Pocket Casts - Podcast Player

In-app purchases
3.5
76.9K 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
Mar 15, 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
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

3.6
73.2K reviews
Alyse Middleton
March 14, 2024
I REALLY like this app, it works well on my phone and manages data well and everything works great. BUT the difference between a 4 and a 5 is I feel like it is missing just one feature that would make it perfect. Playlists - I often listen to podcasts when I am driving and I have a LONG commute, it would be better and safer, if it went from one podcast to the next automatically, without me having to manually pick the next one to play. Eta... All good now!
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Daryl Naskale
March 8, 2024
I liked this app a lot when I started using it a few years ago and recommended it frequently, but it's had problems lately. It's just got that glitchy feel, it freezes up, fails to load, sometimes the audio disappears. If it wasn't buggy and feeling like it's getting worse if anything it would still be a great app. Love it when it works. 😕
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Automattic, Inc
March 14, 2024
Howdy! That doesn't sound great, and we'd like to investigate these matters further. Can you please contact us via https://support.pocketcasts.com/contact-us/? Thank you!
Darryl Whitmore
March 11, 2024
I suffered with the horribly buggy and ad-plagued iHeart app for my podcasts for years and finally got the bright idea to look for something else. I should have done it long ago. Pocket Casts has everything I ever wanted and more and after a couple days of testing it out, I gladly signed up for Plus. I love the ability to queue up my episodes, and the ability to auto-download those in the queue. Archiving gets listened or uninteresting episodes out of my sight. Android Auto support tops it off!
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What's new

Just as the world tunes into the rhythms of a new season, our latest update too embraces adaptability and accessibility! The ‘total remaining time’ in your up-next queue now elegantly adapts to every language and font size. Like echoes of spring birds, our search back button found its voice in TalkBack! The podcast settings screen is blooming with responsiveness again. And our widget? It stopped pretending to be your headphones and returned to good ol’ skipping.
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