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.
You can tell this app loves podcasts. Everything here is the result of a lot of podcast listening, and the outcome is an app that does everything you want to do, without the unnecessary features or fuss.
Very questionable stuff.
Alexcom666
A lot of my use cases were broken by rewrite / redesign. I would prefer author to spend another year rewriting and reaching feature parity with the old app. Here are my main pain points:1. Streaming. What if I have no podcasts that insert ads on the fly? Sorry, but you can’t decide what’s better for your users. You at least must make it optional.2. Automatic episodes removal is broken. Not even one was removed since the update. I patiently wait for a fix.3. Opening panel with podcast description from playback screen takes one tap in image but closing it requires clicking the “x” button. It’s like I’m back in Windows hell. You could say “just tap ‘i’ button”. But the fact that there’s two ways of doing it is a bad UX by itself.4. There’s no point in shrinking playlists to these circles. I’m sure that there’s many people who only need one playlist. Why not make option of removing this section, replacing it with just “play” button for this hidden default playlist?
The new version is just awesome
kostimoshenko
I have been a happy overcast user for many years, and this new app rewrite made me even happier. This new ‘jump back’ button which appears when I accidentally tap the progress is alone worth the money I pay. Well done Marco!
Minor bug fixes is not enough
Gusto_ua
I tried to use it twice over 6 months, because Apple make so radical changes in the standard Podcast app, I tried to quit it. I’m sorry, it’s ugly, it hung up twice in 5 minutes, heated up my phone to 50C and eaten 15% of the battery. It hung up on the start screen asking for some email. It takes 4 taps to play the episode, download button on “download” screen on the right of the episode does nothing, doesn’t react on the tap. Waiting animation is ugly and overlaps the play/pause button. And I need to pay $10 a year? For what? What value do I get? No ads? Thank you, I’ll rather live with minor inconvenience with the standard app.
Everyone hated the new episode-limit strictness, so it's gone!
You can now also set all limits at once in the main settings screen, and manually toggle whether specific episodes are included in or ignored by the limits you set.
Version 2026.8.1
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 based, for example, on the features you use or your age. Learn More
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Information
Provider
Overcast Radio, LLC
Size
58.5 MB
Category
News
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Infrequent Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Profanity or Crude Humour Mature or Suggestive Themes Horror/Fear Themes Medical Treatment Information Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References Sexual Content or Nudity
