Pocket Casts - Podcast Player

In-app purchases
4.4
82K 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
Nov 26, 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

4.4
78.1K reviews
Ali Faruk
November 26, 2024
Update as of 11-26-24 this problem persists despite there being no sleep timer. I've combed through the settings and can't figure out why the player just pauses at random. I never had this problem with any previous podcast player. Very disappointed. The podcast player randomly stops playing whenever I'm using it. I'll be at the gym and over the course of an hour I have to fish my phone out 7 times to press play because my podcast randomly paused itself for no discernable reason.
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Automattic, Inc
July 25, 2024
That's definitely not the experience we want you to have. Have you checked if you don't have an active Sleep Timer or such? If so, we'd love to investigate this further. Please reach out for support at https://support.pocketcasts.com/contact-us/ if you haven't done so. We're here to help!
Andre Palm (iStackSilver)
November 18, 2024
This has been my go to podcast app ever since I can remember. It keeps getting better. The only thing that would make this app better is an auto volume leveling feature. The ads that play during a lot of podcasts are significantly louder than the actual podcasts themselves. It would be nice to have a way to have everything playing at or near the same volume, so I don't have to keep reaching over to turn down the ads, and then reaching over to turn the podcast back up.
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A Google user
November 16, 2024
This app was great years ago when I first got it, was totally worth my money. Now its age is showing. Podcasts randomly cut off anywhere from 15 seconds to a couple of minutes before they are supposed to end. Some parts replay after they have already played, much like a needle skipping on the record. Thought it might be my phone, but I just upgraded and it's all the same. Might be time to upgrade to another player.
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Automattic, Inc
November 18, 2024
I'm sorry to hear about the experience of the Pocket Casts app having random cuts. I recommend contacting us via the channels at https://support.pocketcasts.com/contact-us/ so we can investigate this issue further.

What's new

Playback 2024 is back with a brand new design! Take a look back at your year of listening and share the standout podcasts that kept you hooked!

We’ve made several improvements to the app. Playback effects settings for podcasts are now easier to find, you can access them directly from the full-screen player. Also, the notification icon is back to red instead of blue, oops.