(pocket casts got in touch after seeing this post and give me the following link so I’m sorry, but it also shows how good their social presence is.
also pocket casts dose not currently have a Mac or Web companion like the other 2 which is a little let down, but i never sit at my desk and listen to pod casts so its not a huge miss for me. i trailed this app for 2 months and i had 3 updates which is brilliant the dev team must really be on top of it. The app is $4.99 or £3.99 depending on your location, which is a little expensive if you are on a budget, also i found a bug when pulling up from the bottom and pressing play on you iPhone lock screen there is a delay, a big delay, so i press it again and it will start then suddenly stop. (my only gripe here is there isn’t many colours to sort your play lists in to). Building play lists is very easy, literally the tap of a few buttons and you can build by one podcast or many and status, listened to non listened to or downloading. there is a very smart, add feature that offers a featured view and also a search by chart or region. Pocket casts is a strong contender for the crown, just like overcast the UI is simple and unobstructed. Lets move on to Pocketcasts, which is a made by shifjelly.
The reason this is a deal breaker is because the paid feature is the download over cellular, (which i do a lot, i have unlimited data with 3 and easily get up to 5/6GB a month)
There really isn’t many bad things to say here except the in app purchase, personally i say make an app paid or free, don’t say its free and then charge the user to activate the features. There is an amazing feature which is called “smart speed” which detects the gaps in the podcast and speeds over them, simple but very very effective.Īlso the app is free! with in app purchases. The interface is so clean and clear of distractions and the art work take up a lot of the screen which is beautiful. It looks beautiful and you would expect that as it was written by the same guys that brought us Instapaper. There is 3 Rivals in this market and these are. Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.It is no secret there is a huge amount of podcast apps, and I have spent a fair few pennies on finding the right fit.
Pocket Casts retails for $3.99 and requires iOS 10.0 or later to install and run. In a recent blog post, Ivanovic stated the following: “We’ll be moving faster, we’ll be more ambitious in the things we do and we’ll have some amazing insights from the top podcast producers in the world to help guide our future steps.” Apple has its own hugely popular Podcasts app for iOS, Spotify is trying to get people listening to them inside its streaming music app, and Google also offers podcasts as part of Google Play Music. The move comes among a trend of tech companies striving to become the central destination for podcasts. They want what’s best for the podcasting space, they want to build open systems that everyone can use.” “We turned them down because the unique thing about this opportunity is the mission driven nature of these organizations. “We have had acquisition offers in the past,” Ivanovic stated in an email. NPR’s apps including NPR One will remain in development.Īs yet, the acquisition price has yet to be publicly disclosed. Owen Grover, a veteran of iHeartRadio / Clear Channel, has been named as Pocket Cast’s CEO. Philip Simpson and Russell Ivanovic, who formed Shifty Jelly, the company that created Pocket Cast in 2008, will have unspecified “leadership roles.” The existing staff and development team is staying put. Moving forward, Pocket Casts will operate as a joint venture between the new owners. Pocket Casts, considered to be one of the best mobile apps for podcast listening, has been acquired by a collective group that includes NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life.