Overcast

Overcast

By Overcast Radio, LLC

  • Category: News
  • Release Date: 2014-07-16
  • Current Version: 2024.11.1
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 22.64 MB
  • Developer: Overcast Radio, LLC
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
Score: 4.54966
4.54966
From 41,062 Ratings
Free On itunes

Description

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.

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Reviews

  • Super smooth podcast app

    5
    By Well hello bud!
    Very enjoyable podcast app. Easy to use, great features. Lots of customization options. Highly recommend.

  • Please fix:

    5
    By Jsquanto
    App still needs option to sort current/all individually like on the old version. Do not move the episode out of current when finished. If I finish a podcast I want it to stay in current so I can delete download first.

  • Still the best

    5
    By Fil One
    After a fumble, the developer swiftly addressed the most glaring usability issues from the redesign, enhancing performance and reliability. Overcast’s audio engine stands out as the best in its class, offering volume normalization (Voice Boost) and silence removal (Smart Speed). Despite trying several other podcast apps, none can match Overcast’s superior sound quality and user-friendly interface.

  • Unreliable Since Rebuild Was Released

    2
    By xenolon
    Overcast has been my favorite podcast app for 10 years, but it has been disappointingly unreliable since the 2024.7 update. I’ve been holding off writing a review in hopes things would get addressed over time, but unfortunately this hasn’t been the case. 1. Downloads frequently fail and have to be retried/restarted. 2. The UI fails. Navigating from one UI view to another results in empty UI elements. No album artwork, no file metadata displayed, no playback information, and greyed out playback controls. App must be forcefully restarted. 3. Does not work properly with AirPlay. When trying to play audio through an AirPlay2 device, the audio regularly fails to play audio or to advance the playhead. In the rare instances where AirPlay audio does work, podcasts will not advance to the next item in playlists, and skipping forward/back or pausing will cause playback to fail. I do not have this problem with any other app. 4. A variety of minor playback issues like skipping forward/back not advancing the playhead and snapping back to the original position. Playback starting over at 0:00 when the app has been idle or when the playback device (headphones) are changed. All my devices and software are up to date and I have reinstalled the app from the App Store, to no avail.

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    1
    By nahgunnagivuanick
    You may want to turn off suggested podcasts they interject into your feed but you cant. Im switching from overcast because of this.

  • Very active development

    5
    By stump_jumper
    This amazing app just keeps getting better. The basic functionality has been solid for years, but now it’s the little things that are making the app even better. For example, the sleep timer. With the UI change it started out functional, but a little hard to use. Now user feedback has been incorporated and it is awesome. I love that after the sleep time pauses play, you can hit play from the Lock Screen and the sleep timer starts again.

  • To hard to delete a show

    1
    By Swoopteam
    Why isnt there a selection to stop following the show when a episode is open and there are three dots on the right with options.

  • Marco’s Odyssey

    5
    By Voodoo Undertow
    The Overcast rewrite is now super solid and performant. This app reached 5 stars months ago (IMHO), so sorry for delayed review. It is by far my favorite podcast app, and now that its been written in SwiftUI it will get better and better. Well done, Marco!

  • The best

    5
    By parttimeyooper
    Use Overcast exclusively for podcast listening, have tried several others but none are as streamlined for users. Great job!

  • Play Next functionality is back!!

    5
    By Maryland Mark
    Thank you so much for adding back the “Play Next“ option! I love the queue and playlist features now that I use them more, but play next is just a quicker way to add to my active listening. Thank you again!

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