OctoCasts: Podcast Player
Octopoddy Pty Ltd News iPhoneiPadiPod touch
OctoCasts: Podcast Player is a free News app for iPhone and iPad by Octopoddy Pty Ltd. Requires iOS 26.1. Updated July 16, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 29 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Jul 16
- 2026 · v1.1
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About OctoCasts: Podcast Player
Skip podcast ads automatically, including sponsor messages read by hosts, and get back to the shows you came to hear. OctoCasts is an iPhone podcast player built for fewer interruptions. It finds ad breaks and skips them as you listen, while keeping you in control. Search and follow your favorite podcasts, build your queue, and choose how every show sounds. LISTEN YOUR WAY • Stream episodes or download them for offline listening • Read along with transcripts that follow the episode • Jump quickly between podcast chapters • Build and reorder your queue • Keep track of new, in progress, and downloaded episodes • Change playback speed, Enhance Voices, and Shrink Silence • Save listening settings for individual podcasts • Set a sleep timer • Import your subscriptions from other podcast apps • Start without creating an account or providing an email address FREE PLAYER, OPTIONAL PRO The podcast player is free and includes 10 automatic ad skips each calendar month. Pro removes the monthly skip limit for unlimited automatic ad skipping. Automatic ad skipping may occasionally miss an ad or skip something that isn’t an ad. You can turn it off, undo and report an incorrect skip, or report a missed ad from the player. Privacy Policy: https://octocasts.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://octocasts.com/terms
What’s new
Version 1.1 · Updated July 16, 2026
OctoCasts 1.1 is packed with new ways to listen. • Enhance Voices makes speech clearer, while Shrink Silence shortens quiet moments • Save playback speed and audio settings separately for each podcast • Use the new Queue tab to add, reorder, and manage what plays next • Download episodes and manage your offline storage more easily • Sort your library, add podcasts from an RSS link, and search within a podcast • See how much listening time automatic ad skipping has saved • Report missed ads or anything incorrectly skipped • Try 10 automatic ad skips free every month, with unlimited skipping on Pro • Get started with a completely redesigned welcome and import experience This update also brings faster search, smoother playback and seeking, improved sleep timer controls, clearer settings, and many reliability fixes.
App privacy
The developer, Octopoddy Pty Ltd, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Search History: Search History
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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