Overcast (app)

Overcast
Original authorMarco Arment
DevelopersOvercast Radio, LLC (Marco Arment)
ReleaseJuly 2014; 12 years ago (2014-07)
Stable release
2026.8 / 11 August 2026; 2 months ago (2026-08-11)
Platform
Size14.7 MB
Available inEnglish
TypePodcast player
LicenseProprietary
Websiteovercast.fm

Overcast is a podcast app for iOS that was launched in 2014 by Marco Arment.

Development and features

Arment was the Chief Technology Officer of Tumblr and founder of Instapaper before creating Overcast. He had created his own podcasts before launching the app. In March 2023, Arment told The Vergecast how he built and maintains Overcast by himself, and that he uses ad banners promoting podcasts to cover the costs of the free app.

In April 2019, Overcast introduced a feature that allowed users to share clips from podcasts to social media. In January 2020, Overcast was updated to allow users to skip the intros and outros of podcasts.

Reception

In 2014, Overcast received positive reviews from MacWorld and iMore. In 2015, The Verge and The Sweet Setup each named it the best podcast app for iOS that year. In 2017, Discover Pods gave an endorsement citing the "smart speed" feature, which shortens quiet gaps in a podcast.

References

  1. ↑ Arment, Marco. "Overcast". Marco.org. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Overcast on the App Store". apple.com. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Bilton, Nick (September 23, 2010). "Instapaper Goes From Hobby to Start-Up". The New York Times. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ Viticci, Federico (16 July 2014). "Overcast Review". Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Cranz, Alex (20 March 2023). "One of the best podcasting apps you know is built by a single person". The Verge. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Perez, Sarah (29 April 2019). "Overcast makes it easy to turn clips from podcasts into viral clips". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Statt, Nick (31 January 2020). "Podcast app Overcast adds automatic intro skipping and overhauled Voice Boost feature". The Verge. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Fingas, John (2 February 2020). "Overcast can skip podcast intros and outros". Engadget. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Snell, Jason (16 July 2014). "Review: Overcast is a winning podcast app". MacWorld. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Ritchie, Rene (16 July 2014). "Overcast for iPhone review: Podcasts reconsidered". iMore. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "The best podcast app for the iPhone". The Verge. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Our favorite podcast client for iOS". The Sweet Setup. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "I Finally Made the Switch from Apple Podcasts App to Overcast". Discover Pods. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.