https://github.com/hbmartin/ios-podcast-player-comparison
Table comparing features of iOS podcast players.
https://github.com/hbmartin/ios-podcast-player-comparison
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Table comparing features of iOS podcast players.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/hbmartin/ios-podcast-player-comparison
- Owner: hbmartin
- Created: 2024-07-17T19:55:54.000Z (10 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-03T00:33:50.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-03T01:27:40.129Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: apps, comparison, ios, podcast, podcast-client, podcast-player
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- Stars: 7
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 2
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# iOS Podcast Player App Comparison
🔔 Many features of Overcast have been removed in the latest release. Those changes are only partially documented here.
Please help keep this updated by [leaving a comment](https://github.com/hbmartin/ios-podcast-player-comparison/issues) or by [editing this doc](https://github.com/hbmartin/ios-podcast-player-comparison/edit/main/README.md)!
* [Chapters and Notes](#chapters-and-notes)
* [Playback and Playlists](#playback-and-playlists)
* [File Formats, Devices, and Subscriptions](#file-formats-devices-and-subscriptions)
* [Controls and Downloads](#controls-and-downloads)
* [Sync and Import / Export](#sync-and-import--export)
* [Other](#other)
* [Acronyms](#acronyms)
* [Articles and Reviews](#articles-and-reviews)
✅ = supported
🚫 = not supported
⚠️ = partial support
💲= paid feature
## Chapters and Notes
| | Chap. Mark | MP3 Chap. Mark | Choose Chaps. | Chap. Dura-tion | Chap. Start Time | Chap. End Time | Chap. Image | Notes for DL'd | Notes w/o DL |
| -------------- | ---------- | -------------- | ------------- | --------------- | ---------------- | -------------- | ----------- | -------------- | ------------ |
| Overcast | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Castro | ✅💲 | ✅ | ✅💲 | ✅ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Downcast | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| iCatcher! | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 | | ✅ | ✅ |
| Pocket Casts | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅💲 | ✅ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✅¹ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Procast | | | | | | | | | |
| Apple Podcasts | ⚠️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 |
| RSSRadio | ✅ | | | 🚫 | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Player FM | | | | | | | | | |
| Breaker | | | | | | | | | |
1. Does not display image on lock screen.
## Playback and Playlists
| | Sleep Timer | Trim Silence | Play Speed | Vol. Boost | Book marks | Personal Playlist | Personal Smart Playlist | Predef. Smart Playlist |
| -------------- | ----------- | ------------ | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ----------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------- |
| Overcast | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | |
| Castro | ✅ | ✅💲 | ✅ | ✅💲 | ✅💲 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Downcast | ✅ | | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| iCatcher! | ✅ | | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Pocket Casts | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅💲 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Procast | | | | | | | | |
| Apple Podcasts | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ |
| RSSRadio | 🚫 | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ |
| Player FM | | | | | ✅💲 | ✅💲 | | |
| Breaker | | | | | | ✅ | | |
## File Formats, Devices, and Subscriptions
| | Air-Play | Car-Play | Siri Short-cuts | iPad | Land-scape | Push new eps. | Custom Sub. Sort | Alpha. Sub. Sort | Video |
| -------------- | -------- | -------- | --------------- | ---- | ---------- | ------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ----- |
| Overcast | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | 🚫 | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | | | |
| Castro | ✅ | | ✅ | 🚫 | | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | 🚫 |
| Downcast | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| iCatcher! | ✅ | | | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Pocket Casts | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Procast | | | | | | | | | |
| Apple Podcasts | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ |
| RSSRadio | ✅ | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Player FM | | | 🚫 | | | | | | |
| Breaker | | | | | | | | | |
## Controls and Downloads
| | Air-Pod Cntrl. | Skip Intro | Skip Outro | Play DL'ing Ep. | Parallel DL's | Ep. stream | Pass. pro-tected | Auto. DL Opts | Disk Space Mgmt |
| -------------- | -------------- | ---------- | ---------- | --------------- | ------------- | ---------- | ---------------- | ------------- | --------------- |
| Overcast | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | | 🚫 |
| Castro | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ | ✅ |
| Downcast | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ |
| iCatcher! | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ |
| Pocket Casts | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Procast | | | | | | | | | |
| Apple Podcasts | ✅ | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | 🚫 |
| RSSRadio | ✅ | ✅ | | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 |
| Player FM | | | | | | ✅ | | | |
| Breaker | | | | | | | | | |
## Sync and Import / Export
| | Cross Device Sync | Sync Tech. | Import Music Lib. | OPML Export | OPML Import | Pod-cast Dir. | Paged Feed |
| -------------- | ----------------- | ---------- | ----------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------- | ---------- |
| Overcast | | | | ✅ | 🚫 | | |
| Castro | 🚫 | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Downcast | ✅ | iCloud | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 |
| iCatcher! | ✅ | iCloud | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Pocket Casts | ✅ | Prop. | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Procast | | | | | | | |
| Apple Podcasts | ✅ | iCloud | ✅ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✅ | |
| RSSRadio | ✅ | iCloud | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Player FM | ✅💲 | | | | | | |
| Breaker | | | | | | | |
## Other
| | Price | Multi-Plat | Tran-scripts | Clip Share | Per Podcast Settings | App subscription URI scheme | Wikidata ID |
| -------------- | --------- | ---------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Overcast | $18 /yr | Web | 🚫 | ✅ | ✅ | overcast://x-callback-url/add?url= | [Q20707973](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20707973) |
| Castro | $25 /yr | 🚫 | | ✅ | ✅ | castro://subscribe/ | [Q100576609](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100576609) |
| Downcast | | | | | ✅💲 | downcast:// | |
| iCatcher! | | | | | ✅ | icatcher:// | |
| Pocket Casts | $40 /yr ¹ | ✅🚀 | | ✅ | ✅ | pktc://subscribe/feed-url-without-http | |
| Procast | | | | | | | |
| Apple Podcasts | 🚫 | Mac | ✅ | 🚫 | ✅ | pcast:// | [Q70058728](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70058728) |
| RSSRadio | | | | | ✅ | rssradio:// | |
| Player FM | $40 /yr | | | | | | |
| Breaker | | | | | | | |
1. 50% off first year
## Acronyms
* Chap = Chapter
* Cntrl = Controls
* DL = Download
* Ep = Episode
* PL = Playlist
* Sub = Subscription
## Articles and Reviews
* https://amplify.matchmaker.fm/what-is-the-best-podcast-app/
* https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-podcast-player-apps
* https://www.descript.com/blog/article/best-podcast-app
* https://www.lifewire.com/best-podcast-apps-ios-4169824
* This document started as a copy of [Podlove's Matrix](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c2L14UVH1xtN4iDG4awheLbMgPCQgaKEamUauWs1gps/edit?gid=0#gid=0) (now outdated).