SkipCast: Podcast Player
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Description
The search is over; SkipCast is your perfect Podcast app! SkipCast streams audio and video from your favorite Podcasts. Looking for something new? A powerful discovery system lets you search by category or interest, and even lets you preview entire episodes with a single tap! Skip the ads, not the show. SkipCast's intelligent ad-skip learns the voices and jingles in your favorite feeds, then jumps right past the ad breaks — so you hear the content you came for, not the pitch. Train it once per show and it just works. Listen your way with Custom Playlists. Build your own playlists from any episode in your library, reorder them with a tap, and switch between them instantly. Or stick with Easy List — a single, automatically managed queue that just plays. Even better, advanced audio effects like Trim Silence intelligently reduce playtime, Car Mode evens out volume for easier listening in noisy environments, and Treble and Bass Boost add kick and sizzle making every Podcast sound fantastic! Love long battery life? Every square inch of SkipCast was built with efficiency in mind. SkipCast squeezes every possible bit of playtime from your device, letting you listen longer and more worry free. Hate being blinded at night? SkipCast automatically switches to a beautiful dark theme at night. You want a Podcast client, not a flashlight! Of course that's not all - SkipCast proudly features: Never any signups, ads, user accounts, or in-app purchases needed. Intelligent ad-skip that learns each show's voices and jingles. Custom playlists, plus the automatic Easy List queue. Powerful search to find and play your favorite episodes. Video Podcasts including Picture-in-Picture viewing. Four advanced effects including Skip Silence and Voice Leveler. Lightning fast access within episodes. Full Bluetooth control of headsets and car stereos. iCloud Sync to keep your devices up to date. Share Play - Quickly share episodes with friends and family. Rotation Support With The Ability To Lock Portrait Mode. Stream content over AirPlay To Your Audio Equipment. Powerful Podcast Discovery and Sharing. The only client that supports the RawVoice donate standard. SkipCast is fast, efficient, and easy to use. Give it a shot and I know you'll love it too - Only in the App Store!
What's New
- Stability and Bug Fixes - Ad Skip Improvements
Details
- Developer
- Matthew Grdinic
- Main Category
- News
- Version
- 4.0.0
- Version Release
- 2026-07-14
- Initial Release
- 2015-06-24
- Size
- 8 MB
- Age Rating
- 17+
- Price
- USD 1.99
- Languages
- EN
- Bundle ID
- nicsoft.SkipCast
- Version Rating
- ★ 3.13 (8)
- First Seen
- 2026-07-09
Metadata updated 2026-07-19
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Competitive Benchmark — News Top 10
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| 44 | SkipCast: Podcast Player | USD 1.99 | ★ 3.13 | 8 | 1 | 2026-07-14 |
User Reviews
Please add the podcast from Ministries in Touch Radio, which sadly is not available.
I was so confused using this app, and couldn’t even try the key feature, skipping ads. Also it has a few bugs and they ruins experience more. I think it has its potential, but really needs to be fixed in many ways.
Relative Low battery usage and insanely small app. But... the UI is quite anti-user. There is no way to date reverse sort the episodes (which is a must, since I listen to recorded news). Interface is quite spartan. EDIT: Pocket Casts gives me more usability and less battery usage. Uninstalling. But still keeping the app on mac.
the cpu usage is very good hovering around one percent, but the user interface is completely anti user
I’d like to be able to add podcasts in bulk if at all possible
I was hoping to import my podcast subscriptions from an opml file. I tried saving one from this app to see what format it was in but can't find it in icloud. It didn't ask for file permission so not sure it dashed it at all.
I didn’t think an interface could be worse than iOSs. Hard to see, can’t view descriptions, useless search application, non-intuitive controls. Waste of money. Would be easier to stick your head out a window and hope you hear a podcast.
As someone who is a bit behind "the times", and am just getting into Podcasts. This app is awesome! Simple, easy to use, and keeps me up to date, without having to use multiple apps! Well worth the price!
Skipcast is a pleasant app. It excels in the ability to find, research an add podcasts to individual play list (more on that later). It has an intuitive interface and some standout audio features. However I cannot get past that lack of settings for your casts. The single playlist per channel I suppose would be fine for some but others are more podcast hungry. Advanced users may have multiple lists like Technology lists, Newsbrief lists, Video lists and just plain old Audio lists. You're not gonna find that in this app. Everything is just housed under one flat list per title. It's disappointing that such a wonderful app is missing play list customization. There are many free podcast players that offer multiple list play features. Being able to create multiple lists by date, or type (Video/Audio) or main topic (News, Politics, Music etc.) You also will greatly miss the ability to control what gets played and when. It's missing the ability to play your casts from "Oldest to Newest" or vice versa. Despite the apps amazing catalog of podcasts and description pages of those podcasts, you can't see the individual podcast contents unless you actually subscribe. Something that I hope will be fixed in updates. All in all it is a nice app. However, with basic control features and customizations missing it does not justify its current price especially with so many free podcast players offering so much more. You're probably going to want to wait for either a substantial price cut or at least an update that fills in the missing features.
Support this developer please! This one is the real deal, has EVERY feature I've been looking for in a podcast app. Love it!
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