You can customize your forward-skipping amount of time (and hotkeys for AirPods, if you’re into that) in Overcast! I used Apple Podcasts for a while, then like a few years ago (okay it was like a decade now) they updated the UI for their app and I hated it. Switched to Overcast after checking out a few other options and it’s amazing.
Then they updated Overcast and it all went to shit. It was the worst update to an app I’ve ever seen. Apparently to move it into a new engine or something, but then removing the ability to listen to podcasts as they download, and podcasts would randomly just stop and delete themselves. Awful.
That was fixed pretty quickly, it’s back to being great. But I’m a little nervous about any app I like aaaaaa
Side note: While checking out other podcast apps, I saw a few others that people really liked, mainly Pocket Casts. Check the tracking info and data collection before you download anything. Pocket Casts is invasive, “Podcast App” is invasive and looks shady as hell, Audible is more invasive, Spotify is a privacy NIGHTMARE holy shit look at all that shit it hoovers up.
I use the xManager version, not sure if that still has all the trackers in it. Either way, I don’t pay for premium and if the worst I have to put up with is a sponsored segment, I can tolerate that for not having to have my podcasts downloaded to my phone.
Podcast Addict lets you customize how many seconds skipping forward or backwards are. I can use the skip track buttons in my car to do this using Android Auto.
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apple podcasts lets you skip ahead in 30 setting intervals, even through ads
You can customize your forward-skipping amount of time (and hotkeys for AirPods, if you’re into that) in Overcast! I used Apple Podcasts for a while, then like a few years ago (okay it was like a decade now) they updated the UI for their app and I hated it. Switched to Overcast after checking out a few other options and it’s amazing.
Then they updated Overcast and it all went to shit. It was the worst update to an app I’ve ever seen. Apparently to move it into a new engine or something, but then removing the ability to listen to podcasts as they download, and podcasts would randomly just stop and delete themselves. Awful.
That was fixed pretty quickly, it’s back to being great. But I’m a little nervous about any app I like aaaaaa
Side note: While checking out other podcast apps, I saw a few others that people really liked, mainly Pocket Casts. Check the tracking info and data collection before you download anything. Pocket Casts is invasive, “Podcast App” is invasive and looks shady as hell, Audible is more invasive, Spotify is a privacy NIGHTMARE holy shit look at all that shit it hoovers up.
oops morning adderall podcast app rant I guess
Spotify has the same option in 15 second intervals. It’s great as long as I’m not in the car or the shower when the ad break hits.
Apple’s is actually a setting for 15 or 30, or even 30 forward and 15 back.
If you have steering wheel audio controls the right/left button skips forward/back.
I was just looking at app permissions and tracking of some podcast apps and Spotify is a nightmare, christ…
I use the xManager version, not sure if that still has all the trackers in it. Either way, I don’t pay for premium and if the worst I have to put up with is a sponsored segment, I can tolerate that for not having to have my podcasts downloaded to my phone.
Podcast Addict lets you customize how many seconds skipping forward or backwards are. I can use the skip track buttons in my car to do this using Android Auto.
+1 for podcast addict, best app by far
In English they’re often transcribed too, so you can just click past the advert.