DoggCatcher Podcast Player

DoggCatcher

About this app

Manage your podcasts and news feeds with the first Android Podcatcher.

Testimonials
-Lifehacker finds DoggCatcher to be "The Best Podcast Manager for Android"
-Android Central's Editors' Choice podcatcher of the year
-Android Central's Readers' Choice runner up podcatcher of the year

Highlights
-New material redesign
-ChromeCast and Android Auto support
-Easy to subscribe new podcasts
-Light/Dark theme
-Auto download and cleanup of media files
-Offline playback of audio and video podcasts
-Customizable audio playlists
-Supports devices of all sizes
-Highly configurable
-Build in variable speed playback
-Home screen widget for easy access to playback controls
-Podcast categorization

Automation
-Automatically updates podcasts on your schedule
-Automatically download new media
-Automatically deletes media

Add podcasts by
-Browsing Top 100 DoggCatcher podcasts
-Personalized recommendations
-Searching podcast and news directories
-Importing from OPML

Integrated Audio/Video Player
-Plays downloaded audio/video
-Streams audio over network (wifi/cell)
-Remembers play position of media file
-Plays video formats supported by Android - http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html

Playlists
-Audio playlist for continuous playback of new media
-Video/News playlists for easy navigation of new media

Community and support
-Frequently updated - http://mantis.doggcatcher.com/changelog_page.php
-Very active user community in forums - http://www.doggcatcher.com/forum
-Support via forums and email

Other
-Battery/data plan friendly - can limit downloads based on network/power connections
-Media download queue can be viewed and managed
-Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP)
-Supports authenticated feeds (username/password)

For any questions about application permissions, please see http://www.doggcatcher.com/permissions

Community and support at doggcatcher.com

Ratings and reviews

Abandonware: Until recently, I was a happy paid-up DC user for longer than I can remember (early 2K-teens?). Back then, as a podcast addict who wanted precise control, it was a 4-star app. But, slowly, it began the fall behind innovations in the broader podcast market. Failing to implement continuous Chromecast playback was the time-to-go event for me. I now use 'Podcast Addict' it's not perfect, but it is better.

This app is very dated now. The interface is such a slog. The widgets and notification buttons don't work on android 9, the seekbar is just rediculous in that it can be disabled or enabled, but it's a 6 click round trip to disable it then the same again to enable it, it should be in the options menu on the controls pane. It's very easy to accidentally catch a control and screw up your status. If I need to correct an error "mark as new" and "mark as unplayed" don't move the seekbar to the start.

Clunky, crashes a lot, very difficult to subscribe to a new podcast without it downloading a huge backlog, downloads incorrect audio files for episode titles, and the interface is obscure and counterintuitive. It has full functionality when you look for it and if it were a free app I'd have no major issues but as something paid-for it's well below par. Having recently come from iOS, numerous free options on Apple devices (e.g. Overcast or even the Apple Podcasts native app) are better.

What's new

Bug fixes