#Instacast for mac download#

Even Marco Arment will be getting in on the action soon with Overcast, and I expect many more to follow soon after.Īnd you know the funny thing? I'm not so sure Instacast is my favorite anymore. On top of that, we're already starting to see inspired new entrants in this arena - examples that immediately come to mind are David Smith's Pod Wrangler, which is simple but elegant, and something called Spigot that I haven't checked out yet outside of screenshots.

#Instacast for mac download#

Not only did these updates look drastically different, they also sported new kinds of functionality that had never been allowed by iOS previously - namely, the ability for new podcast episodes to automatically download in the background so that they're ready for you when you next open the app. (Apologies for the low-quality images, I didn't have screenshots of the older versions so I just grabbed everything from Google Images and put it all together very quickly.) Just to give you an idea, here's a before-and-after of Instacast: I've been blown away by how inspired all the developers have become by iOS 7's design aesthetic. Within the span of a few days, most of the apps I just listed (with the exception of Stitcher Radio) released new updates that showed off completely overhauled UIs. Suddenly, the old dogs all seemed to learn new tricks at once. I was an Instacast guy through-and-through. In my mind, the other competitors had lost this battle a long time ago.

It was super easy to use, my subscriptions were synced between my iPhone and iPad with almost no issues 1, and of course, it was easy on the eyes. Though each was great in its own way, something kept me coming back to Instacast time and time again. Oh, I'd tried all the big names at some time or another, of course - Pocket Casts, Downcast, Stitcher Radio, and even Apple's own Podcasts.

There was a period of time – between early 2011 and about two weeks ago – when I would tell anyone within hearing distance that Instacast was easily the best podcast app for iOS.