Overcast
Address: 
399 Knollwood Rd suite 311, White Plains, NY 10603, USA
Free, simple, award-winning podcast player for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Website: overcast.fm
Latest news
- Sep 15: Popular iOS app Overcast has opened a subreddit. “I know almost nothing about Reddit, but I want to learn,” writes Marco Arment.
- Jul 29: They’re already in apps like Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts and Spotify: transcripts might be the next feature to be added to popular iOS app Overcast. John Spurlock has spotted a new tool called “Overcast Transcriber” accessing podcast episodes. (Support for the funding tag would be excellent too, Marco!)
- Jun 10: Apple Podcasts will add a new “enhance dialogue” feature in playback, just like independent apps like Overcast and Pocket Casts have had for some time. The description is “Amplify just the voices in an episode for clearer listening”.
- May 26: In the latest episode of Mics to Millions, Philip Pape talks about using Overcast ads to promote his podcast - which, he says, out-performed platforms like Facebook and Buzzsprout.
- May 1: Marco Arment, the developer of Overcast, made a YouTube video about his e-ink notetaker. John Spurlock freeze-framed it when he briefly showed his Overcast to-do list. So, now we know that coming up is a rewrite of the Apple Watch app and some CarPlay work; but also a new “you might also like” feature, and a “nicer directory”.
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