YourPods: Podcast Player

P3 — Privacy Preserving Playback New opt-in privacy feature that strips tracking redirects and dynamic ad insertion from podcast URLs before playback. Your device connects directly to the audio host — no trackers are ever contacted. Blocks 20 tracking services across 32 domains. Enable globally in Settings or per-podcast from Listening Profile. A green shield icon appears on Now Playing when P3 is active. Episode Notifications and Badges Get notified when new episodes are discovered during background refresh. Control notifications per-podcast from each show's Listening Profile. If iOS missed a background refresh, you'll still be notified when you open the app. App icon badge shows your total unplayed episode count. 100% local — nothing is sent to any push server. Hidden Episodes Hide episodes to declutter your feed without marking them as listened. Use "Hide Older Episodes" on a podcast page to batch-hide an entire back catalog in one tap. Hidden episodes are filtered from your feed and excluded from unplayed counts. Hidden state syncs across all your devices. Clear Queue New "Clear Queue" option in the Up Next menu. Choose "Clear Up Next" to remove upcoming episodes while keeping the current one, or "Clear Everything" to stop playback and wipe the queue. Respects your queue removal preferences. Episode Activity YourPods Sync users can now see a chronological list of played episodes below the listening stat cards — episode title, podcast name, progress, timestamp, and device. Sort by Recent or By Podcast. watchOS: Recently Updated The Apple Watch home screen now shows the 10 most recent unplayed episodes with artwork, podcast name, and relative timestamps. Cached locally for offline access. Cross-Device Sync Your currently-playing episode now syncs between devices in real time. Pull-to-refresh performs a full sync — subscriptions, queue, positions, and settings alongside your RSS feeds. Background refresh now syncs everything automatically. Per-podcast Listening Profile settings (speed, skip intro/outro, AutoPilot, privacy mode) sync across all your devices. Reliability Fixed episodes replaying instantly instead of from the beginning. Fixed stale episodes inflating episode counts after feed providers rotate content. Fixed background refresh and notifications only working when plugged in. Fixed the app being killed by iOS after 3+ hours of continuous playback due to excessive disk writes. Fixed watchOS app freezing and refusing to relaunch. Resolved multiple crash-causing data races in the audio engine. Feed refresh is now up to 6x faster for large libraries. Disk I/O reduced by approximately 95% during long listening sessions. Over 40 additional stability and sync fixes across iOS, macOS, watchOS, and CarPlay.