Podcast Player - Castbox

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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
Your podcast player. Listen & subscribe to all podcasts, a highly customized app
Updated on
Oct 15, 2026

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Ratings and reviews

363K reviews
Dave Lorde
June 29, 2026
It's been really good for podcast listening until recently, when it stopped being able to play some episodes with an "Unknown error occurred" error message. There's nothing about it in the Castbox help or FAQs. I tried deleting the relevant podcasts and re-subscribing, but still got the error message. So I've had to use a different podcast app for those podcasts.
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Castbox.FM - Radio & Podcast & AudioBooks
January 29, 2022
Hi, sorry about this issue. Could you please kindly take a screen recording or some relevant screenshots regarding the whole process of the issue, and send to contact@castbox.fm? It would be very helpful for us to locate the issue and make the app right for you. Thank you very much for the support! :-) - Sarah
John F
June 30, 2026
doesn't work well with intermittent phone signal (e.g. when traveling on a train). can't even access the content that I've auto downloaded for offline listening. also, despite turning off all notifications the app still notifies me when new content is downloaded. this review is as a 2+ year paid user. if you're always online the app is nice and cleaner than other apps, but the poor offline functionality is a nightmare and the reason I won't be renewing my subscription
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Castbox.FM - Radio & Podcast & AudioBooks
June 30, 2026
Hi, we are very sorry for such inconvenience. We have forwarded your request to our development team and product team, and will continue to update our app to deliver a better user experience. You can reach us at contact@castbox.fm with any other feedback. Thank you very much for your kind support! :-) - Jenny
Samuel O'Kane
April 12, 2024
Hit and miss. No major issues with the player, but getting several annoyances. Sometimes skips back a few seconds, and if resumed from previously closed it will fail to continue to next episode due to 'a broken source'. Point of uninstall was seeing that it was creating a significant battery drain even on days that it should've been closed and not even used.
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Castbox.FM - Radio & Podcast & AudioBooks
April 12, 2024
Hi, sorry for this inconvenience. Please go to your phone Settings > Applications > find Podcast Player > Storage > clear the cache to see if it works. If it still doesn't work, could you go to the app Settings > More > About > Contact us > Submit report via email and send the links to the problematic podcasts to contact@castbox.fm?
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