Castamatic Podcast Player
iOS Universel / Musique
Castamatic is the best app to listen to podcasts on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Quickly assemble a custom sequence of episodes or create a smart playlist, and enjoy your favorite shows with enhanced audio quality thanks to Castamatic's machine learning Auto-leveler.
New in Castamatic 13: on-device intelligence powered by Apple Intelligence. Generate full episode transcripts, automatically create chapters, and follow along with a live-scrolling transcript panel — all processed privately on your device.
Highlights
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Magic Transcript: generate full episode transcripts directly on your device. Tap any line to jump to that exact moment.
Magic Chapters: automatically split episodes into chapters using on-device AI, even when the podcast doesn't include them.
Transcript Panel: follow along with a live-scrolling transcript right in the player, with full transport controls.
Key Features
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-Chapters: quickly jump to favorite topics. Works with published chapter marks and AI-generated Magic Chapters.
-Smart playlists with priority shows.
-"On the Go" Playlist: quickly pick shows for the next listening session.
-Support your favorite producers with Podcasting 2.0 and Value4Value.
-Live podcasts: listen to live shows and get notified the moment they go live.
-Podping: receive new episodes immediately after they are published.
-Full support for Siri shortcuts.
-Automatic Leveler: increase audio level consistency between different parts/voices of each show, without altering original audio character.
-Adaptive Gap-Zapper: increase play speed without losing intelligibility by shortening silent parts.
-Streaming: spare network traffic downloading only the parts you want to play. Or automatically download episodes as soon as they are published.
-Apple Watch: control playback, volume, pick episodes, and adjust audio effects from the watch.
-CarPlay: take your favorite shows with you in your car.
-iCloud sync: sync subscriptions and playhead position across all your devices.
-Backup and restore: manual and automatic backups keep your data safe.
-Custom AudioUnit player: maximum performance and minimal battery drain.
-Serverless design: Castamatic will keep on working until there are podcasts to listen to on planet Earth.
Subscription (in app purchase)
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Castamatic is supported by advertising. A subscription is available to remove all ads.
Subscription: "One Year Premium Subscription". Price: $14.99/year (may vary by country). Payment charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings after purchase.
Privacy policy: https://castamatic.com/privacy
Terms of Use: https://castamatic.com/terms_of_use/
Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription.
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Version 13.1.3
- Fixed the Lock Screen artwork sometimes going blank after switching audio output or resuming from a long pause.
- Smoother and more accurate audio level meters in the player.
- Fixed adding a podcast by URL showing the title and artwork but no episodes for some feeds.
- Fixed a "Sign in to iCloud" prompt appearing on every pull-to-refresh when iCloud sync was turned off; you now see a non-blocking banner instead.
- VoiceOver accessibility improvements in the player: the transport controls and the close button are now reliably reachable and correctly labeled.
Version 13.1.2
- Fixed an issue where using Siri or the playback controls (Lock Screen, Control Center, CarPlay) to skip forward, back, or to a specific point after an audio interruption, such as a phone call, could revert playback to the previous position.
Version 13.1.1
- Fixed playback resuming several minutes behind the actual position after an interruption or while listening in the background.
- Fixed the playback position occasionally not being saved during long background listening sessions.
- Fixed the player not closing automatically at the end of an episode when sequential play is off.
- Value for Value boosts now include the podcast GUID, so recipients can identify the feed reliably.
- Fixed several causes of the app briefly freezing.
- Stability improvements and crash fixes.
Version 13.1
- Home Screen widgets: see your current episode at a glance and play or pause right from the widget. Tap an episode or playlist to start listening without even opening the app.
- iCloud playlist sync: your playlists, their order, and their settings now stay in sync across all your devices.
- Custom playlist icons: personalize each playlist with hundreds of SF Symbols and your favorite colors.
- Reorder episodes by hand: drag episodes to arrange your playlists exactly the way you want.
- Loop Playlist: keep a playlist going by starting over from the top when it reaches the end.
- New autoplay options, including an "Always from Top" mode.
- Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements.
Version 13.0.6
- Fixed playback jumping back a few seconds when switching audio output (e.g. headphones or CarPlay)
- Magic Chapters and Magic Transcript are now available when a podcast's published chapters or transcript file is missing or fails to load, instead of being hidden
Version 13
- Magic Transcript: generate full episode transcripts on your device using Apple Intelligence. Tap any line to jump straight to that moment.
- Magic Chapters: automatically split episodes into chapters using on-device AI, even when the podcast doesn't include them.
- Transcript Panel: follow along with a live-scrolling transcript right in the player, with full transport controls.
- Chapter artwork now displayed during previous/next chapter navigation.
- Improved Value for Value reliability and error handling.
- Improved CloudKit sync stability.
- Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements.
