Alpha Prime Hack 2.0.1

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Description

A podcast player with the user in mind. Actually, I’ve built it exactly the way I wanted a podcast player to work, for myself. As an experiment that grew into something more. I hope you like it. It’s completely free, with no ads.

These are the features I wanted a podcast player to have, so I made it so.

- Free, no ads
- Only the important stuff, no fluff.
- Small media player with always accessible controls.
- Automatic continuous playback from a smart playlist created from the downloaded episodes.
- Always knowing which new episodes are available to me.
- Starting the playback with a single tap.
- Checking for new episodes automatically or manually with a single tap.
- Quick navigation, easy to access podcast options and general settings.
- Built-in web browser.
- Automatic dark/light mode.
- Searching for podcasts by keywords
- Wi-Fi only mode.
- Automatically deleting downloads for played episodes.
- Sorting options: Oldest or Newest episodes first.
- Discovering the most popular podcasts via categories.
- Adding podcasts from RSS links.
- Customizable forward and backward jump times.
- Custom artworks.
- Sorting priorities.
- Downloading episodes while listening to something else.
- Streaming without downloading.
- Video podcast support.
- Macs with m1 chip compatibility.
- Sharing podcast links to others.
- Bigger full screen player with more controls when needed..
- A simple way to deleted downloaded episodes

Version history

2.0.1

2023-07-23

Updated light theme styles.
Settings screen is now styled as well.
Improves theme updating when switching between light and dark themes.

2.0

2023-07-15

Rebranded to Alpha Prime.
With a new app icon and style.
Added additional app icons and styles for both light and dark themes. See settings.

1.4

2023-07-04

Refreshed look with new themes.
New app icons too!

1.3.7

2023-07-01

New app icon

New UI customization options at the settings screen:
-- A selection of alternate app icons for you to choose from
-- Theme style: Light Blue or Classic White

Bug fixes
iOS 16 is now the minimum version required.

1.3.6

2022-12-18

Now known as Prime Podcast Player. Download and play your favourite podcasts. Offline as well.

1.3.5

2022-08-23

General improvements.

1.3.4

2022-04-06

Resolves an issue with subscribing to custom RSS podcasts.

1.3.3

2022-03-28

General improvements and bug fixes.

1.3.2

2022-03-24

General improvements.

1.3.1

2022-03-22

Improves chapters handling.
Restores "mark unplayed" action for episodes that are not downloaded.
Improves handling of RSS feeds without episode descriptions.

1.3

2022-03-18

Improved automatic light/dark theme switching.
Additional bug fixes.

1.2.8

2022-03-15

General improvements.

1.2.7

2022-03-13

Fixes an issue with importing RSS feed links.

1.2.6

2022-03-10

Playback control UI updated for the episodes list screen.

1.2.5

2022-03-08

Fixes and performance improvements.

1.2

2022-03-05

Bug fixes and improvements.

1.1.2

2022-02-07

Added an info button to the Podcast list screen.
Fixed the Primecast app store link for sharing.
Fixes an issue where a Safari button would be enabled for podcast episodes without weblinks.

1.1.1

2021-12-09

A new option to mark a podcast as played when deleting it in the play deck.

1.1

2021-11-19

Primecast will now resume podcast playback after getting interrupted by system announcements. For example a Siri Voice Feedback or a Timer popup.

1.0

2021-11-10