Overcast (app)

Overcast
	The main podcast subscription screen of Overcast
Original author(s)	Marco Arment
Developer(s)	Overcast Radio, LLC (Marco Arment)
Initial release	July 2014; 7 years ago
Stable release	2021.7 / 6 August 2021; 41 days ago
Platform	iOS; iPadOS; watchOS; CarPlay; Web;
Size	14.7 MB
Available in	English
Type	Podcast player
License	Proprietary
Website	overcast.fm

Overcast is an iOS app by Marco Arment which downloads and plays podcasts.^[2] It has been positively reviewed by several journalists,^[3]^[4]^[5] with The Verge and The Sweet Setup both naming it as the best podcast listening app for iOS in 2015 and subsequent years.^[6]^[7]

Overcast was originally announced at the XOXO festival in 2013 during a talk^[8] by Arment on competition and the risks and benefits of how crowded a creative field is.

Unique listening features include "Smart Speed", which shortens quiet gaps in the podcast,^[9] and "Voice Boost", which balances out the EQ across all podcasts "so every show is loud, clear, and at the same volume."^[9]

In April 2019, Overcast introduced a feature that allowed users to share clips from podcasts to social media.^[10]

In January 2020, Overcast was updated to allow users to skip the intros and outros of podcasts.^[11]

References[]

^ Arment, Marco. "Overcast". Marco.org. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
^ "Overcast: Podcast Player". App Store. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
^ "Review: Overcast is a winning podcast app". MacWorld. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
^ "Overcast for iPhone review: Podcasts reconsidered". iMore. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^ "I Finally Made the Switch from Apple Podcasts App to Overcast". Discover Pods. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ "The best podcast app for the iPhone". The Verge. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
^ "Our favorite podcast client for iOS". The Sweet Setup. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^ Arment, Marco (18 October 2013). "Marco Arment, Developer/Writer - XOXO Festival (2013)". XOXO. YouTube. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Overcast". overcast.fm. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^ Perez, Sarah (29 April 2019). "Overcast makes it easy to turn clips from podcasts into viral clips". TechCrunch. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
^ Statt, Nick (31 January 2020). "Podcast app Overcast adds automatic intro skipping and overhauled Voice Boost feature". The Verge. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

External links[]

Official website
Overcast on the App Store

This article about podcasting is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

This mobile software article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

This Macintosh-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] Arment, Marco. "Overcast". Marco.org. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

[2] "Overcast: Podcast Player". App Store. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

[3] "Review: Overcast is a winning podcast app". MacWorld. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

[4] "Overcast for iPhone review: Podcasts reconsidered". iMore. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

[5] "I Finally Made the Switch from Apple Podcasts App to Overcast". Discover Pods. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

[6] "The best podcast app for the iPhone". The Verge. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

[7] "Our favorite podcast client for iOS". The Sweet Setup. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

[8] Arment, Marco (18 October 2013). "Marco Arment, Developer/Writer - XOXO Festival (2013)". XOXO. YouTube. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[:0-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Overcast". overcast.fm. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[10] Perez, Sarah (29 April 2019). "Overcast makes it easy to turn clips from podcasts into viral clips". TechCrunch. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[11] Statt, Nick (31 January 2020). "Podcast app Overcast adds automatic intro skipping and overhauled Voice Boost feature". The Verge. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]