Pocket Casts - Podcast App

In-app purchases
4.4
84.9K reviews
10L+
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 PODCAST APP
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.

Used Google Podcast in the past? Pocket Casts is the perfect next step

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 and subscribe to our podcast player app on iTunes and beyond. Explore top charts, networks, and categories with ease.
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.

Looking for an Apple podcast app for iPhone or for Android? Pocket Casts is your go-to choice.

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
20 Jun 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.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App activity and Device or other IDs
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
80.8K reviews
Andrew Bennett
18 March 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
20 March 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/
Timothy Serrata
17 March 2025
Not sure what I can say that hasn't already been said about this podcasting app. I've been using it exclusively for 10 years and it's just the best hands down. I thought getting bought out would cause a decrease in quality but it just didn't happen. If you need a podcasting app that just works, keeps it pretty minimal and looks great, then look no further.
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Scott Mars (Neon N3mesis)
9 May 2025
It's better than YouTube music as far as the interface goes, but one huge problem I have is it doesn't pause during phone calls. You can't hear the podcast, but it continues to play silently while you're on your call forcing you to search for where you were when you hang up. Also, I hate that I can't use the scroll on the side of the screen. I don't want to swipe 30 times to get to an old podcast episode edit: issue above is still not fixed and I cannot cast to Chromecast while using a VPN
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Automattic, Inc
11 May 2025
Hi Scott! We'd like to investigate the issues you have reported, as we have not received other reports of such. Have you had a chance to contact us via https://support.pocketcasts.com/contact-us/? If you can provide more details such as your app log or some screen recording, that would be helpful. Thank you!

What's new

We’re introducing a new “Recently Played” sort option for podcasts, making it easier to pick up where you left off.
We’ve also refreshed the look of podcast artwork with a subtle drop shadow and adjusted its position for a cleaner layout.
In addition, we’ve improved how the app handles errors during subscription purchases for a smoother experience.
And of course, we didn’t forget to include some stability improvements!