iCatcher! Podcast App

Download, listen, watch, and relish your favorite podcasts.

FEATURES

• Subscribe to your preferred podcasts within the app and manage them conveniently.
• Download episodes over WiFi or Cellular (available on devices with cellular capabilities).
• Support for password-protected feeds.
• Background refresh and download in the background.
• Sync subscriptions, episode playback positions, and playlists between your devices using iCloud.
• Universal App (compatible with iPhone and iPad).
• Search across all views to locate the podcast or episode you’re seeking.
• Customize playlists with filtering options based on podcasts, episodes, and more.
• Support for continuous playback (toggle it on the now playing screen just below the time elapsed).
• Portrait and landscape orientation supporter, with a configurable option in the settings.
• Unfollow podcasts and still keep them on your device. This feature is particularly useful for podcasts that don’t meet your expectations.

PLAYBACK

• Variable playback speed.
• Remembered playback speed per podcast.
• Support for podcasts with chapters and chapter images (MP3 and M4A formats).
• Utilize your headset controls, including Bluetooth car controls (when paired), to play/pause, jump forward or backward 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 visible) to facilitate hands-free use.
• Double-tap to play/pause.
• Swipe up to adjust playback speed.
• Swipe left or right to rewind or fast-forward.
• Home to the L gesture for the 2-minute Leo jump.
• Refer to Settings and Gestures for more information and customization options for rewind/fast-forward gestures.
• AirPlay support allows you to watch or listen to podcasts on your large screen.
• External display support for videos is available for devices that support an external display (use the Apple HDMI adapter).
• Enjoy your favorite podcasts with a familiar layout.

FIND NEW PODCASTS QUICKLY

• Search for your podcasts by title, keyword, or author.
• Browse the top podcasts categorized by different genres.
• Manually add podcasts by entering their URLs.
• Support for password-protected feeds.
• Option to download a single episode.
• Import podcast subscriptions for episodes already on your device from iTunes.
• Import your OPML file from iTunes or other iOS podcast app.
• Import media using the iTunes File Sharing feature.
• Add your existing audiobooks (non-password-protected ones) using the iTunes File Sharing feature.
• Add previously downloaded podcasts from your computer using the iTunes file sharing feature (see Settings and Import Media for details).

SHORTCUT ACTIONS

• Search your podcasts and episodes using shortcut actions.
• Easily create an export from other apps into iCatcher using the subscribe action.
• Control playback.
• View podcast action including currently playing.
• Import media directly into the app (like audiobooks).
• Transfer your media to the watch via shortcut actions.
• Pull chapter images.
• Many more actions available.

MORE

• Completely customizable to suit your podcast preferences.
• Swipe across a podcast or episode to access additional options.
• Podcast settings allow you to set the days the podcast typically releases or the number of days between.
• Specify the number of episodes to download when new ones are available.
• Share podcast information via email with your friends.

CONTACT
Email: Tap the settings tab and select Send Questions or Feedback.
Twitter/X: @Joeisanerd.

PLEASE NOTE: The app doesn’t sync with iTunes. Like other podcast apps, it’s a standalone app designed for subscribing and downloading on the device.

• If a feed doesn’t work, please let me know so I can investigate it.

Requires iOS 18.5

If you find iCatcher useful, please consider tipping in the help and settings tab, or share the app with your friends! Thanks!

What’s New
+Added a left-to-right swipe in the same area as swipe-to-dismiss on the new Now Playing view, so you can dismiss it like other pushed views.
+When Appearance › Episode Images from Feed is enabled, the episode-specific image (if available) now downloads when an episode is made playable. Previously, this only happened once playback started.
+Added the [Up Next queue](x-icatcher://settings/help/upnext).
+Updated watch widgets to support watchOS 27 features, including new widget configurations.
+Added a Download Episodes shortcut action that lets you choose from already queued episodes.
+Improved VoiceOver for episodes within a podcast: each row now has a single callout, with more available actions.
+The Now Playing view now appears as a pop-up by default to address issues with the tab bar flashing. The experimental setting has moved to Playback › [General](x-icatcher://settings/playback/general).
+Episodes on the Apple Watch now show hours and minutes remaining instead of just minutes.

Bug fixes
-Fixed the playback pie slice not showing progress.
-Fixed the missing download option when tapping an episode that's already queued within a podcast.
-Fixed built-in playlists not being reselected automatically on relaunch.
-Fixed remote mark as played not working with headphone controls.
-Fixed playback not resuming correctly when started from a cold launch.

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

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