Comparison

Podcat vs MOCA Player

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Podcat

This podcast client offers advanced features for managing and listening to your favorite shows. It supports various chapter marker types and provides community-specific enhancements. Enjoy customizable playback speeds, sleep timers, and intelligent episode sorting.

Highlights
  • Supports Podlove and chapter markers
  • Customizable playback speed per podcast
  • Sleep timer
  • Manual and automatic episode sorting
  • Background downloading of new episodes
  • CarPlay support
Features
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Podcat 3 is the German podcast reference. You are looking for a Podcatcher that supports Podlove, can display any kind of chapter markers and also offers some special features especially for the German speaking community? Then you are right with the Podcat 2. The Podcat can have different speeds per podcast and has a sleep timer. Episodes can be sorted manually and played accordingly. You can sort podcasts into groups or use automatic groups with search options. For all podcasts, there are a variety of settings that will make your everyday life easier. New episodes are automatically searched for and downloaded in the background. You decide whether to attach them to the playlist or play them directly next. Subscribed but not heard so regularly? Then just do not put the episode into the list. It's your choice. And Carplay? No problem!

About

MOCA Player

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Download for free, with no ads, and no purchase required! KEY FEATURES • PODCASTS Subscribe to your favorite podcasts and manage them from one place. Customize how episodes are sorted, filtered, and displayed for each podcast. • EPISODES Quickly see new, unplayed, partially played, and completed episodes. Sort and filter your episode lists to focus on exactly what you want to hear. • COLLECTIONS Group your favorite podcasts into collections and listen to them together. Collections make it easy to organize podcasts by topic, interest, mood, or however you prefer. • PLAYLISTS Create custom playlists using episodes from across your podcast library. Add an episode to a playlist from anywhere you see it, making it easy to build listening queues around the content you want. • BACKUP & RESTORE Protect your podcast library and settings with Backup & Restore. Backups can be used to move or restore your data between supported devices and platforms. • POWERFUL SEARCH Discover podcasts using iTunes, Podcast Index, or a direct podcast URL. Search within your results to quickly locate a specific podcast. • FLEXIBLE SETTINGS Set your preferences once and use them throughout the app. When you want something different, optionally customize settings for individual podcasts, collections, and playlists. • PLAYBACK PROGRESS MOCA Player keeps track of what you've played and where you left off, so you can easily continue listening later. • CROSS-PLATFORM MOCA Player is designed for a consistent podcast experience across supported platforms, so you're not locked into a single type of device. Terms Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Podcat4 screens
MOCA Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Podcat at none against MOCA Player's 1. MOCA Player's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MOCA Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Podcat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Podcat ships an update every 2 months, MOCA Player weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Podcat versus MOCA Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPodcatMOCA Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJeanette MuellerMocaware LLC

In-app purchases

None

Podcat

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MOCA Player

One-time1
  • MOCA Player - Purchase$4.99

Questions

Is Podcat free?
Podcat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MOCA Player free?
MOCA Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Podcat or MOCA Player have ads?
Neither Podcat nor MOCA Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Podcat or MOCA Player?
Podcat ships an update every 2 months, and MOCA Player weekly. Most recently, Podcat was updated on November 1, 2026 and MOCA Player on October 30, 2026.

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