# Autohop: Podcast Player — Auto-queue, sync & sleep > Auto-queue, sync & sleep (iPhone/iPad app by Kevin Perry.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/autohop-podcast-player/id6777946512 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Kevin Perry](https://appshunter.io/developer/861750168) - Category: News, Entertainment - Price: Free - Age rating: 9+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 13 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-06-17 - Data updated: 2026-08-17 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/autohop-podcast-player/id6777946512/reviews.md ## What is Autohop? Your podcasts. Already in order. Autohop is the podcast player that finds fresh episodes, downloads them, organises Up Next and keeps listening moving without daily queue management. Rank your shows once and Autohop does the routine work for you. PRIORITY STACK Drag your subscriptions into the order that matters to you. Autohop keeps ready episodes from higher-priority shows ahead of the rest, then automatically moves to what comes next. Pin any episode when you want it played next. RELEASE RADAR Release Radar learns when your shows usually publish, checks intelligently in the background and brings new episodes into Up Next. Download-first playback keeps your listening dependable when reception becomes unreliable. NOW ON APPLE TV Continue listening or watch video podcasts on the big screen. Your subscriptions, priority order, Up Next queue, history, archive state and playback position stay coordinated through your private iCloud account. Browse Discover on Apple TV and play audio or video without changing your subscriptions. DISCOVER AND SEARCH Explore charts, categories, new releases and standout episodes. Search clearly separated Shows and Episodes, search your own Library first, or browse conservative Publisher and Creator groupings. Open a result to see full show or episode details before listening. AUDIO, TUNED PER SHOW - Set a different playback speed for every podcast. - Trim Silence reduces pauses without cutting into speech. - Vocal Boost makes voices clearer. - Set start skip and end skip for recurring intros and credits. - Shared Listening temporarily applies comfortable group settings, then restores your personal choices. SLEEP THAT LOOKS AFTER ITSELF Use a normal sleep timer or create a repeating Sleep Schedule. Autohop checks whether you are still listening, fades gradually if you have drifted off, and rewinds so it is easier to find your place next time. BUILT FOR SERIOUS LISTENING - Audio and video podcasts, including full-screen landscape video. - CarPlay support for safe access on the road. - Chapters, chapter navigation and optional automatic chapter skipping. - Per-podcast download filters and automatic archiving. - Play Instant for time-sensitive favourites. - Listening History and private on-device Stats, including heatmaps, streaks, top shows and time saved. - OPML import and export. - Helpful sharing for episodes, shows and feed links. - Notifications for new episodes and listening recaps. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No Autohop account. No advertising analytics. No third-party tracking SDKs. Your listening data stays on your devices, while sync uses your own private iCloud account, which Autohop’s developer cannot inspect. Autohop is open source under the MIT License. Four audio-engine files derived from Pocket Casts for iOS are provided under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.5 — 2026-08-12 Version 1.5 brings Autohop to Apple TV and makes finding, organising and playing podcasts better across your devices. NEW: AUTOHOP FOR APPLE TV - Continue audio and video podcasts on the big screen. - Browse Home, Subscriptions, History and Discover with a TV-first interface. - Keep Up Next, pinned episodes, archive state, playback position and listening history coordinated through private iCloud sync. - Browse and play Discover content without changing subscriptions. - View full episode descriptions and control playback speed. A BETTER DISCOVER AND SEARCH EXPERIENCE - Search results now clearly separate Shows and Episodes. - Search your own Library first. - Browse Publisher and Creator groupings derived conservatively from podcast metadata. - Open results directly into full show and episode pages. - Explore richer categories and improved episode presentation. MORE RELIABLE EVERYDAY LISTENING - Strengthened background freshness so overdue feeds cannot be ignored by learned schedules. - Improved recovery for downloads that stall before receiving data. - Improved retry controls and made stalled-download states clearer. - Reduced memory use for unusually large or malformed feeds. - Improved Play Instant reliability and made its warning easier to hear. - Made Sleep Timer and Sleep Schedule fade-outs longer and gentler. POLISH THROUGHOUT - Improved layouts across different iPhone and iPad screen sizes. - Expanded the main player’s audio-output control for easier AirPods and speaker selection. - Added easier feed-link copying and improved sharing. - Improved episode-artwork fallback behaviour. - Refined mini-player controls and playback feedback. - Added new Discover categories and navigation improvements. This update also includes extensive performance, accessibility, sync and stability improvements. ### Version 1.4 — 2026-07-31 What’s New in Autohop 1.4 Version 1.4 is our biggest update yet, with smarter discovery, powerful playback tools and more ways to keep your listening effortless. • A completely redesigned Discover experience featuring Top Episodes, Top Podcasts, New & Notable shows, international recommendations and all 19 major podcast categories. • New Now Playing and Up Next widgets let you see what’s playing, check what’s coming next and resume listening directly from your Home Screen. • Play Instant can automatically interrupt your current podcast when a must-hear episode arrives, then return you to where you left off. • Auto Archive keeps storage under control by removing played or inactive episodes and rotating automatic downloads according to each podcast’s Episode Limit. • New playback options include per-podcast volume adjustment, Mono Audio, enhanced seeking, improved completion handling and more reliable playback across route changes. • The animated Mini-Player now uses a live waveform while audio is playing, with a modern glass-style Play control when paused. • Improved CarPlay support makes it easier to browse, manage and play your downloaded podcasts safely on the road. • Listening History and Stats have been redesigned to provide clearer episode activity and more accurate insights into your listening and time saved. • Release Radar is smarter and more reliable, with improved background checking, faster detection of new episodes and fairer refresh handling across your subscriptions. • Feed artwork, RSS compatibility, downloads, AirPods behaviour, background audio, widgets, syncing and overall performance have all received major reliability improvements. Autohop 1.4 makes podcast listening feel more automatic, personal and beautifully organised. ### Version 1.3 — 2026-07-16 What’s New in Version 1.3 Autohop 1.3 introduces smarter Download Feed Filters, expanded playback controls, richer episode actions, improved CarPlay support, stronger iCloud Sync, and major performance and reliability upgrades. SMARTER DOWNLOAD FEED FILTERS Control which episodes download automatically for each podcast using: • Title or description keywords • Minimum or maximum duration • Inclusion or exclusion rules Skipped episodes remain visible and can still be downloaded, played, queued or archived manually. Version 1.3 also adds: • Optional iCloud syncing for filters • A preview showing included and skipped episodes • Exclusion of skipped episodes from Release Radar predictions and “Shows You’re Drifting From” NEW PLAYBACK CONTROLS • Set default playback speed, Trim Silence, Vocal Boost, intro skip and outro skip for new podcasts • Episode Trim controls now show clear minute-and-second values • Chapter-filter changes update active playback instantly • Chapter navigation remains reliable after filter changes • The Player scrubber correctly displays saved resume positions LISTENING HISTORY AND EPISODE ACTIONS Listening History now includes Play Now, Play Next, Play Last, Download, Archive and Unarchive. Download progress appears directly in History rows. Episode lists now provide dedicated Download actions, while downloaded episodes offer Archive instead. Download controls and progress displays have also been refined. Video and Explicit labels now use cleaner icons, while Up Next keeps status and pin indicators separate. IMPROVED SUBSCRIPTIONS Subscription rows now display podcast descriptions and clearer update times. Artwork, publication dates, playing indicators and episode metadata now consistently reflect each podcast’s newest episode. STATS IMPROVEMENTS • Manual skip-forward time is included in time-saved statistics • Filtered episodes no longer affect “Shows You’re Drifting From” • Listening progress is recorded more efficiently while preserving accurate history, statistics and resume positions BETTER ICLOUD SYNC Optional iCloud Sync now preserves: • Download Feed Filters • Per-podcast playback and archive settings • Chapter filters • Listening history, statistics and resume positions • Subscription changes • Up Next episode order Conflict handling has been strengthened to prevent older or incomplete data from replacing newer information. CARPLAY IMPROVEMENTS CarPlay now shows more subscribed podcasts and recent episodes, including played, archived and undownloaded episodes. Undownloaded episodes can be downloaded after driver confirmation before using Play Now, Play Next or Play Last. Playback speed, Archive and Shared Listening controls have also been improved. SMARTER BACKGROUND OPERATION • Likely-to-update feeds are prioritised • Failed feeds respect retry delays • Background work stops safely before system deadlines • Unfinished feeds are preserved for later refreshes • Background activity is limited to reduce battery, network and processor use PERFORMANCE AND MEMORY • Reduced unnecessary playback and interface updates • Improved artwork loading, caching and memory cleanup • Reduced memory use during large feed refreshes • More efficient logging • Less network and processor activity during long listening sessions DOWNLOAD RELIABILITY • Improved stalled-download detection • Suspended downloads are no longer treated as failures • Repeated failures use controlled retry delays and clearer failure states • Persistently failing downloads and feeds use smarter backoff DESIGN AND USABILITY Version 1.3 includes clearer Trim labels, more consistent Settings cards, responsive playback controls, improved download-control sizing, and numerous spacing, icon, menu and metadata refinements. Background tasks, audio-route changes, chapter navigation, resume positions, feed scheduling, iCloud conflicts, download recovery, memory pressure, stale metadata and general interface responsiveness. ### Version 1.2 — 2026-07-01 What's New in Autohop 1.2 ``` CARPLAY SUPPORT Autohop now works on your car's dashboard. Connect your iPhone and you get Now Playing, Up Next, playback speed, and archive controls — all in sync with the app. CarPlay plays downloaded episodes only, keeping things reliable on the road. SMARTER BACKGROUND REFRESH Autohop now stays up to date even when you haven't opened the app. An overnight catch-up runs while your phone charges on Wi-Fi, refreshing all feeds and downloading new episodes so your queue is ready in the morning. Autohop also refreshes feeds during background audio playback, so the next episode is ready before the current one ends. RELEASE RADAR v2 Release Radar, which learns when each of your podcasts publishes, has been significantly improved. It now learns which days each show publishes — a Mon/Wed/Fri show no longer wastes slots on weekends. It self-corrects when a show changes its schedule. New transparency tools: Release Radar Data (Podcast Settings → Feed) and Feed Refresh Schedule (App Settings → Release Radar) show exactly what Autohop has learned and when it will next check each show. DOWNLOAD FILTERS New per-podcast rules that control which episodes get automatically downloaded — filter by duration, title keywords, or description keywords, with include or exclude modes. Set in Podcast Settings → Download Filters, with a live feed preview. EXPANDED DISCOVER CHARTS The Discover page now has two full chart pages: Top 50 Episodes and Top 50 Podcasts for your selected country, with an editorial layout mixing feature cards and ranked rows. UP NEXT The queue sheet is now called Up Next throughout the app and in CarPlay. Swipe actions now have animations and haptics — rows glide to the top or bottom on Play Next/Last, and archive rows shrink and fade out. Expanding a row in Up Next shows shortcut buttons to jump straight to that show's episode list or settings. ALSO NEW - Listening Recaps: opt-in weekly, monthly, and yearly summaries via notification - Inactive podcasts return to their original Priority Stack position when re-activated - Episode Limit no longer counts failed downloads; Inactive Episodes measures inactivity from download date, not publish date - Player now shows episode-specific artwork when available - Stats opens to This Week by default; new This/Last toggle STABILITY & BUG FIXES - Fixed video pausing when navigating away — video now transitions to Picture in Picture automatically - Fixed AirPods/speaker handover causing unexpected pauses - Fixed iCloud sync not restoring per-podcast settings after a CloudKit migration - Fixed Inactive podcasts appearing as unsubscribed in Search and Discover - Fixed a crash in Episode Detail view - General performance improvements throughout ``` ### 1.1 — 2026-06-26 iCLOUD SYNC Your subscriptions, priority order, queue, listening history, and playback position now stay in sync across your devices through your private iCloud — no account, no sign-up. Pick up on one device exactly where you left off on another. A REFRESHED INTERFACE A redesigned, iOS 26 "Liquid Glass" look across Discover, the player, sheets, and Settings — easier to read and lighter on the eyes. SMARTER NEW-EPISODE DETECTION An improved Release Radar learns each show's publishing rhythm and catches new episodes within minutes of release. OPML IMPORT & EXPORT Bring your subscriptions in from any other podcast app — and take them with you — via standard OPML. A GUIDED START A new first-run experience helps you subscribe, set priorities, and get listening in minutes. Plus dozens of performance and reliability refinements under the hood. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-17.*