Leave a Review iCatcher! Podcast Player
Amazing podcast app
I've been using this app for many years, and it is by far the best podcast app out there. It has tons of features and configuration options. Support of the app is also great and not only for reporting issues, but also feature requests. I recommend this app to anyone who wants a great app for podcasts. UPDATE:this app just keeps getting better and better with each frequent update! 5 stars!! UPDATE UPDATE: Loving the new night time mode. Great app. I recommend it for your podcasts. UPDATE: it’s a bunch of years later, and this is still the BEST podcast app out there. Always getting updates and added features (some feel like Easter eggs. Lol). Amazing app and a must have. UPDATE: just had to use the feature where there is a playable audio file on a webpage, copy the link and then import it. Works like a charm. Very useful feature. Love this app and have had it since almost day one of it being on the App Store! UPDATE: Still loving the app. 2023 Update: still the best of casting app around. The developer really cares for their app and it shows.
STILL loving this app all these years later. THE best podcast app out there.Show lessDeVoiD
Best app for use with Apple Watch
This is hands down the best app I have found if you want to listen to podcasts and audiobooks on your Apple Watch offline. You can sideload extremely large audiobooks from iCloud to your phone and then directly to your watch. You can then listen on your watch when away from your phone and it will sync your location back when you are next paired up. Unlike many other apps I have tried to listen to audiobooks that have buggy or inconsistent behavior when playing on your watch (Audible), iCatcher just works. If you exercise and don’t want to bring your phone, this is the app you want to listen to anything you want on your watch. Highly recommend it.Show lessBreck444
Best app for use with Apple Watch
This is hands down the best app I have found if you want to listen to podcasts and audiobooks on your Apple Watch offline. You can sideload extremely large audiobooks from iCloud to your phone and then directly to your watch. You can then listen on your watch when away from your phone and it will sync your location back when you are next paired up. Unlike many other apps I have tried to listen to audiobooks that have buggy or inconsistent behavior when playing on your watch (Audible), iCatcher just works. If you exercise and don’t want to bring your phone, this is the app you want to listen to anything you want on your watch. Highly recommend it.Show lessMade well & kept simple!
I did a lot of research into my new podcast player and gave iCatcher a chance in 2018…. I’m still here! Why? Quite simply the developer still manages it (glitches are fixed quickly!), they do NOTHING with your data and it’s made for the podcast listener who wants it’s simple, sleek and functional! There’s a few features I love like the gestures, how you can customize just about everything (getting as in the weeds as you wish), ability to download and add to a playlist, switching back and forth between streaming/downloading and they support private podcasts! If you’re in the US and you vehicles made by Honda/Toyota- this is for you!! It’s solid, dependable and has stealthily and slick features that enhance the experience. Again you can get as into the details of how this app works as you wish. Give it a try- you won’t be sorry!Show lessJonesy66789
Holy customization, Batman!
I am VERY picky about the apps I use. If I can’t get something EXACTLY how I want it, I move on to something else. When I say I tried just about every podcast app in the app store, I mean dozens. I saw iCatcher recommended on Reddit (specifically for the extensive customization options) and decided to give it a shot, leery as I was to spend money on an app as I rarely do so.
Well, let me tell you, the search was officially over. You can fiddle away to your heart’s content, for hours (don’t ask me how I know this 😬) and somehow discover even more options as you continue to use the app. It’s not just that it’s feature rich; it’s that you can tweak basically every one of the bajillion features until it is EXACTLY how you want it. (and it also has a fully functional watch app!)
I am dead obsessed with this app and it has absolutely been worth every penny I spent, ten thousand times over. I will never touch another podcast app as long as I live.Show lessjohnsd17
Feature Full
I really like the functionality of iCatcher. From the smart playlists to refined selection filters to keeping track of unsubscribed podcasts to defining exactly how many new episodes I want to download to setting a start and end offset so I can skip the opening and closing credits (and ads), and much much more…
So why only four stars? Well, there could be some improvements. For instance, the only playback speed under x1 available are ½ and ¾! Meanwhile, I can play faster at 1½, 2x, 2½, 3x, etc, which I never do. But if I want to go to 3/4, I have to cycle through all the higher speeds before getting to what I want. Meanwhile, I have to rewind to listen to what I missed.
And then, there are bugs… The app does not play well with iOS. It crashes periodically, leading to a rebuild of the episode database. When I press the play button on my ear phones, even if that was the last app I used, I get sent back to Apple Music, instead of iCatcher. I have to manually open the app, which is not safe when I’m driving. The episode list of unsubscribed podcast does not get refreshed, so I can’t search through it unless I delete the podcast then subscribe to it. Then unsubscribe. And these are just a few of the minor annoyances. I hope they clean up the whole thing.Show lessDrNye
This is the one!!!
I have been using this app for several years and it just continues to have the richest feature set. I especially love the gestures to quickly skip forward and backward through podcasts and the variable playback speed which can also be gesture controlled. It can also handle video podcasts which many others cannot. This is the only podcast app you need. Thank you Joe for keeping this app updated! For those of you who have been using this app for years like me, please consider leaving a “tip” periodically for the developer in Settings->tip jar to make sure the developer compensated for keeping the app going. I usually tip $10-15 per year since I use this app every single day. Thank You!!!Show lessdoc5506
Developer Response
Thank youAmazing podcast app
I've been using this app for many years, and it is by far the best podcast app out there. It has tons of features and configuration options. Support of the app is also great and not only for reporting issues, but also feature requests. I recommend this app to anyone who wants a great app for podcasts. UPDATE:this app just keeps getting better and better with each frequent update! 5 stars!! UPDATE UPDATE: Loving the new night time mode. Great app. I recommend it for your podcasts. UPDATE: it’s a bunch of years later, and this is still the BEST podcast app out there. Always getting updates and added features (some feel like Easter eggs. Lol). Amazing app and a must have. UPDATE: just had to use the feature where there is a playable audio file on a webpage, copy the link and then import it. Works like a charm. Very useful feature. Love this app and have had it since almost day one of it being on the App Store! UPDATE: Still loving the app.
2023 Update: still the best of casting app around. The developer really cares for their app and it shows.Show lessThe power-user’s podcatcher.
After going through pretty much all of the well- and lesser-known podcatchers, I found iCatcher to be the most customizable & useful one, by far.
The per-podcast & -playlist options are unmatched; the Apple Watch controls are intuitive & work very well on my Apple Watch Ultra (and my previous Apple Watch 4). The one time I needed assistance, the developer was very courteous, helpful, & responded promptly.
I don’t have any real criticisms of this app; it’s powerful & reliable, & support is top-notch. If you listen to multiple podcasts & need the ability to manage download, sorting, & playback with any degree of customization, this is the podcatcher for you.Show lessdisambiguated
This is a good podcast app with minor flaws
Two things drew me to this app: it’s a one-time purchase, and it doesn’t collect data about me. Everyone else wants a subscription. ICatcher is a full-featured podcast that does everything I want, like automatically check for new episodes and add them to my playlist, has a search feature to find and subscribe to new podcasts, has an in-app browser, everything you’d expect.
There are some minor irritations. Every once in a while, it redownloads old episodes I’ve already listened to, marks them unplayed, and adds them to my playlist. Also, I have a few podcasts that I’m catching up on and don’t want the newest episodes automatically added to my commuting playlist, and while it odd easy to exclude those podcast episodes from being automatically added to the playlist, I also can’t manually add episodes from the excluded podcasts. I’m pretty sure that’s a bug. I emailed the developer through the feedback option in the app, but I haven’t gotten a response.
As I said, I like the one-time purchase, but I also like the tip jar, and I plan to use it. I’m glad Apple copied that from Windows Phone’s App Store. It’s a great way to support developers without being forced into a subscription.Show lessTNITEAATA
