Downcast Hack 2.11.24 + Redeem Codes
Podcast player
Developer: Jamawkinaw Enterprises LLC
Category: News
Price: $2.99 (Download for free)
Version: 2.11.24
ID: com.jamawkinaw.downcast
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Description
A powerful, complete, and easy to use podcast player that will help you manage and listen to podcasts the way you want to.
Now with CarPlay support!
"Downcast: Probably The Best Podcast Downloader for iPad and iPhone" - Wired Gadget Lab
Subscription Features
• Search, subscribe to and download audio and video podcasts of any size
• Manually subscribe to podcasts via URL
• Download podcasts automatically
• Continue podcast downloads in the background*
• Browse and download older podcast episodes
• Auto-refresh podcast feeds
• Settings for auto-download and episode retention
• Import and export podcast feeds via OPML
• Import supported audio/video media files
• Support for password-protected podcasts
• Create and edit "smart" playlists
• View podcast details and episode show notes
• Rename podcast titles
iCloud Syncing with other iOS devices or Macs**
• Podcast subscriptions
• Playlists
• Settings
• Episode information
Playback Features
• Video and audio AirPlay support
• .5x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x, 2.25x, 2.5x and 3x speed playback
• Chapters support for enhanced podcasts
• Stream episodes without downloading
• Playback control from external devices
• Bluetooth devices
• Headphone remote controls
• Devices connected via Lightning/dock connector
• View embedded images in podcast episodes
• Gesture support
• Sleep timer
• Google Cast™ Ready
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For support, please search our support site at http://support.downcastapp.com or email us at [email protected]!
For the latest information about Downcast, please follow @downcastapp on Twitter!
* Per iOS restrictions
** iCloud syncing with Macs requires Downcast for Mac, which is a separate purchase from the Mac App Store
Now with CarPlay support!
"Downcast: Probably The Best Podcast Downloader for iPad and iPhone" - Wired Gadget Lab
Subscription Features
• Search, subscribe to and download audio and video podcasts of any size
• Manually subscribe to podcasts via URL
• Download podcasts automatically
• Continue podcast downloads in the background*
• Browse and download older podcast episodes
• Auto-refresh podcast feeds
• Settings for auto-download and episode retention
• Import and export podcast feeds via OPML
• Import supported audio/video media files
• Support for password-protected podcasts
• Create and edit "smart" playlists
• View podcast details and episode show notes
• Rename podcast titles
iCloud Syncing with other iOS devices or Macs**
• Podcast subscriptions
• Playlists
• Settings
• Episode information
Playback Features
• Video and audio AirPlay support
• .5x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x, 2.25x, 2.5x and 3x speed playback
• Chapters support for enhanced podcasts
• Stream episodes without downloading
• Playback control from external devices
• Bluetooth devices
• Headphone remote controls
• Devices connected via Lightning/dock connector
• View embedded images in podcast episodes
• Gesture support
• Sleep timer
• Google Cast™ Ready
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For support, please search our support site at http://support.downcastapp.com or email us at [email protected]!
For the latest information about Downcast, please follow @downcastapp on Twitter!
* Per iOS restrictions
** iCloud syncing with Macs requires Downcast for Mac, which is a separate purchase from the Mac App Store
Version history
2.11.24
2023-05-28
• Workaround for an issue that prevented downloaded episodes from playing if the publisher had given them a file extension that didn't match the file's actual encoding.
• Accessibility - When editing a playlist, additional actions for moving an episode to the top or bottom of the list are now available.
• Accessibility - When editing a playlist, additional actions for moving an episode to the top or bottom of the list are now available.
2.11.23
2023-04-19
• iPad - Skip Ahead/Skip Back keyboard shortcuts work again
• Fixes issue that could cause playback to stop when skipping ahead near the end of an episode.
• Fixes issue that could cause playback to stop when skipping ahead near the end of an episode.
2.11.22
2023-03-12
• Fixed issue with PiP window not loading after tapping on a system notification.
• Fixed issue that could allow play position to be reset after returning from background
• Fixed issue with retrying failed downloads
• Fixed issue that could allow play position to be reset after returning from background
• Fixed issue with retrying failed downloads
2.11.21
2023-01-10
• Fixes an issue where an episode could start playing if it finishes downloading after you'd started streaming it but switched to another downloaded episode prior to the download finishing.
2.11.20
2022-12-23
• Fixes skipping forward/back by an arbitrary time interval using Siri.
• Fixes issue with volume slider position on player view after returning from background.
• Fixes issue with volume slider position on player view after returning from background.
2.11.19
2022-11-19
• For playlists that have "Include All Podcasts" disabled, there is a new setting available: "Refreshes Unsubscribed". When enabled, manually refreshing the playlist will also refresh any unsubscribed (Auto-Refresh disabled) podcasts that you've included in the playlist.
2.11.18
2022-11-11
• CarPlay - Dismisses now playing view when playback ends due to there being no 'next' episode to play.
• When pulling down to refresh a playlist that has "Include All" disabled no longer refreshes included podcasts that have "Auto-Refresh" disabled.
• Fixes another issue with show notes on the player view being offset when returning to the player view.
• Fixes potential crash
• Fixes issue preventing purchasing Tips (More -> Support Downcast)
• When pulling down to refresh a playlist that has "Include All" disabled no longer refreshes included podcasts that have "Auto-Refresh" disabled.
• Fixes another issue with show notes on the player view being offset when returning to the player view.
• Fixes potential crash
• Fixes issue preventing purchasing Tips (More -> Support Downcast)
2.11.16
2022-10-31
• iOS - Fixes label under the player scrubber where it would display "Label" the first time it was tapped after starting an episode
• iOS - Fixing potential startup crash
• iOS - Fixes potential crash when using Intents
• iOS - Fixes issue with retrying downloads that failed due to being redirected to an invalid URL
• CarPlay - Fixes navigation title on playlists
• CarPlay - Fixes syncing issue when Downcast isn't running and is launched directly from CarPlay. Prior to this, syncing would not work until the iOS app was launched.
• iOS - Fixing potential startup crash
• iOS - Fixes potential crash when using Intents
• iOS - Fixes issue with retrying downloads that failed due to being redirected to an invalid URL
• CarPlay - Fixes navigation title on playlists
• CarPlay - Fixes syncing issue when Downcast isn't running and is launched directly from CarPlay. Prior to this, syncing would not work until the iOS app was launched.
2.11.15
2022-10-18
• CarPlay - Additional information now shown on episode & chapter rows
• Fixes layout issue on Apple Watch Ultra
• Fixes issue with log file submission
• Fixes issue where episode details on player view would disappear after Downcast had been in the background
• Fixes layout issue on Apple Watch Ultra
• Fixes issue with log file submission
• Fixes issue where episode details on player view would disappear after Downcast had been in the background
2.11.14
2022-09-16
• Fixes issue with in-list search bar placement in iOS 16 when in landscape orientation
• Fixes potential crash
• Fixes potential crash
2.11.13
2022-08-27
• Fixes a couple of potential crashes
• Fixes issues with now playing info not refreshing
• Fixes issues with now playing info not refreshing
2.11.12
2022-08-04
• Fixes a crash that could occur if an episode contains incorrectly encoded ID3 chapter data. Specifically, this affected recent episodes of NPR's Short Wave podcast.
2.11.11
2022-07-30
• Minor bug fixes
• Fixes a potential crash
• Fixes a potential crash
2.11.10
2022-05-27
• Fixes issue with chapters icon not showing in iOS 14
• Fixes crashed when skipping to the next chapter when the first chapter in an episode starts after the current play position
• Fixes crash when playing episodes with chapters on CarPlay
• Fixes crashed when skipping to the next chapter when the first chapter in an episode starts after the current play position
• Fixes crash when playing episodes with chapters on CarPlay
2.11.9
2022-04-05
• Fixes a potential startup crash
• Fixes issue where actions icon and level of detail icons on iOS 14
• Fixes issue where actions icon and level of detail icons on iOS 14
2.11.8
2022-03-22
• Fixes indication of current chapter in chapter lists
• Fixes issue with detecting chapter start/end times with certain podcasts
• Fixes UI glitch when leaving tips
• Fixes UI glitch when viewing episode details
• Fixes issue with detecting chapter start/end times with certain podcasts
• Fixes UI glitch when leaving tips
• Fixes UI glitch when viewing episode details
2.11.7
2022-03-03
• ID3 CTOC frames are now honored for episodes that include such metadata. Example would be Stratechery.
• Fixes problem with ID3 chapter parsing when titles used unicode encoding. Example would be Audiodump.
• Fixes problem with showing file size of episodes that aren't downloaded, if the feed includes the file size per episode.
• Fixes a few potential crashes
• Fixes problem with ID3 chapter parsing when titles used unicode encoding. Example would be Audiodump.
• Fixes problem with showing file size of episodes that aren't downloaded, if the feed includes the file size per episode.
• Fixes a few potential crashes
2.11.5
2022-02-02
• Performance improvement
• Fixes several potential crashes
• Fixes continuous play issue when playing from lists containing over 100 episodes
• Fixes issue where sharing a media file to Downcast while Downcast isn't running would not present the import UI.
• Fixes issue with video playback on external displays
• Fixes several potential crashes
• Fixes continuous play issue when playing from lists containing over 100 episodes
• Fixes issue where sharing a media file to Downcast while Downcast isn't running would not present the import UI.
• Fixes issue with video playback on external displays
2.11.3
2021-11-12
• Fixes issue with download queue
• Fixes potential startup crash
• Fixes potential startup crash
2.11.2
2021-11-07
• Fixes crash after returning from the background
2.11.1
2021-10-29
• Fixes several potential crashes
• Removes deprecated API usages
• Minimum iOS version is now iOS 14.7
• Removes deprecated API usages
• Minimum iOS version is now iOS 14.7
2.11.0
2021-10-19
• Fixes bug preventing media file imports
• Fixes bug preventing subscribing via `downcast://` URL scheme
• Fixes bug preventing opening of OPML files
• Fixes download queue issue
• Fixes bug preventing subscribing via `downcast://` URL scheme
• Fixes bug preventing opening of OPML files
• Fixes download queue issue
2.10.5
2021-10-06
• Updates for iOS 15.
• Fixes CarPlay behavior on iOS 15.
• Fixes several potential crashes.
• Fixes recurring issue with playing episodes on CarPlay on iOS 13.
• Fixes CarPlay behavior on iOS 15.
• Fixes several potential crashes.
• Fixes recurring issue with playing episodes on CarPlay on iOS 13.
2.10.4
2021-07-22
* Fixes potential crash
* Fixes issue when cleaning up prior to background suspension
* Fixes issue when cleaning up prior to background suspension
2.10.3
2021-06-04
• Fixes display of episode status when episode is non-local
• Fixes issue with exporting episodes
• Fixes crash when sharing podcasts
• Adds option to use Mail app or sharing sheet when submitting log file
• Fixes issue with exporting episodes
• Fixes crash when sharing podcasts
• Adds option to use Mail app or sharing sheet when submitting log file
Cheat Codes for In-App Purchases
| Item | Price | iPhone/iPad | Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| Encouraging Tip (An encouraging tip that goes directly toward the ongoing development and maintenance of Downcast.) |
Free |
FG752172457✱✱✱✱✱ | B9A28D7✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Inspiring Tip (An inspiring tip that goes directly toward the ongoing development and maintenance of Downcast.) |
Free |
FG446434534✱✱✱✱✱ | 27E482D✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Motivating Tip (A motivating tip that goes directly toward the ongoing development and maintenance of Downcast.) |
Free |
FG333002251✱✱✱✱✱ | 92A970B✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Galvanizing Tip (A galvanizing tip that goes directly toward the ongoing development and maintenance of Downcast.) |
Free |
FG632576411✱✱✱✱✱ | 1222734✱✱✱✱✱ |
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Ratings
4.3 out of 5
2 330 Ratings
Reviews
MBryanAZ,
Use it above other apps
But I still have feature request that seems to go no where: episode queuing. I subscribe to WAY more podcasts than I can actually listen to, and I seldom listen to every episode of any podcast. I go through my new episodes every time I update looking for new episodes and decide which ones I might be actually interested in hearing. I would like to be able to instruct the app to play any episode NEXT while I’m listening, thus building a queue of various episodes to play from different podcasts based on what I am most interested in hearing. Currently, I have no way to note or designate what I want to listen to next in the app - the best I can do is note what podcast and episode to play next in Notes or jot it down. The lack of such a simple convenience mystifies me. It seems like such a simple thing to be able to string together a queue of episodes to play in desired sequence without having to stop and hunt for a new episode to play after the one I’m listening to ends. I like to listen when I’m doing other things, often with my hands, and it is annoying to interrupt my flow repeatedly to search for and start the next episode I want to hear. Please give me this feature!
Storm_hammer,
Best feature set for power users, but....
I've been using this app on and off for 2~3 years. Usually interchanged with Overcast. Overcast's polish has always been much better than anyone's else's but its feature set is weaker than Downcast. For a while feature set (queue for download vs queue for stream, chromecast) and better management interface has won over overcast's polish. Now however, particularly with the batter drain issue; which they claim to have fixed but clearly haven't, is making this app unusable. I can't play podcasts for too long without power connected to the phone, and if I need to be away from an outlet I better not use this app and it better not be on in the background or eat my battery alive. I'm on an iPhone 6 with a new battery, not that that was the issue in the first place because you could feel how hot the phone was getting even though it was locked and playing downcast in the background. I'm switching to overcast because I can't have this keep happening. Fix the issue downcast, or I'm staying with overcast.
DJ Rizzo,
Great for organization & customization. Poor sound quality.
Downcast is the best for customizing and organizing your feeds. It's always easy to know when you have new episodes waiting. Power user features like deciding which episodes to stream and which to download, starting episode later in to skip ads, and especially the ability to save an episode's audio file to the cloud make this my current choice for podcasts. It can be a little buggy at times, but my only two complaints are difficult to read screens (small text makes quick glances while driving difficult) and poor sound quality, especially at high-speed.
I just spent several months using Overcast and fell in love with its sound quality and easy to read screens. Unfortunately that app's organization is horrible. For example, you have to delete an episode in order for it to be considered "played". Because I listen to & save episodes from several Podcasts, this made it impossible to tell when a new episode was available without looking at each and every podcast episode list. This annoyance alone is what finally forced me to give up on Overcast and return to Downcast.
I wish I could have Overcast's sound quality merged with Downcast's organization & customization tools. I would gladly pay top price for that.
I just spent several months using Overcast and fell in love with its sound quality and easy to read screens. Unfortunately that app's organization is horrible. For example, you have to delete an episode in order for it to be considered "played". Because I listen to & save episodes from several Podcasts, this made it impossible to tell when a new episode was available without looking at each and every podcast episode list. This annoyance alone is what finally forced me to give up on Overcast and return to Downcast.
I wish I could have Overcast's sound quality merged with Downcast's organization & customization tools. I would gladly pay top price for that.
Gibbigoober,
It’s not as great as it used to be
Amazing organizational options and fantastic customizability for each podcast download and playback settings. I absolutely love that... unfortunately the app has become almost unusable!
Constantly crashes on start-up, I can’t cast to chrome-cast like anymore because the casting will disconnect randomly and the podcast will play simultaneously on the phone and the Chrome Cast OR it will just stop and the app will crash and I will have to restart. Sometimes it takes minutes to get past the loading screen, app won’t remember episode playback status so It’ll play them again from the beginning, the application will also crash as I skip forward to another episode. When I plug in my headphones and press play it’ll take over a minute for the app to continue and when it does it immediately stops playback after a couple of seconds and I’ll have to return to the app to resume playback.
I keep waiting for updates that might fix the issues or better it, but each update is making it worse. I’ll have to look for something else in the meantime but I really hope they get the issues fixed. I do love this app otherwise
Constantly crashes on start-up, I can’t cast to chrome-cast like anymore because the casting will disconnect randomly and the podcast will play simultaneously on the phone and the Chrome Cast OR it will just stop and the app will crash and I will have to restart. Sometimes it takes minutes to get past the loading screen, app won’t remember episode playback status so It’ll play them again from the beginning, the application will also crash as I skip forward to another episode. When I plug in my headphones and press play it’ll take over a minute for the app to continue and when it does it immediately stops playback after a couple of seconds and I’ll have to return to the app to resume playback.
I keep waiting for updates that might fix the issues or better it, but each update is making it worse. I’ll have to look for something else in the meantime but I really hope they get the issues fixed. I do love this app otherwise
danhammang,
No Steers Toward Paid Podcasts
The thing I like best about Downcast is it does not steer me toward 'for pay' Podcasts. I tried the included app when I first bought my device several years ago. I have been using Downcat instead since then. I like the setting options that allow me to download different numbers of podcasts automatically so they are just waiting. Also the option to mark a podcast as 'listened to' is nice if I decide the subject doesn't entice. Suggestions to the developers would be: A)option to set up a playlist by individual podcast rather than the current option which only allows you to select all of the lined up podcasts of a particular source and B)a better search function. Sometimes I do a search for a particular podcast I know is available but the Downcast search comes up empty. I then have to copy and paste the exact URL. All in all it is a workhorse app for me. I use it all the time. I recommend it without hesitation.
evatar2,
Good, But Buggy
I had this a few years now and for awhile there it looked like abondonware. Lately it seems like the developer has been updating to bring it back to life. But it feels like an app that needs to be rewritten from the ground up because it’s pokey as all get out, syncing is slow as molasses, the search function doesn’t really work, and God help you if you want to AirPlay to external speakers because that is more unreliable than you can possibly imagine. Sometimes if you pause the player will stop everytime your screen auto-locks. On the plus side, it’s a better app than the stripped down one that bundles with iOS, it’s nice to be able to export your podcast list for backup, and if you’re willing to create custom playlists it can save you heartache looking for something to listen to when your podcast list inevitably gets long in the tooth. I’d like to be as enthusiastic about Downcast as I was when I bought it, but the developer *really* needs to roll up their sleeves and open the hood on this thing before it can win a race anymore.
SeñorBubba,
Best Podcast Player, Period
I've been using Downcast since I carried an iPhone 4. I'm now on an iPhone 14 and I've never found anything better. Downcast gives you the power to control exactly how podcasts play and what a playlist contains, and it does it LOCALLY ( i.e., no streaming) so you can continue to listen when you're hiking or biking in rural areas with no cell coverage. AND it does everything without the annoyance of "subscriptions". Yes, you need to learn how the options work, and you may need to read a Help page, but in return you get a player you can use across all your devices: phone, tablet, iPod, watch, and laptop. I have a "Daily" playlist I use most mornings, and a "News Only" one that lets my wife listen to the news without being bored by all the tech stuff I listen to; we both appreciate that. Keep up the good work, y'all!
gingerishkitten,
Has every feature except recommendations
I started using Downcast YEARS ago when it was the only (or at least, the first) podcast app I could find that allowed episodes to be downloaded for offline listening.
I LOVE it. The app has so many features and is so customizable, with frequent upgrades and improvements. The developers have always been very responsive when I’ve had issues. It’s been my go-to for years.
But I finally realized that it’s missing something I really need/want: podcast recommendations/the ability to discover new podcasts within the app. My listening over the last several years has consisted mostly of “podcast versions of already-broadcast NPR shows, NPR podcasts, and other podcasts I’ve discovered by happenstance”. True, I’ve found a few gems via the “Top Podcasts” lists and by searching on particular subjects, but it’s clunky and not very intuitive.
So I’ve started trying out some other highly-recommended podcast players specifically because they DO have a recommendations feature and make it easy to discover podcasts similar to the ones I already listen to. None come anywhere close to Downcast when it comes to the ability to fine-tune subscription, download and playlist settings, but they’ve also turned me onto several podcasts and podcasters I’d never have known about otherwise.
Any chance of an improved “discovery” feature, or is that not within the scope of what the developers want Downcast to do?
I LOVE it. The app has so many features and is so customizable, with frequent upgrades and improvements. The developers have always been very responsive when I’ve had issues. It’s been my go-to for years.
But I finally realized that it’s missing something I really need/want: podcast recommendations/the ability to discover new podcasts within the app. My listening over the last several years has consisted mostly of “podcast versions of already-broadcast NPR shows, NPR podcasts, and other podcasts I’ve discovered by happenstance”. True, I’ve found a few gems via the “Top Podcasts” lists and by searching on particular subjects, but it’s clunky and not very intuitive.
So I’ve started trying out some other highly-recommended podcast players specifically because they DO have a recommendations feature and make it easy to discover podcasts similar to the ones I already listen to. None come anywhere close to Downcast when it comes to the ability to fine-tune subscription, download and playlist settings, but they’ve also turned me onto several podcasts and podcasters I’d never have known about otherwise.
Any chance of an improved “discovery” feature, or is that not within the scope of what the developers want Downcast to do?
NitNicked in LA,
Back to fabulous
Back to 5 stars! I had downgraded this one for some time due to problems with incompletely downloaded podcasts causing interruption in continuous-play of playlists, but this is now fixed, and it's back to wonderfully useful. I easily manage subscriptions to dozens of podcasts (now between 60 and 70), keep several different playlists going at once for different listening situations, and this app just works. The 2 minutes fast forward is great when a podcast has multiple segments and one of them is uninteresting to me. Love this app. Great for hands-off time on the road, in the garden, or other situations where hands get messy or too busy to keep tapping on buttons or on screen, and is back to doing a great job of making sure only downloaded files are put on playlists (if so instructed), so playback is never interrupted because of a wi-fi problem.
Music Freak_11,
Cadillac of podcast apps
I’ve been using this app for years. I listen to a lot of podcasts and Downcast has the the features the others lack. I’ve tried them all through the years and always find myself coming back. Skipping forward/back is an easy swipe across the screen. When your driving that is a major plus. You can even program how much you want to skip forward/back with multiple durations. Another great feature is when watching video podcasts. Landscape mode can be enabled even if your screen is locked in portrait mode! Apple car play integration. Export feature to keep your podcast list safe and setting an interval time when to update your podcasts. Apple Watch integration. So many features to list. Those are just a few I use all the time.
