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've hung on a long time, and hate to switch apps. But until the audio glitching issue is solved, I've got to look elsewhere. I hope the dev can get it sorted, but it has been an issue for quite some time--months at least. Hopefully I can come back one day when it is sorted! ETA: Yes, downloading the podcasts is a workaround -- but as much of one, IMO, as seeing I have a new podcast in this app and then going to Spotify to listen to it. In other words, none at all, unfortunately.

I like the organization but I'm getting so tired of the glitches. Frequently the audio will jump backwards 30-60 seconds and repeat everything. Used to be infrequent but now it's sometimes multiple times per podcast. It's getting annoying enough that it might be worth the trouble to switch apps at this point. It's also started cutting off the last couple minutes of podcasts. ETA: re: to Pocket Casts, I'm not going to join a forum to get support. You've had reports of the same issues for months.

This app is mostly good, but I'm leaving a low review in hopes that a pretty breaking issue may get fixed. Often, podcasts I listen to will jump around to things I've already heard before or that are later in the podcast. I think it has something to do with dynamic ads but am not sure if all affected shows use dynamic ads. I can tell sometimes that the podcast length actually changes while I'm listening. This has got to be fixed by not reloading new ads while I'm listening to the show.

What's new

Take control of your experience! You can now manage both the sleep timer auto-restart and the restart when the device is shaken, along with an advanced setting to allow more precise seeking. Want more? Say goodbye to issues with OPML file imports, artwork not loading in Tesla, and opening the app from shared links.

Sweet dreams and happy listening!