Great app
This is a wonderful app. I do have some suggestions for it however the contact link is dead. I would love to message the dev with an enhancement request!
Edit: found a few bugs but have no idea where to submit them to the dev. I hope there is an avenue to report these.
Edit: found a few bugs but have no idea where to submit them to the dev. I hope there is an avenue to report these.
Great ALC, buggy player
The good: automatic level control. This works great when you have a podcast with multiple people speaking, whose audio levels are all over the place.
The bad: Audio drops out at random times in the podcast. It might be 30 minutes in, or it might be two hours in. Once the audio drops out, that particular episode is done. No combination of button presses will get the audio back.
The bad: Audio drops out at random times in the podcast. It might be 30 minutes in, or it might be two hours in. Once the audio drops out, that particular episode is done. No combination of button presses will get the audio back.
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Great app, terrible UI
Honestly comes with a stack of excellent features hidden behind the worst UI imaginable, created by someone who clearly hates their users.
If you can figure out what all the little icons mean, congratulations. Personally I’ve given up trying to download podcasts on this app. I’m sure the control is …somewhere.
If you can figure out what all the little icons mean, congratulations. Personally I’ve given up trying to download podcasts on this app. I’m sure the control is …somewhere.
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Nice app but No dark mode
Please add a dark mode option independent of system dark mode
Hidden treasure of podcast apps
I’ve been hunting for the “perfect” podcast app and, imho, this comes the closest of anything on the market. It has pretty much everything you’d want in terms of sound boost, silence trimming, timed skipping of intros/outros, customizable global defaults w/the ability to save custom settings for each show, and no real ads – just a minimally invasive banner in the episode list promoting the premium version. The only (minor) quibble that I have is that the playback speed setting changes in 0.25x increments; a bit more granularity would be appreciated. Yes, you can subscribe for ten bucks a year to support the dev, but all the above features are available for free. Give it a shot, it’s an excellent app.
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The Final Boss! 🏆
I have been listening to, and creating, podcasts since BEFORE they were called “podcasts” 😉 - I have used or tried nearly EVERY podcasting app made for Apple devices…. And since the advent of “podcasting 2.0” I have been looking for a great app that can both handle the classic podcasting listener needs - but still has some of the amazing 2.0 features. Most new podcasting 2.0 apps are so “foreign” or “bizarre” in design and user interface that I find them unusable.
Finally CASTAMATIC arrives with beautiful classic user interface stylings and new exciting 2.0 features!! Amazing!!! Thank you.
My only suggestion is please have someone create some instructional videos or screenshot blogs on how to use some of the tricky new features. I’m a dummy and would love some basic walk throughs!
Finally CASTAMATIC arrives with beautiful classic user interface stylings and new exciting 2.0 features!! Amazing!!! Thank you.
My only suggestion is please have someone create some instructional videos or screenshot blogs on how to use some of the tricky new features. I’m a dummy and would love some basic walk throughs!
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My new favorite podcast app
This is my new podcast app of choice. But I would love to be able to filter out entire episodes by keywords or phrases such as ,"BONUS" or "You may also like:", in order to block promoted episodes from other podcasts.
My new favorite podcast app
This is my podcast app of choice. But I would love to be able to filter out entire episodes by keywords or phrases such as ,"BONUS" or "You may also like:", in order to block promoted episodes from other podcasts.
Overall best app with one flaw
I love this app. It has all the podcasting 2.0 features and uses native components which looks and feels very polished.
There is one downside, when playing on Bluetooth in the car, if you turn off the car while playing a podcast (without pausing it beforehand) there is a chance that the app will get confused and loose your place. Next time the app starts up the podcast starts from the beginning!
If this can be fixed the app would be perfect!
Update: thank you for for the developer response! Unfortunately I am still having this issue, I had it on my old car stereo system and still have this issue on the new one which is CarPlay enabled. Let me know if there is any way I can send detailed debug data somehow to help track this down.
There is one downside, when playing on Bluetooth in the car, if you turn off the car while playing a podcast (without pausing it beforehand) there is a chance that the app will get confused and loose your place. Next time the app starts up the podcast starts from the beginning!
If this can be fixed the app would be perfect!
Update: thank you for for the developer response! Unfortunately I am still having this issue, I had it on my old car stereo system and still have this issue on the new one which is CarPlay enabled. Let me know if there is any way I can send detailed debug data somehow to help track this down.
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Response from developer
Hello Andrei. I implemented some fixes that should correct the issue you were experiencing with playing position getting lost. Let me know if you still have the same problem.
Buggy unfortunately
Many times audio doesn’t stop when I take out my AirPods. Also it has lost my place 5-10 times this week and starts from the beginning. (March 7 2025).
Great app
Super simple to operate and lots of options. Would like to see and option to hide podcast that have no new episodes to keep the list condensed
Better than most
Clean UI, quick performance, and podcasting 2.0 things are great. I feel it is missing a few key features, such as a playback history (last played, next up) and live show notifications that would really make this an exceptional product.
Overall best app with one flaw
I love this app. It has all the podcasting 2.0 features and uses native components which looks and feels very polished.
There is one downside, when playing on Bluetooth in the car, if you turn off the car while playing a podcast (without pausing it beforehand) there is a chance that the app will get confused and loose your place. Next time the app starts up the podcast starts from the beginning!
If this can be fixed the app would be perfect!
There is one downside, when playing on Bluetooth in the car, if you turn off the car while playing a podcast (without pausing it beforehand) there is a chance that the app will get confused and loose your place. Next time the app starts up the podcast starts from the beginning!
If this can be fixed the app would be perfect!
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Response from developer
Hello Andrei. I implemented some fixes that should correct the issue you were experiencing with playing position getting lost. Let me know if you still have the same problem.
Great but has a major flaw
I love this podcast player and don’t want to rate it a two. However, it has started over multiple podcasts at the beginning several times. Very frustrating. This app needs more work put into the player features before it’s worth using. Starting over, audio artifacts, things that aren’t in more mature players like Overcast.
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Response from developer
Hello Kozmo24, if you long press an episode in a list, you can then touch the "display shownotes" option in the menu.
Great! What about RSS?
This is a great app! Well designed, stable car play, and podcasting 2.0 features. However, I can’t seem to find any way to add an RSS feed.
Best podcasting app - but…
I keep loosing my spot on a podcast. It’s specially annoying while driving. Good luck getting to the point in a 3h podcast where the app lost it. I’m a premium user but switched back to Apple podcast just now. Hope you fix it.
Almost Awesome Podcast Player
Amending my earlier review but fully ready to update when fixed: playback is not smooth. Everything else about the app is very nice, and I mostly like how the features are organized. I particularly like how it supports podcasting 2.0 features and hope it’ll support more in addition to having the playback fixed. I usually play podcasts with gap zapper on classic and leveling set to automatic. It’s very possible one of those features is causing the issue.
It does everything I’ve needed so far. My one wish at the moment is that it would make the shownotes for an episode easier to view. I have to start playing the episode, which I don’t always want to do. That doesn’t feel clean, but otherwise the UI and functionality is great!
It does everything I’ve needed so far. My one wish at the moment is that it would make the shownotes for an episode easier to view. I have to start playing the episode, which I don’t always want to do. That doesn’t feel clean, but otherwise the UI and functionality is great!
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Response from developer
Hello Kozmo24, if you long press an episode in a list, you can then touch the "display shownotes" option in the menu.
Awesome Podcast Player
It does everything I’ve needed so far. My one wish at the moment is that it would make the shownotes for an episode easier to view. I have to start playing the episode, which I don’t always want to do. That doesn’t feel clean, but otherwise the UI and functionality is great!
Response from developer
Hello Kozmo24, if you long press an episode in a list, you can then touch the "display shownotes" option in the menu.
I love it, but…
I can only say that it is one of the best applications for listening to podcasts, by far. I give it a 99%. That 1% to be perfect that it lacks is because I can only play podcasts on AirPlay compatible devices, therefore to listen to podcasts on my Nest Mini speakers, I have to use Pocket Casts. If this functionality could be added, I would not hesitate at all to subscribe and support the creator.
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Response from developer
Hello, thank you for your review. I would love to add support for Nest speakers and all Google Cast devices, but that would mean integrating the GoogleCast SDK. GoogleCastSDK is a closed source library that collects and transmits user data (location, id, activity) to Google. Castamatic is designed and built to respect the privacy of the user, unfortunately there is no way to integrate the GoogleCast SDK without completely compromising this.
Future of podcasting
If you’re on iOS and want to see what podcasting 2.0 is all about Castamatic is worth checking out.
