- Episode Limit is now strictly enforced so it can consistently match everyone's expectations. On first run, episodes beyond the limits you've set will be deleted! - Replay Podcast: Re-listen to a podcast from the beginning - Smart Complete (Premium): Marks episodes complete with less than 5 minutes left if you haven't listened in 48 hours. (In Delete settings) - Chapter preselection (Premium) - Premium audio effects: Mono audio, parametric EQ, volume normalization, background-noise reduction, and a de-esser! - Sleep Timer now fades out at the end - Playlists can now be sorted by episode duration - New "keep oldest" mode for Episode Limit - Find text in the current transcript - Added transcript viewing to episode-info screens (if the episode and transcript are downloaded) - Re-Transcribe to fix any broken transcripts or language mis-detections - Export transcripts as SRT files - Fixed certain transcription errors - Fixed incorrect tracking of some listening stats and history entries - Fixed missing artwork in clip-sharing and stalls while exporting clips - Fixed potential performance issues

- Added new playback speeds up to 5X - Apple Watch downloaded playback now supports Smart Speed and Voice Boost - Fixed AirPlay bugs - Fixed sync bugs - Fixed streaming bugs - Reduced storage usage - Improved performance, especially with large collections - Overcast should now be suggested more often when you connect AirPods

- Fixed incorrect ordering of new episodes in playlists with priority settings - Fixed sync sometimes resetting your changes shortly after you make them - Fixed excessive storage usage in certain error conditions - Fixed episode progress resetting to 0:00 in certain error conditions - Fixed incorrect durations on certain MP3 files

- Text can now be selected in transcripts - Improved transcript timing - Improved responsiveness when bringing up the now-playing screen

- Improved transcript alignment with dynamically-inserted ads - Minor bug fixes

- Transcripts! (Many more transcript features coming in the future, too. Gotta start somewhere, though!) - Fixed bugs that could cause background termination - Lots of smaller bug fixes

Fixed incorrect calculation of total time in Listening Stats top-podcasts images.

Fixed some obscure bugs and crashes.

- New Promos & Reruns filter, available as a global setting that can be customized per podcast - Per-episode artwork support, finally! (Displayed in podcast screens and during playback, but not in playlists or widgets, so you can still identify the podcasts there.) - Season/episode numbers are now displayed in metadata - Bug fixes

- Brand new downloader for more reliable download behavior, especially background downloads - Apple Watch background refresh and downloads are now much more reliable - More robust streaming, especially in slow or spotty network conditions - New alerts if your ad-blocking router, VPN, or DNS service is blocking podcast downloads

- Recent episodes (at the top of the home screen) can now be long-pressed for options - Simplified dark/tinted-mode app icons - Now-playing bottom controls on iOS 18 now have larger touch areas - Fixed Classic miniplayer when using Display Zoom on small iPhones - Fixed OPML-imported podcasts not always being followed

- New recent-speed suggestions to make common speed adjustments faster - Miniplayer now (again) auto-hides when nothing is playing - Improved miniplayer tap zones - Improved dark and monochrome icons - Re-added the classic always-dark Premium icon - Fixed 3-second skip after pauses when Smart Resume is disabled - Fixed potential stacking of episode-info screens when launched from widgets - Fixed crash in playlist-icon picker - Restored watchOS 10 compatibility for Apple Watch complications

- Restored watchOS 10 compatibility - Layout improvements for small screens and large fonts - Fixed menu and toolbar flashing in certain conditions - Fixed widget colors when using the Premium blue app icon - Improved handling of the Button Shapes accessibility option

New design for iOS 26: - New floating miniplayer (the classic button layout is available under Customize Home Screen) - The now-playing screen and episode-info screens have been reorganized with native toolbar controls - Playback speeds are now offered in 0.1 increments from 0.5–3.0 - Glass icon

- Tiny bug fixes - Laying groundwork for future features

- Adding a single episode no longer auto-follows the podcast - Fixed artwork sometimes not showing in widgets - Fixed not always pausing when headphones are disconnected - Fixed icon color in menus under some conditions - Other minor fixes

Fixed a sync bug introduced in the previous version.

- Improved background refresh - Double Tap support to play/pause in the Apple Watch app - Minor bug fixes

- Completely rewrote Apple Watch app to be MUCH more responsive, efficient, and reliable - Disabled Lock Screen time-slider by default to reduce accidental seeking (previously in Nitpicky Details, now in regular Settings) - Chapter rows in now-playing pane no longer activate while scrolling - Fixed opening universal links to episodes - Improved reliability of custom playlist ordering - Improved CarPlay reliability - Improved handling of certain audio conditions - Improved launch time and other minor behaviors - Opened a restaurant on Fire Island

- Moved History into the settings screen. (People weren't finding it! It makes more sense there.) - Fixed bugs with in-app purchase and the Listening Stats view.

New Overcast Premium features: - Listening stats: See your top podcasts by year, month, or day, with stats going back to the start of 2023! - 48-hour History and Undo: Accidentally seek too far, leave your phone playing overnight, or delete the wrong episode, podcast, or playlist? Just undo it!

Minor bug fixes for notifications, playlists, and UI performance.

- Adjusted Smart Resume to go back less time after short interruptions. - Fixed a bug in playlists that could cause manually rearranged episodes to reset their sorting. - Some tiny bug fixes and improvements

Fixed excessive syncing.

- Play Next is now available outside of playlists - Changes now sync more quickly - Added Import/Export OPML in settings - Premium dark-mode app icon now has variants for iOS 18 home-screen tint modes - Widget backgrounds are now dark if using the Premium dark-mode app icon - Widgets now render correctly in color-tinted mode - "Add URL" screen now has a button to manually show username/password fields - Small buttons on now-playing screen now have larger touch targets - Fixed widgets sometimes missing artwork - Fixed high storage usage in some conditions - Fixed blue icons in search screen under some OS versions - Fixed crash on Mac upon searching - Fixed Mac file exports having ugly filenames - Fixed clip-sharing failing if episode isn't playing - Fixed the downloads icon being too big sometimes (Again! Differently this time.)