If you love podcasts and look for a simple way to enjoy them, without sign up or tracking, try this streamlined podcast player. TOP FEATURES - Audio and video playback - Powerful search - Accessible from all your iOS devices - Energy efficiency - Open source AUDIO AND VIDEO PLAYBACK Native audio and video playback of streaming and preloaded media. POWERFUL SEARCH Find podcasts and episodes with the combined iTunes and local full-text search. Import feeds by pasting their URLs into the search bar. ACCESSIBLE FROM ALL YOUR iOS DEVICES Queue and subscriptions are synchronized across all your iOS devices using iCloud. Resume playback where you left off. ENERGY EFFICIENCY Heavy lifting is offloaded to a shared backend, reducing network and compute time on your device. Podest updates all your favorite shows with a single network request. OFFLINE FIRST Built around strong caching, offline capability is built-in, allowing you to browse wherever you are. BACKGROUND UPDATES Subscribed shows are updated regularly in the background. AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS Fresh episodes are downloaded automatically. Details can be configured with Settings. NOW PLAYING CONTROLS Control playback with external accessories, Apple Watch, and Control Center. EPISODE FOCUSED BROWSING Conceptually focusing the user interface on the episode offers a relaxed browsing experience. Roomy lists give you a quick overview of your listening pallete. PRAGMATIC QUEUE Automatic updates only keep the latest episode of a podcast in your queue. This prevents cluttering over time. Episodes that have been added by you are not removed automatically. Also played episodes are kept in the queue, giving you a chance to relisten. Remove an episode to dismiss it or simply wait until it’s replaced by an update. CONTEXT MENUS Access most functionality directly from onscreen items. OPEN SOURCE Podest is open source. Find the source code on GitHub: https://github.com/michaelnisi/podest Follow me on Twitter: @michaelnisi