Seit einigen Tagen hab ich folgendes #iOS #Problem:
Wenn ich dem #iphone sage "Siri spiele Nachrichten", fangen diese vorne wieder an, wenn sie fertig sind.
Ebenso auf der #applewatch - mit #PocketCasts - also andere App: Damit höre ich beim Laufen Podcasts. Seit einigen Tagen wiederholen die Loops von wenigen Minuten nahtlos. Ich höre plötzlich wieder eben gehörtes. Mega nervig.
Habt ihr das auch?
From Overcast to Castro: A Podcast App Journey
I listen to a lot of podcasts.
Over the years, I’ve used just about every podcast app worth trying, but for a long time, Overcast was my go-to. One of the big features that kept me there was the “priority” system, which pushed your favorite shows to the top of the queue automatically. It helped manage the chaos.
That feature stopped working reliably around the time of Overcast’s big rewrite in 2024. I kept using it for a while, hoping things would improve, but they never really did. At one point I removed all of the prioritization settings to simplify things, but that only made the experience worse.
So I started looking around.
I gave Pocket Casts a try, and to its credit, it was mostly great. Filters were powerful, syncing worked well across devices, and the UI was clean and dependable. But over time, I missed the triage-style listening flow I was used to. Neither Overcast nor Pocket Casts really delivered that anymore. I tried to rig up my own system which was mostly really solid, but it just wasn’t the right fit for me.
That’s when I decided to give Castro another look.
Castro was acquired by new developers in 2024, and the app has seen a real resurgence since then. Long-standing bugs and edge case issues have been addressed, and the core experience that made Castro compelling in the first place has stayed intact.
What I’ve always appreciated about Castro is its Inbox and Queue system. You can subscribe to your favorite shows, but new episodes don’t go straight into your Up Next list unless you want them to. Instead, they show up in an inbox for review. This makes it easy to be intentional about what I listen to. You can also push important episodes to the top of your queue, which gives me back the control I lost when Overcast’s system broke.
And while it’s not the most important thing for a podcast app, Castro is the best looking option in my opinion. The typography, layout, and color choices are all more thoughtful than the competition. You don’t spend a lot of time inside the app once you hit play, but good design still matters, and Castro gets it right. The voice boost and trim silence features aren’t quite as good as Overcast in my experience, but it’s all still there.
For now, Castro is the podcast app that best fits how I want to listen. Unless something major changes, I’m planning to stick with it. The yearly subscription is $25 instead of $15, but it’s being actively developed at a clip much greater than what I’ve seen in Overcast-land.
From Overcast to Castro: A Podcast App Journey
Overcast stopped meeting my needs, which set me on a. journey to find the best podcast app for me.
https://danielandrews.com/2025/05/03/from-overcast-to-castro-a-podcast-app-journey/
We need a #pocketcasts for #peertube.
I have a guest pass for 2 Months of PocketCasts Plus if anyone wants it. No catch, no need to follow; if ya want it, let me know.
Just sharing ;-)
@andrekaiser @eikedrescher Hatte ich auch schon getestet, aber leider keine iPad Version und kein Sync oder kommt da was?
Bin ja seit Jahren Team #PocketCasts
@physicist I just discovered your YouTube channel. Are you able to add your content to #PocketCasts ?
Nice to see #PocketCasts beat out Spotify for 2nd favorite podcasting app.
@pocketcasts - iOS keeps saying “Sync failed” since the update today. Known issue? And if so, any known workarounds?
In letzter Zeit wundere ich mich immer wieder über früh erschöpftes Datenvolumen. Einer der Missetäter schein #pocketcasts zu sein, welches die Einstellung nur per WiFi herunterzuladen ignoriert. Leider spielt auch das Widget immer nur noch ein und dieselbe Folge ab und lädt sie immer wieder neu herunter. Sehr merkwürdig und ärgerlich
いつも聞いてるポッドキャスト番組のショートバージョンが配信されてきたんだけど。ビデオポッドキャストだそうで。「Spotify と YouTube のみで配信されます」とのことだけど。私が使ってる #PocketCasts でも配信されてた。ただ動画ではなく音声のみだけど。
…と言うことはひょっとして PocketCasts って、Spotify のデータを使ってる…ってことなのかな？？🤔
https://play.pocketcasts.com/podcasts/fdb4aba0-f0e0-0135-c25e-7d73a919276a/889d4025-6a1a-49f0-bb75-7c0f11e814ef
https://play.pocketcasts.com/podcasts/86226f10-0b45-012f-eec8-525400c11844/aadf9f86-04ff-46b0-b236-c2a761baa1e4
Ars Technica: Pocket Casts makes its web player free, takes shots at Spotify and AI. “Previously available only to logged-in Pocket Casts users paying $4 per month, Pocket Casts now offers nearly any public-facing podcast feed for streaming, along with controls like playback speed and playlist queueing. If you create an account, you can also sync your playback progress, manage your queue, […]
V podjetju Automattic so se končno spametovali in so spletni predvajalnik #PocketCasts ter aplikacijo za Windows in Mac OS izvzeli iz plačljive naročnine, tako da lahko podkaste na računalniku posluša vsak.
https://tehnozvezdje.si/nedeljski-nasvet-najboljsa-aplikacija-za-podkaste-zdaj-na-racunalnikih-zastonj/
Pyykkäsin. Korjasin Pocket Castsin otsakkeiden kursimisen. Söin pellillisen uunikasviksia. Jatkoin Bash-skriptien testitystä. Kävin suihkussa.
Pocket Casts: Web-, Mac- und Windows-Apps jetzt kostenlos zugänglich
Pocket Casts, eine der bekanntesten Plattformen für das Hören und Verwalten von Podcasts, bietet ab sofort seine Web-, Mac- und Windows-Apps für alle Nutzer kostenlos an. Diese Entscheidung
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/pocket-casts-web-mac-und-windows-apps-jetzt-kostenlos-zugaenglich/
#News #Services #Automattic #MacApp #OpenRSSPodcasting #PocketCasts #PocketCastsPlus #PodcastsKostenlos #WebPlayer #WindowsApp
おぉ！ #PocketCasts のWeb版が無料になった！共有時の仕様変更はこう言うことだったのね。スマホアプリと同期もできるっぽい。:tony_smiling:
Pocket Castsのブラウザ版が無料で使えるように。 | 世界のねじを巻くラジオ
https://nejimaki-radio.com/pocket-casts-web-browser-pc-podcast/
Pocket Casts ouvre son lecteur web gratuitement et critique les grandes plateformes
https://mac4ever.com/187843
#Mac4Ever #pocketcasts
Ars Technica: Pocket Casts makes its web player free, takes shots at Spotify and AI. “Previously available only to logged-in Pocket Casts users paying $4 per month, Pocket Casts now offers nearly any public-facing podcast feed for streaming, along with controls like playback speed and playlist queueing. If you create an account, you can also sync your playback progress, manage your queue, […]
My podcast app of choice, Pocket Casts, opened up their web app this week. Previously, using the web app required a subscription.
I'm a big user of this, to keep my subscriptions, queue, and position synced up between my phone and computer.
Regardless if you use this as your podcast player of choice, the Discover page and the search feature is great to find podcasts that may be of interest to you. Check it out!
