PodShocker

Built for people who actually listen. PodShocker is a focused podcast player for iPhone and CarPlay — quick to learn, easy to organize, and designed to stay out of your way. No subscription. No tracking. No ads. Just a great way to find, queue, and play the podcasts you love. Discover your next favorite show: - See the top charts in your region or what's trending right now - Browse 16 categories — Comedy, News, True Crime, Science, Tech, and more - Search by show name, host, or topic across the entire iTunes podcast directory - Subscribe to any RSS feed, including premium feeds from Patreon, Supporting Cast, and other paid networks Listen your way - Stream or download for offline playback - A persistent queue plus your own playlists for different listening modes - Bookmark moments inside episodes and jump back to them anytime - Tile or list view for your subscription library - Customizable skip intervals from 5 to 90 seconds, continuous play, resume-rewind on pause, and a sleep timer with end-of-episode awareness - Episode chapters when the feed provides them - Variable playback speed from 0.5× to 3× - Import your subscriptions from another app via OPML, or export to take them elsewhere Bring your own audio - Tap "Save to PodShocker" from the Files app, Dropbox, OneDrive, or any audio app - Connect Dropbox, OneDrive, or iCloud Drive to browse and play audio you've stored there — audiobooks, conference talks, lectures, your own recordings CarPlay-ready from day one -A clean CarPlay interface for hands-free listening: subscribed shows, recent downloads, and your queue, all available without unlocking your phone. Unlock more with PodShocker Premium Premium is a one-time unlock — no monthly fees, no subscription to manage. It adds: - Auto-Pace — automatically compresses silence and pauses in conversation, saving 15 to 30 minutes a day of listening time - Auto-Level — normalizes voice volume for clearer playback at low levels - Per-podcast speed memory — set 1.2× for one show, 1.5× for another, and PodShocker remembers - Smart Playlists — auto-populating playlists by rule: unplayed, by podcast, by length, by date - Podcast Folders & Filters — group subscriptions into color-coded folders and filter your library with one tap - Skip Intro & Outro — set per-podcast trim lengths and skip them automatically every episode - Listening Stats with full history — total hours, episodes completed, current and longest streaks, time saved by Smart Speed, plus a list of every episode you've recently played - Clip Sharing — share 15 to 60 second clips from any episode as audio or as an audiogram - Episode Transcripts — view, search, and tap-to-seek when the feed includes them - Bookmark notes — add notes to any bookmark and search across all of them - Cloud Backup — back up downloaded episodes to OneDrive, Dropbox, or iCloud Drive Private by design PodShocker doesn't collect data, run analytics, or operate a backend. Your subscriptions, listening history, bookmarks, and progress live only on your device. Cloud connections authenticate directly with those services — your credentials never touch us, and there are no servers of ours that could be breached. Made independently, PodShocker is built and maintained by UrsaWorx, LLC an independent developer based in the United States. No venture capital, no growth team, no quarterly engagement targets — just an app made for listening to podcasts, the way they should be.