Castamatic is the best app to listen to podcasts on any iOS device. Quickly assemble a custom sequence of shows to listen to or create a smart playlist, and listen to your favorite shows with enhanced audio quality, thanks to Castamatic's machine learning enhanced Auto-leveler DSP algorithm. Not completely happy with the current feature set? Castamatic wants offer a complete boutique experience: send us an email with your issues or suggestions, and we will do our best to fullfill your wishes. Highlights --------------- The "On the Go" playlist lets you pick the episodes you want to listen to in your next listening session and assemble them in a playlist just before leaving. The On the Go playlist will mantain the same order in which the episodes were added. You can then move and rearrange them manually. As soon as an episode has been completely listened to it will be automatically removed from the On the Go playlist. You will always find your On the Go playlist synced on all your devices. Key Features --------------- -Chapters: quickly jump to favorite topics (available for podcasts that support ID3 chapter marks). -Smart playlists with priority shows. -Manual "On the Go" Playlist quickly pick shows for the next listening session. -Automatic or manual playlist reordering: sort playlists by date, or arrange them in a custom sequence. -Support your favorite producers with Podcasting 2.0 and Value4Value features. -Full support for Siri shortcuts -Program dependent 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 intellegibility by shortening silent parts. Available in three levels for maximum customization. -Streaming support: spare network traffic downloading only the parts you want to play, when you want to play them. (Or automatically download the whole thing as soon as it is published). -Apple Watch support: control playing, volume, pick episodes, control audio effects directly from the watch app. -CarPlay support: take your favorite shows with you in your car. -3D-touch support: preview shownotes without interrupting currently playing show (on older devices the same feature is available by long press). -iCloud sync: sync subscriptions and playhead position. Pick subscribed shows on any of her iOS devices and resume playing from the point you left. -AudioUnit API based custom player for maximum performance and minimal battery drain. -Serverless design: our studio can go out of business but Castamatic will keep on working until there are podcasts to listen to on planet Earth. Subscription (in app purchase) ------------- Castamatic is supported by advertising. A subscription is available to remove all ads. Subscription title is "One Year Premium Subscription" The duration of subscription is one year. The price of subscription is 8.99 US dollars for one year of subscription, and can vary for different countries and currencies. Payment will be 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, and identify the cost of the renewal Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s 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 to that publication, where applicable -------------- We don't feel confortable interrupting your listening experience to ask for reviews, but if you are feeling generous with your time please take a minute to leave a nice review. Thank you very much for your support.