Overcast 4+
A better podcast app
Overcast Radio, LLC
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
A powerful, simple, award-winning podcast player. Featured by the App Store as Editor's Choice and critically acclaimed by The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, AppAdvice, and more.
No big company or VC funding here — Overcast is the only major podcast app written by a single person.
The Verge: “The best podcast app for the iPhone”
9to5Mac: "Overcast is the best podcast app that I’ve ever used”
AppAdvice: "Our favorite podcast client"
Six Colors: "My podcast player of choice"
The Sweet Setup: “Overcast is our favorite”
Cult of Mac: “It’s the best podcast app out there”
TIME: “Overcast lives up to its lofty claims”
iMore: "My personal favorite"
TechCrunch: “There is no reason why you should still be using the Podcasts app over Overcast”
Overcast is a modern, fully featured audio podcast app with many useful features in a simple, intuitive interface:
- Smart Speed saves time without distorting the audio or sounding unnatural.
- Voice Boost makes every podcast the same volume with a broadcast-quality remastering engine.
- Download podcasts for playing anytime, even offline.
- Search and browse for new podcasts, plus get personalized recommendations.
- Create custom Playlists with smart filters and per-podcast priorities, and rearrange the list whenever you want.
- Receive optional notifications when new episodes arrive.
- Subscribe to a podcast, or just add an episode: try new shows without committing.
- Sleep timer automatically stops playback after any time interval you set.
- Apple Watch app with standalone playback and cellular streaming.
- CarPlay support.
And Overcast has world-class privacy, with no third-party analytics, ad services, or tracking code.
Overcast is funded by ads that promote other podcasts. If you choose to purchase Overcast Premium to hide these ads, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase.
Privacy policy: https://overcast.fm/privacy
Terms of use: https://overcast.fm/terms
Proudly made in New York.
What’s New
Version 2024.9.1
- Made episode-limit enforcement less aggressive
- Added Episode Limits section to settings screen for quickly browsing all of them
- Podcast Settings screens now have quick switches for playlist inclusion
- New Nitpicky Detail to disable Lock Screen time-scrubbing, in case you do it accidentally a lot
- Deleting or marking-as-played now loads the next episode if continuous play is enabled
- Playlists now loop around to the top if continuous play is enabled
- Fixed deleted episodes not appearing dim in a podcast's "All" tab
- Podcast screens now start on "All" mode if there are no "Current" episodes
- Fixed links not reopening after swiping to dismiss and tapping again
- Fixed tappable links in chapter list
- Fixed auto-linked timestamps seeking the current episode while viewing a different episode's info
- The app may now prompt you for ratings (I held out for 8 years… it's time)
Ratings and Reviews
Editors' Notes
Overcast really loves podcasts. You can tell. Everything here has clearly been the result of a lot of podcast listening, and the result is an app that does everything you want to do without unnecessary features or unnecessary fuss.
Great app, but update ruined one obscure feature
Love the app, and all the functions. I love being able to auto skip the ads for the first 15 seconds and last 30 seconds of a podcast. However in the last update I lost one feature that I rely on to sleep. I don’t know how niche this is.
I’ve found that listening to old podcasts is a great way to drift off to sleep. I don’t have to worry about missing things, because I’ve heard it before, and it helps me focus instead of my mind whirling on a billion different topics as I am trying to sleep. When one podcast ends, I used to be able to just press play on my headphones to start the next one. Since the last major update, it will not. I now have to get my phone out and manually start the next one. I like listening to lots of shorter podcasts, so I’m doing this every 10 minutes and it just kills it. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, and I used to be able to just start another short podcast without even opening my eyes, but now I need to roll over, look at a screen and start the next one. I can find a setting to automatically play the next one, but then it just plays through the whole playlist without ever stopping. I’ve tried using all sorts of different playlists and options, and I just can’t get it to play the next podcast when I press play on my headphones.
2024 Update is all class
The mid-2024 Update made so many nice little improvements. It really shows a depth of care. Everything is very nicely done. My only complaint is the removal of streaming to start playing a show. I’m guessing I can overcome this 99% by setting my regular podcatss to all download proactively. Internet in other parts of the world (like Australia) isn’t always great, so this effect can be magnified eg waiting tens of seconds if not minutes before something new starts playing. (And phone storage size to download as many podcasts as I would want to pushes you up a storage tier for many). I get the tradeoffs in complexity and especially now there are dynamic length inserte ads (good discussion on ATP about this btw). So still not sure if this is worth addressing on the app side, or just noting and working around on the user side.
My favourite “nice touch” feature: if you have a sleep timer on, it expires, then you hit play again from the lock screen, it plays with the sleep timer again rather than infinitely. So it’s less work than unlocking the phone and setting up another timer. Great when you’re half asleep.
App Privacy
The developer, Overcast Radio, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Overcast Radio, LLC
- Size
- 22.5 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2014–2024 Overcast Radio, LLC
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Overcast Premium $12.99
Supports
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Siri
Get things done within this app using just your voice.