a professional development one for when I’m commuting, but a fun one for walking the dog). But these are nitpicks; I’m very happy being a long time subscriber.
Highly recommended!
Big Fan, best podcasts app
I have been using it for years now, app and web, very straightforward, no hassle, no fuzz, it just works. I have 312 days listened to close to 100 different feeds, and no one time has failed.
Have yet to find a better app
I’ve been a podcast fan for well over twenty years. In that I’ve tried all sorts of apps, paid and free. I’ve yet to find a better combination of features all wrapped up in one app. Would I like things to be different or better about pocketcasts? Yes. But compared to the competition, there’s nothing that drives me away from Pocket Casts or towards anything else.
Best podcast app by a mile
Pocket Casts is more than just an app, it's a community. The team behind the app is always making improvements and cares deeply about their customers. The app UI / UX is also far better than any competitor app IMO.
