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Castro

The podcast app built for podcast lovers

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Castro is an iPhone podcast player built around a single Queue playlist. Subscribed shows feed new episodes into an Inbox or the Queue, letting users scan releases, pick what to hear, and skip the rest. Queued episodes download automatically on Wi-Fi, and playback continues from one episode to the next.

The app includes a podcast-tuned player with custom playback speeds, chapter support with pre-selection, Trim Silence, Enhance Voices, Mix to Mono, episode and chapter artwork, push notifications, sharing, sideloading via iCloud Drive, CarPlay, and Apple Watch support. Per-podcast settings cover auto-queueing, episode limits, playback speeds, and start positions. Castro Plus is a subscription edition that adds sideloading, Trim Silence, Enhance Voices, advanced chapter support, mono mixing, artwork display, per-podcast settings, Night Mode, and custom app icons; a free plan of Castro is also available.

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