Overcast
Podcast player app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Overcast is a podcast player app for iOS devices and Apple Watch, built and operated as a one-person company. It features proprietary technologies like Smart Speed and Voice Boost to enhance listening, and works with standard open RSS-based podcast feeds without requiring any special agreements from podcasters. The app is free to use and has been available since 2014.
Users install the app on their iOS device, subscribe to podcasts via Apple Podcasts directory or direct RSS URL, and episodes are downloaded directly from podcast servers to their device.
iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch users who listen to podcasts
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- free
- Company
- Overcast Radio, LLC
- Launched
- 2014
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