iCatcher! Podcast App

If you find iCatcher useful, please consider tipping in the help and settings tab, or share the app with your friends! Thanks! What’s New + Updates to better support the latest OS. + Adjusting the coloring of progress indicator to assist with identifying new/unplayed items. See episode status in help topics. + Now Playing screen (Experimental) adding ability to translate sections of a transcript as well as export as text file Bug fixes - fix for some slowness starting episodes. - various transcription improvements. - fix for deleting multiple downloads within a podcast and it would also delete the episode. - fix for next/previous episode navigation via headphones. - fix for certain crash scenarios. 15.0 - What’s new +Sleep timer enhancement. Settings tab, playback, Sleep Timer. New Alert on Sleep to present an app alert when the sleep timer expires. New Sleep Timer Action - Episode Ends that allows for specifying what happens when you use episode ends. Should stop (default) or pause. If pause, then it will also rewind by the rewind amount specified in sleep timer settings. +Added a sidebar option on iPad. +iOS 26+, Added the ability to generate [transcripts](transcripts.html). This uses Apple's built-in on-device transcription support. The episode file must be downloaded first, and transcription uses the language specified by the podcast. +Added a dedicated Search tab for finding new podcasts. +The Podcasts tab now has additional layout options, including multiple tile sizes and the traditional list view. +Updated Playlist Settings. iOS 26+, has the ability to set a playlist color and view the list of playlists in grid view. +The new podcast search gives more prominence to artwork. Tapping an episode now shows more detail, including episode artwork when available. +Added a new podcast default option under Settings, Podcast Defaults for after streaming. One option is Do Nothing, which leaves the streaming flag enabled. +Added Bonus and Trailer media types under Settings, Podcast Defaults, Allowed Media Types, so episodes marked as bonus content or trailers can be excluded from automatically becoming playable. +Added additional playback speed defaults within a podcast's settings. +Updated help viewer. For iOS 26+ users, added translate button to convert to your language of choice. +New onboarding view. Meant for fresh installs, but you can check it out by tapping that link. +Removed Siri shortcuts items under settings tab. Those are all available now as shortcuts actions. +New experimental feature to use a game controller to control certain aspects of the application. View the Settings tab, What’s New to view past updates. Follow me on x @joeisanerd and Mastodon joeisanerd@techhub.social