Downcast App Reviews

I actually didn’t think this app was around anymore. I took a chance and re-downloaded it because the Apple podcasts app is OK, but not nearly as accessible as this one. Thank you for keeping it around. I do appreciate it.

I was looking for a podcast app that also works reliable on my apple watch but did not want to pay a yearly subscription fee, Downcast fits all my needs and no subscription needed.

I’ve LOVED this app since I first got it: I wanted the ability to follow sane news sources. Everything from Thom Hartmann to Diane Rhiem and some just-for-fun podcasts like Classical Music for Kids (& I’m 78!!) Reliable. Great quality. The Gold Standard. I’ve kept them as well as Overcast, and equally solid equivalent.

The app is very good, but you could add the option to skip silence.

I’ve been having issues with overcast so I downloaded this one. It works but it doesn’t have some functionality I like. You have to lock episodes you want to keep. You can’t make a playlist & just add individual episodes / you have to add all the episodes for a podcast. (So a topical list like AI doesn’t work). It doesn’t lock up that much. I hate the interface - when you are listening to a podcast the big Forward button near play skips to the next episode. To just skip forward in that episode y

This application has consistently performed for many years and provides everything you need in a podcast application without a lot of bloat.

I love downcast for years. Apple has slowly copied the best features. It works great overall and is straight forward to use. Only issue is iOS 27 support . If works but it seems like background automatic downloads is not working correctly on iOS 27. I’m using iPhone 17 Pm , and public release of iOS. Please patch it

Downcast is an easy to use player. I like the ease of making playlists and the flexible sorts for each list. It’s also easy to search or manually add podcasts. And when I’ve contacted developer with a problem, they responded quickly.

And it’s on the Home Screen. I love the control I have over finding podcasts, how straightforward the app is, and much playback control I have

Since I discovered Downcast years ago, no other podcast app has been able to touch it for features and ease of use. Everything you could ask for as an avid podcast listener. Thanks so much for this wonderful app!

If you hate some of the garbage that recommendation algorithms suggest to you, this is the app for you. Nothing but the content you want. Thank you for your service.

Heavy iPhone podcaster regrettably now shopping a new podcatcher due to Downcast crashing so often it’s become unusable. Was a good value after 10 years for only $3.

I started with Downcast years ago, and have tried many other apps that get more attention. I keep trying the Apple Podcast app whenever there is a major update, but I always come back to Downcast. If you want to have a managed playlist of your favorite pods, with priorities set, e.g. to get daily news first, this is the app to get. Not the prettiest but by far the best functionality. I removed 1 star because you can’t download pods to your Apple Watch for use without your phone. You can use your

Downcast is a perfectly reliable and easy to use podcast client. I’ve been wanting to make playlists where I could group together all the podcast episodes about a certain subject in The Rest Is History and similar podcasts, where episodes about the same subject follow each other in sequence. It’s very hard to do that in Downcast. That’s not a fatal flaw, but I do consider it a flaw, and I might have to switch to another client.

Allows for more customization than any other app I’ve tried. It just works and has worked well for years. The feature I appreciate the most is the ability to bypass ads at the start and end of podcasts by setting when the podcast should start and stop playing (e.g., skip the first 1:05 when playing the podcast) both globally and for individual podcasts. The UI (visually, not organizationally) could use an update, but it’s an app for listening, so not a big deal

I’ve loved Downcast for many years. The control over downloading and retaining episodes, with overrides for individual podcasts, is great and easy to use. I just wish it had a queue!

This is my go-to app for listening to podcasts. I love this app because of what it does well, allows me to find old episodes as well as new ones, to keep organized. I love it even more for what it doesn’t do. It doesn’t make a lot of suggestions of what it thinks I might like, it doesn’t compete for my attention. Simple. Perfect.

I’ve been using this podcast app for many years and it is the best one for me by far. Tons of great features. Works great with CarPlay.

I’ve been using this app exclusively for podcasts since 2017 and it’s so good that I’ve never once even thought about using something else. It’s well worth the price.

the program is awesome. It a ton of settings. Be careful when changing things or you might might not have it work the you want it to. It is still the best podcast program in the apple universe.

Why other podcast apps don’t have playlist function is beyond me but is where Downcast really shines. This app is vast and very customizable (maybe too customizable sometimes). The UI is a bit clunky at times but the functionality is by far the best I’ve found. I’ve been using for years and plan to continue. Moreover, I don’t want an algorithm telling which podcast I should listen to next.

Been using this app almost a year. Got tired of Spotify and their ads. Now the only ads I hear are the ones actually designed to be in the podcast by the podcaster. I love that it downloads the pods to my phone so I can listen even in places with no internet. Like an airplane or when driving in rural areas. Thank you!

I appreciate all of the many features that Downcast allows one to personalize podcast playlist, and other settings. I had been using stitcher for years, just because it was easy to access online besides in the iPhone app, but they recently closed. The only question questions I have are around linking my MacBook Air Downcast with the iPad Downcast in the cloud. It would be cool if they were synced. However, I am worried my iCloud will lose too much storage if the podcast go to iCloud. There is pr

The granular control of media handling puts podcatching apps like Apple’s to shame. For instance, most podcasts I’d like to keep all un-played episodes but the continuously updated ones like NPR News, ABC’s news I only want the latest unplayed episode to be kept, no problem. Video podcasts will play audio only in the background so you can still play without distracted driving. Different speeds for each podcast feed if wanted.

I used for years but I’ve been using podcasting 2.0 apps, I wish downcast would implement!! Also it still loses place when I return next day. Podcast will be minutes earlier up to 30 minutes

I’ve used Downcast for years, but it’s becoming stale as Podcasting 2.0 features are being released on other more advanced and feature rich apps which is forcing me to change to a different podcast app. Please update Downcast to do podcasting 2.0 features such as the Live tag, comments, streaming sats (bitcoin) to support content creators, boostagrams, etc!

I used for years but I’ve been using podcasting 2.0 apps, I wish downcast would implement!!

Downcast has been my go-to player for podcasts for many years. I love it because it it simple to use. I don’t need or want all sorts of controls, I just want to hear the podcast. If you want easy, Downcast is for you.

It’s a very easy and intuitive way to organize and listen to my podcasts.

By far the best I’ve found and I’ve tried a LOT. Actually the only one that behaves as I intuitively think it should.

I’ve been using this app since it was created, and I’ve yet to find one better. The simplicity of the app, along with customization options, have made this my favorite way to listen to podcasts. I’ve tried different apps, but they all had drawbacks and required concessions that added too much frustration. Downcast seems to be overlooked on all the top ten lists, and I don’t understand why, it nicely fulfills all my needs without unnecessary distractions. Love this app!

After several years I’ve decided to stop using this app because of one issue. I have the app configured to download via WiFi only. Often find that a podcast episode is incomplete because my playlist completes an episode and stops because an incomplete download is next in the queue. This then breaks the continuous play loop until I reset the app several times. I’ve found a different app that doesn’t add episodes to a playlist until they’ve downloaded. So my continuous listening isn’t interrupte

Perhaps the least invasive of podcast apps for tracking (at least ones that do video). But very unreliable. Just started the app and splash screen shows for >40 sec. Force quit, same. Finally after three quits and waiting about 60 second the app opened correctly. Video And the UI is a hot mess. Incredibly difficult to find different features. Unintuitive. Needlessly complex and undiscoverable. Video playback out of sync with audio when sped up. App feels like 2012 not 2022.

You may not know it yet but you really want this awesome app! Has everything you need and great support. I’m surprised Apple has purchased them and just incorporated it into their iOS. Love this app!

Highly customizable. Frustrating that episodes often get “Queued for download” status and then they won’t download.

Well organized. Can make play lists and choose priorities. Can also set what to download and keep. Can lock episodes & stream. Amazing

Trying to adjust the volume with the on screen control just skips the track forward or backwards.

I’ve been using Downcast for probably 11 years and for me it’s the best iOS podcast player there is. I really appreciate having several forward/backward playback controls.

Thanks; have used for years, works very well I too would like larger captions for reading in car

If it didn’t keep crashing, it would be the very best podcast player. But, sadly, the crashes are there.

I’ve been using downcast for years, and find it is materially better than the default OS related offerings. I’m very happy with it and would strongly recommend it.

I’ve had DownCast for over 3 years and it’s always been solid. So many other apps have a horrible front end and want you to pay monthly/yearly. I bought this for 3 or 4 dollars 3 years ago and it’s been great ever since.

I can’t live without this one. It allows me to listen to podcast my way.

Getting many “error downloading “ messages on various podcasts since the latest software update.

This could be a good podcast player if they fixed its complete inability to search for podcasts, and the inexplicable delay in getting new episodes. Or, perhaps they still feel the need to treat us like children with curated and “approved” podcasts only? Can we please just stop this?