Cosmicast is a beautiful podcast player built with iOS design guidelines in mind. There are no complicated user accounts or settings to configure. You can pick it up and get started immediately. This is made even faster with OPML podcast importing, so you can start using the gorgeous turntable right away. Key features: - Beautiful interface - Browse top podcasts in any region - View podcasts by a variety of topics and categories - Adjustable sleep timer - Adjust the playback speed for when you're in a hurry - Change skip backwards and forwards durations (long-hold or deep-press to change the durations) - Great gestures (scrub the turntable and swipe up/down to view/dismiss lists) - Download episodes and add them to your playlist for offline listening - Discover related podcasts - Skip silences - Chapter markers - Video podcasts support - Handoff support - Change region for different podcast content - Change app tint - Change app icons - Dark mode support - Siri Shortcuts - iMessage stickers - CarPlay - Universal app with iPad and Apple Watch support - CarPlay support - iCloud sync - Import and export OPML files from within the app or from the iOS Share Sheet
Not Orig Developer, Website Goes to Install Malware or Something
I know that the original developer of this app is great, I have some other apps built by him, but whoever is operating as PoeticBytes has a non-functional website. I mean that in the sense that clicking on the link to PoeticBytes' website opened a URL that redirected me a few times and landed on some spyware/malware type of site that was trying to install a browser extension, or so it claimed. I obviously didn't go through with that and closed the browser window, etc, but just a heads up for anyone else trying to contact PoeticBytes. Or anyone remotely interested in finding out who PoeticBytes is.
Please add SharePlay!
This would be 5 stars with SharePlay support.
Almost perfect
There are a few bugs, such as freezing the the graphics of the wheel altering. Podcasts, even in progress, will reset if I change to a different podcast. Also, the ability to save specific podcasts would be nice.
Beautiful app, abandoned by developer.
Do not buy anything by this developer or his other alias Shihab. While all of his apps look great, all of them are abandoned, sold (to another company) or otherwise broken.
Does not work properly with CarPlay
I primarily listen to podcasts in my car and the main reason I bought this app was CarPlay. The CarPlay functionality does not work correctly at all. You basically have to open the app on your phone and keep it open for the app to work in CarPlay. Nothing will work without first opening the app on the phone. Very disappointing.
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I want to like this app, unfortunately it’s unusable.... audio skips around at will.
Could be THE BEST with bug fixes
I think this app has the best podcast playing interface. The minimalist interface takes some getting used to, but I like that it’s not in my face like other apps. There is just about every cool feature in this app: skip silence, change icon and color scheme, and sharing audio clips. Unfortunately, there are many bugs that cause the app to stop and/or crash. I’ve had the app crash when I’ve tried to share an audio clip from an episode; the Topics tab show no results for various topics, like medicine, for which I’m sure there are actually plenty of relevant podcasts; there are three different places to unsubscribe from a podcast, and I have to remember the right one that will actually remove it from my library—after I restart the app. Also, I wish the library was laid out like some sort of LP collection, and the Mac turntable UI is glitchy-ugly. Fixes for these issues would have me rushing back to Cosmicast on all my devices.
Mar 30, 2024
Bug fixes
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