Pocket Casts - Podcast Player

In-app purchases
4.1
79.7K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Rated for 12+
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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
Aug 2, 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

4.1
75.9K reviews
Izzy C
August 5, 2024
Best podcast app for me...and I've tried many. Love the customization, ease of use. I can restrict my hourly news updates to the latest episode only. You can direct whether an episode is added next or last to the playlist automatically. Love the tile layout and drag and drop arrangements. Well done! Too bad that the watch version comes with a somewhat steep cost, otherwise would have it there as well.
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Casey McGinty
August 5, 2024
The best podcaster I've found so far. Update: The UI was entirely changed and now many of the advanced features are gone or much harder to use. Not sure how the team could screw this up so much given what they started with. ... Most of the features are back. My only gripe is that it's not easy to extract download audio to another device or PC.
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Ross X
July 31, 2024
7/31/24: I like this podcasting app but I wish it did a better job syncing what I have listened to & across devices mult. devices. They have a premium version called "plus" - I really miss not being able to the podcasts into different folders. I am not going to pay $4 / month. I really HATE that there is not a life time subscription option, I do not want another occurring price/subscription in my life. Good the dev. is putting out monthly updates for this app.
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What's new

Just like Olympic athletes, we’ve been hard at work perfecting our game! This update brings a few enhancements that will make your podcast listening experience smoother and more enjoyable. Keep the Olympic torch of great listening burning bright!