Castamatic

Version 13.1.7

- Favorites are no longer lost after a reinstall: episodes you starred, or added to On the Go, are now restored from iCloud even if you never played them.

- New episodes are no longer marked as listened on a podcast you already follow: "Mark Old Episodes as Listened" now applies only when a podcast actually joins your library, so a show that publishes several episodes on the same day keeps them all unplayed.

- News mode no longer marks your favorite episodes or the one loaded in the player as listened, and a new "Except Partially Played" option also spares episodes you have already started.

- The "Cleanup" screen is now called "Downloads & Cleanup", making the automatic download settings easier to find.

- The playlist filter "Streamed" is now called "Not Downloaded", and a description under the "Include episodes" switches spells out what your combination lets through — including the ones that quietly drop episodes from the playlist as soon as they are downloaded.

- Turning off every switch in a filter group no longer leaves a playlist empty: a group with nothing selected simply doesn't filter.

- Live shows announced in the standard Podcasting 2.0 format are no longer skipped: the Live playlist now appears as expected.

- Restoring a full backup is no longer rejected as an invalid file when the backup lives outside Castamatic, for example in Files or iCloud Drive.

- "Manage subscriptions" now opens subscription management inside the app, including on devices without the iTunes Store app, and opens the App Store on Apple silicon Macs.

- The queue widget fills all of its slots again: the episodes shown follow autoplay, even past the end of the playlist.

- VoiceOver now announces the download state of each episode.

- Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements.

Version 13.1

- Home Screen widgets: see your current episode at a glance and play or pause right from the widget. Tap an episode or playlist to start listening without even opening the app.

- iCloud playlist sync: your playlists, their order, and their settings now stay in sync across all your devices.

- Custom playlist icons: personalize each playlist with hundreds of SF Symbols and your favorite colors.

- Reorder episodes by hand: drag episodes to arrange your playlists exactly the way you want.

- Loop Playlist: keep a playlist going by starting over from the top when it reaches the end.

- New autoplay options, including an "Always from Top" mode.

- Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements.

Version 13

- Magic Transcript: generate full episode transcripts on your device using Apple Intelligence. Tap any line to jump straight to that moment.

- Magic Chapters: automatically split episodes into chapters using on-device AI, even when the podcast doesn't include them.

- Transcript Panel: follow along with a live-scrolling transcript right in the player, with full transport controls.

- Chapter artwork now displayed during previous/next chapter navigation.

- Improved Value for Value reliability and error handling.

- Improved CloudKit sync stability.

- Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements.