Pocket Casts - Podcast Player

In-app purchases
4.4
80.7K 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
Sep 13, 2024

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
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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

4.4
76.8K reviews
Josh Jaskulka
September 9, 2024
Absolutely the best podcast app I have ever used. So many great features like folders, 0.1 incrimental playback speed modifications, auto-skip, trim silence, and more. And it just WORKS, no issues ever. I love having my podcast and music apps separate, and I couldn't imagine using any other app than Pocket Casts. I hope to use this app for the rest of my life. Only feature I can think of to make it better is if you could have multiple "up next" lists, because I basically use it as a "watchlist"
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Adam
September 9, 2024
This app has been an absolute essential. I've used it so long, I can't remember when I first starting using. The flexibility to find any number of podcasts, or add ones that aren't there yet, is great. The customer service is even better. I had to change my email and was locked out of my account. We verified and changed my email the same day without issue. Love you guys!
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William Norton
September 9, 2024
I've been using this app for years. Exactly what you need in a podcast app without unnecessary fluff. Clean and simple UI. Highly customizable settings that you can apply per podcast. The 'Trim Silence' feature has saved me 5 actual days of listening time since I started using it. I'm an app optimizer and tried multiple times to explore other podcast apps. Nothing comes close to this one.
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What's new

We have some fresh updates just out of the oven for you! We now support opening the app using a podcast share link with an iTunes ID, no more crashes when clicking on a chapter title within the player, and some UI changes to make our app even more beautiful