![]() ZDNET's editorial team writes on behalf of you, our reader. Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. Neither ZDNET nor the author are compensated for these independent reviews. This helps support our work, but does not affect what we cover or how, and it does not affect the price you pay. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service, we may earn affiliate commissions. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. Pocket Casts’ UI is iffy, but that Watch app is rock solid.ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. However, the Watch playback bug and lack of an iPad app put it just behind Pocket Casts. Reliably syncs playback position back and forth between the Watch and phone.Simple, clear Watch UI that makes it easy to tell whether you’re playing episodes from the phone or Watch.It requires an in-app purchase, but their subscription is dirt cheap ($1/mo or $10/year). Pocket Casts impressed me with its thoughtfully designed offline mode. Seems like a cool app, but I want a podcast app that runs on my phone and iPad too. I DM’d weeks ago with steps to reproduce and got no reply. If I’m 49:12 into The Talk Show on my phone but start an unplayed Rocket from my Watch, Castro will jump me to 49:12 in Rocket. There’s an irritating bug that loses your playback progress.This lets you support a great indie iOS developer, but it is the priciest of the available options. Sync seems faster when the Watch is on the charger?.Episodes played from the Watch have lower audio quality, with voice boost and trim silence baked in, but that’s fine. ![]() You tap a button below the episode to create a compressed copy and transfer it to the Watch ( full details). Castro | 3/5 - DecentĬastro offers offline Watch playback for subscribers to Castro Plus ($19/year). Maybe it’s because I have a creaky, slow Series 3 Watch.
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