Pocket Casts - Podcast App

In-app purchases
4.6
84.7K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Parental guidance
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About this app

Pocket Casts is the world's most powerful podcast app, an app by listeners, for listeners. Our podcast player app provides next-level listening, search and discovery tools. Podcast addict? Find your next obsession with our hand curated podcast recommendations for easy discovery, and seamlessly enjoy your favorite shows without the hassle of subscribing.

Here’s what the press has to say:
Android Central: “Pocket Casts is the best podcasts app for Android”
The Verge: “The best podcast player for Android”
Named Google Play Top Developer, Google Play Editors’ Choice, and recipient of the Google Material Design Award.

Still not convinced? Allow us to walk you through our free podcast listening app:

BEST PODCAST APP
Material design: Your podcast player app has never looked so beautiful, colors change to complement podcast artwork
Themes: Whether you're a dark or light theme person we've got you covered. We even have you OLED lovers covered with our Extra Dark theme.
Everywhere: Android Auto, Chromecast, Alexa and Sonos. Listen to your podcasts in more places than ever before.

POWERFUL PLAYBACK
Up next: Automatically build a playback queue from your favorite shows. Sign in and have that Up Next queue sync to all your devices.
Trim silence: Cut silences from episodes so you finish them faster, saving hours.
Variable speed: Change the play speed from anywhere between 0.5 to 5x.
Volume boost: Increase the volume of voices, while decreasing background noise.
Stream: Play episodes on the fly.
Chapters: Jump between chapters easily, and enjoy embedded artwork that the author has added (we support MP3 and M4A chapter formats).
Audio & video: Play all of your favorite episodes, toggle video to audio.
Skip playback: Skip episode intros, jump through episodes with custom skip intervals.
Wear OS: Control playback from your wrist.
Sleep timer: We'll pause your episode so you can rest your weary head.
Chromecast: Cast episodes straight to your TV with a single tap.
Sonos: Browse and play your podcasts directly from the Sonos app.
Android Auto: browse your podcasts and filters to find an interesting episode, then control playback. All without ever touching your phone.

Used Google Podcast in the past? Pocket Casts is the perfect next step

SMART TOOLS
Sync: Subscriptions, Up Next, listening history, playback and filters are all securely stored in the cloud. You can pick up where you left off on another device and even the web.
Refresh: Let our servers check for new episodes, so you can get on with your day.
Notifications: We'll let you know when new episodes arrive, if you like.
Auto download: Automatically download episodes for offline playback.
Filters: Custom filters will organize your episodes.
Storage: All the tools you need to keep your podcasts tamed.

ALL YOUR FAVORITES
Discover and subscribe to our podcast player app on iTunes and beyond. Explore top charts, networks, and categories with ease.
Share: Spread the word with podcast and episode sharing.
OPML: Jump on board without any hassle with OPML import. Export your collection at any time.

Looking for an Apple podcast app for iPhone or for Android? Pocket Casts is your go-to choice.

There are many more powerful, straight-forward features that make Pocket Casts the best podcasts app for android. So what are you waiting for?

Visit pocketcasts.com for more info about the web and other platforms supported by Pocket Casts.
Updated on
Jun 6, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
80.7K reviews
T Parton
May 23, 2025
Probably the best podcast app, been a user for years. One small annoyance, unsure if this is a bug or new feature as it's only just started happening, but podcasts I have set to "play next" are now taking the place of any episodes I'm partway listening too, instead of next in the queue, so having to go into my queue and select the episode I was halfway through. Hoping just a bug cause it's kindof annoying
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Harry Newman
May 24, 2025
So fed up of these podcasts apps. if you want to charge £4 a month for a podcast search engine at least make the search work. update: not only does the search fail every single time, it's saving every keystroke as in individual previous search in Recent Searches. Absolute joke of an app. All you have to do is keep a list of podcasts and allow searching for more podcasts. How can you fail on such a basic premise?
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Automattic, Inc
May 26, 2025
Hi, Harry! We're aware of a recent issue with search in the app, and our developers are already working on it. Thanks for your patience in the meantime.
Emily Colley
May 2, 2025
Overall a great podcast app. I have tried a few after unsubscribing from Spotify and most are junk. This app has a nice interface and is easy to use. The discover feature however is limited and only shows a select amount of each genre of podcast, meaning I have to search for podcasts outside of the app. I wish there was a feature that recommended podcasts based on your subscriptions or listens.
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What’s new

First up, we’re rolling out podcast recommendations to help you discover your next favorite show without even trying. We’ve also added support for Podroll, so your favorite podcasts can also recommend shows they think you’ll love.

We’ve also given the Upgrade page a little love. We’ve made accessibility improvements so that it’s more usable for everyone. Small tweaks, big difference.