Best podcast app?

[ozliz]

So I’ve always used the Apple podcast app but after the latest update I’m not happy (will refrain from very long rant). I mostly listen to the DIS podcasts while walking, driving, etc. so YouTube isn’t practical. What app is good? Something that’s easy to use and queue the episodes I want without having to subscribe to everything and have it all download onto the phone???

 

[AllisonLB1994]

I believe you can use the free version of Spotify and still listen to podcasts like normal! I have premium so I could be wrong. That's my preferred app for podcasts. You can download if you want. You can also add episodes to your queue in any order for them to play.

 

[cschaaf]

I'm a fan of Overcast.

I used to have mine set up to auto-download episodes of certain podcasts when I was on WiFi, but have recently changed to Stream When Played. With my commute reduced to 0, I have less time for podcasts so I have become more selective.

With Stream When Played, you can subscribe to a podcast and new episodes will queue up, but not download until you play them or force the download. I'll go through a few times a week and remove episodes from the queue (those that I don't want to listen to for whatever reason) and force download the ones I want to listen to while I am on WiFi (to avoid data charges on cell).

 

[Morieris]

I really enjoy the Google Podcast app. I don't think I've found DIS Unplugged there (Truthfully, haven't looked, it probably is), but I have found the DVC show on it.

 

[Starport Seven-Five]

I'm a fan of Overcast.

I used to have mine set up to auto-download episodes of certain podcasts when I was on WiFi, but have recently changed to Stream When Played. With my commute reduced to 0, I have less time for podcasts so I have become more selective.

With Stream When Played, you can subscribe to a podcast and new episodes will queue up, but not download until you play them or force the download. I'll go through a few times a week and remove episodes from the queue (those that I don't want to listen to for whatever reason) and force download the ones I want to listen to while I am on WiFi (to avoid data charges on cell).

I also use Overcast.

Other nice features:
-variable speed - play podcasts at 1.25x or faster
-skip silence
-skip a specific period of time at the beginning/end of podcasts - skip intro/outro or ads if they're always at the beginning of a podcasts

 

[MGoAway]

I've been a long time pocketcast user. Clean and simple UI. The one downside I find with most podcast apps is that the discovery functionality is pretty dismal