Music & Audio
Podomatic Podcast Player
Player for the Podomatic network of podcasts and DJ mixes, with offline downloads and 90-second previews.
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- Developer
- PodOmatic, Inc.
- Score
- 4.8
- Downloads
- 1K+ ratings
- Age
- Rated 12+
- Version
- 3.9.3
- Price
- Free
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About this app
Podcasts and DJ mixes share the same player here. Podomatic hosts a network of independent podcasters and house music DJs, and this app is the listening side of it, with more than five million episodes and mixes to browse by category, from Christian talk to club sets. A Trending section shows what's popular across the network, and results can be sorted by city to surface local podcasters. Episodes download for offline listening by swiping a list item and tapping the cloud icon. The circular player handles scrubbing, speed changes, a sleep timer, comments and likes, and shrinks to a mini player that keeps playing while you move around the app. A Preview All button plays 90-second samples of every episode in a list. Playlists group favourite shows and mixes together, and a social feed shows new episodes from followed podcasts plus what Facebook friends are listening to. It's free to use.
Podomatic Podcast Player: the full guide
What the app is
Most podcast apps treat DJ mixes as an afterthought. This one doesn't, because the Podomatic network grew up hosting both independent talk shows and house music sets, and the player is simply the listening end of that catalogue. The listing puts the figure at over five million episodes and mixes.
That dual focus shapes the rest. Categories run from religious talk to club recordings, a Trending view shows what the network's listeners are gravitating toward, and a city sort exists mainly to find podcasters recording near you. Playlists let shows and mixes sit side by side, and a social feed tracks followed podcasts.
How it works day to day
A typical evening starts in Trending or a saved playlist. Tap an episode and the round player takes over, with scrubbing, playback speed and a sleep timer within reach, plus comments and likes if you feel like leaving a mark. Shrink it to the mini bar and it keeps running while you browse elsewhere. Before a commute, swipe a few list items and hit the cloud icon to pull them down for offline play. If a new show looks promising but unproven, Preview All runs 90-second samples through the whole list while you decide.
Why people look for it
People come looking for it because a show or DJ they already follow is hosted on Podomatic, and the network's own player is the obvious way to hear it. The house music angle matters too; long club mixes are poorly served by mainstream podcast apps, and this one treats them as first-class content with the same download and playlist tools as talk shows.
Look and feel
Five screenshots are on the page, which for a Music & Audio app usually means the player screen, a browse view and a feed or two. The description's circular player suggests a round, artwork-centred design rather than the flat progress bar most podcast apps use, with a compact mini player docked at the bottom. Beyond that the listing gives little away about colour or typography.
