PodMower Podcast Player

PodMower is a free, full-featured podcast player.

How free? Completely. No in-app purchases. No banner ads. No user tracking.

How full-featured? Check it out:

- Beautifully optimized interface for playing podcasts, even while driving
-- big, easy-to-access, and easy-to-hide controls
-- shortcut drawer makes it easy to change podcasts from the main screen
-- episode title list makes it easy to change episodes
-- no position sliders/scrubbers that are very hard to use while driving
-- selectable, auto-generated color schemes, based on podcast artwork
-- Driving Mode - tap anywhere to play/pause, and swipe-to-skip
- Auto-Bookmarks are a virtual bread-crumb trail for not getting lost
- Playback Speed Adjustments - lots of adjustment, from minor to 2x
- Sleep Timer - any number of minutes, stop at end of episode, shake to add time
- Auto-rewind - automatically start earlier after a long absence
- Auto Play on Launch - launch the app and it starts playing where you left off
- Remote control support - Play/Pause/Jump with Apple and Bluetooth headphones and Apple Watch
- Playlist support - mix episodes from different podcasts
- Display either Podcast or Episode artwork - just swipe up on the image to change
- Auto transitions between episodes, even in background
- Skip beginning and/or end of episodes (configurable per podcast)
- Browse and easily subscribe to most popular podcasts
- Search for new podcasts
- Subscribe with RSS URLs
- Auto Download - next episode downloads automatically
- Manage audio files - download at any time, delete audio file without deleting episode info/bookmarks
- Manage listened status (finish, restart, hide, seen)
- Refresh New Episodes - per podcast or all podcasts at once
- Podcast and episode summaries, easily visit podcast website
- Customize Bookmarks - change name, notes, color, position
- Export Custom Bookmarks - text, html, csv
- Airplay - redirect audio output
- Car Seat Mode - set face down to dim and turn off idle timeout
- Lots of configuration options:
-- Sortable Podcast Bookshelf - order by date played, title, manual
-- Podcast Episode display order - oldest-to-newest, newest-to-oldest, manual
-- Auto-Download controls: WiFi required, number-to-keep, replace rules
-- Episode Play Order Preferences (newest, oldest, next newest, manual, etc.) so you can play serialized podcasts oldest-to-newest, news podcasts newest-to-oldest, and topical podcasts progressively older/newer (configurable per podcast)
-- Skip Logic - skip mostly played episodes when automatically transitioning between episodes (configurable per podcast)
-- Configurable Skip Amounts - seconds and minutes, forward and backward, tapping or swiping, reverse swipe direction
-- Replace or rename podcasts and episodes
-- Replace podcast or episode artwork