# Spool Podcasts — Podcasts on your terms > Podcasts on your terms (iPhone/iPad app by Jeff Chimney.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spool-podcasts/id6809485942 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Jeff Chimney](https://appshunter.io/developer/995119060) - Category: News, Entertainment - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 19 MB - Languages: American English, French (France) - Released: 2026-09-30 - Data updated: 2026-10-11 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spool-podcasts/id6809485942/reviews.md ## What is Spool Podcasts? Spool is a podcast app that puts you in control of what plays and what stays. QUEUE A new episode only joins your queue if you've told that show to put it there: at the top, at the bottom, or not at all. Mark the shows you never miss as priority podcasts, and their new episodes arrive ahead of everything else. INBOX New episodes of shows that you don't choose to queue collect in the Inbox for as many days as you choose, and leave the moment you play or queue one. PLAYLISTS Add a show to a playlist and its new episodes there as well. Good for a theme you dip into, rather than a queue you work through in order. LISTENING, YOUR WAY • Chapters, with chapter artwork, marked right on the scrubber • Show notes with links that open and timestamps that jump straight to that moment • Playback speed, a sleep timer that can stop at the end of the episode, and skip lengths you choose • Voice Boost, which evens out a quiet guest and a loud host • Trim Silence (experimental), which shortens long pauses in the audio • OPML import and export of your library • Your library, queue, playlists and progress sync through iCloud • Home Screen widgets for what's playing and your episode lists • A Control Center button, plus Siri and Shortcuts for playback, sleep timers and playlists • Notifications when new episodes arrive, which you can mute show by show • Swipe actions you arrange yourself • In English and French SPOOL SUPPORTER Every listening feature in Spool is free. If you'd like to support its development, Spool Supporter is an optional subscription that also unlocks eight accent colours, each with a matching app icon. No ads, no tracking. Privacy Policy: https://spoolcast.ca/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Monthly Spooler | $1.99 | per month | | Yearly Spooler | $9.99 | per year | ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.04 — 2026-10-10 Clips are here! Share the best moment of an episode instead of the whole thing. • Choose Create Clip from the player's share menu, then drag to set the start and end. Slide the whole clip along, scrub inside it to check the ending, and undo or redo as you go. • Share a clip as a link, an audio file or a video. Videos come tall or square, with the show's cover art or a Spool cassette that plays along. • Add captions to a clip's video. They're transcribed right on your iPhone, so the audio never leaves it. (Requires iOS 26 or later.) • Clip That saves the last 30 seconds of what's playing. Use it from Siri, Shortcuts or Control Centre. • Your clips get their own section in the Library. • Share an episode from the moment you're at, so the link starts right there. Easier on your battery • Refreshing your shows now skips feeds that haven't changed, so Spool downloads far less in the background. • With Download as You Listen on, playback moves from the stream to the download once it finishes, during a pause so you won't hear the switch. • Fewer unnecessary iCloud syncs in the background. • On shows with inserted ads, the stream and the download now get the same ads, so playback no longer jumps when Spool moves between them or trims silences. ### 1.03 — 2026-10-02 Download Queued Episodes A new setting under Settings › Downloads keeps everything in your Queue downloaded, including new episodes as they arrive. It's off by default and applies to this device only, so your queue can fill up on home Wi‑Fi and play anywhere without using cellular data. While it's on, the Queue only marks episodes that still need attention, like ones waiting for Wi‑Fi, and the top of the Queue tells you when everything is ready. Smarter downloads With cellular downloads turned off, downloads now also stay off a phone's Personal Hotspot. Automatic downloads respect Low Data Mode. Play from a show's page Each episode on a show's page has a play button showing its length, the time left, or Played. Tap it to play or pause without opening the show notes. Tidier Settings Settings are regrouped, with a new Queue & Inbox section, and a few options have clearer names: Mark Played on Switch, Download Queued Episodes and Download as You Listen. For Spool Supporters The thank-you screen now lets you pick your colour and app icon right away, with a live preview of the icon. Matching App Icon also now works when your device is set to French. Also • Tapping a search result opens the show • Download badges use your chosen colour • Episode previews read better across two lines ### 1.02 — 2026-09-30 No release notes. ## More apps by Jeff Chimney - [eMote](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emote/id6757416135) All apps by Jeff Chimney: https://appshunter.io/developer/995119060 --- *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 2026-10-11.*