Podcast Player App - Castbox

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.7
296K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Editors' Choice
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

Castbox is the best FREE Podcast Player & Podcast App on Android with over 35 million downloads, 289K reviews, 2 Billion episodes downloaded and Winner of Google Play Best App!

Our OPML Import feature makes it easy to transfer your subscribed podcasts from other apps to Castbox. This ensures that you don't miss a beat in your podcast listening and can continue enjoying your favorite shows without interruption. Try it out today and discover why Castbox is the ultimate podcast app.

The best free podcast player and podcast app to find, save, download, and listen to your favorite podcasts (such as Crime Junkie, Stuff You Should Know, The Daily), FM, radio and audiobooks.

The podcast player Castbox is a Winner of Google Play Best App! (Best Daily Helper and Best Hidden Gem)
Castbox is an Android Excellence App!

★ 🌟 Nominee of Google Play Fan Favorite App
★ 🏆 Winner of "Most Entertaining App" from Best Apps by Google Play
★ 🎊 Winner of "Top Trending Apps" from Global Best App by Google Play
★ ☝️ Winner of the Best Music + Audio App by TabbyAwards

Castbox is an easy to use free podcast player for podcast lovers, offering a super clean layout and easy to navigate interface. With a wide category of podcasts, you can stream or download your favorite podcasts anywhere, anytime for free.

Access over 95 million audio content including podcasts, audiobooks, FM radio and more on your android devices. Discover popular podcasts on various topics:

- News & Politics podcasts: CNN 10, NPR News Now, Fox News Radio Newscast, The Overcast by The Seattle Times;
- Music-related podcasts: Dissect from Cole Cuchna & Spotify Studios, Defected Radio, Capital FM;
- Games & Hobbies podcasts: Wolverine: The Lost Trail from Stitcher;
- Sports podcasts: The Ringer MLB Show, MLB Network, The Chicago Audible;
- Technology podcasts: The Overcast Podcast, This Week in Google, Google Cloud Platform Podcasts;
- Talk Shows: Sincerely, X from TED and Audible, By The Book from Stitcher, Luminary from Luminary.fm
- Business podcasts: Youpreneur FM Podcast;
- Sleep: Sleep With Me, Guided Sleep Meditations, Sleep and Relax ASMR

Castbox is perfect for a variety of situations.
- Listen to daily news updates from your favorite commentators as you drink your morning coffee.
- Flip to your favorite channel during your daily commute or drive with Waze and listen on your way to work or school.
- Plug in while you are running, at the gym, or just walking your dog and make the most out of every minute.
- Unwind at the end of the day and relax before bed with a story or meditation to ensure a good night’s sleep.
- Import your favorite podcasts with OPML from Google podcast, Overcast, iHeartradio, Pocket Casts, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Spotify, Stitcher, the Podcast app, Tunein, and apple podcast app!

Castbox is proud to present you all of the popular podcasts:
Fox News, Freakonomics Radio from Stitcher, Call Her Daddy, Phil in the Blanks by Dr. Phil, Bill O'Reilly, Today, Explained from Vox and Stitcher, S Town, The Luminary Agent Podcast, BBC iPlayer Radio, Criminal, Heaven's Gate from Stitcher, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, ESPN Radio, My Favorite Murder, NPR, Radiolab, Serial, Sleep with Me, Stuff You Should Know, Sword and Scale, TED Radio Hour, TEDTalks, The Dave Ramsey Show, LeVar Burton Reads from Stitcher, The Joe Rogan Experience, The Tim Ferriss Show, Wolverine from Marvel and Stitcher, Luminary podcast from Luminary.fm, Luminary Business with Todd Staples, Olympik iPlayer Podcasts, You are dead to me by BBC Sounds, Friday Night Comedy from BBC iPlayer Radio, Brexitcast by BBC Sounds and iPlayer Radio, Comedy of the Week by BBC iPlayer Radio, the Doorstep Murder by BBC iPlayer Radio, Fall of the Shah by BBC Sounds, Waze by davchti, Waze Out Radio by Waze Out Radio, KVR Music Tracker, Tracker, VGM Tracker, The Christie Tracker, TV Tuners, Sales Tuners, Is The Tuner On?, Tuner, Life Tuner
Updated on
Mar 16, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
286K reviews
lastfire
March 17, 2024
After a long search this was the best i could find. I loved this app for a solid 3 years, but now thats come crashing down. After recent update The notification bar is now completely unusable. For some impossible to understand reason they have replaced the skip back 10 seconds button with the next episode button. I genuinely can't understand where they got the idea that anybody would prefer that. Like I'm genuinely infuriated by the single decision that I might look for new app. Edit: lol reply
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Castbox.FM - Radio & Podcast & AudioBooks
March 17, 2024
Hi, we are very sorry for such inconvenience. We have forwarded your feedback to our development team and product team, and will continue to update our app to deliver a better user experience. You can reach us at contact@castbox.fm with any other feedback. Thanks for your kind support! :-) - Fiona
Jason Hutchison
February 26, 2024
I really enjoy Castbox and have found so many wonderful shows. I'm just a little bummed I can't use it, like I do my other streaming services, on my Galaxy 6 watch (I know not a huge issue). I don't want to transfer all my shows onto a new platform if I want to listen off my watch while working out or riding. Shrug...again not a terrible pressing issue, just a bit annoying.
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Zachary Yaro
February 19, 2024
I really like this as a podcast app, but for some reason, if I listen for a while, it stops working with the Android media controls (and by extension, Bluetooth devices) until I fully close and restart it. I know it says it wants special battery permissions, but not a single other media app I use needs those to function. Also, years after every other mainstream app had it, this still doesn't have an option to follow my system's dark theme setting. (Pixel 3a / Android 11)
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Castbox.FM - Radio & Podcast & AudioBooks
February 19, 2024
Hi, we are very sorry for such inconvenience. Next time when you have the same issues, could you please go to the app Personal page > About > Contact us > Submit report via email and send contact@castbox.fm an email in this way? We will try our best to make Castbox right and better for you. Thank you very much for your kind support! :-) - Fiona