# Podcast Player - OwlTail — Best Podcasts App - Discovery

> Free podcast player for discovering and listening to podcasts with social following features. (iPhone/iPad app by Owl Tail Cognition Pty Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/podcast-player-owltail/id1447809682 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Owl Tail Cognition Pty Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1447809681)
- Category: News, Education
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 40 App Store ratings · 25 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.1 · 129 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2019-03-20
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/podcast-player-owltail/id1447809682/reviews.md

## What is Podcast Player?

Free podcast app for iPhone to listen to all of the available podcasts as well as follow people/names to see all of their episodes. The easiest podcast player to use with a focus on discovery suitable for both new listeners as well as existing podcast lovers!

- Follow all of your favorite people to find and get updated on any podcasts they appear on.
- 1,000,000 names to search for, follow and listen to!
- Find new people to follow with our similar people recommendations.
- Similar podcasts to what you listened to, to help you find new podcasts to subscribe to.
- Most Popular Episodes of over 300,000 podcasts so you only listen to the best.
- Newest Episodes of your subscriptions, updated in real time.
- Hand picked episodes of over 15 different topics (e.g. Self Improvement, Science, Interesting stories, etc) so you can learn something new.
- Play and listen to over 500,000 podcasts for free. All the new podcasts, updated in real time.
- Downloads & play offline with a queue functionality
- Up to 32x speed (yes 32!), at the same quality!
- Sort episodes by date, length, popularity

What podcasts can you listen to in our podcast player?
- Keep up to date with the latest news. Hear people comment on Global Issues and Politics.
- Accelerate your personal development by listening to self improvement podcasts, education podcasts, history podcasts, philosophy podcasts, health and mental health podcasts and relationship podcasts.
- Get access to the best personal stories and interviews.
- Learn about Investing, Personal Finance, Startups, Management from the best business leaders.
- Listen to True Crime, fiction audio stories as well as documentaries. 
- Learn a new language such as Chinese, Spanish or German. 
- Find shows on religion, as well as meditation and spirituality.
- Find audio books and book summaries.

We've got popular shows like:
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- This American Life
- The Daily
- TED Talks Daily
- Serial
- Stuff You Should Know
- Radiolab
- Pod Save America

Questions? Feedback? Email us at mel@owltail.com

## Key features

- Follow people and see their podcast appearances
- Discover similar podcasts and people
- Access most popular and newest episodes
- Curated episodes by topic
- Offline playback with queue
- Adjustable playback speed up to 32x

## Recent user reviews (10 of 25)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/podcast-player-owltail/id1447809682/reviews.md

### 1/5 — No Longer Functioning

*2024-01-23*

This was a great app in finding people and podcasts using a word search, but is no longer working - pity…

### 1/5 — Permanently Broken

*2024-01-14*

This app no longer functions and the developer seems to have gone out of business.

### 3/5 — Big Issue With Fetching New Episodes

*2022-11-14, version 2.97*

I’ve been using this app for a long time now, but as of October 31st of this year, my regular shows are not updating with new episodes. I doubt so many podcasters took vacation at the same time and stopped posting, but I’m wondering why this app won’t show new episodes.

### 1/5 — Seriously????

*2022-06-26, version 2.97*

Who’s reviewing this app, friends?
It has hardly any features. Can’t even sort old to new. There are so many good players, no need for this one. I’ve uninstalled it.

### 5/5 — Great app

*2022-06-21, version 2.97*

I love that you can control the playback speeds really granularly, especially compared to other apps. Nice interface as well and i like the queue feature

### 2/5 — Great recommendations

*2020-12-14, version 2.7*

Great for finding new podcasts. I like following my favorite podcasters, episodes sorted by popularity, and listening at 1.3x speed. But the rewind bug is awful.

Until I can consistently resume playback where I left off, the app is not worth using.

### 5/5 — Favorite podcast app

*2020-10-27, version 2.5*

This app is so good compared to the original podcast app and the other paid subscription one I had. It makes it so easy to find the best episodes from every podcast and its also really good at recommending podcast you liked based off the ones you've saved already.

But the only negative is sometimes when I close out the app and open it back up the podcast won’t save were I last left off. Then it won’t let me drag the slider to where I left off also. So the only way I can get back to my spot is to spam the 15 sec forward all the way through 3 hour podcast which is a pain in the butt because usually for me I listen to podcast at work when I’m not suppose to be on my phone so this ends up being a huge inconvenience.

### 4/5 — Major potential but needs critical bug fixed

*2020-10-06, version 2.5*

I can’t find anywhere to submit feedback so I’m writing it here. 

This is the first podcast app I’ve found that actually ranks podcast episodes, which for me is a killer feature. I love being able to find the “best of” when starting with any new podcast. 

But there are major bugs that need fixing:
1. Frequently I open the app and the podcast I was last listening to has rewinded up to 10 minutes. I have to seek forward and try to find my place again. No idea why this happens but it is frequent. Perhaps the listener’s location is just not saved frequently enough. 

2. At times the Play button at the bottom of the app doesn’t work. The play button at the top always appears to work

3. Player does not pause when using Siri, so I always have to rewind after that. Other podcast apps pause when using Siri. 

Missing features:

4. Search podcast episodes. I’d like to just be able to view a podcast’s episode history and filter it by one or more search terms. This simple feature is available in overcast. 

If the developers can follow up on these issues I’d be happy to update to 5 stars. I very rarely leave reviews but the “popularity” sorting of this app is so good I want this app to succeed!

**Developer response:** Hi Jitsu101,

Thank you so so much for trying our app as well as providing this feedback.

We'd love to hear more, would you be able to reach out to mel@owltail.com? 

We're fixing a lot of those bugs that you've mentioned!

### 5/5 — Best app to find new podcasts!

*2020-07-14, version 1.99*

4.5 stars ... I love this app for finding new podcasts! The recommendations aspect is great and I love that I can search for and follow people now! I’ve tried just about all the podcast catchers out there and Owl Tail is the best with discovery by far.  

I’m hoping that listening features (most importantly trim silence and custom playlists) will be implemented. Once that happens, this will be a solid 5 stars in my book, and I’ll ditch the podcast player I currently subscribe to specifically for those features!

### 4/5 — Love it with a suggestion

*2020-05-07, version 1.96*

I find it valuable but it needs to allow people to rate individual episodes. Most popular is kind of a popularity of guest contest and the top 20 can miss the best episodes. Rating individual episodes could be more valuable

## Frequently asked questions about Podcast Player

### What does this podcast app do?

This free podcast app allows you to discover and listen to millions of podcasts. You can follow your favorite people and shows to stay updated on their latest episodes, and find new content through personalized recommendations.

### What are the key features of this podcast player?

Key features include the ability to follow individuals to see all their podcast appearances, discover similar podcasts and people, access popular and newest episodes, download episodes for offline playback, and adjust playback speed up to 32x.

### Is this podcast app free to use?

Yes, this is a free podcast app. You can play and listen to over 500,000 podcasts without any cost.

### What kind of podcasts can I listen to?

You can listen to a wide variety of podcasts, including news, politics, self-improvement, education, history, science, true crime, fiction, business, personal finance, and language learning podcasts.

### Can I listen to podcasts offline?

Yes, the app supports downloads and offline playback. You can add episodes to a queue and listen to them without an internet connection.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.97 — 2021-11-08

Queue play order reversed. Default now is bottom to top.
The episode will continue playing in queue until empty. 
Player improvements and enhancements.
Bug fixes.

### 2.96 — 2021-07-24

New onboarding.
Player improvements.
Bug fixes.

### 2.95 — 2021-05-30

Player improvements.
Bugs fixed.

### 2.94 — 2021-05-22

Crash fixes.

### 2.93 — 2021-05-18

Updated user interface.
Fixed a number of bugs regarding the player and load speed of app.

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