Sideload your podcasts with ease! This update brings important sideloading fixes and performance improvements for the best podcast listening experience.
Castro is a beautiful, full-featured podcast player that makes it easy to track and manage lots of podcasts at the same time. Only listen to the episodes you want and easily skip the rest, queue up hours of podcasts at a time and enjoy a seamless listening experience with carplay compatibility, chapter support, trim silence and much, much more!
HOW IT WORKS
1. New episodes land in the NEW tab. Read their descriptions, add episodes you like to your QUEUE, and clear the rest.
2. Press play to listen to episodes from your QUEUE in order. Queued episodes are downloaded automatically.
3. Re-order your QUEUE to plan your next few hours of listening at any time. Browse your LIBRARY to review the back catalogue, quickly access starred shows, and see your listening history.
Subscribing to a podcast is no longer a commitment to listen to every episode. You don’t have to manage a huge list of subscriptions or choose a few shows and miss the rest.
WHY OUR USERS LOVE CASTRO
• Drag and drop podcasts to plan your listening with Castro’s unique queue
• An elegant dark mode and thoughtfully designed sleep timer offer the best in night time podcast listening.
• CarPlay support makes it easy to pick up where you left off while driving.
• Apple Watch app to control playback and select another episode from your queue.
• Episode notifications include a summary of the episode to help you decide if it interests you. Play, queue or clear the episode directly from the notification without opening the app.
CASTRO PLUS
Castro Plus is an optional paid subscription available for $24.99/year (includes a one-week trial). Plus unlocks a range of advanced features:
• Trim Silence — With this option on, the app will analyze audio as it plays to detect silent parts and accelerate those parts. Get through more episodes faster.
• Enhance Voices improves the listening experience for many podcasts and makes it easier to hear in loud environments. Under the hood, Enhance Voices applies a dynamic compressor to increase volume just where it’s needed.
• Sideloading: Import audio files directly, just by dropping them in iCloud Drive
• Mono-Mix — Mixes a stereo podcast to mono, which makes it easier to hear podcasts that pan some guests on left/right channels.
• Chapter Support: Artwork, Skipping & Pre-selection.
• Custom settings per-podcast: Episode Limit, Trim Silence, Enhance Voices, Mono Mix, Skip Intros, Playback Speed.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“Castro 3 is an incredible app.”
— The Sweet Setup
“Castro 3 is everything Castro already was, but better.”
— MacStories
Castro 3 Is a Great Modern Podcast App”
— Beautiful Pixels
“Unlike other podcatchers, Castro's primary virtue is its simplicity and ease of use. The app combines sleek visual design with crystal clear audio.”
— Tom’s Guide
CASTRO PLUS SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
Castro Plus costs $24.99 per year. Prices are in US dollars and may vary in countries other than the US.
Castro Plus is charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. It will renew on the day before the current subscription period ends. You can cancel auto-renewal any time from the Castro settings screen.
You can switch between the two subscription periods after you pick one, but your trial period will end immediately if you do, so it's best to wait till your free week is over before changing.
Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://castro.fm/privacy-policy
The only issue we have with podcasts today? Keeping track of all of the good stuff. Castro acts as our podcast personal assistant. Once we’d rifled through the app’s vast (and we mean vast) offering, Castro helped us prioritize and organize what we wanted to hear—and clear our in-tray by deleting them once we’d listened.
The best Podcast player (Podcatcher)
EasyKoni
Castro works a bit differently than other players. The unique concept works perfectly!You decide what happens with new episodes: - Put in inbox (not downloaded)- Play next (top of queue)- Play last (end of queue)So, podcast play in the order you prefer.But if needed it’s still easy to rearrange your queue.Give it a try and support it with a subscription.
Best Apple Podcast Alternative App !
igniluma
I like the way it present me with clean UI and comfy UX. Whereas other Podcast apps seemed cluttered and ‘noisy’. The only thing that made me had to abandoned the native Podcast app simply because it doesnt gave me the option Starred or Bookmarked chosen Episode; It just throw away everything into the Library alongside queues and latest Episodes, which makes it an awful mess. This app however, gave me that option and also the ability to manage Episodes such as the “Inbox” section where i could review whether i wanted to listen to the Episodes or not, so it wont messed up my “Queue” section that is also provided by the app. And all that presented ‘within grasp’ without having to go through menus and/or sub-menus, which makes it absolutely tidy !.I can even define which Podcasters to have their Episode automatically added to my Inbox or my Queue (or not both) whenever there is a new one.There are some features request to makes it perfect(at least for me)...1. Needs an iOS 14 Widgets. Small one (square) —most preferably— just like Apple’s Podcast app. Also..2. Like the other one said, it needs an iPad version. I listen to Podcast a lot.. and when my iPhone needs to be charged, i use my iPad to continue where i left off. Yes, it can be installed to the iPad in its current state, and all the functionality working just fine at that too, but the small sized UI makes it look very weird. (Time of writing : Saturday 26 September 2020)
Fav podcast app
ryanditjia
Hoping to see iPad version
- Fix a crash related to the watch app
- Fix a crash related to bad data in the database
- Fix an issue where watch sync would require Castro Plus
Castro is funded directly by those who love it. If you love Castro, you should subscribe.
Version 2026.5
The developer, Bluck Apps, 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:
User Content
Search History
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based, for example, on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Provider
Bluck Podcast LLC
Size
173.2 MB
Category
News
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
