Downcast

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

Shown for US

4.3 2663 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Use it above other apps

   But I still have feature request that seems to go no where: episode queuing. I subscribe to WAY more podcasts than I can actually listen to, and I seldom listen to every episode of any podcast. I go through my new episodes every time I update looking for new episodes and decide which ones I might be actually interested in hearing. I would like to be able to instruct the app to play any episode NEXT while I’m listening, thus building a queue of various episodes to play from different podcasts based on what I am most interested in hearing. Currently, I have no way to note or designate what I want to listen to next in the app - the best I can do is note what podcast and episode to play next in Notes or jot it down. The lack of such a simple convenience mystifies me. It seems like such a simple thing to be able to string together a queue of episodes to play in desired sequence without having to stop and hunt for a new episode to play after the one I’m listening to ends. I like to listen when I’m doing other things, often with my hands, and it is annoying to interrupt my flow repeatedly to search for and start the next episode I want to hear. Please give me this feature!

   MBryanAZ · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5Fantastic podcast app!

   I am so grateful for this app! I have been looking for years for a usable podcast app (since about iOS 12**) that would allow my simple use case of subscribing to one or more podcasts, repeatedly listening to them in chronological order on autoplay, and being able to manually choose when to delete the downloads — without ads, without downloading and/or playing stuff I don’t want, and without massive memory leaks** . This app, by contrast, for $2.99 lets me do all that and more! They provide settings for many useful features (# eps to keep, playback order, playback speed, and more), with the additional ability to both set global defaults and differ from them for individual podcasts if desired. They thoughtfully provide an option to subscribe to lesser-known podcasts via URL! The app is elegant and thoughtful yet intuitive! In fact, the way I would characterize this app overall is “intuitive and well-designed!” Many thanks! ••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• (**after which the apple podcast app seems to have created a massive memory leak that, in direct opposition to my settings, takes up 10-20 GB of space continually downloading eps I have deleted and deleting eps I have saved and continually veers off into playing random things despite my having that disabled and in direct contravention of a number of other settings. It’s as if they only use case they implemented is to play the five latest eps of your subscriptions — except my partner says that doesn’t work, either!)

   rsrchr · 31 Jul 2026

3. 5/5Downcast is all you need for Podcasts!

   I have been using Downcast for over 5+ years, and it is the only Podcast software I use! It is so easy, and the it provides the User a robust amount of app Settings that allows them to customize their listening experience to what best meets their needs. Some of the podcast I listen too require Passwords, and the “Downcast” App makes it very easy for the User to access their paid podcasts using the Username/Password features. I give the App 5-Stars because I think it is by far the best podcasting App out there. But, it is not perfect - as if I could add of change one thing, I would make the Search for new podcasts feature more robust and show more podcasts than what it provides by default. Sometimes if you do not have the RSS URL link, searching for popular podcasts may not show up in the “Search for new podcast” features. Even though this is annoying, what “Downcast” does overall - this little annoying issue isn’t enough for me not to still give the Overall App 5-Stars. If you want a very customizable podcast listening experience, you cannot go wrong with using this App. Again - I use this App everyday and it really has stood the test of time!! This is my one and o lt podcast listening software experience, and I want to thank the Developers for their awesome work on the App.

   BigDawg1973 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 3/5Great for organization & customization. Poor sound quality.

   Downcast is the best for customizing and organizing your feeds. It's always easy to know when you have new episodes waiting. Power user features like deciding which episodes to stream and which to download, starting episode later in to skip ads, and especially the ability to save an episode's audio file to the cloud make this my current choice for podcasts. It can be a little buggy at times, but my only two complaints are difficult to read screens (small text makes quick glances while driving difficult) and poor sound quality, especially at high-speed. I just spent several months using Overcast and fell in love with its sound quality and easy to read screens. Unfortunately that app's organization is horrible. For example, you have to delete an episode in order for it to be considered "played". Because I listen to & save episodes from several Podcasts, this made it impossible to tell when a new episode was available without looking at each and every podcast episode list. This annoyance alone is what finally forced me to give up on Overcast and return to Downcast. I wish I could have Overcast's sound quality merged with Downcast's organization & customization tools. I would gladly pay top price for that.

   DJ Rizzo · 31 Jul 2026

5. 4/5Been a User for Years

   I have been using Downcast for years and I mean years. It is the best app for listening to podcasts and organizing them. However, I hate I updated to the this very last update. I am so annoyed with the addition of this grey search bar fading when you go type the name of a episode or podcast. I can’t tell if this is a bug or if the app is getting stuck and that’s why the gray area appears when you go to search, but now I think the gray area is an intentional addition and I hate it. You have to close it out and it gets stuck, please remove this and go back to simple interface to search, I absolutely hate the gray fade out step and to close it. Leave well enough alone, simple really is best. I will echo others, the playlist is indeed helpful and yes you can sort the order of podcasts to play within the current playlist, but also having an option to also cue up random podcasts to play next, not in the current list would be a much welcome addition. In addition, I have 100s of podcasts, I really wish I could put a star by podcasts shows I really like and individual episodes I really liked. Currently I have to lock the individual episode I enjoy and for the actual Podcasts show I have to create a Go to Podcasts playlist of shows I really like and a “Try Out”playlist to see if I like or dislike the show. Could you please create a star or rating system for both the Podcasts and individual episodes for the individual user. Thanks!

   Mel C5 · 31 Jul 2026

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