Overcast

This is an amazing app for podcasts. I have tried a few different podcast apps but this one really stands out to me. The simplicity of its user interface and ease of use are some of the features that make it the best podcast app. I like how I can easily add the podcasts and the episodes I want to a playlist. It also has a non-intrusive ad banner that does not interfere with the screen and I am so grateful for that. Thank you Marco Arment for this awesome app!

I love this app

Awful update, what was the developer thinking? Totally convoluted and confusing interface now. Deleting!

more clicks to do things that use to take one action - why?

New update has major bugs. Podcast playlists stop playing and downloads, which are now required since streaming is no longer included, don't always fully download. Continuous play is still broken despite the last bug fix saying it’s repaired. Playlists don't reliably advance to either playing the next episode or playing the top of the playlist, depending on which option is selected.

I’ve been an Overcast user for many years and always loved the app. That ended abruptly when the latest update came out. The app is now so user unfriendly I can’t believe it came from the same developer. Please consider rolling back and taking another shot at it. Until then I’m jumping ship and going to a different podcast player. :(

This was my favorite podcast app for years but this latest major update broke it entirely. I lost the use of the queue playlist that i can no longer sort according to my own order, only having 2 real options. Mass download per playlist and many other features are completely gone. The player screen has changed and has become more complicated and annoying to traverse. The navigation while scrolling through podcasts has become so confusing, before there was a small expansion to the menu that had the most useful commands at the front and a drop down menu for specific commands, now its a giant drop down with more drop down menus that can contain more drop downs; commands that use to take one to two inputs now take 2-3 or more inputs if the options is even there. The app has gotten needlessly more complex and less intuitive. And now it’s significantly more buggy with every new update since the major change.

The newest version of Overcast is cumbersome and frustrating. I can no longer download the episodes in my queue—they have to be individually downloaded as I listen. This negates ease of listening while driving. I’m also having issues with downloading some podcast episodes. I did a test on Apple Podcasts and it worked just fine. If this situation continues, I’ll go back to Apple again. I’m not pulling over every 20-30 minutes to “download” the next episode in my queue. This is a dumb change

I have used this app for years and have been pleased with its progression until now. The latest redesign has not been user friendly and there are bugs introduced that are very annoying. For the us particularly annoying is the Queue is no longer reliable at downloading podcasts. I use to be able to load up a bunch of podcasts and it would play the. One right after the other. That is no longer the case. It will randomly have a podcast that doesn’t download, and these are podcasts that I have listened to for years without any download issues. It’s now broken with the update. Once was what stable is very unstable now. Hopefully this can get fixed soon to restore this valuable feature. ————— I have used this app for quite a while and it has just gotten better over time. It’s easy to use and is responsive. On most occasions, I’ve never noticed a lag from when I select and episode to play and when it starts playing. Other apps of this type that I’ve used exhibit a noticeable delay. My one feature request is to provide a way to quickly find podcasts that I’ve started but have not yet finished. I have different podcast tiers. When a tier 1 pops up, I stop my tier 2 to listen to the new one. I would like to easily go back to the previous podcast.

I really miss the “card” style interface that held the audio settings and the podcast either timeline and/or the description. It felt much faster, prettier, and easier to use. Still has the best fast-forwarding engine in the game. Makes all other podcast players feel broken.