“Big Yikes - 60% Price Increase! — Castro was seemingly sold in 2024 and it’s perhaps no surprise that there has been a subsequent price increase on the Castro Plus subscriptions. Fair enough. But when my personal 5 year+ sub rises by over…”
Public review signal · 500 reviews scanned · scope limited to review patterns.
4.6 ★9,188 ratings
—Downloads
9+Age rating
175 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Castro is a beautiful, full-featured podcast player that makes it easy to track and manage lots of podcasts at the same time. Only listen to the episodes you want and easily skip the rest, queue up hours of podcasts at a time and enjoy a seamless listening experience with carplay compatibility, chapter support, trim silence and much, much more!
HOW IT WORKS
1. New episodes land in the NEW tab. Read their descriptions, add episodes you like to your QUEUE, and clear the rest.
2. Press play to listen to episodes from your QUEUE in order. Queued episodes are downloaded automatically.
3. Re-order your QUEUE to plan your next few hours of listening at any time. Browse your LIBRARY to review the back catalogue, quickly access starred shows, and see your listening history.
Subscribing to a podcast is no longer a commitment to listen to every episode.…
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Developer replies to reviews
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Cancelling, in the store description
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Themes reported by reviewers
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Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
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Price keeps rising6 reviews · user report
Highlighted reviews
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“Great app, saddened by huge price increase for early adopters — Really disappointed with the price increase. I get that you have to make a living and expenses are up, but I’ve been paying for Castro for 6 years and now I’m cancelling. At…”
“Declining quality increased price — I’ve been using Castro since 2019 and was always pretty satisfied with it. In the past year or so though the app has gotten worse. My automatic downloads aren’t downloading automatically and most…”
Assessment & version history
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Store listing updated to version 2026.7.2.
What this app sells
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Business modelFree
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