Overcast: Podcast Player
By Overcast Radio, LLC
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Description
A powerful yet simple audio podcast player, with features such as Smart Speed, Voice Boost, and Smarter Playlists to help you listen to more podcasts in more places, try new shows, and completely control your experience.
Overcast is a modern, fully featured audio podcast player with many useful features in a simple, intuitive interface:
- Download podcasts for playing anytime, even when offline.
- Search and browse for new podcasts, plus get recommendations from Twitter.
- Create custom Playlists with smart filters and per-podcast priorities, and rearrange the list whenever you want.
- Receive optional push notifications when new episodes arrive.
- Subscribe to a podcast, or just add an episode: try new shows without committing.
- Download podcasts over cellular, set a sleep timer, or use Voice Boost to enhance and normalize speech volume.
- Adjust playback speed, and use Smart Speed to pick up extra speed without distorting the conversation.
- Navigate with CarPlay. (On supported car radios.)
- Apple Watch app, Glance, and notifications
What's New in Version 2.0.3
Fixed crashes and minor bugs.
Apple Watch
Customer Reviews
Marco... You're a genius.
I was extremely skeptical of this app before I downloaded it. I had the podcast app on my phone already and it did exactly what I expected, it played podcasts. I wasn't really sure what added benefit a third party app would bring, but after hearing about it time and time again from the actual podcasters I was listening to, I finally decided to download it, and I'm so thankful I did.
The Smart Speed function is absolutely brilliant. I've saved 2 ½ hours in just the 10 days I've had the app, and the EQing from the vocal boost effect is perfect, I used to have a huge problem with having to blast podcasts in noisier situations, but now I find I have no problem hearing everything clearly. And the recommend feature is perfect and I am absolutely clueless why Apple doesn't have this in their app. It seems so basic, but the recommendations are flawless, I've nearly tripled how many podcasts I'm subscribed to. Thanks Marco. Keep up the good work!
Much better than Apple's Podcasts app
Overcast is the best podcast-playing app out there. The layout and design is lovely, and podcast episodes are super easy to find and play. Since I got Overcast, I've taken to listening to podcasts as I fall asleep, and it has a few settings that make that easy too: you can set it to play the next episodes, or to play for a particular number of minutes before shutting off (depending on how long it takes you to fall asleep).
I got Overcast because I was having trouble with the Apple Podcasts app - it was being super glitchy, episodes were pausing and playing randomly, sometimes the volume would mute for no discernible reason, and so on. I have never experienced such issues with Overcast. It is a really well maintained app. If you've always wanted to get "into" podcasts and the Apple Podcasts app is letting you down, try Overcast! You won't regret it!
Great Podcast App
The app works well and I love smart speed. You save a good chunk of time and the app makes an adjustment so the voices don't sound weird. I would highly recommend this app.
The two features I would like to see are a view with the most recent individual episodes and a better way to download multiple episodes. The current interface only shows which podcasts have episodes that haven't been played. Since I download old episodes of podcasts it is hard to know which podcasts have new episodes vs old episodes that I have downloaded. The other thing I would like to see is a better way to download multiple episodes of a podcast at a time. Right now you have to click download for each individual episode. Sometimes I start new podcasts and want to download the entire back catalog. That currently takes a lot of clicks.
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- Category: News
- Updated: Nov 07, 2015
- Version: 2.0.3
- Size: 4.6 MB
- Apple Watch: Yes
- Language: English
- Seller: Overcast Radio, LLC
- © 2014–2015 Overcast Radio, LLC
Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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