Acast - Podcast Player

Acast - Podcast Player Free App

Rated 4.22/5 (5,064) —  Free Android application by Acast AB

About Acast - Podcast Player

Acast - Podcasts & Audio
Acast is the mobile hub for your audio on demand experience. Listen to podcasts and audio shows you care about whenever and wherever you want.
Acast is home to the most engaging, fascinating stories told in audio on sports, news, comedy, business, culture, education and many more.
Follow and stream your favorite podcasts such as Serial, WTF with Marc Maron, Call Your Girlfriend, Another Round, Scroobius Pip, and The Naked Scientists or download episodes for on-the-go listening.
Acast features podcasts from media houses like The Financial Times, BuzzFeed, BBC, The Economist, The Guardian, NPR, WNYC, This American Life, and Fusion to name a few.
Acast’s curated Discovery page highlights new shows to love. Our content teams will feed you with fresh, exciting podcasts in rotating lists such as “Hack the Gibson!” our tech list, and “Girls to the Front” our women-hosted list.

Key features
- Discover new podcasts through curated lists
- Search directly for shows, hosts or episodes
- A feed that regularly updates with shows that you follow
- Browse podcasts & audio by category
- Continue listening where you left off
- Stream podcasts using your WiFi or data
- Save shows for later and listen when you don’t have reception
- Play, pause and skip episodes from the lock screen
- Login with Facebook and share with your friends and family
- Share your favorite moments on Twitter with an embeddable player or text it through your messenger app
- Experience images, links and videos embedded in the audio

How to get you started
Dive straight in with Discovery and start exploring. Try Trending to see what’s popular right now. Find podcasts by Category or try out some of the curated lists from our content teams. The Search page lets you find your favorite shows, hosts or episodes. Follow their channels and stream the new episodes they post from your Feed. Save episodes for offline listenings or continue where you left off last time.

Where Acast got mentioned
“Acast’s free-to-use platform and app lets users browse or recommend podcasts and, like on Spotify, introduces them to new relevant shows and lets them share shows across a social network.” - FastCompany
”100 hottest European Startups” - WIRED
“5 / 5” - The Sun
”Best in Test” (Podcast-App) - Macworld
”Super startup 2015” - Veckans Affärer
”Start up of the year 2014” - IDG
”Most innovative media service” - Mobilgalan

Community
Heard something that is worth sharing? Get in touch and share your favorite moments with us:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/acast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acaststories
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acaststories/

Problems or feedback
Help us make Acast better by reaching out to us:
Go into the app settings and click “contact us” to send us your suggestion or support query, or contact us on Twitter @acastsupport.

Permissions
We will only ask for permissions we need for the app to provide you with the best experience possible. Your privacy is important to us.

Subscriptions
We're now offering a “Show Pass” to certain shows that’ll give you exclusive access to premium content. These subscriptions will renew once a month until you cancel them. You will only access the premium content as long as you're subscribing. A Show Pass starts at $1.99 / month.
The purchase will be charged from your Google Play account if you choose to buy a subscription. You can manage your subscription in the Google Play Store after the purchase. You will also be able to cancel the auto-renewing subscription from there. The subscription will be auto-renewed 24 hours before the subscription period ends with the same kind of subscription you already bought to the same price. It's not possible to abort the subscription during the time it's active.


Privacy Policy: http://www.acast.com/privacypolicy
Terms of Service: http://www.acast.com/terms
FAQ: http://www.acast.com/faq

How to Download / Install

Download and install Acast - Podcast Player version 1.28.0 on your Android device!
Downloaded 100,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.acast.nativeapp, download Acast - Podcast Player.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Thank you for using Acast and all the great feedback!
What's New:
- We've added more granular settings for episode playback speed
- Downloaded episodes can now be automatically deleted when finished playing
- The show can now be reached directly from the player
- Improved the way downloaded episodes are saved
- Fixed issues when playing episodes via Chromecast
- Various bug fixes and improvements
Don't hesitate to contact us at suggest@acast.com or at @acastsupport (Twitter)
Version update Acast - Podcast Player was updated to version 1.28.0
Version update Acast - Podcast Player was updated to version 1.17.0
More downloads  Acast - Podcast Player reached 100 000 - 500 000 downloads
Version update Acast - Podcast Player was updated to version 1.5.2

What are users saying about Acast - Podcast Player

X70%
by X####:

Struggled to use it. I switched from castbox as that repeatedly crashed, struggled to download and failed to stream on full signal in the hope this would work better however Acast crashes whenever I try to download a podcast

E70%
by E####:

No speed adjust after the latest update. :(

X70%
by X####:

Great app, you'll get the fifth star when the "auto deleting of finished episodes"-function is added.

O70%
by O####:

Best podcast app around, none of the issues I've had with all others are present here

T70%
by T####:

Simple and easy to use, got me listening to podcasts within minutes of installing.

X70%
by X####:

Great interface for listening to podcasts. Love the download feature and featured pods.

X70%
by X####:

All I needed for my podcast listening habits.

X70%
by X####:

Brilliant all my faves in one place

X70%
by X####:

Good interface but missing several podcasts

X70%
by X####:

Its boss

V70%
by V####:

Best podcast player available

X70%
by X####:

Great source for podcasts

K70%
by K####:

This app was perfect at first, it's still pretty close but recently it stopped automatically playing my downloaded podcasts one after the other. I know I can add them all to "up next", but there's no quick way of doing that. Admittedly this is a minor issue, but I hope it can be sorted in an upcoming update

Z70%
by Z####:

Having used for months, app suddenly deleted all my follows. Then, reluctantly, tried to sign up with email, wouldn't let me after multiple attempts... app is therefore useless.

X70%
by X####:

Excellent app. Intuitive from the get-go and superb take of different shows. Would love it if the recommendations updated more regularly though (this is a very, very small criticism though!)

X70%
by X####:

Good player for streaming podcasts, but downloading for offline listening fails almost every time nowadays. Doesn't matter which podcast I try to download, so it seems to be an issue with Acast's servers. Therefore down from 5 to 3 stars from me.

X70%
by X####:

Relatively new to this because a podcast was recommended to me and this was the only way I could listen to it outside of itunes. From there I've discovered loads more podcasts on acast. It's so easy to navigate and use, especially for beginners. Have recommended it to friends.

B70%
by B####:

This app is great but it won't autoplay to the next one when listening to downloaded podcasts. Hope this gets fixed soon as it's a great app otherwise!

X70%
by X####:

Why doesn't it allow me to sort and listen to casts from oldest to newest (both in downloads and streaming)? Also the random stop playing that happens as others mention.

I70%
by I####:

All of the podcasts I've listened to on this app have worked wonderfully and downloaded easily. It's definitely much better than Google's and has a bigger selection of shows to download.

X70%
by X####:

Hard to complain about, the interface could maybe be a bit easier to navigate but that's more personal preference. It's good overall.

U70%
by U####:

I downloaded this because castbox kept freezing with my favorite podcast. I'm glad I did sounds better and performed better.

X70%
by X####:

The "My shows" is error encountered. Fix it please!

X70%
by X####:

Cant subscibe to rss feeds, can only subscribe to things the app finds, if it works with rss its a five star but i cant find all my podcasts on it

X70%
by X####:

So far this app has every podcast I could think of and it runs smoothly, in terms of UX it's better than Spotify.

Q70%
by Q####:

Love acast! So many great shows, the difficulty is in deciding what to listen to next. Easy to use.

N70%
by N####:

This app is perfect. I just wish it could cast to different devices. If it could cast to PlayStation it'll be a nice gaming companion. Anw this app does well. Big up to the devs.

X70%
by X####:

I have limited experience of using such interfaces, but compared to manually downloading onto an MP3 player this is a breeze.

C70%
by C####:

Worked well until today. Can't log in, can't load episodes, can't do anything. Hope it will work again soon! Don't doubt it.

G70%
by G####:

I use it everyday while working out. Keep the good work guys. Every time I listen to some of the show I become better.

A70%
by A####:

Love the app. But would love it even more if there was a way to download from an RSS... Or even if there is an easy way to work how how.

X70%
by X####:

Seems to crash a lot. Otherwise great functionality.

X70%
by X####:

Good, can't seem to change the playlist order or set to play all.

X70%
by X####:

Not very intuitive

K70%
by K####:

Haven't used it enough to give a proper review.

G70%
by G####:

Solid app for podcasts

X70%
by X####:

Lyrics feature is missing, other than that it's pretty awesome.

X70%
by X####:

Very educational, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Super!

X70%
by X####:

Good solid app and very straightforward to use.

X70%
by X####:

So far I'm loving it!!


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