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iCatcher! Podcast Player app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 7664 ratings )
News Entertainment
Developer: Joeisanerd.com
2.99 USD
Current version: 8.2.9, last update: 3 months ago
First release : 15 Mar 2011
App size: 34.65 Mb

Download, listen, watch and enjoy your favorite podcasts.

FEATURES
• Subscribe to your favorite podcasts in the app and manage them in the app
• Download episodes over WiFi or Cellular (on devices that have cellular).
• Support for Password Protected feeds
• Background Refresh
• Download in the background
• Sync subscriptions, episode playback positions and playlists between your devices with iCloud
• Universal App (iPhone/iPad)
• Search in all views to find that podcast or episode you are looking for
• Custom playlists with filtering options by podcast, episodes and more.
• Support for continuous playback (toggle it on now playing screen just below time elapsed).
• All device orientations supported with configurable option in the settings
• You can unsubscribe to podcasts and still have them on your device. Use that for those less than stellar podcasts!

PLAYBACK
• Variable playback speed
• Playback speed remembered per podcast
• Support for podcasts with chapters and chapter images (MP3 and M4A)
• Use your headset controls including Bluetooth car controls (when paired) to play/pause, jump forward or back 30 seconds
• Sleep timer
• Beautifully rendered show notes
• Onscreen controls for skipping ahead and skipping back
• Gesture Support on the now playing screen (when the podcast logo is showing) to aid in hands free use
• Double-tap to play/pause
• Swipe up to toggle playback speed
• Swipe left/right to rewind/fast-forward
• Home of the L gesture for the 2 minute Leo jump.
• See Settings and Gestures for more and for customizing rewind/fast-forward gestures
• Support for AirPlay, watch or listen to those podcasts on your big screen
• Support for external display of videos for devices that support an external display (get the Apple HDMI adapter)
• Watch or listen to your favorite podcasts with a familiar layout

FIND NEW PODCASTS QUICK
• Find your podcasts by title, keyword or by author
• Browse the top podcasts by category
• Manually add podcasts with a URL
• Support for Password Protected feeds
• Option to download a single episode
• Browse the web in the app to find podcasts to add. Browser will prompt if you tap a link that is podcast feed.
• Import Podcast subscriptions for episodes that are already in your device from iTunes
• Import your OPML file from iTunes or other iOS podcast app
• Import media by using iTunes File Sharing feature
• Add your existing audiobooks (non-password protected ones) using iTunes File Sharing feature
• Add previously downloaded podcasts from your computer using iTunes file sharing feature (see settings and import media for details).

MORE
• Completely customizable to meet your podcasts needs.
• Swipe across a podcast or episode to access additional options
• Podcast settings allow you to set the days the podcast typically comes out or the number of days between.
• Specify the number of episodes to download when new ones are available
• Share the podcast information via email with your friends

CONTACT
Email: tap Help tab and tap Email Support
Twitter/X: @Joeisanerd

PLEASE NOTE: The app does NOT sync with iTunes. Like other podcast apps it is standalone app meant to subscribe and download on the device.

* If a feed doesnt work, then let me know so I can take a look at it

Requires iOS 16.4 or higher.

Pros and cons of iCatcher! Podcast Player app for iPhone and iPad

iCatcher! Podcast Player app good for

Nice layout, It only lacks the possibilihy to group podcasts by category, and labels for icons
Love it, use it every day. Have done for years. And Im not easily pleased!
The app is stable, customizable and the design is perfect. You could think it is expensive, but I believe it worth it. It will probably became the app I use the most.
Great app easy to use, a lot of nice shortcuts, frequently updated. Can we expect more ?
This podcast app is simply the only one that works perfectly on my iPod Touch 4 with iOS 6. I really appreciate that the developper has maintained support for old iOS versions, so that old iOS devices can still benefit from this great app. Functionality-wise, it just does anything one could imagine related to podcasts and much more: the endless customization possibilities offered by iCatcher are just mind blowing! Really worth the few bucks spent on it!
I have tried many podcast playing apps, including most that make the inevitable best of lists when choosing which app to download. ICatcher is a simple product with some excellent innovations and personalization options, the playlists are easy to use and work well and there is a useful bookmarks tool which I use frequently. Great product:)

Some bad moments

Dowload is VERY slow when I use wifi. But if I use the 3G antenna, its faster. My wifi connection is very good, with my iphone I can reach 80mb/s... i think the app is badly designed for the wifi download
I cant stream a single podcast with the app crashing or getting a playback error!
YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE: 2.8.4 is the release for which you have been waiting. All bugs seem to have been quashed. Podcasts download per configuration. It will even play the next podcast again per configuration. It has been a very long time between functional releases. I will not be moving off of this release for as long as I can prevent it. -------- old ------- No auto updates of podcasts for 8 days after last 2 updates. When can we expect a functional iCatcher update or a way to roll back to 2.8.0, the last functioning release? BREAKING NEWS: Sometimes a "delete all" command will get podcasts to download again when the unsubscribe/resubscribe trick fails. Of course you have to redo some settings but its probably still faster than shopping for a functional podcast app. Hey all, post your workarounds here until we get a stable release. I want my podcast app to work for me, not for me to work for my podcast app. If ever an application required one clean stability rewrite, this is it. June 2016: 2.8.2: second update in 2 days restores a semblance of stability. App no longer crashes when using basic navigation controls. But much remains broken before the increasingly rare stable iCatcher release. Podcasts no longer update but require daily resubscribing to get updates. Possibly for amusement value, an error message warns against doing this, although it is the only way to get downloads to function. This is probably due to the "update" to allow your configuration to be stored in iCloud. It would be crazy to turn that on until this stabilizes. If a single device config is broken, one can only imagine the chaos with distributed usage. Automatic move to play next episode in playback when current finishes no longer functions. Coupled with the complete lack of stable podcast updates, I see no remaining iCatcher advantage over manually downloading an mp3 manually and adding it to a player. Previous review: This app is a thing of beauty on the rare versions which work correctly. Sadly, it is usually released without serious testing. With most versions, it has a mind of its own and all user configuration settings are treated as mere requests which the app may or may not consider. Most updates do break features. When there is a solid update my recommendation is to stay with it. For fun, or just to see how convoluted it can be, pick wifi update only (probably the common choice), and opt to download over cellular anyway when youre out somewhere away from WI-FI. You would expect it to be slow, but I bet youll be shocked to find that it takes 5 minutes of repeating the same bizarre user interface flow to make it do the download. I cringe when thinking of the underlying code here. I hadnt realized that I had all apps set to update automatically in my new iOS, but I sure realized it after a flurry of May/June 2016 updates changed this app with new bugs almost daily. I listen to 3 podcasts regularly and Ive had to delete and resubscribe to them daily. And basic navigation features crashed it immediately. I left a detailed 1 star review many months ago which seems to have been deleted, which is sad. I would really like to know how that happened. If you get a version which works for you do not update it. You have been warned.

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