Overcast

A powerful, simple iPhone podcast app.

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2026-04-08 22:19:12 UTC

My first update with transcripts is now in the App Store!
It's a phased rollout that will auto-update over the next week for everyone, or you can update manually from the App Store app whenever you'd like.
More details: https://www.reddit.com/r/overcast/comments/1sg7epz/version_20264_released_transcripts/

2025-05-20 16:34:02 UTC

I'd love to bring back multi-item drags in playlists.
SwiftUI appears not to support it yet, so it would involve a LOT of awful hacks to get it to work today, and it's just not worth the complexity or bug potential.
The best solution would be for Apple to add multi-item drag-and-drop to SwiftUI List, just as UITableView and UICollectionView have had for a VERY long time. It continues to be on my wishlist for every new iOS version.
https://mastodon.social/@silber/114540720675128594

2025-05-20 13:51:59 UTC

- reply

Additional nerdy details:
- Migrated entire iOS app to SwiftUI Lifecycle, which improves launch time and fixes some minor behaviors (and was actually necessary, for still-unknown reasons, to get universal links working properly again)
- The new Apple Watch app has the modern single-target infrastructure, rather than the legacy watchOS dual-extension combo
- With the old Watch app gone, the old sync engine is now replaced across the entire app, which is why sync bugs should become less common

2025-05-20 13:46:29 UTC

Big 2025.5 update in the App Store today!
- Completely rewrote the Watch app! MUCH faster and more reliable, and should eliminate MANY sync bugs.
- Disabled Lock Screen time-scrubbing by default to reduce accidental seeks (previously in Nitpicky, now in regular settings)
- Chapter rows no longer accidentally activate while scrolling
- Fixed universal links, CarPlay blank screens, certain audio conditions, playlist-reordering bugs
(And opened a restaurant on Fire Island in the meantime. 😉)

2024-11-28 16:26:27 UTC

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
I'm thankful for you. 🧡

2024-07-23 15:10:27 UTC

Fixes in today's update (2024.7.2):
- Continuous play
- One-Tap Play option
- Background refresh
- Intents
- Playlist ordering (in settings, Customize Home Screen)
- Pull-to-refresh in playlists
- Grayed empty playlists
- Remote Episode Skip
- Lots of tiny bugfixes
Coming soon:
- Sleep Timer UI improvements
- Manage Storage screen
- OPML import/export
- The realtime Smart Speed "speedometer" label
- Accessibility “Button Shapes" improvements
- More!

2023-09-04 14:54:08 UTC

Featured in the App Store!
https://apps.apple.com/us/story/id1551846862
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2023-08-14 14:34:10 UTC

Substack is currently blocking Overcast.
It looks accidental, via Cloudflare misconfiguration. I'm trying to get in touch with them.
I cannot stress enough to podcast hosting companies: DO NOT HOST PODCAST FEEDS BEHIND CLOUDFLARE!
If you do, you MUST create a Cloudflare rule that changes the "Security Level" to “Essentially Off" for all feed URLs. Otherwise, if you host many feeds (especially per-member feeds), most podcast apps will be throttled or blocked from accessing them.