The Top Charts are interesting, as they seem to show podcasts that are popular for the user’s location if you want, you can filter popular podcasts by All, Audio, or Video. I am nitpicking, I know, but I wish the transition was smoother.Ĭategories and Networks are rather self-explanatory, and search lets you look for a podcast by name or feed URL.
One of my few complaints about the app is immediately revealed in this screen: the aforementioned blurring doesn’t occur immediately on the iPhone 5, but instead you’ll notice a fraction of a second in between the appearance of the popup and the blurring of the background. The directory features a nice translucent tab bar and large artworks for suggested podcasts tap one, and a popup comes up, blurring the background and displaying a description for the podcast, a subscribe button, and the name of the latest episode. On the iPad, the screen will flip vertically, although the fact that the animation isn’t as smooth as on the iPhone 5 should suggest the “less finished” status of iOS 7 on the iPad (Shifty Jelly confirmed to me that they implemented the iPad interface in the last few days before submitting the app to Apple as they thought iOS 7 for the iPad would be delayed). From the empty subscription grid, hit the + button in the top right, and the view will flip over, revealing the Featured Podcasts section. Pocket Casts can import your OPML subscription list, but if you prefer to start fresh, you’ll want to check out the app’s directory to add new podcasts, view Top Charts, search, and browse Networks and Categories. At the same time, unlike other apps I’ve seen, Shifty Jelly tried to enhance their app with custom views and UI choices that fit with the system’s look, but still are pretty unique to Pocket Casts. The icon is a simple glyph on a red background, and the app uses a white theme with red and blue accents, translucencies, iOS 7 animations, and blurs to make the user feel comfortable on the new OS. While I recognize that I tend to be some kind of an app nomad when it comes to podcast clients, Pocket Casts 4 has some excellent features that work for the way I like to listen to podcasts and organize them.
Owner buys podcast app pocket casts upgrade#
Pocket Casts 4 is a Universal app sold at $3.99, and it’s a free upgrade for existing owners of Pocket Casts 3.
Pocket Casts 4 has been approved by Apple, and it will be released on the App Store as soon as Apple will flip the switch for iOS 7 apps on iTunes. Every time I tried a new app I would say that it was going to be the one for me, but then I encountered an issue, or perhaps a feature was added to a competitor – and I was back exporting my OPML subscription list and relocating to another home.įor the past month, I’ve been testing Pocket Casts 4, developed by the Australian team of Shifty Jelly. Reader for years now, I’ve never been able to stick with a podcast client for too long. But while I have remained loyal to Reeder and Mr. The possibility to export a set of subscriptions as OPML to other apps makes it easy to switch, just like it is simple to move RSS feeds from one client to another. I have tried Instacast, Downcast, even Apple’s free Podcasts client with iTunes sync for a while, but never settled on a specific solution for more than six months. Over the years, I’ve moved my podcast subscriptions to different apps to see which one would fit my listening habits and needs better.
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