Castro Podcast Player

Castro Podcast Player

By Bluck Apps

  • Category: News
  • Release Date: 2016-08-15
  • Current Version: 2024.4.1
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 103.37 MB
  • Developer: Bluck Apps
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
Score: 4.57404
4.57404
From 8,684 Ratings

Description

Castro is a beautiful, full-featured podcast player that makes it easy to track and manage lots of podcasts at the same time. Only listen to the episodes you want and easily skip the rest, queue up hours of podcasts at a time and enjoy a seamless listening experience with carplay compatibility, chapter support, trim silence and much, much more! HOW IT WORKS 1. New episodes land in the NEW tab. Read their descriptions, add episodes you like to your QUEUE, and clear the rest. 2. Press play to listen to episodes from your QUEUE in order. Queued episodes are downloaded automatically. 3. Re-order your QUEUE to plan your next few hours of listening at any time. Browse your LIBRARY to review the back catalogue, quickly access starred shows, and see your listening history. Subscribing to a podcast is no longer a commitment to listen to every episode. You don’t have to manage a huge list of subscriptions or choose a few shows and miss the rest. WHY OUR USERS LOVE CASTRO • Drag and drop podcasts to plan your listening with Castro’s unique queue • An elegant dark mode and thoughtfully designed sleep timer offer the best in night time podcast listening. • CarPlay support makes it easy to pick up where you left off while driving. • Apple Watch app to control playback and select another episode from your queue. • Episode notifications include a summary of the episode to help you decide if it interests you. Play, queue or clear the episode directly from the notification without opening the app. CASTRO PLUS Castro Plus is an optional paid subscription available for $24.99/year (includes a one-week trial). Plus unlocks a range of advanced features: • Trim Silence — With this option on, the app will analyze audio as it plays to detect silent parts and accelerate those parts. Get through more episodes faster. • Enhance Voices improves the listening experience for many podcasts and makes it easier to hear in loud environments. Under the hood, Enhance Voices applies a dynamic compressor to increase volume just where it’s needed. • Sideloading: Import audio files directly, just by dropping them in iCloud Drive • Mono-Mix — Mixes a stereo podcast to mono, which makes it easier to hear podcasts that pan some guests on left/right channels. • Chapter Support: Artwork, Skipping & Pre-selection. • Custom settings per-podcast: Episode Limit, Trim Silence, Enhance Voices, Mono Mix, Skip Intros, Playback Speed. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING “Castro 3 is an incredible app.” — The Sweet Setup “Castro 3 is everything Castro already was, but better.” — MacStories Castro 3 Is a Great Modern Podcast App” — Beautiful Pixels “Unlike other podcatchers, Castro's primary virtue is its simplicity and ease of use. The app combines sleek visual design with crystal clear audio.” — Tom’s Guide CASTRO PLUS SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Castro Plus costs $24.99 per year. Prices are in US dollars and may vary in countries other than the US. Castro Plus is charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. It will renew on the day before the current subscription period ends. You can cancel auto-renewal any time from the Castro settings screen. You can switch between the two subscription periods after you pick one, but your trial period will end immediately if you do, so it's best to wait till your free week is over before changing. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://castro.fm/privacy-policy

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Reviews

  • Essential App

    5
    By Paul1662829285
    A unique and very well designed interface. Castro has ruined me for other podcast players. I don't know how I'd transition to a different app. I was worried for awhile because the app seemed abandoned but it has recently (as of May 1, 2024) come under new management and its future looks promising.
  • Castro is back baby!

    5
    By pinkoos
    After years of neglect, the app is under new ownership and has been brought back from the dead. It’s back on top as the best iOS podcast app, thanks to its innovative triage system.
  • Thank you

    5
    By MRGRTLG
    Thank you for finally fixing this app and being so transparent about it. Castro is back to being my podcast app.
  • The player for heavy listeners? NOT.

    2
    By MadeInNY
    I’m the embodiment of a heavy listener. I tried to import an OPML file with several hundred podcast subscriptions yesterday. I fell asleep waiting. It never finished and now the app B is in a strange state where I have done subscriptions and am missing most of them and there’s no easy way to make it right. I’m definitely not going to pay $2 a month for an app that makes listening to podcasts harder. It’s like they aren’t even using their own app as hard as they claim. There’s no way to do bulk operations. You have to do it one at a time. No bueno. I have notifications turned off in the application. And I still get a notification every time a new thing is downloaded. I don’t understand how this is such a highly rated app when it seems to pay no attention to the little important things that make truly excellent apps great. It’s pretty. But so what. I’d rather have an ugly app that actually went through a decent QA review.
  • Best podcast app!

    5
    By dafacto
    The user experience is second to none!
  • Best Podcast App

    5
    By DaedBoyes
    I’ve run through just about every podcast app on iOS and the layout of this one is absolutely perfect for how I listen to podcasts.
  • My favorite podcast app, but please develop macOS and ipadOS clients!

    4
    By sangyeij
    All things considered this is the most user-friendly yet feature-rich podcast app I've used. The iPhone and Apple Watch clients are both excellent. I really wish there were native clients for iPadOS and macOS, though. Other features that would be fantastic: - Sideload downloads to Apple Watch over cellular not dependent on iPhone. - Ability to source Sideloads from other cloud providers besides iCloud (more often than not iCloud doesn't download them in time for the information to not be stale, if it ever downloads them) - Ability to source podcasts directly from a .xml file (i.e. if I add http://192.168.50.10:4321/feed.xml, don't tell me it's not a valid podcast just because Castro's servers don't have access!)
  • Stopped working

    1
    By Modern Film Fan
    I open this app early this morning and the feed from the app displays no content (or even UI). I have tried for hours and it doesn’t work. Not good.
  • Waiting for new owners to get everything fixed

    3
    By ohmegan
    I really like Castro. One of the things I like most about it is how well it integrates with the rest of the Apple ecosystem, especially Shortcuts. Frustratingly, that integration has been collateral damage in the neglect and, now, ownership transition of the app. Some of the key Castro shortcut actions no longer work, throwing a “Problem communicating with the app” error. I’m pretty skilled with Shortcuts but that’s an issue that can only be resolved by the developers, as it seems to be related to the API or servers. I’m not giving up on Castro yet - I know it takes time to clean things up - but I do hope this particular issue is resolved shortly. Will revise review in a week or so.
  • Episode triage is a game changer!

    5
    By Junius Maltby
    If you want to subscribe to a ton of podcasts but selectively listen to certain episodes, this app makes it super-easy. My favorite podcast app (and I've tried them all).

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