Pocket Casts - Podcast Player

Automattic, Inc

In-app purchases

About this app

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:
Android Central: “Pocket Casts is the best podcast app for Android”
The Verge: “The best podcast app for Android”
Named Google Play Top Developer, Google Play Editors’ Choice, and recipient of the Google Material Design Award.

Still not convinced? Allow us to walk you through some of our features:

BEST IN SHOW
Material design: Your podcasts have never looked so beautiful, colors change to complement podcast artwork
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.
Everywhere: Android Auto, Chromecast, Alexa 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.
Wear OS: Control playback from your wrist.
Sleep timer: We'll pause your episode so you can rest your weary head.
Chromecast: Cast episodes straight to your TV with a single tap.
Sonos: Browse and play your podcasts directly from the Sonos app.
Android Auto: browse your podcasts and filters to find an interesting episode, then control playback. All without ever touching your phone.


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.

Ratings and reviews

I was bummed when Google announced it was killing Podcasts app. I still miss Google Reader. However, since researching and finding Pocket Casts, I'm actually glad Google killed off their app and moved it to their music app. If they hadn't, I would have never found the superior Pocket Casts. It is one of the few apps that has cloud syncing between devices so I can keep my playlists up to date. I haven't found anything I want to do that is t built into PC. Good riddance Google Podcasts!

After more than ten years together, I have uninstalled this app. The update in 08/2023 and "fix" in 09/2023 have rendered this app so unstable that it freezes every time I open it. I loved this app for the high level of customization it offered, like prioritizing hourly news updates and more. I've tried other apps that lack features: iHeart, Spotify, Google, etc. Current bugs in this app forced me to hunt for a suitable replacement. UPDATE: Thanks for fixing bugs and making improvements.

When I heard Google Podcast was closing I researched other apps and this was on almost every list. After using it for a few months I can say the free version is better than Google's was. I really like that there is a setting to auto download episodes when you add them to your queue, instead of new episodes only. I'm new to a few podcasts so I'm trying to catch up on their backlog, so I appreciate that I only have to add it to my queue for it to download instead of manually doing both.

What's new

Our bookmarks are getting better and better! Now you can check your bookmarks from profile and you can share them from bookmark list. And there’s more! Sleep Timer will restart automatically if you play again within 5 minutes.

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