Pocket Casts: Podcast Player

Your favorite podcast player

Published by: Automattic
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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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In-Apps

Plus Yearly
$49.99
Plus Monthly
$4.99
Patron Yearly
$129.99
Patron Monthly
$12.99

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Pocket Casts FAQ

  • Is Pocket Casts free?

    Yes, Pocket Casts is free to download, however it contains in-app purchases or subscription offerings.

  • Is Pocket Casts legit?

    🤔 The Pocket Casts app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.

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  • How much does Pocket Casts cost?

    Pocket Casts has several in-app purchases/subscriptions, the average in-app price is $49.49.

  • What is Pocket Casts revenue?

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User Rating

4.35 out of 5

754 ratings in Canada

5 star
523
4 star
71
3 star
27
2 star
28
1 star
64
Ratings History

Pocket Casts Reviews

Could be the best - but filters too limited

yoink on

Canada

This could be the best podcast app out there. However filters are too limited to be useful. No ability to filter on category/type (ex. News) and yet this would be incredibly useful - ensuring new podcasts of a type are added to a filter list. Great idea … poor execution. On the other hand the up next and auto archiving are the best there are.

Can’t access subscriber feed of popular podcast

Metal Bison on

Canada

Can’t do what I need it to

Stops playing which is really annoying.

Andrew Musick on

Canada

Love this app. Way better than Apple Podcasts. But HATE that it stops playing randomly. It’s so annoying. Fix it please!

Pauses and stops playing randomly

HiVolt on

Canada

Since last update it has very frequent pauses during playback where there is no sound also stops playing completely at times.

V7.6.7 a major problem

Also iefbr14 on

Canada

v7.6.7 appears to have intermittent pauses/stalls while streaming a podcast. When playback resumes the stream is ahead or behind where it was. iPhone also gets fairly warm during playback - this wasn’t the case in prior releases of the app. Not sure if either issue impact downloaded podcasts as do not download any - only stream. Hopefully fixes are coming ASAP

Best podcast app in a post Google Podcast world

Amethyst.Beloved on

Canada

I was quite sad when Google Podcasts kicked the bucket and I was not happy with the idea of migrating to YouTube Music (no “marked as played” option?! Really?!). I discovered this app via a YouTube video and I’ve been super satisfied ever since.

Held Hostage

Podcast Fan 007 on

Canada

The app is great. I’ve used it for years and years. However occasionally it has an issue where it will repeatedly stop playing every 5 minutes or so. It is so infuriating that it ruins the whole experience of using the app. It also goes away and reappears with stretches of months in between which makes you think they’ve fixed it. Unfortunately, it has all of my listening history so I feel stuck using it. This might be the time that makes me move away from it though.

Bring back the one time payment please

ghteyhterthetyhtehteyh on

Canada

Bring back the one time payment please. $49.99/year is a lot for essentially an RSS feed fetcher. Pocketcast is my favourite podcast app, but sadly I will have to leave because of the pricing model. I understand that a subscription model helps you with the ongoing cost of operations/running a business, but I believe that your user base would much rather have an app with a one time payment, with less updates (please check out the reddit community for lots of feedback). Maintaining a stable app through IOS updates should not cost anywhere near 49.99 a year.

Best balance of features and aesthetics

Devvyn on

Canada

I'm a regular user and truly enjoy the app. Recent updates have perfected performance, eliminating the need for restarts. The interface is now both intuitive and visually appealing.

Still not that good

Brad9013 on

Canada

It's getting better but it still isn't that good. This use to be a 5 star without a question. Now it's just another podcast app that wants money.

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Keywords

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Pocket Casts Revenue

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App Info

Category
News
Publisher
Automattic
Languages
Catalan, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese
Recent release
7.78.2 (5 days ago )
Released on
Jul 24, 2011 (13 years ago )
Last Updated
1 week ago
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