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

Every podcast I listen to has at least one moment where it will skip back 2, 3, 4 minutes. Sometimes more than once. Very irritating. Otherwise it's been a good replacement for Google Podcasts, especially after the most recent update. (I don't download episodes, so it wouldn't be from that. It honestly does happen with every ep I listen to.)

I love this app so much! I downloaded it a couple months ago when I found out that Google Podcasts was going away, and I've found that I like it better! The interface is really nice and easy to understand and use, everything's free, and they are constantly updating to make things better! Recently there's a button that now, not only allows you to turn on a sleep timer for 1 episode but for as many as you want and play them in order from your queue! Any qualms I had have been improved! Great job!

Update: This had been working terribly...call me crazy but I stuck it out because I liked its interface best and had high hopes. Well, after roughly 4 months of the 1st world struggles, it's suddenly working beautifully. Really really well. I never did see the response from Automatic, so I cannot speak to the help I might have received. But I'm going on a week-ish of smooth podcast streaming! It's so very delightful and what I wish for us all. Thanks be to the Pocket Casts gods!

What's new

Widgets galore! We’ve added three new widgets – small, medium, and large – to brighten up your home screen! Our Podcasts grid layout got a fabulous makeover, and there’s a brand-new Up Next tab waiting for you.

No more endless loading icons with pull to refresh, and the “Never archive” setting now behaves itself. Enjoy these fun updates and keep your feedback coming!