Pocket Cast

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Over the last couple of years one of the biggest things to blow up in South Africa is Podcasting, Podcast shows and the likes so me being the person that likes stuff I put my name in the bag with podcasting and I liked it however things went sour during COVID but then yeah enough about that 

For me my favorite Podcast listening App is an App called Pocket Cast.

So what's Pocket Cast?

Pocket Casts is a podcast app that was acquired by Automattic, the company that owns WordPress and Tumblr, in 2021. Before that, it was owned by a consortium of top podcast producers including NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, BBC and This American Life.

For me when it comes to Android it is one of the most complete podcast apps on the market. It offers features such as adjustable playback speed, silence trimming, volume boost above default levels and a sleep timer. It also offers hand-curated podcast suggestions to make it easy to discover new podcasts and episodes.

Yeah there are many free alternatives to Pocket Casts available on various platforms including Android and iPhone. Some other popular podcast players include Player.FM, Google Podcasts and other which you could  also say offer advanced features for managing your podcasts.

For me as said above Pocket Casts has a great UI with light and dark themes, useful search and filtering options, trim silence feature, variable speed playback (between .5x and 3x speed), volume boost, chapter navigation and Apple Watch controls. So yeah it's free and it also has something called Pocket Cast plus subscription where you can get extra features which range from a desktop apps, cloud storage for audio and new icons for a monthly or yearly fee.

So if you've tried listening to Podcasts on Apps and you find the whole thing cumbersome some have ads everywhere so I suggest you try Pocket Cast or maybe you wait for YouTube as they are testing Podcasts that side where it doesn't always have to video and it can be a static photo.

Try this App and I assure you, you will enjoy using it.