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What is Overcast? Description of Overcast

A powerful, simple, award-winning podcast player. Featured by the App Store as Editor's Choice and critically acclaimed by The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, AppAdvice, and more.

No big company or VC funding here — Overcast is the only major podcast app written by a single person.

The Verge: “The best podcast app for the iPhone”
9to5Mac: "Overcast is the best podcast app that I’ve ever used”
AppAdvice: "Our favorite podcast client"
Six Colors: "My podcast player of choice"
The Sweet Setup: “Overcast is our favorite”
Cult of Mac: “It’s the best podcast app out there”
TIME: “Overcast lives up to its lofty claims”
iMore: "My personal favorite"
TechCrunch: “There is no reason why you should still be using the Podcasts app over Overcast”

Overcast is a modern, fully featured audio podcast app with many useful features in a simple, intuitive interface:

- Smart Speed saves time without distorting the audio or sounding unnatural.
- Voice Boost makes every podcast the same volume with a broadcast-quality remastering engine.
- Download podcasts for playing anytime, even offline.
- Search and browse for new podcasts, plus get personalized recommendations.
- Create custom Playlists with smart filters and per-podcast priorities, and rearrange the list whenever you want.
- Receive optional notifications when new episodes arrive.
- Subscribe to a podcast, or just add an episode: try new shows without committing.
- Sleep timer automatically stops playback after any time interval you set.
- Apple Watch app with standalone playback and cellular streaming.
- CarPlay support.

And Overcast has world-class privacy, with no third-party analytics, ad services, or tracking code.

Overcast is funded by ads that promote other podcasts. If you choose to purchase Overcast Premium to hide these ads, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase.

Privacy policy: https://overcast.fm/privacy
Terms of use: https://overcast.fm/terms

Proudly made in New York.


  1. Overcast App User Reviews
  2. Overcast Pros
  3. Overcast Cons
  4. Is Overcast legit?
  5. Should I download Overcast?
  6. Overcast Screenshots
  7. Product details of Overcast

Overcast App User Reviews

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Overcast Pros

Professional podcast app by a professional podcasterIf you’re looking to upgrade from Apple podcasts basic features and clunky UI, this is the app for you! The app is simple, clean, quick, and has a timeless aesthetic. The smart speed feature is literally a life saver; the responsiveness of the skips, the chapter markers with photos, the inbuilt browser for shownote scrolling - it’s got it all! The clip sharing function too is perfect for saving those funny riffs or insightful monologues from your fave podcasters. The only feature that needs work in my opinion is the playlists, please take note and listen to John’s suggestions Marco!.Julian IacoponiVersion: 2020.8

Best Podcast App on the App Store. Free or PaidMarco has created an absolutely wonderful podcast experience with this app and I am so incredibly grateful for his continued support. Timely updates, a subscription service to podcasts that allows you to manage everything yourself and a wonderful UI that ties it all together. As soon as the ability for yearly subscriptions became available I bought it because this is one of the few apps that I use every day without fail and have never had a bad experience..ReturnedAUVersion: 2021.11

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Overcast Cons

Great podcast with one VERY irritating drawbackOvercast is overall quite nice. Fantastic layout, simple but powerful features, active development. My one big gripe with it (and it is almost a deal-breaker for me) is that an episode has to be downloaded in order to be played, unless you set the app to streaming (in which case it doesn’t download anything unless told to explicitly) in addition to being a nuisance for usability, it renders the discoverability that its directory affords almost non-existent. If I am looking through the catalog and see something I think I might like, I can’t just preview an episode to see if it’s right for me. No, I have to download the episode, wait until it’s done, and then I can play it. There’s a play UI element, but it just hangs. I would love to see this fixed in a later build, because it’s something that pretty much all other podcast apps have solved. If something can be downloaded and the app is set to download it, sure, go for it, but otherwise be ok with streaming it..Seven_hzVersion: 2022.11

Continuous Play? - UPDATEDEDIT - still couldn’t get Apple Podcast to work so I stuck with this awhile. I found out where continuous play is, and you have to add episodes to allow them to play or something? Still believe the app is not intuitive, and could really benefit from a touch-screen walkthrough when first installed and opened. It’s kind of ridiculous that this doesn’t already exist, given the amount of features this app seems to have. Robust application with some good features, but those features are lost to users without some kind of explainer. Original: I’m playing catch-up on a podcast I just started listening to that has been around for two years, so there is a lot of content to get through. I used to listen to it on Apple Podcasts, but for whatever reason that app has stopped working on my phone, and after looking at reviews for Overwatch I thought I’d give this a try. If Continuous Play exists, it’s not intuitive, nor does the app seem to have a feature where it will automatically pick up where the listener left off in a show. As soon as I downloaded the app I went to Settings and toggled ‘Continuous Play’ on, but it isn’t doing anything. I’ve tried playing the podcast from the episodes pages, creating playlists (the Smart Playlist is a joke), nothing works. The app just stops after it plays whatever episode your selected. Will be troubleshooting the issues with Apple Podcast and deleting this app immediately..Brooke_92Version: 2020.8

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Is Overcast legit?

Yes. Overcast is 100% legit to us. This conclusion was arrived at by running over 36,559 Overcast user reviews through our NLP machine learning process to determine if users believe the app is legitimate or not. Based on this, AppSupports Legitimacy Score for Overcast is 86.1/100.


Is Overcast safe?

Yes. Overcast is quiet safe to use. This is based on our NLP analysis of over 36,559 user reviews sourced from the IOS appstore and the appstore cumulative rating of 4.7/5. AppSupports Safety Score for Overcast is 90.1/100.


Should I download Overcast?

There have been no security reports that makes Overcast a dangerous app to use on your smartphone right now.


Overcast Screenshots

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Product details of Overcast

App Name:
Overcast
App Version:
2024.1
Developer:
Overcast Radio, LLC
Legitimacy Score:
86.1/100
Safety Score:
90.1/100
Content Rating:
4+ Contains no objectionable material!
Category:
News, Entertainment
Language:
EN   
App Size:
13.88 MB
Price:
Free
Bundle Id:
fm.overcast.overcast
Relase Date:
16 July 2014, Wednesday
Last Update:
25 January 2024, Thursday - 18:30
Compatibility:
IOS 16.0 or later

Overcast 2024.1 Update Note
✱ Version History

- Smart Speed now uses a perceptual filter for more accurate silence detection on shows with mastering errors. - Minor bug fixes..

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