Podcast Player App - Castbox

Name: Podcast Player App - Castbox
Rating: 4.8 (7364 reviews)
Author: Guru Network Limited

Podcasts App for Everyone

Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad

7.4K Ratings
Ages

13+
Years
Category

News
Developer

Guru Network Limited
Language

EN
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Size

162.1
MB

The best podcast app & podcast player to find, save, download, and listen to your favorite podcast, FM, radio, and audiobook. Listening to over 50 million episodes of podcasts from 27 different countries on iPhone or Apple watch. You can always find popular podcasts on different topics including: - News & Politics: BBC News, ABC RN - Comedy: The Joe Rogan Experience, The Ron Burgundy Podcast - Sports: The NRL Podcast, AFL Fantasy Podcast with The Traders - Music: Song Exploder, All Songs Considered - Games & Hobbies: Game Scoop, Nintendo Power Podcast - TV Series: Binge Mode: Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones The Podcast, History of Westeros (Game of Thrones), Game of Thrones LIVE Download CastBox as your podcast app & podcast player to: - Accelerate your personal growth. - Laugh out loud with abundant audio content on your road trip. - Sleep better with guided meditation, nature sounds, ASMR, and relaxing sleep atmosphere sounds. - Keep in good health with popular workout programs. - Learn Spanish, French, and other languages. - Stay updated with the top news. - Make more friends by sharing your favorite podcast, FM, radio or audiobook on Facebook/Twitter/Whatsapp/Instagram. - Enjoy your road trip with trending podcast on Castbox using Carplay. Super intuitive and easy-to-use podcast app with： - Personalized recommendations - A powerful search engine that allows you to find your favorite podcasts and episodes effortlessly - Easy streaming and downloading of podcasts, FM, radio and audiobook - The convenient Widget for you to continue enjoying the podcasts easily - Smart speakers supported, including Apple HomePod, Amazon Alexa - Fully support cross-device syncing - Daily top podcasts list - One-click subscription and never miss an episode - Sleep timer to fall asleep soundly - Adjust playback speed to accommodate your listening habits - Volume Boost - Trim Silence - CarPlay Support Let us know what podcasts you’re listening to or share your feedback with us. Visit our website: www.castbox.fm Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/castbox.fm Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CastBox_FM Contact us: contact+ios@castbox.fm Terms of use: https://castbox.fm/termsofservice.html Privacy policy: https://castbox.fm/policy.html [Castbox Subscription] 1. Length of subscription: 1 month 2. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. 3. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. 4. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.

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Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

7.4K Ratings

Good app but a few ways to improve
12/07/2018

RogerStrider
Enjoy the app a lot. Looks great, has a good overview of podcasts and the search and recommendations appear to produce useful suggestions. I can't find a way to mark all podcasts as played which is a bit annoying. When one is finished it will go to the next "unplayed" pod which I've already heard on another app. Possible I've missed the function.I'm also not interested in logging into the app so the reminders are annoying.

Developer Response
Hello, Could you please kindly update your Castbox to the newest version - v4.24.1? We have made great improvements in this version. You can tap the button at the top right corner after opening a podcast and select "Mark All as Played" or "Mark All as Unplayed" now. Please go to app "Settings" - "Skip played episodes" and turn it on. In this way, only unplayed episodes will appear in your "Next Up". Please give it a try, and if anything, please feel free to reach us at contact+ios@castbox.fm. As a startup, every review matters very much to us. If you think of any way we can improve, please don’t hesitate to let us know. Hopefully our continued improvement will earn your 5th star! Thanks for your kind support! :-) - Teresa
Good app but a few ways to improve
12/07/2018

RogerStrider

Enjoy the app a lot. Looks great, has a good overview of podcasts and the search and recommendations appear to produce useful suggestions. I can't find a way to mark all podcasts as played which is a bit annoying. When one is finished it will go to the next "unplayed" pod which I've already heard on another app. Possible I've missed the function.I'm also not interested in logging into the app so the reminders are annoying.
Developer Response 06/03/2019
Hello, Could you please kindly update your Castbox to the newest version - v4.24.1? We have made great improvements in this version. You can tap the button at the top right corner after opening a podcast and select "Mark All as Played" or "Mark All as Unplayed" now. Please go to app "Settings" - "Skip played episodes" and turn it on. In this way, only unplayed episodes will appear in your "Next Up". Please give it a try, and if anything, please feel free to reach us at contact+ios@castbox.fm. As a startup, every review matters very much to us. If you think of any way we can improve, please don’t hesitate to let us know. Hopefully our continued improvement will earn your 5th star! Thanks for your kind support! :-) - Teresa
No good for downloads or location
17/08/2022

Mmc228
Update: I downloaded this on the strength of the positive reviews. But after persevering for months, I finally ditched it and moved to Stitcher. And what do you know, every thing works! Podcasts actually download. I should have made the move ages ago! Castbox could learn a thing or two about podcast players by looking at Stitcher. Original review: Castbox is a great streaming client, but a lousy podcast player if you’re looking to play downloads. You would think that downloading would be a simple matter, but it almost never manages to download anything (it streams perfectly, so evidently it has no trouble accessing the internet). I can leave it turned on all night, ready to go out running with a full load of podcasts, but in the morning there will be 7 downloads in the cue with nothing actually downloaded. And it has serious issues with location. I can set the location to Japan, but if I happen to be currently in Australia, the ads are for Australia (!). I am happy for Castbox to be supported by advertising, but what is the point of subjecting me to ads from a location different from my location setting!?

Developer Response
Hi, we are very sorry for such inconvenience. We will continue to update our app to make it better and better. You can reach us at contact+ios@castbox.fm with any other feedback. Thank you very much for your kind support! :-) - Lilian
No good for downloads or location
17/08/2022

Mmc228

Update: I downloaded this on the strength of the positive reviews. But after persevering for months, I finally ditched it and moved to Stitcher. And what do you know, every thing works! Podcasts actually download. I should have made the move ages ago! Castbox could learn a thing or two about podcast players by looking at Stitcher. Original review: Castbox is a great streaming client, but a lousy podcast player if you’re looking to play downloads. You would think that downloading would be a simple matter, but it almost never manages to download anything (it streams perfectly, so evidently it has no trouble accessing the internet). I can leave it turned on all night, ready to go out running with a full load of podcasts, but in the morning there will be 7 downloads in the cue with nothing actually downloaded. And it has serious issues with location. I can set the location to Japan, but if I happen to be currently in Australia, the ads are for Australia (!). I am happy for Castbox to be supported by advertising, but what is the point of subjecting me to ads from a location different from my location setting!?
Developer Response 22/06/2022
Hi, we are very sorry for such inconvenience. We will continue to update our app to make it better and better. You can reach us at contact+ios@castbox.fm with any other feedback. Thank you very much for your kind support! :-) - Lilian
OK if you don't mind streaming
03/04/2019

Boom Vang
It doesn't work very well if you opt for downloading rather than streaming. Also it is pretty much unusable if you turn off mobile / cellular data altogether. The playlist only sort of works in as much as it seems that it is easily interrupted. The app also has the annoying habit of prompting you to play the last podcast you just completed rather than the next podcast in the playlist. All in all, I think the developers would have done better to get the basics right before trying to add all the pretty things. Unfortunately there seems to be a dearth of good basic podcast players around. Everyone seems to have a different angle to monetise their apps and none of those really seem to serve the need for basic user convenience and offline performance very well.

Developer Response
Hi, Thank you very much for your feedback! Sorry for such inconvenience. Could you please kindly send contact+ios@castbox.fm a little more detail regarding your issues? 1. How does it not perform well in the offline mode? What it has to do with turning off mobile data? Do you mean the downloads cannot be played and ask for data to stream? 2. If the episode is completed, it will disappear from the next up list. Do you mean the playlist will repeats playing the episode you finished? Would you mind sending us screen recordings regarding the two issues to help us identify them? Looking forward to hearing from you soon. We will try our best to make the app right for you. Thanks again for your kind support! :-) - Teresa
OK if you don't mind streaming
03/04/2019

Boom Vang

It doesn't work very well if you opt for downloading rather than streaming. Also it is pretty much unusable if you turn off mobile / cellular data altogether. The playlist only sort of works in as much as it seems that it is easily interrupted. The app also has the annoying habit of prompting you to play the last podcast you just completed rather than the next podcast in the playlist. All in all, I think the developers would have done better to get the basics right before trying to add all the pretty things. Unfortunately there seems to be a dearth of good basic podcast players around. Everyone seems to have a different angle to monetise their apps and none of those really seem to serve the need for basic user convenience and offline performance very well.
Developer Response 04/04/2019
Hi, Thank you very much for your feedback! Sorry for such inconvenience. Could you please kindly send contact+ios@castbox.fm a little more detail regarding your issues? 1. How does it not perform well in the offline mode? What it has to do with turning off mobile data? Do you mean the downloads cannot be played and ask for data to stream? 2. If the episode is completed, it will disappear from the next up list. Do you mean the playlist will repeats playing the episode you finished? Would you mind sending us screen recordings regarding the two issues to help us identify them? Looking forward to hearing from you soon. We will try our best to make the app right for you. Thanks again for your kind support! :-) - Teresa
Bad free experience
25/03/2022

katherinesque
They’ve recently updated the app to include video ads that make the app non-functional. It’s a free version, so fair enough that there are more ads, but they’re unskippable and break the app. Once a video ad is over you can start listening to a podcast, but as soon as you switch apps or lock your phone it will stop playing. The only fix is to restart the app, which sometimes will bring on another unskippable video ad! You can get stuck in this loop of not being able to listen to any podcasts. I understand the need for ad revenue, but this makes the app unusable. Wish there was a way to keep my played history because it looks like I’m switching today.

Developer Response
Hi, sorry about this issue. Could you please kindly take a screen recording or a video regarding the whole process of the issue, and send it to contact+ios@castbox.fm? It would be very helpful for us to locate the issue and make the app right for you. Thank you very much for the support! :-) - Sarah
Bad free experience
25/03/2022

katherinesque

They’ve recently updated the app to include video ads that make the app non-functional. It’s a free version, so fair enough that there are more ads, but they’re unskippable and break the app. Once a video ad is over you can start listening to a podcast, but as soon as you switch apps or lock your phone it will stop playing. The only fix is to restart the app, which sometimes will bring on another unskippable video ad! You can get stuck in this loop of not being able to listen to any podcasts. I understand the need for ad revenue, but this makes the app unusable. Wish there was a way to keep my played history because it looks like I’m switching today.
Developer Response 29/03/2022
Hi, sorry about this issue. Could you please kindly take a screen recording or a video regarding the whole process of the issue, and send it to contact+ios@castbox.fm? It would be very helpful for us to locate the issue and make the app right for you. Thank you very much for the support! :-) - Sarah

Good to see you here, podcast fans! This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements. We are improving the overall reliability to give you a better listening experience.

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