Pocket Casts - Podcast Player

In-app purchases
3.4
75.3K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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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.
Updated on
Dec 8, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.4
71.6K reviews
Jack Goslin
December 4, 2023
I've been using Pocket Casts for about 7 years, but for the last year or so I've been having an issue where the playback will sometimes just jump backward about 30 seconds. Happens on Wi-Fi and cell no matter what Bluetooth device it's connected to, if any. It's incredibly frustrating and I'm uninstalling it. Reply to dev: no, it does this in the middle of playback
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Automattic, Inc
December 4, 2023
Hi, Jack! Do you maybe have Intelligent Playback Resumption enabled under Profile > Settings (gear icon) > General? If yes, skipping back is expected when playback is paused for some time. If you don't have the setting enabled, please do reach out to us: https://support.pocketcasts.com/contact-us/
Brent Ritchey
December 4, 2023
If I leave the app for more than a minute and go into another app, Pocket Casts stops playing. This means I can no longer listen to a podcast while driving and have navigation on screen at the same time. Making the app unrestricted does not fix it. In reply to your reply, as I said in the previous sentence making the app unrestricted does not fix it.
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Automattic, Inc
December 4, 2023
Hi, Brent! The behavior you describe normally happens if your phone has restricted the app's battery use. You can refer to the following: https://support.pocketcasts.com/article/playback-pausing-randomly-or-when-screen-is-locked/ but please do feel free to reach out to us about this too: https://support.pocketcasts.com/contact-us/
Aaron Whatley
December 5, 2023
UPDATED 12/5 to respond to the developer. They keep abusing their users with price. Not worth the 4x price increase. I've been using pocket casts for years (I paid for the app before they went subscription) and really liked the full features it offered, including a desktop app so I could listen while I worked, but it would sync to my other devices. Unfortunately, it isn't worth the $40/yr price tag they're putting on it for a podcast catcher app. Time to find an alternative. $40/yr is on site
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Automattic, Inc
December 4, 2023
Hi, Aaron! You're definitely seeing the wrong renewal price, so please reach out to us to have this corrected: https://support.pocketcasts.com/contact-us/

What's new

* Bug Fixes:
* Fixed chapter progress circle on full-screen player
* Fixed show notes loading issues