SkipCast Downloads & RevenueSkipCast: Podcast Player · App Store
SkipCast: Podcast Player is #45 in News Paid in United States and charting in 9 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperMatthew Grdinic
CategoryNews
Price1.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 3.1 (8)
Version4.2.0
Age rating17+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)500+ worldwide
SkipCast: Podcast Player update history & changes
Last change · 12 events since 23 Jun 2015Full timeline ↓✏️Description updated✏️New iPad screenshots📦Updated to version 4.2.0📦First update in 91 days📈Entered the top 10📈Entered the top 10🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 12 events
- ✏️SkipCast: Podcast Player: description updated· 9 countries
- ✏️SkipCast: Podcast Player: new iPad screenshots· 9 countries
- ✏️SkipCast: Podcast Player: new screenshots4 screenshots (was 4) · 9 countries
- ✏️SkipCast: Podcast Player: needs a newer iOSiOS 17.6 → iOS 18.0
- 📦SkipCast: Podcast Player updated to version 4.2.0A new look
• A redesigned home with Listen Now, Library, Playlists and Search tabs, and the episode you're playing always one tap away at the bottom of the screen.
• Listen Now picks up where you left off with a Continue Listening card, and your playlists are right there as chips.
• Liquid Glass throughout on iOS 26: player controls, sheets, menus and tips.
• Refreshed player controls for light and dark mode, with subtle animations.
• Built for iPhone Duo: SkipCast fills both displays and adapts as you fold and unfold.
Fixes and improvements
• Skip forward no longer jumps backwards in some episodes.
• Your place is saved when you leave the app, and episodes resume exactly where you stopped.
• Deleting the episode that's playing now stops it.
• Swiping a row with several downloaded episodes deletes the one it shows.
• Swipe to delete works while feeds are refreshing, and play starts faster during a refresh.
• Cancelling a download now cancels it, including automatic downloads.
• Smoother scrolling in episode lists while episodes download.
• Fixed episode lists sometimes opening the wrong podcast after a refresh.
• Fixed the player sometimes freezing so you couldn't go back.
• Fixed a crash when switching episodes.
• Podcast links and Home Screen quick actions work again.
• Ad Skip explains when Paired Jingles finds nothing, and its hints only show when Ad Skip is on.
SkipCast now requires iOS 18 or later.… more - 📦SkipCast: Podcast Player: first update in 91 days
- 📈SkipCast: Podcast Player entered the top 10Top Paid · News · US
- 📈SkipCast: Podcast Player entered the top 10Top Paid · News · DE
- 📈SkipCast: Podcast Player hit #1Top Paid · News · CA
- 🆕SkipCast: Podcast Player first spotted by AppInsider#43 in Top Paid · News · Canada
- 📦SkipCast: Podcast Player version 4.1.0No release notes
- 🆕SkipCast: Podcast Player released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
3.1 ★
8 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#45
News PaidMeasured
SkipCast: Podcast Player at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-25. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A paid podcast player for listeners who prioritize privacy and ad-free experiences, featuring on-device machine learning to automatically skip ads and specific speakers. The app holds a strong #3 position in the Canadian News Paid charts but trails significantly in other major markets like the US (#14) and UK (#75), indicating niche regional traction rather than global dominance.
Similar apps: Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podbean
SkipCast: Podcast Player on the App Store
App details
App ID
998629863
Publisher
Matthew Grdinic
On the store since
Jun 2015
11 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 18.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
17+
1 content note below
Languages
1
EN
Size
8 MB
Also listed in
Entertainment
Content notesUnrestricted Web Access
SkipCast: Podcast Player downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | NewsPaid | #45 |
 Japan | NewsPaid | #45 |
 Germany | NewsPaid | #57 |
 United Kingdom | NewsPaid | #71 |
| Canada | NewsPaid | #37 |
 Australia | NewsPaid | #46 |
 Brazil | NewsPaid | #52 |
 Russia | NewsPaid | #42 |
 Italy | NewsPaid | #70 |
Apps near SkipCast: Podcast Player on the chart
News Paid, around #45.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
3.1 ★
8 ratings
Measured
Ratings
8
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
3.3★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
20/100
faster than 0% of News apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about SkipCast: Podcast Player
From the 12 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users praise the app's lightweight performance and battery efficiency but strongly criticize its unintuitive user interface and lack of essential features like OPML import. While some find it simple and effective for basic listening, others report crashes and frustration with navigation controls.
Mixed (42% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and the design. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Super easy to use and quick searches”
- Features & content: “Feature request: allow importing opml files”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I was hoping to import my podcast subscriptions from an opml file”
- Design: “the UI is quite anti-user”
- Crashes & bugs: “Crashes before I played one podcast”
- Ease of use: “It has an intuitive interface and some standout audio features”
About SkipCast: Podcast Player
SkipCast is the podcast player that skips the ads for you.
SKIP ADS, AUTOMATICALLY
SkipCast listens to your episodes right on your device and seeks past the ad breaks, leaving more of the show you came for. Choose how it works for each podcast:
- By Speaker: SkipCast learns who's on the show and skips the ad reads. Optionally mark your favorite hosts and it skips everyone else too.
- Music Beds: most shows introduce sponsor reads with music. SkipCast finds those sections and jumps past them.
- Jingles: for shows that open and close their ad breaks with a jingle, SkipCast skips from one to the other. If it can't find them on its own, teach it the show's jingle in a few taps.
All processing happens on your iPhone or iPad. Nothing about your listening leaves your device.
A HOME BUILT AROUND LISTENING
Listen Now opens on a Continue Listening card, with your newest episodes below and your playlists one tap away. Library, Playlists and Search sit in the tab bar, and the episode you're playing is always at the bottom of the screen. On iOS 26 it's all Liquid Glass, in light and dark mode.
BIG, EASY CONTROLS
Huge playback buttons that are easy to hit while running, biking or driving. Skip back or forward 15 or 45 seconds, or jump ahead 2 minutes. Play at the speed you like, set a sleep timer, follow chapters, and send audio to your AirPlay speakers.
AUDIO EFFECTS
- Skip Silence trims the pauses, so every episode takes less time.
- Car Mode evens out the volume for noisy places.
- Bass and Treble Boost add weight and sparkle.
YOUR PODCASTS, YOUR WAY
- Search hundreds of thousands of podcasts by title, category or author, and preview any episode with a tap.
- New episodes download automatically, and your feeds refresh on their own.
- Build playlists from the shows you choose.
- Audio and video podcasts.
- Share episodes with friends and family.
- Back up and sync your podcasts with iCloud.
- Control playback from headphones, your car stereo and the Lock Screen.
- Home Screen quick actions.
MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN
Designed for iPhone, iPad with a sidebar and split view, and iPhone Duo, where SkipCast fills both displays and adapts as you fold and unfold.
NO STRINGS
No sign-ups, no accounts, no ads and no in-app purchases. Ever.
SkipCast is built by the biggest podcast fanatic you've ever met. It's fast, efficient and easy to use. Give it a try. I think you'll love it too.
SKIP ADS, AUTOMATICALLY
SkipCast listens to your episodes right on your device and seeks past the ad breaks, leaving more of the show you came for. Choose how it works for each podcast:
- By Speaker: SkipCast learns who's on the show and skips the ad reads. Optionally mark your favorite hosts and it skips everyone else too.
- Music Beds: most shows introduce sponsor reads with music. SkipCast finds those sections and jumps past them.
- Jingles: for shows that open and close their ad breaks with a jingle, SkipCast skips from one to the other. If it can't find them on its own, teach it the show's jingle in a few taps.
All processing happens on your iPhone or iPad. Nothing about your listening leaves your device.
A HOME BUILT AROUND LISTENING
Listen Now opens on a Continue Listening card, with your newest episodes below and your playlists one tap away. Library, Playlists and Search sit in the tab bar, and the episode you're playing is always at the bottom of the screen. On iOS 26 it's all Liquid Glass, in light and dark mode.
BIG, EASY CONTROLS
Huge playback buttons that are easy to hit while running, biking or driving. Skip back or forward 15 or 45 seconds, or jump ahead 2 minutes. Play at the speed you like, set a sleep timer, follow chapters, and send audio to your AirPlay speakers.
AUDIO EFFECTS
- Skip Silence trims the pauses, so every episode takes less time.
- Car Mode evens out the volume for noisy places.
- Bass and Treble Boost add weight and sparkle.
YOUR PODCASTS, YOUR WAY
- Search hundreds of thousands of podcasts by title, category or author, and preview any episode with a tap.
- New episodes download automatically, and your feeds refresh on their own.
- Build playlists from the shows you choose.
- Audio and video podcasts.
- Share episodes with friends and family.
- Back up and sync your podcasts with iCloud.
- Control playback from headphones, your car stereo and the Lock Screen.
- Home Screen quick actions.
MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN
Designed for iPhone, iPad with a sidebar and split view, and iPhone Duo, where SkipCast fills both displays and adapts as you fold and unfold.
NO STRINGS
No sign-ups, no accounts, no ads and no in-app purchases. Ever.
SkipCast is built by the biggest podcast fanatic you've ever met. It's fast, efficient and easy to use. Give it a try. I think you'll love it too.
Latest updates
4.2.0
A new look
• A redesigned home with Listen Now, Library, Playlists and Search tabs, and the episode you're playing always one tap away at the bottom of the screen.
• Listen Now picks up where you left off with a Continue Listening card, and your playlists are right there as chips.
• Liquid Glass throughout on iOS 26: player controls, sheets, menus and tips.
• Refreshed player controls for light and dark mode, with subtle animations.
• Built for iPhone Duo: SkipCast fills both displays and adapts as you fold and unfold.
Fixes and improvements
• Skip forward no longer jumps backwards in some episodes.
• Your place is saved when you leave the app, and episodes resume exactly where you stopped.
• Deleting the episode that's playing now stops it.
• Swiping a row with several downloaded episodes deletes the one it shows.
• Swipe to delete works while feeds are refreshing, and play starts faster during a refresh.
• Cancelling a download now cancels it, including automatic downloads.
• Smoother scrolling in episode lists while episodes download.
• Fixed episode lists sometimes opening the wrong podcast after a refresh.
• Fixed the player sometimes freezing so you couldn't go back.
• Fixed a crash when switching episodes.
• Podcast links and Home Screen quick actions work again.
• Ad Skip explains when Paired Jingles finds nothing, and its hints only show when Ad Skip is on.
SkipCast now requires iOS 18 or later.
4.1.0
Store changes
What SkipCast: Podcast Player changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Description updated
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
4 screenshots (was 4)
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