Overcast Podcast App

The new version’s episode limit behavior is a no-win for anyone who used it as-intended previously — on first launch of the new version I’m forced to either delete all 100+ episodes I manually downloaded, or unilaterally wipe out all the soft limits I deliberately set per show: both are forms of data loss and there’s no option to simply retain the app’s previous behavior. I painstakingly set the per show limits so automatic downloads wouldn’t accumulate on their own but I could still manually add episodes beyond the automatic limit when I wanted; this was how this core feature was designed and telegraphed so it’s how I trusted it to work; I saw nothing wrong with that and it should have at least been retained as an option. Instead I have to choose which of my work Overcast will delete before I can use the app again. Bad experience and a betrayal of user expectations for sure.

I was an “early adopter” of podcast listening and have used many players over the years but I have found that this one has the best user interface and is so intuitive! Everything I want to customize is easy to find. Marco is the sole proprietor and I love that I can support a small business for pennies per day, especially when it’s an excellent product! Thanks Marco!