My new minimalist podcatcher app for is out!

Thanks to some awesome Reddit beta testers, the iOS podcatcher app that I've been working on for several months is now ready and in the App Store.

A word of warning: I designed this app specifically for me. There's a good chance very few people on the planet want the same kind of podcatcher app that I do but you may be one of them! It's extremely minimal, has very few screens, uses a lot of gestures rather than buttons, and is pretty opinionated (in terms of what it's doing behind the scenes). The interface has a bit of a learning curve, but almost all the user testing I've done has shown that once you learn it, using it is a good/fun/efficient experience.

I really stripped away everything that, in other apps, got in the way of just picking things to listen to on my way out the door. I subscribe to 60 or 70 podcasts at any given time, and found other apps just didn't accomodate the kind of listening that I did.

This has been the only podcatcher I've used for months now, so while it's a v1 and definitely not perfect, it should hold up pretty well.

If you're interested, take a read through of the app store description for some tips on navigating the UI (or feel free to ask!). The intro video doesn't do a stellar job of explaining how swiping from the edge of the screen works, because I was kind of rushing to get it done. I'm going to try to put together a simple website in the next few days with a better video. Also don't forget to check out the additional options in the phone's Settings app to help you customize various bits of the app.

Some things that didn't make it into version 1.0 that I hope to get to soon:

• Background downloading (with geofencing, or something like that)
• iCloud sync
• Some parts of the UI didn't get the visual treatment I would have liked
• Podcast search that doesn't rely on a third-party provider
• A few small bugs that are left to squash

Version 1.1 is already in testing, and includes:

• Better handling of HTML in episode descriptions
• Shows all active downloads on the Downloads view
• More consistent styling in the Queue view
• Allows refreshing of individual podcasts
• Better UI feedback when bulk updating podcasts

Again, this app certainly isn't for everyone, but I like it, and if you think you may also, have at it.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fili/id617497203

Here are a couple promo codes!

• WJTWHPL3KYK3
• LNMPJAKYN4KL

Thanks for looking!