iCatcher! Podcast Player

iOS Universel / Actualités

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 doesn't work, then let me know so I can take a look at it

Requires iOS 17.4 or higher.

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New Stuff
+Adding the view episodes option to the share action on podcast in the new beta podcasts tab (Settings tab, experimental).
Fixed
-Fix for next/previous buttons on some devices where it should be skipping x seconds instead of next track.

9.1.1, 9.1
New Stuff
+Added support for the lock screen favorite/unfavorite an episode
+Added favorite option to episodes when performing tap and hold
+Sleep timer option to control how much it rewinds after timer ends
+Updated Playback-Controls-Remote Next/Previous Action Setting. The next in playlist item has been renamed and reconfigured. It is now Skip X, Next/Previous Episode when paused. Lock screen controls show the normal skip back and skip ahead controls while playing. When paused those controls disappear and instead show the next/previous track controls allow you to skip around
+Now requires watch OS 10
+New beta feature in the experimental settings. Working on a new podcast tab.

Bug Fixes
9.1.1/9.1
-Fix for stats view not showing images
-For for podcasts feed not showing titles properly in some cases
-Fix for skip chapters feature from the Lock Screen controls
-Fix for crashes related to podcast images
-Fix for crash when selected episodes in a playlist as well as in the downloads tab.
-Unicode fix for episode titles
-Fix for now playing view where it was hiding the home indicator every time, which also caused the Dynamic Island (top status) to disappear. This will now only happen if the now playing view is in fullscreen mode.

View the Settings tab, What’s New to view past updates

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