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Podcasts are gaining more and more popularity among users. Apple has developed its own native application for these purposes, but it may not necessarily suit everyone. In today's article, we will offer you some tips for podcast apps that are either completely free or offer a sufficient number of features in the free version.

Overcast

Overcast is a great and feature-packed podcast app that allows you to download episodes for offline listening, advanced podcast search, personalized recommendations, or tools for even better listening (adjusting playback speed or audio quality). Overcast also offers smart playlists, the ability to customize notifications, a sleep timer function, support for Apple Watch and CarPlay, and much more. All functions are available free of charge and with ads, for the removal of ads you will pay a one-time fee of 229 crowns.

Castro

Castro is another of the great looking and great working podcast apps. For example, it will allow you to listen to individual episodes with the option of skipping the rest of the show and without the need to subscribe to the entire podcast, advanced management of subscribed podcasts, or support for Apple Watch and Car Play. Shows and individual episodes are clearly arranged in the application, downloading to the queue takes place automatically. Castro offers dark mode support. The application is free to download, Castro Plus (529 crowns per year with a one-week free trial) offers the function of skipping silent places, voice quality improvement, Mono-Mix function, chapter support and advanced editing and setting options.

Spotify

The Spotify application is not primarily used for listening to podcasts, but it can provide you with a surprisingly good service in this regard. It allows you to conveniently search and listen to episodes and entire shows (you have to count on ads in the free version), offers recommendations of subscribed podcasts depending on what time of day you usually listen to them, as well as recommendations of new interesting shows. You can also find exclusive shows in the Spotify app that you can't find in other apps. Spotify offers support for Apple Watch and offline listening in the Premium version. The application can be downloaded for free, a monthly subscription for individuals costs 189 crowns per month.

Pocket Casts

Perhaps the most striking feature of Pocket Casts is its social side. Pocket Casts offers recommendations of shows and episodes by the listeners themselves and allows you to discover new and new content all the time. In the application, you will find "hand-picked" lists of recommended podcasts, Pocket Casts also offers advanced playback, management and search options. The application enables support for CarPlay, AirPlay, Chromecast, Apple Watch and Sonos, notification settings and much more. The application is free to download, the premium version will cost you 29 crowns per month.

Google Podcasts

Google Podcasts is a relatively new podcast addition to the iOS App Store. The application is particularly characterized by the simplicity of the user interface and control. It offers the ability to listen to and subscribe to podcasts, customize playback, browse individual categories, and make tailored recommendations. Of course, it is possible to create a queue for continuous listening, synchronization across devices or perhaps automatic downloads for offline listening. The application is completely free.

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