DoggCatcher Podcast Player

- June 10, 2016

Everyone

News & Magazines

( 10,050)

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Description

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

Reviews

4.5

10,050 total

5 6,749

4 2,160

3 544

2 261

1 326

Brian Burton

Great before the Marshmallow update. .. Marshmallow update killed this app for me. Ive been using the paid version for about two years now and it was one of my favorite apps, but with the update it has lost the ability (@ least on my Samsung Galaxy s5) to download to the sd card. That has made the app pretty much useless for me for any serious usage. Regrettably if the issue isn't resolved soon I'll be uninstalling in the next few days...

Justinn Diebold

Too many problems. Not functional app anymore I have used this app for 4 years. I loved it. Lately episodes will not download automatically. They show up as new episodes but when I press they are not downloaded yet. I have to manually download each one. This is annoying and if I am on data I cannot download many large files at once. It will use up too much of my monthly data. So I cannot even listen to podcasts if I am away from wifi. I did not receive any help when I emailed. I have no choice but to ditch this app and buy different one.

R. Tyson Vance

The best device based but has problems Pros: can be set to download archives. Is reliable. Cons: For something I paid for it staggers me that after all these years it still completely locks all usability besides playing just because it is missing a handful of lines of code to detect if wifi is available. So 3 stars. Requests: Add the ability to have different playback on a per podcast basis.

dafiella2010

Something is changing about this app.. Multiple feed connection errors, sub-par feed search, discovery and recommendation system. I'll ask again. Can't you connect your search to iTunes system? Check out podcastaddict & figure out how they've implemented their search system. In finishing, kindly try to focus less on cosmetic designs, & Make the user interface simpler and more intuitive. In addition, find out how you could sell services through the app instead of focusing on payments. Guys, u need fresh ideas. Send me a private

Tim Shank

Broken in recent android versions DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY. Since kit-kat, saving to external sd is impossible. A quick Google search reveals many reports-- and the scapegoating that Doggcatcher support clearly defaults to.

Maximiliano Vallejos

Battery drain on Nougat This was definitely a 5 star app. I don't think it's Nougat optimized yet. I get 4 hours of podcast on Nexus 6p before battery is gone (crazy!). Used to play all day long just last week. Either don't update to Nougat yet, or update and get another podcast app.

User reviews

Brian Burton July 11, 2016

Justinn Diebold August 5, 2016

R. Tyson Vance July 28, 2016

dafiella2010 July 15, 2016

Tim Shank July 30, 2016

Maximiliano Vallejos September 23, 2016

Mikey D September 12, 2016

Great application. Works pretty well and has some good features that others don't have. Organization is good. The ONE thing that makes me irritated, is when I had a Video that was playing via external app, I paused, it disappeared from from push notification tray, and when I opened up Doggcatcher, it just started playing the video without headphones (which is embarassing at work). I don't get why this app does that.

Matthew Royal July 28, 2016

Updates broke it Lots of stuff stopped working, including speed of playback, and no material features were added. It's unusable now, so I'm uninstalling and trying other apps.

Aaron Reichow June 26, 2016

Longtime user, new audio issues I've been using this app since 2010. No other podcatcher that I've tried hits the sweet spot of features and minimal hassle, paid or free. Unfortunately, the most recent version is riddled with audio issues. Whether over Bluetooth headphones or the phone speaker, there is a static click a few times a second. Totally makes DoggCatcher useless until this is solved. Other phone audio is fine, no recent firmware updates. I've never had the issue before, hoping it gets fixed quickly! Will make my review 5 stars.

Fisty Fisterson September 19, 2016

Best podcast app for android I have tried 90% of the ones out there. I love it. Import, export, keep it on your dropbox, have it on all devices. The search pulls up what I look for. The suggestions are crap, but the rest of the features are exactly what you need.

William Beegle September 4, 2016

Great playlist customization This is the only app I've found that allows me to customize the downloads and playlists as much as I'd like. Synchronization across devices needs work, and Chromecast support is a bit uneven, but no complaints otherwise.

Scott Moore August 24, 2016

Highly Unintuitive This is the 5th time I have tried this app, having purchased it for.my original Moto Droid 6 (?) years ago. And it still seems to be hard to operate when compared to BeyondPod. Where the heck is my playlist?

Arc Mael July 3, 2016

Poor file management The app is filled with bugs, sometimes will not delete past podcasts, and it is a resource hog. Avoid. -Update: keeps poorly managing resources.

A Google User June 23, 2016

Sorry devs, i just can't put up wirh this apps bs any longer Doesn't auto play videos and won't auto add audio casts to playlist - really??? Won't let me select ANY part of the sd card for storage yet tells me the default directory doesn't have permissions. I. give. up.

David Benston June 12, 2016

Mediocre and overpriced Bought this for $7 six years ago and liked it well enough at the time, though search and subscribe controls were clunky and counter intuitive. I gradually moved on to check out other apps and used Beyond Pod for a long time. Just came back to this and found nothing has changed. Can't even change the storage location. An OK app six years ago equates to a very poor one today. If it was free I'd give it one more star. No one should spend money on this when better alternatives exist for free.

Mark Longden September 10, 2016

Loved for years, but... Tons of errors are creeping in, feeds are getting messed up. Hopefully this'll be updated soon?

Neil Lamont June 11, 2016

Best podcast program Love the interface and options for the program. The suggesting podcast from the podcasts in my list has helped me find some new ones that I would of never found anyways. Thanks keep it up guys.

A Google User July 30, 2016

Giving up on Doggcatcher I've been a happy user for years, but recently it refuses to save podcasts to my SD card, and fills up internal flash until my phone is non-functional. Uninstalling.

daniel culley July 19, 2016

Never updates the feeds automatically, constantly having to attend to all things manually. Will be deleting and looking for another app.

Brandon High September 2, 2016

At some point recently the app stopped working with Bluetooth media controls. This makes it impossible to skip forward or backwards in podcasts without using the buttons on the phone. I have a Nexus 6P with Android N. The problem is present in both my cars and with 3 different bluetooth headsets.

Jack McGee August 13, 2016

Android auto fail Very competent podcast app, but has serious shortcomings using Android auto at least in a 2016 Hyundai Sonata.

Ajay Koranne July 9, 2016

Cannot download (IllegalArgumentionException) Few days ago, i upgraded Android OS to 6.0.3. Now when I try to download podcast I get java.lang.IllegalArgumentException. Doggcatcher is pretty useless for me now.

Emily Horrex August 24, 2016

Having trouble with long drop outs when playing downloaded episodes, makes listening in the car impossible. Very disappointed.

Roy Jacob June 11, 2016

Variable speed function no longer works. The last update broke the ability to listen to podcasts at a faster speed than 1.0x.

Andy Chaffee June 12, 2016

Great podcatcher. Worth the money spent. Many features and actively developed without ruining a great app like so many other developers.

Chris Gerow July 5, 2016

Still great and getting better!!! Suggestion: ability to flag 'current affairs' podcasts so that they play at the top of a 'sort by oldest date' playlist, above non date sensitive podcasts.

Jason Tokarz September 19, 2016

Adverts on paid version. I don't mind paying for an app but I expect an advert-free experience. Also, app crashes quite a lot.

Wes H. June 28, 2016

Only podcast app I use Nice app. I especially like how they spelled dog with two g's

Mike Goff June 21, 2016

Phone crashing After years of using now my phone restarts itself when playing podcast.

Chris Morrison August 26, 2016

Shocking! Broken feeds! Manual download anything you want to listen to. Really terrible experience!

Gary Cotz August 22, 2016

Won't work for me I denied access to my phone

Matthew Davidson June 11, 2016

Excellent Could not use my phone with out this app. Best podcast app on market, well worth the money. Love the sleep timer function!

charles gibbs July 12, 2016

My favorite podcast app. Almost every feature you could want. Only request would be podcast queueing. Would really love to see you guys add that ability.

A Google User September 17, 2016

S6 I found thw setting to disable the seek bar so I don't keep moving where I am. This app is always reliable.

Jeff Haynes June 25, 2016

Been using this for years One of my favorite apps of all time!

Hendrik Spiegel August 11, 2016

Feed is not always sorted and there is no option to sort or specify a sorting order.

anon e. Muss July 4, 2016

Best podcast app. I use this every day while commuting, exercising, etc! LOVE IT!

Brian sabol July 10, 2016

Sick and crashes all the time

michael sunner July 1, 2016

amazing app have used everyday for years without a single issue. good work guys

Josh Stearns August 30, 2016

Great application I have used it for years.

What's New

1.2.4147

When subscribing and previewing a feed, the header text is hard to read

Support web links when displaying show notes on playing screen

Speed up loading of Now Playing screen

Change 'Force download' text on episode actions to 'Download now'

Fix: chromecast - error message is displayed when disconnecting via cast dialog

Fix: multiple application crashes

Additional information

Updated

June 10, 2016

Size

Varies with device

Installs

100,000 - 500,000

Current Version

Varies with device

Requires Android

Varies with device

Content Rating

Everyone

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