iOS Podcast Player App Comparison
🔔 Many features of Overcast have been removed in the latest release. Those changes are only partially documented here.
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✅ = supported
🚫 = not supported
⚠️ = partial support
💲= paid feature
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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 |
✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
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✅ |
✅ |
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| Castro |
✅💲 |
✅ |
✅💲 |
✅ |
🚫 |
🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Downcast |
✅ |
✅ |
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✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| iCatcher! |
✅ |
✅ |
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✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
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✅ |
✅ |
| Pocket Casts |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅💲 |
✅ |
🚫 |
🚫 |
✅¹ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Procast |
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| Apple Podcasts |
⚠️ |
🚫 |
🚫 |
🚫 |
🚫 |
🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
| RSSRadio |
✅ |
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🚫 |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Player FM |
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| Breaker |
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- Does not display image on lock screen.
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Sleep Timer |
Trim Silence |
Play Speed |
Vol. Boost |
Book marks |
Personal Playlist |
Personal Smart Playlist |
Predef. Smart Playlist |
| Overcast |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
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⚠️ |
⚠️ |
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| Castro |
✅ |
✅💲 |
✅ |
✅💲 |
✅💲 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Downcast |
✅ |
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✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| iCatcher! |
✅ |
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✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Pocket Casts |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅💲 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Procast |
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| Apple Podcasts |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
🚫 |
🚫 |
✅ |
⚠️ |
✅ |
| RSSRadio |
🚫 |
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✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
| Player FM |
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✅💲 |
✅💲 |
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| Breaker |
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✅ |
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File Formats, Devices, and Subscriptions
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Air-Play |
Car-Play |
Siri Short-cuts |
iPad |
Land-scape |
Push new eps. |
Custom Sub. Sort |
Alpha. Sub. Sort |
Video |
| Overcast |
⚠️ |
⚠️ |
🚫 |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
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| Castro |
✅ |
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✅ |
🚫 |
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✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
🚫 |
| Downcast |
✅ |
✅ |
⚠️ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| iCatcher! |
✅ |
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✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Pocket Casts |
✅ |
✅ |
⚠️ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Procast |
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| Apple Podcasts |
✅ |
✅ |
⚠️ |
✅ |
🚫 |
🚫 |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
| RSSRadio |
✅ |
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✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
| Player FM |
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🚫 |
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| Breaker |
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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 |
✅ |
⚠️ |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
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🚫 |
| Castro |
✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
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✅ |
✅ |
| Downcast |
✅ |
✅ |
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✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
⚠️ |
| iCatcher! |
✅ |
✅ |
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✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
⚠️ |
| Pocket Casts |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
| Procast |
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| Apple Podcasts |
✅ |
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✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
🚫 |
| RSSRadio |
✅ |
✅ |
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🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
| Player FM |
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✅ |
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| Breaker |
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Cross Device Sync |
Sync Tech. |
Import Music Lib. |
OPML Export |
OPML Import |
Pod-cast Dir. |
Paged Feed |
| Overcast |
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🚫 |
🚫 |
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| Castro |
🚫 |
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✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
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| Downcast |
✅ |
iCloud |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
🚫 |
| iCatcher! |
✅ |
iCloud |
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✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
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| Pocket Casts |
✅ |
Prop. |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Procast |
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| Apple Podcasts |
✅ |
iCloud |
✅ |
🚫 |
🚫 |
✅ |
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| RSSRadio |
✅ |
iCloud |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
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| Player FM |
✅💲 |
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| Breaker |
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Price |
Multi-Plat |
Tran-scripts |
Clip Share |
Per Podcast Settings |
App subscription URI scheme |
Wikidata ID |
| Overcast |
$10 /yr |
Web |
🚫 |
✅ |
✅ |
overcast://x-callback-url/add?url= |
Q20707973 |
| Castro |
$25 /yr |
🚫 |
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✅ |
✅ |
castro://subscribe/ |
Q100576609 |
| Downcast |
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✅💲 |
downcast:// |
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| iCatcher! |
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✅ |
icatcher:// |
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| Pocket Casts |
$40 /yr ¹ |
✅🚀 |
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🚫² |
✅ |
pktc://subscribe/feed-url-without-http |
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| Procast |
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| Apple Podcasts |
🚫 |
Mac |
✅ |
🚫 |
✅ |
pcast:// |
Q70058728 |
| RSSRadio |
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✅ |
rssradio:// |
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| Player FM |
$40 /yr |
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| Breaker |
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- 50% off first year
- July 2024: Technically available but requires manually modifying the URL. See this Reddit post
- Chap = Chapter
- Cntrl = Controls
- DL = Download
- Ep = Episode
- PL = Playlist
- Sub = Subscription