Podcast App Recommendations

Users criticize default podcast apps on iOS and Android for poor UX, syncing issues, and limitations, while recommending alternatives like Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, and AntennaPod.

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Sample Comments

scarface74 Apr 10, 2018 View on HN

The podcast app is not only UX garbage, syncing between devices is unreliable and buggy.I use Overcast - it's better in every way.

remh Mar 21, 2023 View on HN

Try podcast addict. It’s the only app I’ve been missing since I switched to iphones

milkytron Nov 12, 2019 View on HN

Why not listen to podcasts on a podcast app?

smcleod Feb 22, 2023 View on HN

This is built into Overcast which is a decent podcast app.

drizze Nov 5, 2017 View on HN

Give the app overcast a shot if your sick of the stock podcasts app:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/overcast/id888422857?mt=8

scarface74 Oct 26, 2019 View on HN

The podcast app has always been bad - since iOS 4/5. Just use Overcast.

dtech Sep 26, 2023 View on HN

There's hundreds of alternatives... I've used Pocket Casts and Podcast Addict and both work fine.

hey_listen Jun 27, 2012 View on HN

Pocket Casts is excellent. The killer feature is server side feed updates. I subscribe to around 20 feeds. Checking for new episodes takes less than a second using Pocket Casts, every other apps I have tried takes at least two minuets.

knodi Jun 4, 2022 View on HN

Try using the Podcast app it’s even worst.

kenjackson Dec 8, 2013 View on HN

The built in Podcast app does that.