Castria vs Podcast Shuffle

Castria is the podcast app that skips the ads for you. Press play and the ads, sponsor reads, and commercial breaks skip themselves. No fast-forwarding, no guessing where the show comes back. Just the show. Premium subscriptions remove an app's own ads, but not the ones inside the episode. Castria skips those, and skipping ads on your phone is free. Around the skip is a full podcast player: playlists, offline downloads, AI summaries, searchable transcripts, and sync across your devices. TOP FEATURES • Ads skip themselves: on every episode, hands-free, from the moment you press play • You stay in control: see every ad Castria found and why, keep a sponsor you want to hear, or turn skipping off in one tap • AI episode summaries: see what an episode covers before you commit • Tap-to-jump topics: go straight to the part you came for • Searchable transcripts: read along, search any word, tap to jump to that moment • Offline downloads: ad-skipping still works with no signal, and each show can auto-download, keep the newest few, or delete after playing • Playlists: build your own, in any order you like • Bring your shows: import from another app with an OPML file, or preview a show before you follow it • Sleep timer, speed up to 5×, and trim silences • Resume on any device: iPhone, iPad, and the web on one account • See your time saved: the minutes and ads Castria has skipped for you, by day, week, and month For serious podcast listeners: the more you listen, the more time you get back. The core is free: ad-skipping, the full player, and the AI features. And Castria shows no ads of its own. CASTRIA PREMIUM (optional, with a free trial) • Faster ad-skip: ads are found on our servers before you download, so your phone does none of the work • CarPlay: a dedicated app with Listen Now, Up Next, Playlists, and Shows (iOS 26.4 or later) • Apple Watch: your queue and Now Playing on your wrist, with ads skipped • Smart playlists that fill themselves • 20 GB of cloud storage for your saved episodes FAIR TO CREATORS Castria plays the publisher's own episode file and skips the ad segments as you listen, the same as fast-forwarding by hand. We never modify or re-host the audio. Don't interrupt what you're doing just to fast-forward through an ad. Castria skips them for you. Castria Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly to your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://castria.app/privacy

Great episodes don’t expire. Podcast Shuffle brings your favorite shows’ back catalogs back into rotation, so you can rediscover episodes you loved and find the ones you missed. It’s also a home for your everyday listening. Open Shuffle for a random episode, catch up on new releases in Latest, or browse individual shows in Podcasts. Enjoy the archives and keep up with what’s new, all in one app. YOUR PODCASTS, ON SHUFFLE • Add shows by searching Apple Podcasts or pasting an Apple Podcasts show link or podcast RSS feed • Support creators on Patreon? Add your private audio RSS link to bring member-only episodes into the mix • Choose which shows to include in Shuffle and change your selection anytime • Tap Play a Random Episode and let chance choose your next listen CATCH UP AND KEEP TRACK • Find new episodes from all your shows together in Latest, even shows you’ve left out of Shuffle • See which episodes are in progress or already played • Resume unfinished episodes from where you left off when you play them from Latest • Mark episodes as played or unplayed whenever you need to • Read episode details and show notes EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO LISTEN • Full-screen player with scrubbing, 15-second rewind, and 30-second skip • Adjustable playback speed from 0.75x to 2x • An Up Next queue and optional autoplay to keep listening • Sleep timer • AirPlay and system volume controls • Lock screen and Control Center playback controls • Background streaming and CarPlay support No account required. Just add your shows and press play, whether you’re catching up on today’s release or rediscovering an old favorite.