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Both Spotify and Apple Podcasts saw increase in download share for Buzzsprout shows last month. (Pocket Casts has almost doubled year-on-year.) iOS has increased over Android: possibly a knock-on effect from the end of Google Podcasts.
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Podcast app Pocket Casts has announced that you can now rate podcasts - on iOS, Android, and the web. You have to listen to a few episodes before voting.
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Pocket Casts will add the ability to rate podcasts to the next version of its iOS app, v7.70. Listeners need to listen to two episodes or more to vote.
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If you’re a Pocket Casts lifetime member, your tier is being renamed Pocket Casts Champion, according to the new Android release candidate.
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Stephen Robles looks at Apple Podcasts vs Pocket Casts. Pocket Casts “wins on almost every level”, he says.
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