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Apple watch integration
I used to rate the application high but due to the broken sync with Apple watch it is now not very useful for me. Now some episodes are forever stuck as a cloud - not downloaded to the watch. There are no ways to say: I reaaly want it on the watch or to trigger an actual download. For some reason some episode are just stuck. Previously you could at least try to resync it with your watch if syncing failed.
If you use it only on a mobile then it is still a good app.Show lessjeanvanwyk
Love it BUT...
Really love this podcast but it’s missing 2 things. It needs the ability to review podcasts like Apple podcasts does so that the recommendations area would be better to find new highly rated podcasts. Also the way to add a podcast to a playlist is so clunky and time consuming. It should be able to be done from the podcast settings section. So when you subscribe to a new podcast we need to be able to put it into a playlist at that point - not having to navigate to the playlist and then edit the playlist, then scroll down to the add podcast section, then have to find the podcast name again - way too many steps.Show lessn3b3c3t3
Bring back offline use for non cellular watches
Another disappointed long time user. Have always used this app that worked fantastically to force download certain podcasts to the Apple Watch to use offline (non cellular watch) when running. The native Apple podcast app only lets you download recent ones or everything.
Unfortunately with the latest update and even after deleting the app off phone and watch and reinstalling it no longer works. I send the podcast to the watch and I can find it on the watch as before (the watch icon on the not the phone icon on the watch interface). However as soon as I go for a run and am away from my phone/wifi the podcast stops working.
As a previous reviewer stated. Yes the uploading via Bluetooth before was a bit clucky and slow but at least it worked. Please fix this to go back to 5 stars.Show lessGb123232
Needs work. Missing features that make it hard to use the app
I appreciate that the app is clean but this comes at a cost of discovery. Compare to other apps that are detailed oriented, overcast seems to miss little things that make it hard to follow podcasts.
For example: I like to be able to see a separate section where I know I can keep progress of listening experience. I’m would suggest moving the played episodes to a separate section like the unplayed section. I want the option to make episodes clear that I have listened to them and that if I want to replayed the episode, it won’t disrupt the fact that I have listened to the episode previously. I want to mass button pressed episodes to unplayed or played, while not affecting my listening history to show that I made progress. It’s not enough to sort unplayed episodes where I have to trudge to the find the episode to that are new. Also, make it obvious if one episode is part of the show, if it’s a trailer, or some other promo show within the show by use of color fonts or other differential factor.
Make the search easier for podcasts that if I am looking at one episode, there’s a section that shows another podcast or topic matter included in the show notes. So, If I am listing to a an episode from a podcast that has an author, there’s a section that offers recommendations that has the author who appeared on other podcasts.Show lesspodcast geek.
As good as it’s gets
This is probably the best podcast app on iOS. The controls are so intuitive and well designed. It’s clear a lot of thought has been put into it. It pretty much blows away the default podcast app (and other podcast app imo).
If you listen to a lot of podcast I’d highly recommend you get this instead over the default app. The UI is very well designed and much better than the default. It’ll take a really long time to explain it so I suggest just downloading it and using trying it out, you’ll see what I mean. It’s much more we’ll thought out than even apps like pocketcast imo.
The sound engine and AI is so well designed to shorten silences, speed up voices while they’re still understandable, and smart speed adjusting the speed to enable you get through a podcast as quickly as possible. Are all quality of life features that enable you to cover so much more content in the time available.
So if you’re a busy individual this podcast app will probably allow you to listen to more podcasts than you otherwise would’ve the time to.
And to top it all off the app is free with all the ads out of the way. It’s seriously on of the best implementation of ads I’ve seen in an app. You won’t even notice them. So it’s essentially a free extremely high quality app with a premium experience. You can ofc pay a very small yearly fee if you’re keen on getting rid of the ads and gaining some nice customise features like changing the app icon.Show lessdj_yasi
The best!
After settling for one reason or another with a few other podcast players over the past couple of listening years including mostly the original Apple player I finally installed overcast. Grateful I did! This is the best player by far that I have tried. Zero weaknesses IMO. Fast intuitive and does everything I want it to do. Awesome job guys and gals. A++Show lessMiyMusashi
1 Billion Times Better than Apple
The native iOS podcast app used to be good. Then Apple decided to make it look and function much more like its music app when they released Apple Music, which is to say they dumped all the good interface choices out the nearest window. The native iOS podcast app is atrocious to use, isn’t responsive, can be very finicky, and just overall hates life, particularly yours. My favorite feature was that it knew that even though I was only 10 minutes or so (how would I know how long, my phone was in my pocket?) into a podcast and happened to drive through a dead zone, I definitely wanted it to mark the entire show as complete and wouldn’t want to resume where I left off when I regained signal. It knew I loved scrolling through hundreds of uploaded podcasts in the finished pile looking for the one I wasn’t done with yet, only to try to find what time stamp I was at when it cut me off. Thanks for nothing, Apple podcasts. And thank you, Overcast, for being a clean, well-designed, completely functional podcast app.Show lessSkidude64
Excellent
After upgrading to a new iPhone and having to deal with iCloud back up issues, I was finally good to go. However, the only app that didn’t seem to work was Overcast. Huge bummer, I thought. I had to run the latest public beta of the current OS (not the upcoming OS) in order to get my iCloud back up to work. I assumed there was a bug between Overcast and this newer beta version of iOS. I sent the developer a quick email letting him know. Within 12 hours, Marco had responded, apologized for the issue, and let me know a fix had been released in that time. Apparently a recent update to his app introduced a nasty little bug. I’m grateful that he was quick to fix it. This shows the level of commitment and detail he has for this app. It’s also why I will continue to be an Overcast user.
This is an excellent app and deserves all of the praise it gets. During that time, I tried other podcasting apps, but most were embarrassingly confusing and none seemed to just do what a good podcast player should do well: manage and play podcasts. Overcast is easy to use and understand, and it does its primary job very well!Show lessJOEO3
Best Out There
I’m pretty fussy about my podcast apps since I use them all the time. I love the seamless single screen view and being able to tap on the info icon to see the episode description. Has everything Apple Podcast app had before they decided to wreck it, plus more. Ads are not obtrusive and I have found some great podcasts from them.Show lessaimee.heath
Smart speed will save you time
Give this app a try, it’s free! In fact even if you love it and want to support the developer it’s a yearly subscription for less than £10 which is so cheap. This also unlocks a useful feature where you can upload your own audio which isn’t available as a podcast.
Smart speed is the reason I gave this a try and after a week the app tells me it’s saved me 46mins which is a whole extra podcast every week based on the amount I listen to.
Took a bit of getting used to the simple format for where your podcasts live compared to the apple podcast app. But I think it is cleaner. Still use default podcast app from time to time to explore and rate podcasts but will always get them into overcast now for listening to it to save me time.
I would just like there to be the option to choose whether you stream or download per podcast. There are some I’m happy to use the space for and others I would always want to stream. Same for the watch actually I would like more control over which ones sync to the watch as there are certain series which I would like to have with me when I run and others I’m not so bothered about.Show lessrtn review
