Playapod

v2.4.10
- Fixed Facebook login support
- Removed Twitter login support because of their recent API changes
- Various app updates for latest iOS

v2.4.9
- Fixed crash happening in Now Playing view for some users
- Fixed bugs applying filters in some cases
- Fixed occasional bug saving bookmarks
- Tweaks to bookmarks so they are more consistent in range / length
- Improved snapping between bookmarks in close proximity

v2.4.8
- Fixed crash happening in Now Playing view for some users
- Fixed bugs applying filters in some cases
- Fixed occasional bug saving bookmarks
- Tweaks to bookmarks so they are more consistent in range / length
- Improved snapping between bookmarks in close proximity

v2.4.7
- Fixed bugs applying filters in some cases
- Fixed occasional bug saving bookmarks
- Tweaks to bookmarks so they are more consistent in range / length
- Improved snapping between bookmarks in close proximity

v2.4.6
- Added Apple Sign In as a login provider
- Added setting to automatically delete your account should you choose to do so
- Fixed theming bugs
- Fixed a couple of reported crashes

v2.4.5
- Fixed issue where media progress could stop updating after an interruption

v2.4.4

- Improvements to AirPlay support to fix an issue streaming audio to video devices.

v2.4.3

- Fixed bug where now playing view can be dismissed while scrubbing progress bar.

v2.4.2

- Added user requested setting to automatically rewind specified number of seconds when resuming after pause
- Performance improvements while refreshing feeds

v2.4.1

- Added setting to override default date sorting method (Published or Listened)
- Changed minimum value for the Fetch Limit setting to 5 by user request.
- Fixed bug with sharing bad feed urls when sharing external media

v2.4
NEW: Added support for basic http auth for private feeds! Adding the rss for a feed that requires auth should prompt for login and subscription will be added after entering your credentials.

NEW: Added new sharing methods that include shortened urls that link to the Playapod website. Also includes ability to share episode at specific time which will play on playapod.com!

NEW: Added support for .m4b audio files in the external media manager.

v2.3
NEW: Added Repeat feature (user requested) accessible through long press of play button or from the overflow menu. Supports repeating a single episode or the current playlist.
NEW: Added Podcast Index and Playapod as search providers. You can change the search provider in Misc section of the app Settings.
Other: Improved some error messages. Updated support libraries.

Version 2.2.5 Adds support for Airplay 2, addresses a couple of reported feed issues and CarPlay bugs.

Playapod 2.2 adds subscription view improvements, additional playback speeds, additional sleep timer settings, sorting by last listened date, and editing of show categories that allows for custom grouping of your podcast subscriptions. Here’s the complete feature list:

Subscription display improvements that includes media types (ex: "Audio", "Text", "Video") and stats (ex: "200 Items. 5 Downloaded. 23 Hours Listened.”). Custom groups will display this information too.
Slow down media playback or speed it up with multiple new playback rates. Media playback speed is now configured with a slider from 0.5 (half speed) to 2.0 (double speed) and all values in between.
New sleep timer options from 15 minutes to 8 hours using a slider bar. Long pressing sleep timer button allows for quick edit of the setting.
Added sorting of episode lists by last listened date which is great for quickly finding episodes you have recently listened.
Swipe up or tap the new queue toolbar button from the now playing screen for quick access to your now playing and playlist queues.
Subscription menu adds editing of category name which allows for custom grouping of your subscriptions.
Improved popup view to allow more than 4 actions.
Implemented WKWebView per Apple recommendations.

Version 2.2.3 addresses a couple of crashes being reported.

Playapod 2.2 adds subscription view improvements, additional playback speeds, additional sleep timer settings, sorting by last listened date, and editing of show categories that allows for custom grouping of your podcast subscriptions. Here’s the complete feature list:

Subscription display improvements that includes media types (ex: "Audio", "Text", "Video") and stats (ex: "200 Items. 5 Downloaded. 23 Hours Listened.”). Custom groups will display this information too.
Slow down media playback or speed it up with multiple new playback rates. Media playback speed is now configured with a slider from 0.5 (half speed) to 2.0 (double speed) and all values in between.
New sleep timer options from 15 minutes to 8 hours using a slider bar. Long pressing sleep timer button allows for quick edit of the setting.
Added sorting of episode lists by last listened date which is great for quickly finding episodes you have recently listened.
Swipe up or tap the new queue toolbar button from the now playing screen for quick access to your now playing and playlist queues.
Subscription menu adds editing of category name which allows for custom grouping of your subscriptions.
Improved popup view to allow more than 4 actions.
Implemented WKWebView per Apple recommendations.

Playapod 2.2 adds subscription view improvements, additional playback speeds, additional sleep timer settings, sorting by last listened date, and editing of show categories that allows for custom grouping of your podcast subscriptions. Here’s the complete feature list:

Subscription display improvements that includes media types (ex: "Audio", "Text", "Video") and stats (ex: "200 Items. 5 Downloaded. 23 Hours Listened.”). Custom groups will display this information too.
Slow down media playback or speed it up with multiple new playback rates. Media playback speed is now configured with a slider from 0.5 (half speed) to 2.0 (double speed) and all values in between.
New sleep timer options from 15 minutes to 8 hours using a slider bar. Long pressing sleep timer button allows for quick edit of the setting.
Added sorting of episode lists by last listened date which is great for quickly finding episodes you have recently listened.
Swipe up or tap the new queue toolbar button from the now playing screen for quick access to your now playing and playlist queues.
Subscription menu adds editing of category name which allows for custom grouping of your subscriptions.
Improved popup view to allow more than 4 actions.
Implemented WKWebView per Apple recommendations.

Playapod 2.1 adds new discovery views including featured news feeds, popular audio and video podcasts, and ability to browse podcasts by category in addition to several other new features, tweaks, and fixes. Check out the Playapod blog for more details: https://blog.playapod.com/

Playapod 2 added tons of great features such as the Always-On Now Playing Media Bar, News & Blog Subscriptions w/ Text-To-Speech, Video Playback, Custom Groups, and much more! Version 2.0.3 adds swiping up/down support on the media bar and fixes all known bugs since v2 launched including lockscreen controls, media artwork setting, additional rss date formats, playlist drag/drop improvements, and other minor issues. Playapod 2 Feature List:

Now Playing Media Bar – Quickly access whatever is currently playing by tapping on the media bar at the bottom of the screen. It’s always on with quick access to play/pause. Tap the bar to bring up the full media player view.

News & Blogs – Add news and blog feeds into Playapod 2 which will be played using text-to-speech. Playapod 2 turns text-based feeds into podcasts allowing for progress bar access, current position, history, and bookmarking. We think this is a pretty unique feature!

Video Playback – Video playback is now supported. Tapping on the video will toggle full-screen video. Media title, description, and date are now displayed with improved landscape layout.

Content Details – Scrolling list of media items displays the description in addition to name, flags, date, size, and duration. Length of description can be configured in settings globally or per subscription. Works across Audio, Video, and Text feeds.

Recommendations – We’ve created a recommendation engine that lets you pick a subscription to get back personal recommendations of other shows that are similar. It’s a little bit experimental but seems to be working pretty good. The recommendation engine will continue to get better over time as more and more users use it.

Custom Groups & Filters – Filter content by Subscription (Favorites, Category), Media Flags (New, Listened, Downloaded, Bookmarked, Favorited), Media Type (Audio, Video, Text), and Order (Ascending, Descending). Save filters into Groups for quicker access. For example, you can create a filter for the “New” Media in the “News & Politics” Category and then save it as a group called “New News.”

Now Playing Queue – Playapod 2 will set an active queue for whatever content you start playback on. That active queue could be your playlist or it could be another list. For example, tapping on an individual show in your subscriptions and starting playback will continue playback for only that show. Tapping on ‘Now Playing’ from the menu opens up the active queue. Car Play will display whatever is in your Now Playing Queue.

External Media Files – Add media files such as audio, video, and text files for playback. For example, you can open iTunes and drag home videos and a text file of jokes into iTunes File Sharing and Playapod 2 will create a new group “Media Files” that allow for playback of your video and the reading of your jokes!

Quick Sort – Any list can be sorted by ascending or descending time including your active queue and your playlist.

Updated Feed Parser – Playapod 1 supported RSS 2.0 Media Feeds. Playapod 2 adds RSS 1.0 (RDF) and Atom Feeds that contain audio, video, and text. You can subscribe to anything! The Playapod 2 Feed Parser is very flexible and does it’s best to pull in the content along with the best photo possible. We’ve tested it with major News organizations, WordPress blogs, Reddit channels, and lots of other syndicated feeds.

High Performance - Completely redesigned the refreshing of subscriptions for faster performance while removing duplicate content.

Visit https://blog.playapod.com for additional information about Playapod 2.

Playapod 2.1 adds new discovery views including featured news feeds, popular audio and video podcasts, and ability to browse podcasts by category in addition to several other new features, tweaks, and fixes. Check out the Playapod blog for more details: https://blog.playapod.com/

Playapod 2 added tons of great features such as the Always-On Now Playing Media Bar, News & Blog Subscriptions w/ Text-To-Speech, Video Playback, Custom Groups, and much more! Version 2.0.3 adds swiping up/down support on the media bar and fixes all known bugs since v2 launched including lockscreen controls, media artwork setting, additional rss date formats, playlist drag/drop improvements, and other minor issues. Playapod 2 Feature List:

Now Playing Media Bar – Quickly access whatever is currently playing by tapping on the media bar at the bottom of the screen. It’s always on with quick access to play/pause. Tap the bar to bring up the full media player view.

News & Blogs – Add news and blog feeds into Playapod 2 which will be played using text-to-speech. Playapod 2 turns text-based feeds into podcasts allowing for progress bar access, current position, history, and bookmarking. We think this is a pretty unique feature!

Video Playback – Video playback is now supported. Tapping on the video will toggle full-screen video. Media title, description, and date are now displayed with improved landscape layout.

Content Details – Scrolling list of media items displays the description in addition to name, flags, date, size, and duration. Length of description can be configured in settings globally or per subscription. Works across Audio, Video, and Text feeds.

Recommendations – We’ve created a recommendation engine that lets you pick a subscription to get back personal recommendations of other shows that are similar. It’s a little bit experimental but seems to be working pretty good. The recommendation engine will continue to get better over time as more and more users use it.

Custom Groups & Filters – Filter content by Subscription (Favorites, Category), Media Flags (New, Listened, Downloaded, Bookmarked, Favorited), Media Type (Audio, Video, Text), and Order (Ascending, Descending). Save filters into Groups for quicker access. For example, you can create a filter for the “New” Media in the “News & Politics” Category and then save it as a group called “New News.”

Now Playing Queue – Playapod 2 will set an active queue for whatever content you start playback on. That active queue could be your playlist or it could be another list. For example, tapping on an individual show in your subscriptions and starting playback will continue playback for only that show. Tapping on ‘Now Playing’ from the menu opens up the active queue. Car Play will display whatever is in your Now Playing Queue.

External Media Files – Add media files such as audio, video, and text files for playback. For example, you can open iTunes and drag home videos and a text file of jokes into iTunes File Sharing and Playapod 2 will create a new group “Media Files” that allow for playback of your video and the reading of your jokes!

Quick Sort – Any list can be sorted by ascending or descending time including your active queue and your playlist.

Updated Feed Parser – Playapod 1 supported RSS 2.0 Media Feeds. Playapod 2 adds RSS 1.0 (RDF) and Atom Feeds that contain audio, video, and text. You can subscribe to anything! The Playapod 2 Feed Parser is very flexible and does it’s best to pull in the content along with the best photo possible. We’ve tested it with major News organizations, WordPress blogs, Reddit channels, and lots of other syndicated feeds.

High Performance - Completely redesigned the refreshing of subscriptions for faster performance while removing duplicate content.

Visit https://blog.playapod.com for additional information about Playapod 2.

Playapod 2.1 adds new discovery views including featured news feeds, popular audio and video podcasts, and ability to browse podcasts by category in addition to several other new features, tweaks, and fixes. Check out the Playapod blog for more details: https://blog.playapod.com/

Playapod 2 added tons of great features such as the Always-On Now Playing Media Bar, News & Blog Subscriptions w/ Text-To-Speech, Video Playback, Custom Groups, and much more! Version 2.0.3 adds swiping up/down support on the media bar and fixes all known bugs since v2 launched including lockscreen controls, media artwork setting, additional rss date formats, playlist drag/drop improvements, and other minor issues. Playapod 2 Feature List:

Now Playing Media Bar – Quickly access whatever is currently playing by tapping on the media bar at the bottom of the screen. It’s always on with quick access to play/pause. Tap the bar to bring up the full media player view.

News & Blogs – Add news and blog feeds into Playapod 2 which will be played using text-to-speech. Playapod 2 turns text-based feeds into podcasts allowing for progress bar access, current position, history, and bookmarking. We think this is a pretty unique feature!

Video Playback – Video playback is now supported. Tapping on the video will toggle full-screen video. Media title, description, and date are now displayed with improved landscape layout.

Content Details – Scrolling list of media items displays the description in addition to name, flags, date, size, and duration. Length of description can be configured in settings globally or per subscription. Works across Audio, Video, and Text feeds.

Recommendations – We’ve created a recommendation engine that lets you pick a subscription to get back personal recommendations of other shows that are similar. It’s a little bit experimental but seems to be working pretty good. The recommendation engine will continue to get better over time as more and more users use it.

Custom Groups & Filters – Filter content by Subscription (Favorites, Category), Media Flags (New, Listened, Downloaded, Bookmarked, Favorited), Media Type (Audio, Video, Text), and Order (Ascending, Descending). Save filters into Groups for quicker access. For example, you can create a filter for the “New” Media in the “News & Politics” Category and then save it as a group called “New News.”

Now Playing Queue – Playapod 2 will set an active queue for whatever content you start playback on. That active queue could be your playlist or it could be another list. For example, tapping on an individual show in your subscriptions and starting playback will continue playback for only that show. Tapping on ‘Now Playing’ from the menu opens up the active queue. Car Play will display whatever is in your Now Playing Queue.

External Media Files – Add media files such as audio, video, and text files for playback. For example, you can open iTunes and drag home videos and a text file of jokes into iTunes File Sharing and Playapod 2 will create a new group “Media Files” that allow for playback of your video and the reading of your jokes!

Quick Sort – Any list can be sorted by ascending or descending time including your active queue and your playlist.

Updated Feed Parser – Playapod 1 supported RSS 2.0 Media Feeds. Playapod 2 adds RSS 1.0 (RDF) and Atom Feeds that contain audio, video, and text. You can subscribe to anything! The Playapod 2 Feed Parser is very flexible and does it’s best to pull in the content along with the best photo possible. We’ve tested it with major News organizations, WordPress blogs, Reddit channels, and lots of other syndicated feeds.

High Performance - Completely redesigned the refreshing of subscriptions for faster performance while removing duplicate content.

Visit https://blog.playapod.com for additional information about Playapod 2.

Playapod 2 is here and has tons of great features you have been requesting such as the Always-On Now Playing Media Bar, News & Blog Subscriptions w/ Text-To-Speech, Video Playback, Custom Groups, and much more! Version 2.0.3 adds swiping up/down support on the media bar and fixes all known bugs since v2 launched including lockscreen controls, media artwork setting, additional rss date formats, playlist drag/drop improvements, and other minor issues. Playapod 2 Feature List:

Now Playing Media Bar – Quickly access whatever is currently playing by tapping on the media bar at the bottom of the screen. It’s always on with quick access to play/pause. Tap the bar to bring up the full media player view.
News & Blogs – Add news and blog feeds into Playapod 2 which will be played using text-to-speech. Playapod 2 turns text-based feeds into podcasts allowing for progress bar access, current position, history, and bookmarking. We think this is a pretty unique feature!

Video Playback – Video playback is now supported. Tapping on the video will toggle full-screen video. Media title, description, and date are now displayed with improved landscape layout.

Content Details – Scrolling list of media items displays the description in addition to name, flags, date, size, and duration. Length of description can be configured in settings globally or per subscription. Works across Audio, Video, and Text feeds.

Recommendations – We’ve created a recommendation engine that lets you pick a subscription to get back personal recommendations of other shows that are similar. It’s a little bit experimental but seems to be working pretty good. The recommendation engine will continue to get better over time as more and more users use it.

Custom Groups & Filters – Filter content by Subscription (Favorites, Category), Media Flags (New, Listened, Downloaded, Bookmarked, Favorited), Media Type (Audio, Video, Text), and Order (Ascending, Descending). Save filters into Groups for quicker access. For example, you can create a filter for the “New” Media in the “News & Politics” Category and then save it as a group called “New News.”

Now Playing Queue – Playapod 2 will set an active queue for whatever content you start playback on. That active queue could be your playlist or it could be another list. For example, tapping on an individual show in your subscriptions and starting playback will continue playback for only that show. Tapping on ‘Now Playing’ from the menu opens up the active queue. Car Play will display whatever is in your Now Playing Queue.

External Media Files – Add media files such as audio, video, and text files for playback. For example, you can open iTunes and drag home videos and a text file of jokes into iTunes File Sharing and Playapod 2 will create a new group “Media Files” that allow for playback of your video and the reading of your jokes!

Quick Sort – Any list can be sorted by ascending or descending time including your active queue and your playlist.

Updated Feed Parser – Playapod 1 supported RSS 2.0 Media Feeds. Playapod 2 adds RSS 1.0 (RDF) and Atom Feeds that contain audio, video, and text. You can subscribe to anything! The Playapod 2 Feed Parser is very flexible and does it’s best to pull in the content along with the best photo possible. We’ve tested it with major News organizations, WordPress blogs, Reddit channels, and lots of other syndicated feeds.

High Performance - Completely redesigned the refreshing of subscriptions for faster performance while removing duplicate content.

Visit https://blog.playapod.com for additional information about Playapod 2.

Playapod 2 is here and has tons of great features you have been requesting such such as the Always-On Now Playing Media Bar, News & Blog Subscriptions w/ Text-To-Speech, Video Playback, Custom Groups, and much more!
Now Playing Media Bar – Quickly access whatever is currently playing by tapping on the media bar at the bottom of the screen. It’s always on with quick access to play/pause. Tap the bar to bring up the full media player view.

News & Blogs – Add news and blog feeds into Playapod 2 which will be played using text-to-speech. Playapod 2 turns text-based feeds into podcasts allowing for progress bar access, current position, history, and bookmarking. We think this is a pretty unique feature!

Video Playback – Video playback is now supported. Tapping on the video will toggle full-screen video. Media title, description, and date are now displayed with improved landscape layout.

Content Details – Scrolling list of media items displays the description in addition to name, flags, date, size, and duration. Length of description can be configured in settings globally or per subscription. Works across Audio, Video, and Text feeds.

Recommendations – We’ve created a recommendation engine that lets you pick a subscription to get back personal recommendations of other shows that are similar. It’s a little bit experimental but seems to be working pretty good. The recommendation engine will continue to get better over time as more and more users use it.

Custom Groups & Filters – Filter content by Subscription (Favorites, Category), Media Flags (New, Listened, Downloaded, Bookmarked, Favorited), Media Type (Audio, Video, Text), and Order (Ascending, Descending). Save filters into Groups for quicker access. For example, you can create a filter for the “New” Media in the “News & Politics” Category and then save it as a group called “New News.”

Now Playing Queue – Playapod 2 will set an active queue for whatever content you start playback on. That active queue could be your playlist or it could be another list. For example, tapping on an individual show in your subscriptions and starting playback will continue playback for only that show. Tapping on ‘Now Playing’ from the menu opens up the active queue. Car Play will display whatever is in your Now Playing Queue.

External Media Files – Add media files such as audio, video, and text files for playback. For example, you can open iTunes and drag home videos and a text file of jokes into iTunes File Sharing and Playapod 2 will create a new group “Media Files” that allow for playback of your video and the reading of your jokes!

Quick Sort – Any list can be sorted by ascending or descending time including your active queue and your playlist.

Updated Feed Parser – Playapod 1 supported RSS 2.0 Media Feeds. Playapod 2 adds RSS 1.0 (RDF) and Atom Feeds that contain audio, video, and text. You can subscribe to anything! The Playapod 2 Feed Parser is very flexible and does it’s best to pull in the content along with the best photo possible. We’ve tested it with major News organizations, WordPress blogs, Reddit channels, and lots of other syndicated feeds.

High Performance - Completely redesigned the refreshing of subscriptions for faster performance while removing duplicate content.

Visit https://blog.playapod.com for additional information.

Playapod 2 is here and has tons of great features you have been requesting such such as the Always-On Now Playing Media Bar, News & Blog Subscriptions w/ Text-To-Speech, Video Playback, Custom Groups, and much more!

Now Playing Media Bar – Quickly access whatever is currently playing by tapping on the media bar at the bottom of the screen. It’s always on with quick access to play/pause. Tap the bar to bring up the full media player view.

News & Blogs – Add news and blog feeds into Playapod 2 which will be played using text-to-speech. Playapod 2 turns text-based feeds into podcasts allowing for progress bar access, current position, history, and bookmarking. We think this is a pretty unique feature!

Video Playback – Video playback is now supported. Tapping on the video will toggle full-screen video. Media title, description, and date are now displayed with improved landscape layout.

Content Details – Scrolling list of media items displays the description in addition to name, flags, date, size, and duration. Length of description can be configured in settings globally or per subscription. Works across Audio, Video, and Text feeds.

Recommendations – We’ve created a recommendation engine that lets you pick a subscription to get back personal recommendations of other shows that are similar. It’s a little bit experimental but seems to be working pretty good. The recommendation engine will continue to get better over time as more and more users use it.

Custom Groups & Filters – Filter content by Subscription (Favorites, Category), Media Flags (New, Listened, Downloaded, Bookmarked, Favorited), Media Type (Audio, Video, Text), and Order (Ascending, Descending). Save filters into Groups for quicker access. For example, you can create a filter for the “New” Media in the “News & Politics” Category and then save it as a group called “New News.”

Now Playing Queue – Playapod 2 will set an active queue for whatever content you start playback on. That active queue could be your playlist or it could be another list. For example, tapping on an individual show in your subscriptions and starting playback will continue playback for only that show. Tapping on ‘Now Playing’ from the menu opens up the active queue. Car Play will display whatever is in your Now Playing Queue.

External Media Files – Add media files such as audio, video, and text files for playback. For example, you can open iTunes and drag home videos and a text file of jokes into iTunes File Sharing and Playapod 2 will create a new group “Media Files” that allow for playback of your video and the reading of your jokes!

Quick Sort – Any list can be sorted by ascending or descending time including your active queue and your playlist.

Updated Feed Parser – Playapod 1 supported RSS 2.0 Media Feeds. Playapod 2 adds RSS 1.0 (RDF) and Atom Feeds that contain audio, video, and text. You can subscribe to anything! The Playapod 2 Feed Parser is very flexible and does it’s best to pull in the content along with the best photo possible. We’ve tested it with major News organizations, WordPress blogs, Reddit channels, and lots of other syndicated feeds.

High Performance - Completely redesigned the refreshing of subscriptions for faster performance while removing duplicate content.

Visit https://blog.playapod.com for additional information.

Improvements to Login UI, login flow, and e-mail verification. Auto download will now download oldest episode first which will help keep your playlist ordered nicely. Fixed issue with playback rate label not updating. Thanks for using Playapod and please let us know how we are doing with an updated review. Cheers

Version 1.4.2 adds time listened to the show list including total time overall and for each individual show! Lots of additional changes and fixes were made too. Check out our Playapod blog at https://blog.playapod.com/ for all the details. Version 1.4 added Car Play support added that puts your entire playlist right on your car's built-in display! Sharing an episode will now use the show's website link if available. New share setting lets you add a custom message, mention users, or add hashtags when sharing. Let your favorite podcaster know you are listening w/ Playapod by mentioning them! Added Audio Preview button so you can listen before subscribing to a podcast. Lots of minor improvements too!

Visit https://blog.playapod.com/ for more information on all changes made.

Car Play support added that puts your entire playlist right on your car's built-in display! Sharing an episode will now use the show's website link if available. New share setting lets you add a custom message, mention users, or add hashtags when sharing. Let your favorite podcaster know you are listening w/ Playapod by mentioning them! Added Audio Preview button so you can listen before subscribing to a podcast. Lots of minor improvements too!

Playapod 1.3.3 is a minor update to fix bugs and improve stability:
- Fixed playlist rearrange behavior that would swap playlist items instead of inserting at the drop position.
- Fixed crash that could occur from audio interruption
- Fixed issue with state of play/pause button which could become out of sync