Pocket Casts
Podcast player with speed control, silence trimming and a queue that syncs
Podcasts play here on a phone, tablet, desktop and the web. Playback speed, silence trimming and a queue that stays in sync are why people pick it over the built-in player. Heavy listeners set filters, so new episodes drop into the queue in the right order and nobody sorts them by hand.
Who backs it
Sorted by strength of stance
- Federico ViticciDoes it
Apple writer · founder of MacStories
Listens in Pocket Casts, which joined his app list in January 2025 and has stayed through every setup revision since.
Source: MacStories: Our Setups
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