Castor: Podcast Player
Transcripts and AI summaries
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Free, with no ads and no accounts. Read and search the transcript of any episode, ask your podcasts questions and listen on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and CarPlay.
Castor is a simple, beautiful podcast app that respects your privacy. Subscribe to your favorite shows, download episodes and listen at your own pace on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or in the car.
FREE, FOREVER
• Search for any podcast or add it by its feed URL, including paid ones. Import your subscriptions with OPML.
• Automatic downloads of the latest episode, so you can listen without a signal.
• Up Next: your episode queue, arranged the way you like with a simple swipe.
• Per-podcast speed, chapters, 15- and 30-second skips and a sleep timer.
• Alerts for new episodes from your favorite podcasts.
• Everything synced with iCloud across your devices.
• Widgets, Control Center, Siri and Shortcuts.
• "Your Year in Castor": how much you've listened, your favorite podcasts and what kind of beaver you are.
CASTOR PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription, with a 14-day free trial)
• Transcripts: read what's being said in any episode. Castor uses the podcast's own transcripts or creates them on your device, without sending the audio to any server. (Requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence.)
• Search for a phrase across all your podcasts and jump to that exact moment.
• Ask your podcasts questions and summarize episodes with Apple Intelligence.
• Recommendations for new podcasts, worked out on your device from what you listen to.
• Bookmarks with notes, exportable to Markdown.
• Smart Queue: new episodes from your favorites go straight into Up Next.
• CarPlay: your queue, your downloads and your podcasts on your car's screen.
• Apple Watch: download episodes to your watch and listen with headphones, without your iPhone.
YOUR PRIVACY COMES FIRST
Castor has no accounts, no ads and no trackers. Your subscriptions and history stay on your devices and in your iCloud.
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What's new
• Ready for iPhone Duo: uses the whole screen, whether it's closed or open.
• Arrange your podcasts your way: touch and hold an artwork and drag it somewhere else. The order syncs with your other devices and is also used in CarPlay.
• Apple Watch shows what's playing on your iPhone: the episode, how far along you are, and a remote to skip back, pause, skip forward or change the speed. Keep listening on the watch and it picks up right where you left off.
The developer, DANIEL MANUEL VARGAS PESET, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- DANIEL MANUEL VARGAS PESET
- Size
- 13.8 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 4 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- 14-Day Free Trial $0.00
- Castor Pro $12.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Daniel Vargas Peset
