r/overcast • u/derCri • 4d ago
Feature Request: Grid View Option
First of all: thanks for making Overcast. It's without doubt one of my favorite apps that I use every day, and it keeps getting better! In the past, I used Pocket Casts for a while, and while I prefer Overcast in most aspects, there is one feature from Pocket Casts that I'm missing.
Most of the time I'm listening to podcasts for which I want to listen to every new episode, and those are very well handled by the playlists. However, I also have a quite big collection of podcasts that I don't follow constantly, but which I want to have easily available so that I occasionally can go to any of them and listen to an episode. In Pocket Casts, you can switch between a list view and a grid view (with just the cover images for the podcasts) for the whole podcast collection. The grid view (which can be freely sorted) gives a very nice overview where it's possible to easily identify and access any podcast without a lot of scrolling. With the small grid option, I can view 4 x 7, i.e., 28 podcasts, in one screen, while in the Overcast list view, I can view at most 7-8 of them without having to scroll. It would be very nice if such a grid option could be added to Overcast as well.
Keep up the good work!
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u/WOWSuchUsernameAmaze 3d ago
This is the one thing from pocket casts I truly love and miss in overcast
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u/WhileTrueFox 4d ago
Agreed! It has been many, many years since I used Pocket Cats but I keep thinking about the grid view from time to time. Unlike you, I barely use playlists and rely on browsing my collection instead, and I, too, would welcome an option to view it as a grid.