# PodcastAdBlock — Play podcasts, skip ads

> Play podcasts, skip ads (iPhone/iPad app by Freewheel Group Limited.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/podcastadblock/id6758439004 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Freewheel Group Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/1810525338)
- Category: Entertainment, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 29 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-03-02
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/podcastadblock/id6758439004/reviews.md

## What is PodcastAdBlock?

**This app requires an iPhone with Apple's Neural Engine to function properly. This includes all iPhones and iPads from 2018 onwards.**

## The Private, On-Device Podcast Ad Blocker

Podcast ads have become longer, louder, and more repetitive.
PodcastAdBlock gives listeners control back.
Using on-device AI, PodcastAdBlock automatically detects and skips ad segments as you listen, privately, on your phone.

## A Full-Featured Podcast Player
PodcastAdBlock isn't just an ad blocker; it's a complete podcast app with everything you'd expect:

 * Podcast discovery and search
 * Playlists and queue management
 * Auto-downloading for offline listening
 * Playback speed controls
 * Sleep timer

Free to use as a podcast player. Subscribe to skip the ads.

## How It Works

1. Add your favourite podcasts
2. Start your 5-day free trial to experience ad-free listening
3. Our on-device AI analyses episodes locally
4. Ads are detected and skipped automatically during playback
5. Your audio never leaves your phone

Start listening today, without interruptions.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 3.0.4 — 2026-03-04

What's New

  - Per-podcast playback speed — Set a different playback speed for each podcast so
  your favorites play just how you like them
  - Get Help in Settings — Easily reach support right from the app's settings
  - Smarter ad detection queue — Episodes now process newest-first so your latest
  downloads get ad-skipping faster
  - More reliable background processing — Episodes that get interrupted mid-processing
   now automatically recover and resume
  - Faster login — Signing in no longer causes a brief freeze while your library syncs
  - Better scroll stability — The library spinner and unplayed badges no longer
  flicker or disappear as you scroll
  - Cleaner unsubscribes — Removing a podcast now properly cleans up downloaded audio
  files to free storage
  - Playback position saves more reliably — Your listening progress is saved
  periodically and synced in the background so you never lose your place

### 3.0.0 — 2026-03-03

iOS Changelog since v2.12.1

  - Faster app startup and smoother background downloads
  - Improved status badges and processing queue visibility
  - Persistent cover art caching and played state across login/logout
  - WiFi-only download alerts and smarter playlist filtering
  - Transcription progress percentage and Siri interruption recovery
  - TestFlight update stability and memory pressure fixes

### 2.12.1 — 2026-03-02

No release notes.

## More apps by Freewheel Group Limited

- [Smooth](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smooth/id6748689521)
- [Podtastic](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/podtastic/id6761050924)

All apps by Freewheel Group Limited: https://appshunter.io/developer/1810525338

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