New in 4.2: a redesigned home with tabs and a Continue Listening card, Liquid Glass on iOS 26, refreshed player controls, and support for iPhone Duo.
SkipCast is the podcast player that skips the ads for you.
SKIP ADS, AUTOMATICALLY
SkipCast listens to your episodes right on your device and seeks past the ad breaks, leaving more of the show you came for. Choose how it works for each podcast:
- By Speaker: SkipCast learns who's on the show and skips the ad reads. Optionally mark your favorite hosts and it skips everyone else too.
- Music Beds: most shows introduce sponsor reads with music. SkipCast finds those sections and jumps past them.
- Jingles: for shows that open and close their ad breaks with a jingle, SkipCast skips from one to the other. If it can't find them on its own, teach it the show's jingle in a few taps.
All processing happens on your iPhone or iPad. Nothing about your listening leaves your device.
A HOME BUILT AROUND LISTENING
Listen Now opens on a Continue Listening card, with your newest episodes below and your playlists one tap away. Library, Playlists and Search sit in the tab bar, and the episode you're playing is always at the bottom of the screen. On iOS 26 it's all Liquid Glass, in light and dark mode.
BIG, EASY CONTROLS
Huge playback buttons that are easy to hit while running, biking or driving. Skip back or forward 15 or 45 seconds, or jump ahead 2 minutes. Play at the speed you like, set a sleep timer, follow chapters, and send audio to your AirPlay speakers.
AUDIO EFFECTS
- Skip Silence trims the pauses, so every episode takes less time.
- Car Mode evens out the volume for noisy places.
- Bass and Treble Boost add weight and sparkle.
YOUR PODCASTS, YOUR WAY
- Search hundreds of thousands of podcasts by title, category or author, and preview any episode with a tap.
- New episodes download automatically, and your feeds refresh on their own.
- Build playlists from the shows you choose.
- Audio and video podcasts.
- Share episodes with friends and family.
- Back up and sync your podcasts with iCloud.
- Control playback from headphones, your car stereo and the Lock Screen.
- Home Screen quick actions.
MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN
Designed for iPhone, iPad with a sidebar and split view, and iPhone Duo, where SkipCast fills both displays and adapts as you fold and unfold.
NO STRINGS
No sign-ups, no accounts, no ads and no in-app purchases. Ever.
SkipCast is built by the biggest podcast fanatic you've ever met. It's fast, efficient and easy to use. Give it a try. I think you'll love it too.
the cpu usage is very good hovering around one percent, but the user interface is completely anti user
Low usage on mac but not on iOS
ios 5 was the best
Relative Low battery usage and insanely small app. But... the UI is quite anti-user. There is no way to date reverse sort the episodes (which is a must, since I listen to recorded news). Interface is quite spartan.EDIT: Pocket Casts gives me more usability and less battery usage. Uninstalling. But still keeping the app on mac.
Please add the podcast from Ministries in Touch Radio, which sadly is not available.
Onill$21
Please add the podcast from Ministries in Touch Radio, which sadly is not available.
Feature request: allow importing opml files
burnsac100
I’d like to be able to add podcasts in bulk if at all possible
A new look
• A redesigned home with Listen Now, Library, Playlists and Search tabs, and the episode you're playing always one tap away at the bottom of the screen.
• Listen Now picks up where you left off with a Continue Listening card, and your playlists are right there as chips.
• Liquid Glass throughout on iOS 26: player controls, sheets, menus and tips.
• Refreshed player controls for light and dark mode, with subtle animations.
• Built for iPhone Duo: SkipCast fills both displays and adapts as you fold and unfold.
Fixes and improvements
• Skip forward no longer jumps backwards in some episodes.
• Your place is saved when you leave the app, and episodes resume exactly where you stopped.
• Deleting the episode that's playing now stops it.
• Swiping a row with several downloaded episodes deletes the one it shows.
• Swipe to delete works while feeds are refreshing, and play starts faster during a refresh.
• Cancelling a download now cancels it, including automatic downloads.
• Smoother scrolling in episode lists while episodes download.
• Fixed episode lists sometimes opening the wrong podcast after a refresh.
• Fixed the player sometimes freezing so you couldn't go back.
• Fixed a crash when switching episodes.
• Podcast links and Home Screen quick actions work again.
• Ad Skip explains when Paired Jingles finds nothing, and its hints only show when Ad Skip is on.
SkipCast now requires iOS 18 or later.
Version 4.2.0
The developer, Matthew Grdinic, 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.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
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Information
Seller
Matthew Grdinic
Size
8.5 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.
