Pocket Casts - Podcast Player

In-app purchases
4.4
82.9K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Parental guidance
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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
Jan 3, 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
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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

4.5
79K reviews
first name “John pardon” last name
December 1, 2024
It's neat. Straightforward and i use it often. But not perfect. 1. The skip forward button in locked view. When you're not logged in, are quite small. Hard to hit. Easy to miss. 2. The default add podcast button ads it no next instead of add to the bottom. Which means you'll have your oldest casts last and your newest first. Strange? 3. Reviews aren't written yet. Just stars Good things: 1. Clean and simple easy to use UI 2. No very intrusive ads 3. Opens and plays everything without issues.
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Maurice B.
December 14, 2022
Absolutely amazing. I've been using Google Podcasts up till now because it was the only app supporting Android Auto. But Pocket Casts supports it now as well. And both the mobile and auto interfaces are so much better. I love how there is instant access to subscribed podcasts. I love the custom filters feature where I can easily have a list with unplayed podcasts under 20 minutes. For the short drives.
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Ahmed AlQassem
January 8, 2025
Since the demise of Google Podcast, I've been searching for the perfect podcast app that is not too cluttery and also quite simple and has enough features for the free version. After trying a few apps, I concluded that this one was the best option available and finally I was actually happy that Google killed Google Podcast because I was able to find this app which is much better and is giving me a much better experience and control.
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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!