Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Overcast
The powerful, simple podcast app from Marco Arment
Overcast is a free podcast player for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It features Smart Speed, which removes silence from talk shows while maintaining natural sound, and volume normalization to keep all episodes at… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Overcast launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Overcast▲60The powerful, simple podcast app from Marco Arment
2014 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
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Listen to podcasts without your iPhone
2018 · outcastapp.com · its alternatives →
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MiniCast▲158Listen to podcasts on your Apple Watch - without an iPhone
2017 · highlvl.com · its alternatives →
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Downcast▲21A no-nonsense podcast player (for iOS & Mac) that just works
2014 · downcastapp.com · its alternatives →
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Pocket Casts 7▲257The world's most powerful podcast platform, now updated
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Instacast is the go-to podcast app for iPhone, iPad and Mac
2014 · its alternatives →
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Listen App▲203The first gesture-based podcast app for listeners on-the-go
2019 · listenapp.co · its alternatives →
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Listen App▲293The first social network for podcast listeners
2020 · listenapp.co · its alternatives →
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CallCast.co▲112App to quickly turn phone calls into podcasts
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Full HD audio podcasts from your phone or web browser
2017 · its alternatives →
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Lightcast▲69Just a simple podcast player, no recommendation algorithm
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Pocket Casts▲88No Paywalls. No Walled Gardens. Just Podcasts.
2025 · play.pocketcasts.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN — I'm Aaron, and I built Steadcast because I was frustrated that I listen to 15+ hours of podcasts a week and retain almost none of it. Steadcast is a native macOS podcast player (Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation — no Electron) designed around one idea: podcasts are how a lot of us learn now, but no podcast app actually treats them that way. What makes it different: • Learning domains, not genres. The app is organized around 10 knowledge domains (AI, science, history, philosophy, psychology, etc.) with 90+ editorially curated shows. No true crime, no celebrity gossip. * On-device…
Apr 2026 · steadcast.co · its alternatives →
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