![]() ![]() I was continually baffled by its response to swiping, which was inconsistent. I used it for a while but never liked it. Instacastįor a while, Instacast seemed to be everyone’s favorite, and many people still swear by it. But I’ve given three others a fair hearing and genuinely believe Downcast is the best. For several years, Laurie Taylor, host of Thinking Allowed, has been telling listeners they can “downcast our podload,” a bit of wordplay I never tire of. I confess I had a warm spot in my heart for Downcast even before I tried it. They allow you to download and play new episodes without being anywhere near the computer you sync with. Podcast players came in to break that last link. For many of us, podcast episodes were the only part of our iOS audio lineup that changed regularly they were the last link with iTunes. It’s not that there weren’t such apps before-I’ve been hearing Stitcher ads on podcasts for years-but the category exploded when we no longer had to connect our iOS devices to a computer and sync via iTunes. The dedicated podcast player is a phenomenon of iOS 5 and iCloud syncing. Of the four podcast players I’ve tried out, Downcast was by far the simplest and easiest to use. It’d be a shame if people pass up Downcast because of Merlin’s comment. At some point in the 53 hours of podcasts Merlin Mann was on over the past week or so, he mentioned Downcast, the iOS podcast player/manager, and likened it to Emacs-powerful, but probably not appropriate for most people because of all its options. ![]()
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