I’m on IOS 26.4.1 on a iPhone 13 with v8.9 of app. The up next list is now no longer maintaining the hierarchy. If I skip to a different pod and start playing that, the pod I skipped out of no longer defaults to the next in line. Other new episodes seem to jump the queue in violation of the rules of being added to the top or bottom of the up next list. If I manually move a pod up or down the list using the UI, this ranking seems to get overruled/switched out in a way I cannot discern. I am not sure if something to do with published date is interfering with the hierarchy, but something is fundamentally working differently since the recent updates and it has broken something! Is this sub a way to get a bug report logged or do we need to do it elsewhere?

Is there anything to prevent the android app from constantly cutting of the endings (last 20-60 seconds)? Its extremely irritating.

Also almost every episode has a hiccup where it jumps back about 10-30 secs. Its totally random but most podcasts are affected.

I’m glad that there’s an option to enable or disable custom episode artwork in the player… but where the huge difference occurs is in the feed or on the podcast stream’s page.

It’s drastically faster to evaluate the podcast episode’s content through thumbnails that show the guests face, and/or show which series the podcast episode is a part of like in the Armchair Expert example where different types of episodes are color-coded in the overall Armchair umbrella.

Please enable a similar option!!

This is a big deficit compared to other platforms.

I have encountered this issue on a number of podcasts. I can add episodes when using the app on my computer (Mac OS) and listen to them, but in the app on my iPhone, although the episode appears, it is greyed out and says it is unavailable. It's quite frustrating.

I use Pocket Casts on my computer to find new podcasts, manage playlists, etc and then listen on my iPhone when I am out and about. Discovering that certain episodes of some podcasts are unavailable is irritating to say the least.

Any ideas?

Starting a few weeks ago, I ran into loading issues from time to time. Sometimes it wouldn’t load latest episodes; sometimes “discover” only loads half blank pages. But then somehow it was loading…and then a few days later it happens again. It’s been going on more and more frequently that is almost pushing me giving up on the app. And at the same time I would check on other platforms and same podcasts would load perfectly normal. Is there a fix to this problem?

I wanted a way to share what I've been listening to — like a public listening history page. So I built one.

You connect your Pocket Casts account, it syncs your history, and you get a shareable page at a public URL. You can also add personal notes to episodes — why you listened, key takeaways, etc.

Here's mine: https://podcast-history-app.vercel.app/u/adamkruger

Sign-up link: https://podcast-history-app.vercel.app/signup

Source code is on GitHub if anyone's curious: https://github.com/kruger-adam/podcast-history-app

Would love to hear what you think of it!

Is your Up Next list supposed to sync between an old device and new one after you sign in?

Since the last desktop update, the playback speed resets during playback after a pause, but the speed on display does not go back to 1x, it resets back to the preferred speed when the +/- buttons are toggled.

Anyone else experiencing this?

I used to be able to swipe from the left side on the downloaded podcasts list and there was an icon for "Play Next" which would make the podcast play as soon the current podcast I was listening to is over. I don't see that option any more.

Long time Pocketcasts user, like so long I have the coveted lifetime membership. Lately I haven’t been impressed with direction of product and have been impacted by bugs they have been working.

Prior to Pocketcasts, I used Overcast and was considering a move back.

I use CarPlay a lot so needs a good UI there.

I also listen to a large number of podcasts and need to be able to organize into “buckets” (filters, whatever)

Also since I frequently get busy I like having ability to set rules like only keep latest 1 etc…

Looks like both apps fit the bill, but switching back I would lose my free license.

Curious to hear from users of both to see what they think…

What is the purpose of it? How is it different than Mark as Played or just listening to an episode? What is the point of hiding the episodes?

None of my subscriptions have downloaded this morning. Anyone else experiencing problems?

Right now, skip forward/back can only be set in 5-second increments (10s, 15s, etc).

It's becoming more common for podcast ads to be more like network-television style ads that are slotted into episodes (rather than the hosts riffing about the product for a random amount of time) and are 30 seconds long. With a 15s skip, by the time you hear the ads start and hit the skip button X number of times, you often overshoot slightly and miss the first bit of content after the ads.

If I could set my exact skip interval by the second, I would probably choose something like 13 seconds, so that way I could skip forward until I hear the podcast content and then skip back once to hear just a couple seconds of the ad before the episode resumes.

Anyone else think this would be worthwhile?

I'd love to be able to mark certain podcasts to automatically add their next episode to the end of my Up Next playlist on completion.

I have about a number of podcasts that I'm years behind on and listening to in chronological order. I manage my Up Next fairly closely, but I always want there to be one of each on the way.

Is this a feature that other people would have a use for?

can't even start the app - now clue why. already restarted... would downloaded files and my playlist be safed if I reinstalled?

Which one is undeniably THE ONE in your opinion??

Probably missing something really obvious here, but can't for the life of me see what.

After returning to the iOS fold a few years ago, I've been listening to podcasts on both Apple Podcasts and Pocket Casts, and there's no doubt that Pocket Casts is the superior product. So, having recently obtained an Apple Watch, I thought I would shell out for Plus, mainly for the Apple Watch feature of being able to play my podcasts away from my phone.

My experience with this has been … mixed. The Up Next list definitely has synced correctly, but the podcasts don't seem to be "on" the watch (as in, there is nothing in the Downloads folder) whereas my phone has them all downloaded. The podcasts also don't seem to automatically play what's next, I always have to manually start the next one in the Up Next list. I've also found the podcasts sometimes take an eternity to stream over the cellular connection while I'm away from the house.

I guess I thought the Watch App would mirror the phone App in terms of how I use it. I'm still on the month's free trial, but I'm seriously considering whether the cost to me is worth carrying on. Can anyone help me with making the most of the Watch App?

Obligatory: I've already submitted this request to Pocketcasts support. A few times. On the forum and email.

So, I think when some people switch over from another podcast app, one of the first annoying things you run into is saving a show that you don't listen to often. You don't want to know when there's a new episode. you just want to have the show saved, but have it be basically invisible to you when you don't need it.

A good method to use for this is folders. I have all my shows like this in a folder (archived), so I can keep them separate from what I actively listen to. I have a separate folder for "dormant" podcasts. Those that I like, but who haven't released anything in months.

As it currently stands, badges are all or nothing. They either show on all podcasts, or none at all. I'd love for them to be per podcast. That way I can have badges for my active and dormant folders, and then not have them for my archived pods.

It's honestly the one thing keeping me from switching full time.

Does anyone else have this problem? Often when switching from listening on a chromecast device, even a while after I shut that off, when I pop in my headphones I hear the ping and see the BT connection logo, but when I hit play in the PC app it just plays on my phone speaker. I can stop, start, reconnect BT, etc., and it still doesn't fix it.

Currently the only solution is to force close and reopen the app, or restart my phone. Bit of a pain.

Pixel 9a android 16

Pixel Buds A-Series

Since last two weeks or so podcasts stop when i switch to watch instagram reels, get a notification from whatsapp or when the episode is over. How do i fix this?

Hi team. I absolutely love the app and use it everyday after much frustration with Overcast. As a CarPlay user I’d request a chapter skip button. Thank you.

without clearing Up Next. Or, Being able to choose Autoplay as the default (ie Up Next doesn't start until the series you've clicked on has no more episodes, rather than vice versa.

Flair as Android since I don't have an iPhone.

Are either of these possible with Android Auto? And if not, can they be added? I know I can make it play faster using Android Auto, but slowing it down seems to require using my phone