Castro Podcast Player

Castro Podcast Player

The player for heavy listeners

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price
Free (IAP)
Reviews
4.6 (8.7K)
United States United States
Description
The player for heavy listeners
Castro is a beautiful, full-featured podcast player that makes it easy to track and manage lots of podcasts at the same time. Only listen to the episodes you want and easily skip the rest, queue up hours of podcasts at a time and enjoy a seamless listening experience with carplay compatibility, chapter support, trim silence and much, much more!

HOW IT WORKS

1. New episodes land in the NEW tab. Read their descriptions, add episodes you like to your QUEUE, and clear the rest. 

2. Press play to listen to episodes from your QUEUE in order. Queued episodes are downloaded automatically.

3. Re-order your QUEUE to plan your next few hours of listening at any time. Browse your LIBRARY to review the back catalogue, quickly access starred shows, and see your listening history.

Subscribing to a podcast is no longer a commitment to listen to every episode. You don’t have to manage a huge list of subscriptions or choose a few shows and miss the rest.


WHY OUR USERS LOVE CASTRO

• Drag and drop podcasts to plan your listening with Castro’s unique queue
• An elegant dark mode and thoughtfully designed sleep timer offer the best in night time podcast listening.
• CarPlay support makes it easy to pick up where you left off while driving.
• Apple Watch app to control playback and select another episode from your queue.
• Episode notifications include a summary of the episode to help you decide if it interests you. Play, queue or clear the episode directly from the notification without opening the app.


CASTRO PLUS

Castro Plus is an optional paid subscription available for $29.99/year (includes a one-week trial). Plus unlocks a range of advanced features:

• Trim Silence — With this option on, the app will analyze audio as it plays to detect silent parts and accelerate those parts. Get through more episodes faster.
• Enhance Voices improves the listening experience for many podcasts and makes it easier to hear in loud environments. Under the hood, Enhance Voices applies a dynamic compressor to increase volume just where it’s needed.
• Sideloading: Import audio files directly, just by dropping them in iCloud Drive
• Mono-Mix — Mixes a stereo podcast to mono, which makes it easier to hear podcasts that pan some guests on left/right channels. 
• Chapter Support: Artwork, Skipping & Pre-selection. 
• Custom settings per-podcast: Episode Limit, Trim Silence, Enhance Voices, Mono Mix, Skip Intros, Playback Speed.


WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

“Castro 3 is an incredible app.”
— The Sweet Setup

“Castro 3 is everything Castro already was, but better.”
— MacStories

Castro 3 Is a Great Modern Podcast App”
— Beautiful Pixels

“Unlike other podcatchers, Castro's primary virtue is its simplicity and ease of use. The app combines sleek visual design with crystal clear audio.” 
— Tom’s Guide


CASTRO PLUS SUBSCRIPTION TERMS

Castro Plus costs $18.99 per year. Prices are in US dollars and may vary in countries other than the US.

Castro Plus is charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. It will renew on the day before the current subscription period ends. You can cancel auto-renewal any time from the Castro settings screen.

You can switch between the two subscription periods after you pick one, but your trial period will end immediately if you do, so it's best to wait till your free week is over before changing.

Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.

Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://castro.fm/privacy-policy
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Best Podcast App

I’ve run through just about every podcast app on iOS and the layout of this one is absolutely perfect for how I listen to podcasts.

DaedBoyesTue, Apr 16, 2024
United StatesUnited States

My favorite podcast app, but please develop macOS and ipadOS clients!

All things considered this is the most user-friendly yet feature-rich podcast app I've used. The iPhone and Apple Watch clients are both excellent. I really wish there were native clients for iPadOS and macOS, though. Other features that would be fantastic: - Sideload downloads to Apple Watch over cellular not dependent on iPhone. - Ability to source Sideloads from other cloud providers besides iCloud (more often than not iCloud doesn't download them in time for the information to not be stale, if it ever downloads them) - Ability to source podcasts directly from a .xml file (i.e. if I add http://192.168.50.10:4321/feed.xml, don't tell me it's not a valid podcast just because Castro's servers don't have access!)

sangyeijFri, Apr 12, 2024
United StatesUnited States

Stopped working

I open this app early this morning and the feed from the app displays no content (or even UI). I have tried for hours and it doesn’t work. Not good.

Modern Film FanThu, Apr 11, 2024
United StatesUnited States

Waiting for new owners to get everything fixed

I really like Castro. One of the things I like most about it is how well it integrates with the rest of the Apple ecosystem, especially Shortcuts. Frustratingly, that integration has been collateral damage in the neglect and, now, ownership transition of the app. Some of the key Castro shortcut actions no longer work, throwing a “Problem communicating with the app” error. I’m pretty skilled with Shortcuts but that’s an issue that can only be resolved by the developers, as it seems to be related to the API or servers. I’m not giving up on Castro yet - I know it takes time to clean things up - but I do hope this particular issue is resolved shortly. Will revise review in a week or so.

ohmeganSun, Apr 7, 2024
United StatesUnited States

Episode triage is a game changer!

If you want to subscribe to a ton of podcasts but selectively listen to certain episodes, this app makes it super-easy. My favorite podcast app (and I've tried them all).

Junius MaltbyFri, Mar 29, 2024
United StatesUnited States

Please support this app!!!

This is by far the best podcast app for me. I have been using it for years. The watch app can no longer control the volume, which is a must have for me. Please fix this!

LegendaryKelpieFri, Mar 22, 2024
United StatesUnited States

The Best…and under new management.

I’m a longtime Castro user and couldn’t be happier. There are many features that I love about it, but if I could only pick one, it would be the relationship between the inbox and the queue. All new episodes of podcast you subscribe to are loaded into the inbox. From there you get to choose which ones you put in your queue to listen to and which ones you discard. that alone makes the podcast jungle manageable. If you love a podcast, you can set it to automatically load into your queue whenever a new one arrives. In the queue, it’s a simple drag and drop operation to set the order in which the podcasts play. The standard trim silence and enhance voices is available, but more exclusively you can sideload and clip for a subscription fee that amounts to about $1.50 a month. Well worth it for regular podcast listeners. There was a brief moment while the app was in ownership transition that it was unstable (and I began the stages of grief), but that period seems to be over. I’ve had great response from customer service, and the app has performed beautifully since. I hope you will download the app, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

TxPrincipalFri, Mar 15, 2024
United StatesUnited States
Download & Revenue
DOWNLOAD 20.9KMar 2024Worldwide
REVENUE$11.2KMar 2024Worldwide
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About
Bundle Id
co.supertop.Castro-2
Min Os. Version
13.0
Release Date
Mon, Aug 15, 2016
Update Date
Sun, Apr 7, 2024
Content Rating
4+
Has IMessage
Yes
Support Watch
Yes
Support Siri
Yes
File Size
73.55MB
Has Game Center
No
Family Sharing
Yes
Support Passbook
No
Supported Languages
English
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What's New
version
2024.3
updated
1 week ago
•	Fixes for light/dark mode issues when the app wasn’t sure what theme it was on
•	Fixes for minute/hour calculations
•	Fixes for various visual issues around Castro Plus, text rendering, icon showing up randomly for plus users
•	Playback author / Podcast name fix on notification
•	Fixes shortcut domain
•	Adds an interactive widget
•	Visual fixes for the queue widgets
•	Fix for sideloading bug where new files would not be recognized
•	Fix for sideloading bug where youtube videos would download very slowly
•	Add button to clear the queue
•	Add ability to mark as played manually
Top In-App Purchases

Name

Price

Castro Plus Annual
$24.99
Castro Plus Monthly
$3.99
Castro Plus Quarterly
$9.99
Early Supporter Special
$24.99
Castro Plus Family Plan
$39.99
Early Supporter Family Plan
$39.99
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