opencast

Spec sheet

What it does

Opencast is a podcast app that detects ad breaks in podcast transcripts and skips confident matches.Read 8 Oct 2026 · opencast.mobile

Free plan

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · opencast.mobile

Privacy

The maker says the app has no account, ads, analytics, or tracking SDKs, and that listening data stays on the device by default.Read 8 Oct 2026 · opencast.mobile

Support

The maker offers email support at [email protected].Read 8 Oct 2026 · opencast.mobile

Ad analysis

Ad detection and Chapters & Summary send transcript text, not audio, to analysis services using Google's Gemini models.Read 8 Oct 2026 · opencast.mobile

Compatibility

The App Store listing requires iOS 26 or later for iPhone and iPadOS 26 or later for iPad, and lists Mac support on macOS 26 or later with Apple M1 or later.Read 8 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Cross-device sync

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · opencast.mobile

iCloud sync

Optional iCloud sync stores subscriptions, listening progress, and playlists in the user's private iCloud database; Opencast says it has no server in that path.Read 8 Oct 2026 · opencast.mobile

Intended audience

The maker describes Opencast as a straightforward podcast app for listeners who want to focus on their own subscriptions.Read 8 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Offline downloads

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · opencast.mobile

Open source

The app's source code is available under the MIT license.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Optional features

Chapters and summaries are available on request as optional paid features.Read 8 Oct 2026 · opencast.mobile

Player features

The player includes Voice Boost, Up Next, playback speed, a sleep timer, AirPlay, per-show intro and outro skipping, Siri, and CarPlay.Read 8 Oct 2026 · opencast.mobile

Private feed support

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · opencast.mobile

Remote transcription

Optional cloud transcription uses Whisper on Cloudflare Workers AI, and the maker says audio is kept only while the job runs.Read 8 Oct 2026 · opencast.mobile

RSS support

Listeners can subscribe to any RSS feed.Read 8 Oct 2026 · opencast.mobile

Supported platforms

iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision; iOS/iPadOS/macOS/visionOS 26 or laterRead 22 Sep 2026 · opencast.mobile

Transcripts

On-device transcripts support tap-to-seek, follow-along highlighting, and searching across a library.Read 8 Oct 2026 · opencast.mobile

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Where Specifiction places it

• Podcast apps#18 of 558.4