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bigjnyc

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So I am going to give my 6S plus as a birthday gift to my sister next week. My buddy who works for LG is hooking me up with an LG V10 to use until the iphone 7 comes out. So I'll be using android for about a month or so...... One of my biggest usages is listening to podcasts, especially this time of year with Football season kicking off. I was using instacast and recently started using overcast which I like very much....

Ideally I would like a free podcast app on android since I am going to only use it for a month and then going back to iOS. Overcast is great so anything similar to that, with 3x speed listening, nice clean interface, and the ability to auto-download new podcasts as well as auto-delete podcasts when you finish playing them.
 

tbayrgs

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Jul 5, 2009
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Well, it's not free but my go to podcast app is Pocket Casts. It was easily the most recommended podcast app for Android when I asked the same question and I like it so much it's now what I use back in iOS. Think it's $2.99 (can't see price on either store since I've already purchased it), well worth the price of a cup of coffee. ;)
 
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bigjnyc

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yeah I've heard good things about pocket casts, I guess paying a few bucks for something I use every day isn't so bad, even if its just for a month. Thanks guys.
 
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Mr. Guybob

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If you want a good free app to try, I use Podcast Addict and am quite happy with it. It has an ad banner, but you can buy a 'pro' version to get rid of it. Since I spend a lot more time listening to the app than I do looking at it, I'm not too bothered.
 

mclld

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Pocket Casts is great and it syncs you podcasts across devices, multi`platform as well
 
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Shanghaichica

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Another vote for pocket casts. I discovered it on android and bought it again to use when I went back to iOS. Now I'm back on android I'm using pocket casts again.
 

LSUtigers03

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I use and love Pocketcasts but for a month I probably wouldn't buy it unless you were also going to buy it on iOS when you go back. I would check out the podcast feature on Play Music and see if that fits your needs.
 
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