Pocket Casts - Podcast Player

In-app purchases
4.4
82.9K 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 5x.
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
3 Jan 2025

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
79K reviews
John Hilker
9 January 2025
There's supposed to be a 50% discount available, but when I try to subscribe from the app, it still is listed as $40/year. Very disappointing that in order to get any support (especially when using the beta) you have to subscribe. Not very friendly! Edit: I think it was in the Play Store, but I don't see it now. I deleted the Beta, and went back to regular version, and I don't see it now. Maybe in the Beta page?
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Automattic, Inc
9 January 2025
You can certainly reach our support team if you're using a free account. The best way to get in touch is to post in the support forums: https://forums.pocketcasts.com/ As for the 50% off promotion, that is something that we offered last year, however it's no longer available. Could you let us know in the forums where you're seeing it?
K Marshall
26 December 2024
Update: can you be more specific? What exact battery setting would impact this? I don't think this problem is a battery setting issue though since the problem only exists with this app and not all apps. Original: Pretty good, except from the lock screen. When I try to control the app from the lock screen it doesn't always work. I'll press buttons multiple times before they work, or I'll have to unlock the screen to control the app.
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Automattic, Inc
26 December 2024
Thanks for your review. Have you tried to change the battery settings in case that's helpful? If not, please contact us at https://support.pocketcasts.com/contact-us/ and provide more details on this, such as your device info and some screen recordings where applicable. We'd love to investigate this case further. Thank you!
Christopher Olpp
2 January 2025
The biggest problem I have is that the app will show it is playing and not be playing through my speaker (whether it be bluetooth or my phone speaker). I almost always have to exit out of the app, bring it back up, rewind 30 seconds, and that usually fixes the problem. Otherwise it works great.
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What's new

First release of 2025 is here!

We’ve improved how you share logs with our support team, refreshed the account details header, given the “Clear All” button in your Up Next playlist a shiny new icon, and ensured podcast ratings load flawlessly.

Here’s to a year of amazing podcasts and exciting new features ahead!