Castro Podcast Player

Servers not reachable sind Jan 04. No communication from developers on other platforms as to why

Castro was the best, now it no longer useable, at least for this Dutch user. Several podcasts are missing.

Sinds afgelopen weekend krijg ik de podcasts waarop ik geabonneerd ben niet meer binnen met Castro. Niks werkt meer in deze app. Van podcast-favoriet naar absoluut onbruikbaar. Heel erg jammer.

Nothing loads. I’ve even resorted to deleting the app and reinstalling it (losing all of my subs and history because it didn’t even let me export). It’s just spinning a wheel and then giving a time-out.

I was a happy user for years, but after some hiccups last year the free version of the app stopped updating a couple of days ago. So this is the end, on to a new app. So sorry, it used to be a nice app.

I’ve used this app quite happily for a couple of months now (registered user, yearly sub) but lately it’s become unusable due to ’authentication errors’. I’ve notified support, included screenshots of the errors, but no word back for days now. Also re-installed the app to no avail. I’m back with the Google Podcasts app but I ‘mourn’ the loss of this app.

I used Castro for years and was happy to pay for premium, but it seems development has stopped, support is non existent and I can't use the app at all due to database issues for the last 4 days.
This is not how you treat paying customers.
I cancelled the premium subscription

I used Castro for years and was happy to pay for premium, but it seems development has stopped, support is non existent and I can't use the app at all due to database issues for the last 4 days.
This is not how you treat paying customers.
I cancelled the premium subscription

Used to be one of the best podcast players around but sold to random developers who abandoned the app

App works normal, but when I try to open via CarPlay the app stops working. This occurred since version 2023.14.

Coming back to the app after 3 years, I keep getting timeouts and 404 banners

For the heavy podcast user. Easy management. Just enjoyable. Thank you Castro team.

Latest release is less accessible with Voice Over. Grid view (graphic tiles) missing text label. A list view option could solve this as well.

Maybe 1 star is too harsh, but please do not download this app anymore let alone pay for it.
There are no updates anymore, and it has some bugs (like certain podcasts never updating unless you manually check) that aren’t fixed for a long time.
It seems the developer has abandoned this app. For now it mostly works OK but it slowly starts to break and will not be fixed.

One of the best podcast players around but asking for an optional 18 euro per year and no updates to show for it made me switch to overcast

Update 01/2023: different to statements from support this app seems to be abandoned. No new version for almost a year. Beware!
I recently started using Castro and functionality wise it’s the best app I could find. I love the episode triaging. For the first time I feel I don’t drown in the new Episodes stream but have control over what I really want to listen to. I also love the excellent shortcut support. The per podcast settings for auto queuing. What I miss: -per podcast notification settings ! -easier switching countries for discovery -user listening stats -swipe actions eg to remove episode from inbox or queue What is buggy: -next podcast in queue doesn’t start playing and gets stuck -Siri doesn’t work -playback just stops randomly (seldom) Seems to be especially happening when playing over airplay, but also when just using speaker phone. I hope it can be fixed !

This app is slowly falling apart. Artwork is not loading or something odd is loaded. Some podcast episode lists are not showing recent episodes. Hopefully it will still be updated at some point…

I love Castro, but updates are lacking. For months cover art is missing. Castro was ones the leading app but competion is winning the game. Please give Castro some love and attention again :-(