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About Overcast

A powerful, simple, award-winning podcast player. Featured by the App Store as Editor's Choice and critically acclaimed by The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, AppAdvice, and more.

No big company or VC funding here — Overcast is the only major podcast app written by a single person.

The Verge: “The best podcast app for the iPhone”
9to5Mac: "Overcast is the best podcast app that I’ve ever used”
AppAdvice: "Our favorite podcast client"
Six Colors: "My podcast player of choice"
The Sweet Setup: “Overcast is our favorite”
Cult of Mac: “It’s the best podcast app out there”
TIME: “Overcast lives up to its lofty claims”
iMore: "My personal favorite"
TechCrunch: “There is no reason why you should still be using the Podcasts app over Overcast”

Overcast is a modern, fully featured audio podcast app with many useful features in a simple, intuitive interface:

- Smart Speed saves time without distorting the audio or sounding unnatural.
- Voice Boost makes every podcast the same volume with a broadcast-quality remastering engine.
- Download podcasts for playing anytime, even offline.
- Search and browse for new podcasts, plus get personalized recommendations.
- Create custom Playlists with smart filters and per-podcast priorities, and rearrange the list whenever you want.
- Receive optional notifications when new episodes arrive.
- Subscribe to a podcast, or just add an episode: try new shows without committing.
- Sleep timer automatically stops playback after any time interval you set.
- Apple Watch app with standalone playback and cellular streaming.
- CarPlay support.

And Overcast has world-class privacy, with no third-party analytics, ad services, or tracking code.

Overcast is funded by ads that promote other podcasts. If you choose to purchase Overcast Premium to hide these ads, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase.

Privacy policy: https://overcast.fm/privacy
Terms of use: https://overcast.fm/terms

Proudly made in New York.

What's New in the Latest Version 2024.1

Last updated on Jan 25, 2024

Old Versions

- Smart Speed now uses a perceptual filter for more accurate silence detection on shows with mastering errors.
- Minor bug fixes.

Version History

2024.1

Jan 25, 2024

- Smart Speed now uses a perceptual filter for more accurate silence detection on shows with mastering errors.
- Minor bug fixes.

2023.9

Sep 18, 2023

Interactive widgets!

2023.5

Aug 7, 2023

- Improved performance with large collections
- Improved importing from other apps
- Fixed clip-sharing to Instagram Stories

2023.4

Mar 23, 2023

- Revamped artwork downloader for higher image quality and reliability
- Minor fixes

2023.3

Mar 2, 2023

- Improved the UI to make Apple Watch downloads faster and more reliable
- Improved sync frequency and efficiency
- Minor fixes

2023.2

Feb 6, 2023

- Everyone hated the new "unplayed" logic, so I changed it back to the previous logic (meaning "not deleted")
- Renamed Unplayed sections to "Current" (let's give that a try)
- In the list-filter selector on the home screen, restored Archive and removed Active
- Reduced sync frequency when not necessary to improve battery life and reduce data usage
- Not-yet-downloaded podcasts now count as current/unplayed
- Fixed widget sometimes showing completed episodes
- Fixed VoiceOver announcing wrong episode count on podcast rows

2023.1

Feb 2, 2023

- Replaced "Archive" filter on home screen with new "All" filter
- Unplayed areas now exclude items that have been fully played; formerly, "unplayed" really meant "not deleted"
- Episode menus with actions to "Add to" playlists now also include corresponding "Move to" playlist actions
- Fixed potential errors and infinite spinners with streaming playback
- Improved performance

2022.11

Dec 18, 2022

- By popular demand, per-podcast listening stats are now collected to enable "most-listened" lists (coming soon)
- Minor under-the-hood fixes and improvements

2022.10

Oct 20, 2022

- More customization of Lock Screen widgets
- Bug fixes

2022.9

Sep 9, 2022

- Fixed a crash on watchOS 8.
- Fixed a crash with certain uploaded filenames.

2022.8

Sep 8, 2022

- Lock Screen widgets
- Minor bug fixes, especially for streaming

2022.7

Jul 23, 2022

- Bug fix
- Now requires at least iOS 15 and watchOS 8

2022.6

Jul 22, 2022

- Minor improvements to the sync engine.
- Now requires iOS 15 or later and watchOS 8 or later.

2022.5

Jun 2, 2022

- Minor bug fixes
- Accessibility improvements

2022.4

Apr 14, 2022

- Play Next is now available under more conditions
- Other minor fixes

2022.3

Mar 29, 2022

Minor fixes and performance improvements following the previous version's major redesign.

2022.2

Mar 25, 2022

- Redesigned home screen, fonts, and many other elements throughout the app (other areas, such as the now-playing screen, will be redesigned soon)
- Can now choose your own theme colors
- Playlists can now have custom icons and colors
- Playlists can now be reordered on the home screen by dragging
- Added Starred, Downloaded, and In-Progress list options
- Recent episodes are now displayed on the home screen, and can be long-pressed to preview
- Podcasts can be pinned to the top of the list, and pinned podcasts can be reordered by dragging
- Episodes can now be marked as "played"
- Notifications are much more reliable
- Links can now be opened in Safari

2022.1

Jan 14, 2022

- Fixed playback of Anchor-hosted podcasts
- Minor design tweaks (MUCH more coming soon!), including many improved icons throughout the app
- Now exclusively uses the system font for practicality, modern design priorities, and broader world-language support. I bid a very fond farewell to the excellent Concourse font that served us well for many years.

2021.11

Oct 23, 2021

- New consolidated Privacy screens showing domains, trackers, etc. used across all of your podcasts
- Fixed bugs including crashes while streaming, erroneous timeout dialogs, Watch speed selection, and iPad keyboard controls
- Improved layout on new iPad Mini and Apple Watch Series 7

2021.10

Sep 20, 2021

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Fixed a crash when running on macOS.

2021.9

Sep 19, 2021

Fixed crashing on Macs and improved widget accessibility.

2021.8

Sep 17, 2021

- Widgets, finally!
- New CarPlay features, including Recents, speed control, chapters, and more
- Audio-interruption fixes

2021.7

Aug 6, 2021

- Fixed "Invalid audio file" errors on certain podcasts.
- Now requires iOS 14.