# SimpleCasts — Podcasts. Synced. No ads.

> Podcasts. Synced. No ads. (iPhone/iPad app by ARILD TIETJEN STAVE.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/simplecasts/id6761646634 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ARILD TIETJEN STAVE](https://appshunter.io/developer/1890640977)
- Category: News, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-24
- Data updated: 2026-11-05

## What is SimpleCasts?

SimpleCasts is a podcast player built for people who care about their listening — not for advertisers, not for an algorithm trying to grow at your expense.

Follow any podcast by RSS feed, build a queue that survives between devices, and just press play. Your progress, queue, archives, and library follow you between iPhone, iPad, web, and CarPlay.

PODCASTS, WITH THE PEOPLE YOU TALK TO

The best podcast recommendations come from people you trust — not a machine. SimpleCasts is built around them.

• Recommend an episode straight to a friend, with a note on why it's worth their time
• Build playlists together and share them with the people you listen alongside
• Everything friends send you lands in one place — no feed, no noise, no strangers

WHAT'S IN THE APP

• Inbox — every new episode from podcasts you follow, in one place
• Queue — drag to reorder, swipe to archive, autoplay the next
• CarPlay — full Queue, Inbox, Podcasts, and Playlists tabs in the car
• Chapters — view, jump, and seek inside episodes that support them
• Smart playlists — rules-based lists that auto-add matching new episodes
• Bookmarks — save a moment in an episode with a note, jump back later
• Downloads — cache episodes for offline listening, Wi-Fi only if you prefer
• Cross-device sync — progress, queue, and library stay current everywhere
• Sleep timer, playback speed from 0.75× to 2.0×, customizable skip intervals
• Push notifications when a podcast you follow releases a new episode

WHAT'S NOT IN THE APP

• No advertising — not in the player, not anywhere
• No tracking, no analytics SDK, no fingerprinting
• No algorithmic feed, no "trending," no engagement bait — what you hear about comes from friends, not a machine
• No data sharing with third parties for marketing

SimpleCasts is a hobby project, actively maintained by one person. Support and feature requests welcome through the in-app Help & Support link.

Built with respect for your attention.

## Is SimpleCasts safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess SimpleCasts.

## Is SimpleCasts legit?

SimpleCasts has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for SimpleCasts is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.7 — 2026-11-01

- Your listening: see how much you've listened each week, your top shows and the episodes you played most recently, and start any of them again with one tap. Find it in Settings → Your listening.
- SimpleCasts now asks for permission to send notifications when you turn them on for a show, instead of at sign-in.
- Playback starts more reliably after a phone call, Siri or switching to AirPods.

### 1.1.6 — 2026-10-28

• Keep played episodes: turn it on for a playlist and finished episodes stay in it, marked as played, instead of disappearing. Handy for collections you want to keep or listen to again. Playlists with it turned on are marked in your list.
• Changes you make to a playlist's settings now show up in your playlist list right away.
• Creating a playlist no longer shows a "Failed to create playlist" message when it actually worked.

### 1.1.5 — 2026-10-25

New in this version:
- A short guided start for new accounts: find and follow your first shows, see how the inbox and queue work, and get playing straight away.
- Keep played episodes: switch it on for a playlist (in its ⋯ menu) and episodes stay in it after you've heard them, marked played – handy for a list you want to keep, not just get through. These playlists are marked with a bookmark.
- Fixed: changes to a playlist's settings now show in the playlist list straight away.

### 1.1.4 — 2026-10-21

• Downloads keep going when the app is in the background, and retry by themselves after a temporary error.
• A failed download is now marked clearly, with a "Retry download" option, instead of looking downloaded.
• When you listen offline, the next episode in your queue now starts by itself when one ends.

### 1.1.3 — 2026-10-17

Small improvements to signing in.

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