Pocket Casts - Podcast App

In-app purchases
3.3
86.9K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

Pocket Casts is the world's most powerful free podcast app, an app by listeners, for listeners. Our free podcast player app provides next-level listening, search and discovery tools. Podcast addict? Discover new podcasts with our hand-curated podcast recommendations for easy discovery, and seamlessly enjoy your popular and favorite podcasts 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.

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.

Download Pocket Casts, the best free podcast app for Android.
Updated on
Oct 10, 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

3.3
82.8K reviews
Faryn Schnapp
September 30, 2025
I've been using this podcast app since the beginning. I even paid for it, before you made it free. I would like to acknowledge that the devs listen to feedback, and removed ads for those of us who paid for the app back in the beginning. I still think they should offer a "no-ads only" payment option, say $5/year. That's reasonable. It's still my favorite podcast app, with features we've asked for, like organizing episodes by name, length, date. Great storage and notification options.
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Saya Abney
October 4, 2025
I've used this app for years and have liked it a lot, but lately it's been glitching more and more. It marked unplayed a bunch of episodes from my most heavy rotation podcasts, so I have no idea which episodes I've already heard. More seriously, it recently stopped being able to find the episode notes from most of my podcasts older than a couple months, making them unsearchable as well as not displaying the notes. Hope these issues are resolved.
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Automattic, Inc
October 6, 2025
Hi, Saya! The behaviors you describe sound like sync issues. Can you please reach out to us so we can investigate these further for you? https://support.pocketcasts.com/knowledge-base/ads-in-episodes/
Terry Labach
October 5, 2025
used to be really good. over the last couple months, it no longer works with wired earphones. goes into a weird fugue state where it starts seeking backwards. this doesn't happen with any other app. I can only use wireless earbuds now with this app. also crashes a lot on startup of app. used to fire up fast, but now churns. again, unique to pocket casts. no other app I use has these issues , so I can't blame Android version or phone. I'm at the point of switching.
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Automattic, Inc
October 6, 2025
Hi, Terry! The behavior you describe definitely seems odd. Can you please reach out to us? Please include information about the settings you have under Profile - Settings (gear icon) - Headphone Controls. You can send us a screenshot. https://support.pocketcasts.com/contact-us/

What’s new

Wax on, wax off, we have been training hard, especially on the episode row swipe animations! Mr Miyagi would be proud. We also upgraded Google login to the new Credential Manager, including on Wear OS. Time to go practice the crane kick on the beach.