Pocket Casts: Podcast Player
Pocket Casts: Podcast Player Summary
Pocket Casts: Podcast Player is a free, with in-app purchases iOS app in News by Automattic. Released in Jan 2011 (15 years ago). It has 28K ratings with a 4.52★ (excellent) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 85K monthly active users and generates around $<10K monthly revenue (100% IAP / 0% ads). Store last updated Jul 7, 2026
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Pocket Casts: Podcast Player SDKs Summary
Pocket Casts: Podcast Player was last scanned for SDKs on 2026-07-27. Below is the overview of third-party companies detected in the app. The full list of SDKs, permissions and unknowns is available here.
Google
nanopb
OpenID
Airbnb Engineering
Firebase4.52★
Ratings: 28K
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App Description
Pocket Casts is the world's most powerful podcast platform, an app by listeners, for listeners. Our podcast player provides next-level listening, search and discovery tools. 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:
• Wired: "Pocket Casts Is the Podcast App Every iPhone User Needs"
• iMore: "Pocket Casts is the best podcast app for iPhone"
NEW: PLAYLISTS
Your listening, your way. Organize your episodes with our powerful new Playlists feature:
- Playlists: Curate your perfect mix. Combine episodes from different podcasts, build collections around specific themes or guests, and even add episodes from podcasts you don't follow.
- Smart Playlists: We’ve upgraded our famous Filters. Build lists that automatically update based on rules you set, like release date, duration, or download status.
With a unique set of simple yet powerful features and a limitless podcast database, you're sure to find something you love.
WE SWEAT THE DETAILS
• Design: Easily listen to, manage and find new podcasts.
• 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.
• Universal: Custom but familiar iPad interface, supporting Slide Over, Split View and Picture in Picture.
• Everywhere: CarPlay, AirPlay, Chromecast 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 3x.
• 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.
• Apple Watch: Control playback from our Apple Watch app, adjust the volume or change playback effe