CastKeeper: Podcast Player

Podcasts should be forever — and for everybody. This release is dedicated to accessibility. A new Accessibility menu in Settings brings every option together in one place, synced automatically across all your devices. Accessibility in CastKeeper isn't an afterthought. It's built in. Hearing Accessibility: - Live Captions are here. Tap the CC button in the player to see real-time captions for any audio or video podcast, generated entirely on-device. Customize the position, number of lines, and color to fit your needs. If a transcript has been generated for the episode, captions use it automatically. You can also set captions on by default in Settings. - Transcripts now follow along in a lyrics-style view, making it easier to read as you listen. - Mono mode lets you downmix stereo audio and choose left or right channel — perfect for single-earbud listening. Sensory Accessibility - Haptic intensity can now be fine-tuned independently of your iOS system settings — dial it up or down to your preference. - A new Reduce Animations toggle removes most motion from the app for users sensitive to movement. - OpenDyslexic font support is now available across transcripts, show notes, CastKeeper notes, and Smart Summaries. Vision Accessibility - Monochrome mode removes color from the UI and renders everything in grayscale. - High Contrast mode sharpens lighter text for improved readability. - Full VoiceOver support has been implemented throughout the entire app.

Our quest for a personal and private podcast experience continues with our biggest update yet! DISCOVER Meet the all-new Discover. Search is now just the beginning. Browse curated daily themes, explore recommendations, and find your next favorite podcast to listen, watch, and save—all while maintaining your privacy. Discover becomes more personalized over time based on your choices. Simply press and hold any recommendation to tell CastKeeper to suggest more, suggest less, or hide podcasts entirely. Your recommendations remain yours. THEMES Make CastKeeper your own with 15 beautiful themes. Customize your app icon and accent colors to create an experience that's uniquely yours. MORE ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS We've added even more ways to make CastKeeper work for everyone: • Accessible Player – Larger touch targets throughout the full player for improved accessibility. • AirPods Haptic Mode – Haptic feedback now mirrors common AirPods controls: one tap for play/pause, two taps to skip forward, and three taps to skip back, helping users confidently navigate using touch. KNOW BEFORE YOU LISTEN CastKeeper now identifies podcasts that use Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI). When detected, a new indicator lets you know episode durations may vary after playback begins. Additional improvements include: • New dedicated Search button in Discover • Loading screen now reflects your selected theme and app icon • Improved Mini Player haptics • Bug fixes and performance improvements throughout the app Thank you for supporting independent software and helping us build a better podcast experience.

• NEW: Archive podcasts directly to Dropbox. • NEW: Siri Shortcuts support, including Archive Current Episode and Add Podcast Note. Assign them to the Action Button or Back Tap. • NEW: App Clips for shared episodes. Friends and family can now preview CastKeeper and listen to shared episodes instantly. • NEW: Tap timestamps in show notes to jump directly to that moment in an episode. • NEW: Explicit podcast and episode indicators, with options to hide explicit content. IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES: • Faster app launch, syncing, and overall performance. • Improved CarPlay episode sorting. • Improved transcript archiving reliability. • Larger Mini Player controls for easier navigation. • Scrolling episode titles in the Mini Player. • Added +Ads playback indicators for dynamic ad insertion. • Reduced app download size. • Added support for Apple's Age Verification and Significant Change APIs where required. • Various bug fixes and stability improvements.

You know those updates that say, “Bug fixes and performance improvements”? Yeah… this isn’t one of those. CastKeeper has been rebuilt from the ground up with a beautiful new interface, smoother navigation, richer visuals, and countless improvements throughout the app. It’s faster, cleaner, and designed to make archiving and listening to your favorite podcasts even better. Why? Because podcasts disappear. Yours don’t have to. The private sync engine has been rebuilt from scratch, making it faster and more reliable to keep your library in sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac—all while keeping your data private. Because your podcast app shouldn’t know more about you than your best friend does. Also new in this release… • Archive public podcast episodes directly to external storage. Plug in a USB drive or other supported storage, pick it in Settings, and start building your forever library. • New Tracking Prevention helps reduce podcast analytics and tracking requests during playback. Listen to your podcasts—not someone else’s analytics dashboard. Tell these trackers the “P” in IP doesn’t stand for public and opt-out of tracking. • Expanded Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) detection means smarter, cleaner AI summaries. • New Discovery themes make it even easier to find your next favorite show. • Smaller app. Smaller archives. More room for podcasts. No regrets. • Fixed Home Screen widget playback issues, improved performance, increased reliability, and generally taught CastKeeper a few new tricks. Thanks for all of your feedback, feature requests, and bug reports. They genuinely help shape every release. Your podcasts. Yours forever. CastKeeper.

CastKeeper has an all new Queue system to make organizing what's Up Next even easier! Easily add, remove or reorder episodes in your queue, including from the MiniPlayer. This version also includes the following: - You can now bulk select episodes in your Archive and perform actions on multiple episodes. - Subscribe or Follow Podcasts directly from the Discovery tab without opening the podcast. - Sleep Timer has a new, easier to use, UX to make it even better to wind down with a great episode. - For our power users, you can now subscribe to podcast feeds hosted on your own home server or LAN. - Squashed a few minor bugs and tweaked a few UI elements to make it easier for all users