The podcast player built for the shows you follow.
Search the public podcast index, subscribe in a tap, import OPML, and keep your queue and progress synced through iCloud across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and CarPlay. No ads from the app, no tracking, no account required.
Find the shows. Subscribe once. Listen everywhere.
Find the shows worth subscribing to, then let iCloud handle the rest across every Apple device. Works without an account.
Follow a show. See the whole channel.
Publisher pages group related shows into one place, with channel artwork, the shows you already follow, and the newest episodes across that channel. It turns discovery into something browsable instead of a single-result dead end.
Your shows stay yours.
Subscriptions live in your iCloud library, not on a tracking account. The grid is built for scanning: artwork first, newest episodes close by, and a layout that stays easy to scan however many shows you follow.
Millions of shows, indexed and searchable.
Search by name, browse trending shows, or dive into curated categories. Every show in the public directory is one tap away.
Subscribe in a tap.
Find a show, hit subscribe, done. New episodes appear in Up Next automatically. No manual refresh needed.
iCloud sync, no account required.
Your subscriptions and listening progress sync via your personal iCloud across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. No analytics, no ad profiles.
Coming from another app?
Export OPML from your current app and drop it into GilloCast. Your subscriptions land in the library, then iCloud carries them across every Apple device signed into your account.
Got a Jellyfin server?
Dee Jellie is Apple-native Jellyfin music streaming with audiobooks, smart mixes, and live radio. The one to grab if you run a self-hosted Jellyfin server alongside your podcasts and shows.
Got a Subsonic server?
Drac's Jukebox is Apple-native Subsonic music streaming with audiobooks, smart mixes, and live radio. Pair it with Navidrome, Airsonic, or any OpenSubsonic-compatible server for your music library.
Controls built for long-form listening.
Variable speed, silence skipping, custom skip intervals, bookmarks, on-device transcripts, and a sleep timer that fades to quiet instead of cutting off.
Long-form controls where your thumb expects them.
Episode artwork gets the full player treatment, with speed, skips, sleep, and route controls close without crowding the screen. It feels native because it is native.
Up Next is built for a backlog.
Queue a run of episodes, skim what is coming, and keep listening without turning the player into a spreadsheet. New episodes can feed the queue, but the final order stays in your hands.
Every episode has its own workspace.
Open the detail view for notes, description, playback state, and offline actions. Download Episode is readable at a glance, even when the show artwork behind it is loud.
Variable speed + silence skipping.
Play anywhere from half-speed to triple, in fine increments. Silence skipping cleanly trims the long pauses out of interview shows so you spend your time on what was said.
Custom skip intervals.
Tune the forward and back jump buttons to your habit: 15 seconds, 30, 45, your call. One tap lands exactly where you expect, every time.
On-device transcripts.
GilloCast can transcribe an episode right on your device with on-device speech recognition, so the words stay close to playback even when a show provides no transcript of its own.
Episode context.
Show notes, episode artwork, and bookmarks stay close to the player so long-form shows do not turn into a hunt through menus.
Silence skipping.
Supporter Trim long pauses out of interviews and talk shows with local silence detection, while the shows themselves stay in control of their own ad content.
Bookmarks at every moment.
Mark any second of an episode so you can come back to it. Supporter Attach a note so the why stays right next to the timestamp.
Gentle pause and resume.
Pause fades the audio out smoothly; resume brings it back without a sharp volume jump in the middle of a sentence.
Sleep timer that fades to silence.
Set a timer and the audio drifts away as you do, with no abrupt cut and no jolt back awake. Cancel during the fade and it eases back in.
AirPlay, Bluetooth, and beyond.
Play to AirPlay 2 speakers, Bluetooth headphones, or any audio destination iPhone or Mac supports. Switch output devices mid-episode and keep the queue intact.
Wherever you listen, it's already there.
iPhone in your pocket. iPad on the couch. Mac at the desk. Apple Watch on your wrist. CarPlay on the road. Apple TV in the living room. The same subscriptions and listening progress, tuned for each screen, kept in sync via your personal iCloud.
Apple Watch
CarPlay
Two tabs you can navigate without taking your eyes off the road. Browse Podcasts opens to today's Top Podcasts on a shelf, with a tap to View All for the full directory. Your Shows is the subscribed list, ready for the shows you reach for on the regular drive.
Now Playing keeps the queue and playback controls front and center, with variable speed and the fade-to-silence sleep timer reachable on the way.
iPad
Mac
Apple TV
Privacy by default.
No tracking, no analytics, no in-app ads. Your subscriptions and listening progress sync through your personal iCloud. Works without an account. The shows themselves may serve ads; the app itself never will.
One queue, every device.
Start an episode on iPhone walking home, finish it on Mac at your desk, queue the next one from CarPlay tomorrow morning. iCloud keeps your position, queue, and subscriptions in sync across every device signed into your Apple ID.
Tap a tag, play the show.
Write an NFC tag, QR code, or share link for any show or episode, and tap your iPhone to open and play it. Podcast tags open for anyone with the app.
Tags for shows and episodes
Write a tag for a podcast or a specific episode. Stick it on a notebook, a shelf, or anywhere you want a shortcut. Tap with your iPhone and GilloCast opens and starts playing.
QR codes and share links
Generate a QR code or a shareable link for any show or episode. Scan or tap to open and play β no tag hardware required.
Open for anyone
Podcast tags open for anyone with the app. Share a link, post a QR, or hand someone a tag β they tap and the episode plays.
Unlimited listening, Watch streaming, and more.
GilloCast is free, with no in-app ads. The free tier covers 45 minutes a day and 2 hours a week of listening. Supporter removes both caps and unlocks standalone Apple Watch streaming, bookmark notes, on-device transcript tools, themes, and alternate icons.
Unlimited listening
Free users get 45 minutes a day and 2 hours a week. Supporter removes both caps so a long-form show can play for the whole drive.
Transcript tools
Search the full transcript and tap any line to seek. On-device speech recognition can transcribe an episode right on your device when a show provides none of its own.
Apple Watch direct streaming
Leave the iPhone at home. Supporters stream podcasts directly on Apple Watch over cellular or Wi-Fi, with no tethered handoff and no missing audio.
Bookmark notes + episode artwork
Attach a note to any bookmark so the why stays with the timestamp, and see full episode artwork on Now Playing and the lock screen.
20+ theme colors
The accent color across the whole app: player, show list, Now Playing, widgets. Lifetime unlocks exclusive gold and rose-gold colors.
Alternate app icons
Swap the Home Screen icon to match your theme. Lifetime unlocks exclusive gold icon variants.
Subscriptions are managed through your App Store account.
GilloCast on every Apple platform, free.
GilloCast is on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and CarPlay. Free to download. The free tier includes 45 minutes a day and 2 hours a week of listening. Works without an account; Supporter removes the listening caps and unlocks deeper playback, Watch, theme, icon, and bookmark features.
