Pocket Casts - Podcast App

In-app purchases
4.4
84K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

Pocket Casts is the world's most powerful podcast app, an app by listeners, for listeners. Our podcast player app provides next-level listening, search and discovery tools. Podcast addict? Find your next obsession with our hand curated podcast recommendations for easy discovery, and seamlessly enjoy your favorite shows without the hassle of subscribing.

Here’s what the press has to say:
Android Central: “Pocket Casts is the best podcasts app for Android”
The Verge: “The best podcast player for Android”
Named Google Play Top Developer, Google Play Editors’ Choice, and recipient of the Google Material Design Award.

Still not convinced? Allow us to walk you through our free podcast listening app:

BEST IN SHOW
Material design: Your podcast player app has never looked so beautiful, colors change to complement podcast artwork
Themes: Whether you're a dark or light theme person we've got you covered. We even have you OLED lovers covered with our Extra Dark theme.
Everywhere: Android Auto, Chromecast, Alexa and Sonos. Listen to your podcasts in more places than ever before.

POWERFUL PLAYBACK
Up next: Automatically build a playback queue from your favorite shows. Sign in and have that Up Next queue sync to all your devices.
Trim silence: Cut silences from episodes so you finish them faster, saving hours.
Variable speed: Change the play speed from anywhere between 0.5 to 5x.
Volume boost: Increase the volume of voices, while decreasing background noise.
Stream: Play episodes on the fly.
Chapters: Jump between chapters easily, and enjoy embedded artwork that the author has added (we support MP3 and M4A chapter formats).
Audio & video: Play all of your favorite episodes, toggle video to audio.
Skip playback: Skip episode intros, jump through episodes with custom skip intervals.
Wear OS: Control playback from your wrist.
Sleep timer: We'll pause your episode so you can rest your weary head.
Chromecast: Cast episodes straight to your TV with a single tap.
Sonos: Browse and play your podcasts directly from the Sonos app.
Android Auto: browse your podcasts and filters to find an interesting episode, then control playback. All without ever touching your phone.


SMART TOOLS
Sync: Subscriptions, Up Next, listening history, playback and filters are all securely stored in the cloud. You can pick up where you left off on another device and even the web.
Refresh: Let our servers check for new episodes, so you can get on with your day.
Notifications: We'll let you know when new episodes arrive, if you like.
Auto download: Automatically download episodes for offline playback.
Filters: Custom filters will organize your episodes.
Storage: All the tools you need to keep your podcasts tamed.

ALL YOUR FAVORITES
Discover: Subscribe to any podcast in iTunes and more. Browse by charts, networks and categories.
Share: Spread the word with podcast and episode sharing.
OPML: Jump on board without any hassle with OPML import. Export your collection at any time.

There are many more powerful, straight-forward features that make Pocket Casts the best podcasts app for android. So what are you waiting for?

Visit pocketcasts.com for more info about the web and other platforms supported by Pocket Casts.
Updated on
Mar 28, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.4
80K reviews
Marinko Novak
March 22, 2025
Since the latest update 7.84.1, it no longer plays videos in landscape orientation. The video stays frozen while audio continues playing. Sometimes it freezes in vertical orientation as well. And, on occasion the video screen just goes black. Pixel 6 Pro, Android 15. This morning it works normally again 😁. No, it's back again 😢. Sent debug info to the developer. I truly love this app, and I know they'll have a fix in no time 😊
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Automattic, Inc
March 24, 2025
Thanks for sending the debug information over, Marinko! We'll be following up with you through email.
Nathan Booth
March 24, 2025
This app is everything I wanted from a pod catcher. I used Google pods for years and when it was discontinued, tried YT Music for 6 months, which stinks. Pocket Casts is everything I missed from Google and more! A straightforward UI, ability to import via RSS, speed controls, and ability to make a listen later playlist.
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Andrew Bennett
March 18, 2025
I'll come back in a year to try again. Tried to bring over my 85 entry opml file. Success, but no subscriptions. Ran the import again and they showed up. Two larger podcasts don't have all their episodes listed - this is covered in a FAQ entry and requires me to contact support to fix. One of these caused the browser tab to hang, although it worked in another browser. Refreshes had a strange error message, and this went away. Another podcast, 2x/day BBC News, stopped updates 3 days ago.
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Automattic, Inc
March 20, 2025
Hi, Andrew! We had an issue with the BBC Global News podcast, but that has now been fixed. For your other concerns, please do feel free to reach out if you'd like to give the app another shot. We're here to help: https://support.pocketcasts.com/contact-us/

What’s new

We’ve just dropped a fresh update packed with goodness! Now you can organize your followed podcasts in one click with Smart Folders. No transcript on an episode? We are starting to generate transcripts so you never miss a beat. Plus, we’ve sprinkled in improvements to widgets, filters, episode details, and more.