opencast!
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opencast 2026.10.1 adds playlists (including smart ones that fill themselves) and keeps remote transcription going while your phone is locked. • playlists: make your own, add any episode, then play or shuffle. episodes stay in the playlist after you listen • smart playlists fill themselves from a rule you pick, like unplayed episodes under 30 minutes, and keep up with new episodes on their own • play your playlists with siri, shortcuts and carplay • make a playlist (beta, on devices with apple intelligence) drafts playlists from one show's episodes. ask for something like "civil war episodes" and keep the ones you like • transcribe remotely and the cloud ad-free pass keep going when you leave the app or lock your phone, and you get a notification when a transcript is ready • group by podcast in the inbox filter menu shows one row per show. hide up next now hides the playing episode too • new tap to play switch in settings: turn it off and tapping an episode opens it instead of playing it • new liquid glass app icons by derek passen (@dpassen) replace the classic set • airplay to a mac or apple tv stays audio, so voice boost, speed and skips keep working • fixes: refreshing offline no longer marks every feed as failed, share works while an episode plays, and launch no longer waits on a slow icloud check thanks to @NCbeebs, @gonzaloflirt and derek passen (@dpassen) for the requests, reports and code in this release. full release notes: https://github.com/connlark/opencast/releases/tag/2026.10.1
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Average rating · ★ 4.43 now · 8 changes on record
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opencast finds the ad breaks in your podcasts and skips them. It is also yours. There is no opencast account, no tracking SDK, and no ads of our own. Subscriptions and listening progress sync through your private iCloud, any RSS feed works, and the source code is MIT-licensed on GitHub. Transcripts are made on your device with Apple Speech or Whisper. Follow along as the episode plays and tap any line to jump there. Search everything said in the episodes you've transcribed. Generate chapters and a summary for any transcribed episode. Voice Boost is a broadcast-style leveler for quiet hosts and loud rooms. ~how ad skipping works~ Tap Detect Ads on an episode, or turn on automatic detection for a show, and your phone transcribes it. opencast checks the transcript for promo and sponsor reads and marks every break on the timeline and in the transcript. High-confidence breaks skip automatically. Borderline sponsor reads are marked but never skipped, so you decide. Queue a batch, keep listening, and get one notification when detection finishes. Detection works from the transcript text, not the audio. ~what the app can do for you~ • Skips ad breaks automatically, with one-tap undo • Transcripts on device, with tap-to-seek and follow-along highlighting • Full-text search across titles, notes, and transcripts in your library • Generated chapters and summaries for episodes with a transcript • Voice Boost, speed, sleep timer, AirPlay, and Up Next • Per-show intro and outro skip • CarPlay and Siri integration • New-episode notifications with no promotions inside • Search the podcast directory or subscribe by RSS URL • OPML import and export • Downloads for offline listening • Private iCloud sync for subscriptions and progress • Native SwiftUI for iOS 27, on iPhone and iPad ~optional and paid~ On-device transcription and ad skipping are free. Remote Transcription, cloud ad detection, and Chapters & Summary are optional and use transcription hours: the first hour is free, then 20 hours for $0.99 or 100 hours for $4.99, in the US. Remote Transcription and cloud ad detection process episode audio only for the jobs you request. Chapters & Summary sends transcript text, never audio. You see the estimate before a Remote Transcription or Chapters & Summary job starts. Remote transcription and summaries are offered at-cost. opencast is open source under the MIT license: https://github.com/connlark/opencast Your listening is not a growth funnel.
What's new · 2026.10.1
opencast 2026.10.1 adds playlists (including smart ones that fill themselves) and keeps remote transcription going while your phone is locked. • playlists: make your own, add any episode, then play or shuffle. episodes stay in the playlist after you listen • smart playlists fill themselves from a rule you pick, like unplayed episodes under 30 minutes, and keep up with new episodes on their own • play your playlists with siri, shortcuts and carplay • make a playlist (beta, on devices with apple intelligence) drafts playlists from one show's episodes. ask for something like "civil war episodes" and keep the ones you like • transcribe remotely and the cloud ad-free pass keep going when you leave the app or lock your phone, and you get a notification when a transcript is ready • group by podcast in the inbox filter menu shows one row per show. hide up next now hides the playing episode too • new tap to play switch in settings: turn it off and tapping an episode opens it instead of playing it • new liquid glass app icons by derek passen (@dpassen) replace the classic set • airplay to a mac or apple tv stays audio, so voice boost, speed and skips keep working • fixes: refreshing offline no longer marks every feed as failed, share works while an episode plays, and launch no longer waits on a slow icloud check thanks to @NCbeebs, @gonzaloflirt and derek passen (@dpassen) for the requests, reports and code in this release. full release notes: https://github.com/connlark/opencast/releases/tag/2026.10.1
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