Podcast Player - Castbox

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4.7
322K reviews
10M+
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Teen
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About this app

With Castbox, you can find all your favorite shows, get the latest episodes, discover more recommendations, and customize your listening experience.

Castbox is the best FREE Podcast Player & Podcast App on Android.

Our OPML Import feature makes it easy to transfer your subscribed podcasts from other apps to Castbox. This ensures that you don't miss a beat in your podcast listening and can continue enjoying your favorite shows without interruption. Try it out today and discover why Castbox is the ultimate podcast app.

The best free podcast player and podcast app to find, save, download, and listen to your favorite podcasts (such as Crime Junkie, Stuff You Should Know, The Daily), FM, radio and audiobooks.

Castbox is an easy to use free podcast player for podcast lovers, offering a super clean layout and easy to navigate interface. With a wide category of podcasts, you can stream or download your favorite podcasts anywhere, anytime for free.

Access over 95 million audio content including podcasts, audiobooks, FM radio and more on your android devices. Discover popular podcasts on various topics:

- News & Politics podcasts: CNN 10, NPR News Now, Fox News Radio Newscast, The Overcast by The Seattle Times;
- Music-related podcasts: Dissect from Cole Cuchna & Spotify Studios, Defected Radio, Capital FM;
- Games & Hobbies podcasts: Wolverine: The Lost Trail from Stitcher;
- Sports podcasts: The Ringer MLB Show, MLB Network, The Chicago Audible;
- Technology podcasts: The Overcast Podcast, This Week in Google, Google Cloud Platform Podcasts;
- Talk Shows: Sincerely, X from TED and Audible, By The Book from Stitcher, Luminary from Luminary.fm
- Business podcasts: Youpreneur FM Podcast;
- Sleep: Sleep With Me, Guided Sleep Meditations, Sleep and Relax ASMR

Castbox is perfect for a variety of situations.
- Listen to daily news updates from your favorite commentators as you drink your morning coffee.
- Flip to your favorite channel during your daily commute or drive with Waze and listen on your way to work or school.
- Plug in while you are running, at the gym, or just walking your dog and make the most out of every minute.
- Unwind at the end of the day and relax before bed with a story or meditation to ensure a good night’s sleep.
- Import your favorite podcasts with OPML from Google podcast, Overcast, iHeartradio, Pocket Casts, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Spotify, Stitcher, the Podcast app, Tunein, and apple podcast app!

Castbox is proud to present you all of the popular podcasts:
Fox News, Freakonomics Radio from Stitcher, Call Her Daddy, Phil in the Blanks by Dr. Phil, Bill O'Reilly, Today, Explained from Vox and Stitcher, S Town, The Luminary Agent Podcast, BBC iPlayer Radio, Criminal, Heaven's Gate from Stitcher, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, ESPN Radio, My Favorite Murder, NPR, Radiolab, Serial, Sleep with Me, Stuff You Should Know, Sword and Scale, TED Radio Hour, TEDTalks, The Dave Ramsey Show, LeVar Burton Reads from Stitcher, The Joe Rogan Experience, The Tim Ferriss Show, Wolverine from Marvel and Stitcher, Luminary podcast from Luminary.fm, Luminary Business with Todd Staples, Olympik iPlayer Podcasts, You are dead to me by BBC Sounds, Friday Night Comedy from BBC iPlayer Radio, Brexitcast by BBC Sounds and iPlayer Radio, Comedy of the Week by BBC iPlayer Radio, the Doorstep Murder by BBC iPlayer Radio, Fall of the Shah by BBC Sounds, Waze by davchti, Waze Out Radio by Waze Out Radio, KVR Music Tracker, Tracker, VGM Tracker, The Christie Tracker, TV Tuners, Sales Tuners, Is The Tuner On?, Tuner, Life Tuner
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Mar 11, 2025
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Ratings and reviews

4.7
312K reviews
Corey Munson
March 25, 2025
Immediately frustrated with this app. It touts itself as a free to listen app, but upon logging in for the first time, there was a not-dismissible screen requiring me to try the premium version. I closed out of the app and reopened it, only to find it auto downloading ten shows I had not subscribed to. This all feels very spammy and I think the developers should really take a minute to think EITHER about how they market themselves or what the initial experience in the app is like.
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Castbox.FM - Radio & Podcast & AudioBooks
March 26, 2025
Hi, thanks for your support. Users can choose to skip the trial and continue to use the free version. Also, to fully disable the auto-download feature, please go to the app Personal tab > Settings > Auto download > New Episodes > turn it off. If anything else, please feel free to reach us at contact@castbox.fm. Thank you! :-) - Jowanna
James
February 5, 2025
Obscene and intrusive ads make this app absolutely my least favorite app ever. Driving down the road and want to play the next app? Well it's going to force you watch a video of a pantsless Asian lady bending over for about 60 seconds before you get to move on. Don't bother clicking the "x" to close. It's fake and will only open AliExpress. Absolutely garbage that I can't use anymore.
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Castbox.FM - Radio & Podcast & AudioBooks
February 6, 2025
Hi, sorry for such inconvenience. As a startup, we have to survive by integrating with ads that are provided by third-party advertisers like Google, Facebook, or Applovin. Next time you have the same issues, could you please go to the app Personal page > About > Contact us > Submit report via email and send us a video at contact@castbox.fm? Thanks!
Tracy Schmidt
February 23, 2025
Used to be fantastic. Recently has been pausing when I leave the app to do other things, requiring that I go back to the app and press play again. Very annoying. If I wanted this, I would use YouTube. In response to the reply. I never had Pause for interruptions selected.
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Castbox.FM - Radio & Podcast & AudioBooks
February 23, 2025
Hi, sorry about that. Could you go to your phone Settings and turn off the battery optimization for Castbox to see if it helps? If it still doesn't work, could you go to the app Personal page > About > Contact us > Submit report via email and send a screen recording of the playback issue to contact@castbox.fm? Thanks! - Jowanna