Castro: Podcast App & Player

Name: Castro: Podcast App & Player
Rating: 4.6 (9142 reviews)
Author: Bluck Apps

By: Bluck Apps

Queue & listen to pod episodes

Features & Capabilities

Castro is a beautiful, full-featured podcast player that makes it easy to track and manage lots of podcasts at the same time. Queue hours of episodes, download them automatically, and enjoy a seamless listening experience with CarPlay compatibility, chapter support, and a thoughtful sleep timer.

Castro Plus unlocks advanced features like Trim Silence, Enhance Voices, direct sideloading from iCloud Drive, Mono-Mix, and per-podcast settings. It also includes chapter support, a streamlined workflow, and notifications to help you decide what to listen to next.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Bluck Apps

Rating:

4.60

(9,142) 7 new ratings

Version:

2026.5 Last updated: 2026-05-07

Version code:

885333298

Creation date:

2016-08-15

Compatible devices:

Size:

165.17MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-07

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 19,002 ▼ 44

Other rankings

#9 in Keep Up With Your Podcasts

For Developers

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Developed by:

Bluck Apps

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castro-podcast-app-player/id1080840241

Website:

https://castro.fm

User Reviews

Castro is praised for its queue/inbox workflow, beautiful simple UI, reliability and regular feature updates, plus strong discovery and customization options (download a single episode, smart speed, sideloading). Recurrent complaints focus on stability problems (crashes, lag, startup freezes), updates that reset settings or wipe the queue, intrusive upgrade prompts and ads, sideloading issues, and accessibility problems with VoiceOver and chapters. Overall, the app offers a standout workflow and design, but its usefulness is offset by ongoing quality and accessibility concerns when updates roll out.

Pros

Queue & Inbox workflow is unbeatable for organizing and discovering episodes.
Beautiful, simple UI with intuitive navigation and polished animations.
Reliable performance with fast playback and regular feature updates.
Advanced features and customization (smart speed, silence skipping, Siri Shortcuts, chapters) and the ability to download individual episodes without subscribing.
Sideloading support enables flexible workflows and content sources.

Cons

Frequent bugs, crashes, lag, and startup freezes that affect reliability.
Updates that reset settings or wipe the queue, breaking user workflows.
Intrusive upgrade prompts and ads, even for paying users.
Sideloading and related features sometimes broken or unreliable.
Accessibility issues with VoiceOver, particularly around chapter navigation and chapter lists.

Recent reviews

Castro is a very god podcasting app and is my favorite to use, even though there is a lot of competition. One feature I would request is to make it easier to add multiple episodes of a podcast from the episode search screen. Right now, you have to search, find the episode, click on the episode, queue the episode, and then repeat the above for each episode.

by Ti*****, 2026-05-08

A great program with a lot of cool features I really like the ability to sync between my phone and my iPad. The only thing I would like to see is the ability to export a podcast as an MP3 file. Also, I think the $25 price is a little bit high, but the program does everything that I needed to do, so it’s really worth it for me.

by Pa*****, 2026-05-08

I’ve tried a TON of podcasts apps, like over a dozen. I stuck with Breaker for years, even after it was sold and development stopped, because I liked the user interface so much (and they removed the ability to export). But when I discovered Castro, i finally switched because I finally found a podcast app with a user interface i really liked that was regularly receiving updates and new features. I’ve been using it for a little over a month now and I can say without a doubt it’s extremely reliable, user-friendly, fast and works great on my car’s radio. If you’re a Breaker refugee like me, this is your replacement app, trust me. Literally only the 2nd podcast app I’ve ever used that I’ve been willing to pay for the premium upgrade version. And like I said, I’ve tried dozens.