I’ve been looking for a new pod catcher since stitcher went down and ran threw a lot of them. This is the only one I’ve found that allows you to categorize your podcasts (an essential and seemingly basic feature). You can customize all sorts of thing for each category or playlist including if you want that to auto download.I have been enjoying my must listens on an auto download feed but am able to track others I occasionally will listen to without having them flood my entire feed. I can listen to my preferred podcasts for news, politics or sports when I have time without having them overwhelm my core podcasts in one giant feed.5 stars!

I have no idea how there isn’t a single podcast app that lets you make multiple custom playlists so this app is an absolute godsend. It’s like the Marvis of podcast app - I love that it’s a one time purchases to remove ads and all the features (like custom skip intro skip outro options) I like from annoying paid subscription app are just inherent to this one. I also love now customizable everything is as well. I have a lot of RSS patreon feeds and being able to edit podcast titles and artwork makes it so easy to keep organized. Most underrated feature is the lock timeline bar - the amount of times I’ve accidentally skipped 30 minutes ahead in a podcast should be criminal and this prevents that. My only tweak is I wish I could see all my playlists laid out in the grid pattern like the normal podcast screen (if that IS a view feature, let me know lol I absolutely could have missed that) but that is only minor compared to how much I love every other aspect of the app.

**Edit: the fast forward/rewind issue has resolved. But now my ability to browse or search for podcasts is completely bricked. Clicking the little binocular icon at the top takes me to a list of categories with no content. Searches yield zero results. Installing the latest update does not fix the issue.**Latest update has taken away my ability to choose which buttons I see. Either that or it has been buried so deep in the settings that I can’t find it anymore. Very, very annoying considering the best feature of this app has always been the user’s ability to customize the display to our individual preferences. Now I have 9 different buttons on my screen when I only need 3 of them. Latest update has also caused playback issues. After listening to a couple of episodes, the fast forward/rewind buttons stop working. So I have to force close. Then when I reopen, the episode starts playing from the beginning for a few seconds before it “remembers” that I’m halfway through the episode. These things seem minor but I drive for a living & I can’t be fooling around with an app while my eyes should be on the road. So now I just can’t use this player anymore while driving.

If you’re looking for a podcast app that goes beyond a basic featureset, this is it. Mark chapters, customize the your visuals, make notes… this app blows everything else on the App Store away. Everything else seems basic and stripped down. The one thing other apps might have is slightly slicker UI. I searched far and wide when i had to leave behind Podcast Addict during my switch to ios. Also the premium version of this app is a ONE TIME fee NOT a subscription!!! Thank you Podcast Republic for challenging the subscription model of leeching people’s wallets with countless recurring fees.