Pocket Casts - Podcast App

In-app purchases
3.6
86.7K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

Pocket Casts is the world's most powerful free podcast app, an app by listeners, for listeners. Our free podcast player app provides next-level listening, search and discovery tools. Podcast addict? Discover new podcasts with our hand-curated podcast recommendations for easy discovery, and seamlessly enjoy your popular and favorite podcasts 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.

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.

Download Pocket Casts, the best free podcast app for Android.
Updated on
26 Sept 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.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App activity and Device or other IDs
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

3.6
82.6K reviews
Alex Morganti
18 September 2025
The base app itself is great! Works well, good functionality. I'm not a fan of the new persistent ad for Plus. It's ugly. Look, I'd pay 10 bucks to remove that, and because the devs deserve money. Hell, I'd pay 10 bucks a year. But I truly have no use for the Plus functionality, and I'm not paying 40 bucks a year just to remove the ad banner. I guess the devs will see if the whale model serves them, or if they should've gone with a more practical financing system
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Keith Truskoski
16 September 2025
Another user that's been using this app for close to if not over a decade. I've paid for the app before because it was a great app. now that they've implemented unremovable ads for those who've paid this is a 1-star app. I've seen responses that if we subscribe to their monthly subscription it'll remove the ad. I think that's a slap in the face of those that have supported Pocket Casts by purchasing in the early days. stay away. find a different app.
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Brad Carpenter
16 September 2025
Looks like it's time to switch. I've had frustration with pocket casts over the years, but I stuck with it because it's familiar and reliable. I now have ads, which can only be disabled with a subscription. I paid for pocket casts, so suddenly forcing ads seems pretty sleazy. There are a lot of better alternatives. Thanks for the push to switch!
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What's new

We believe podcasting should remain open, accessible, and creator-owned. In a world dominated by closed platforms, we’re committed to supporting the open RSS ecosystem. To help sustain that mission, this release re-introduces banner ads to support our ongoing work. Banner ads won’t be shown to Plus/Patron subscribers or users with accounts created prior to Sept 2019 – thanks for your support.

Plus download notifications now correctly open the app & onboarding notifications have been improved.