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Castro pricing
Castro publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $24.99/year
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Castro plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Castro Plus | $24.99/year | 5 | +$24.99/year, 5 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers core podcast management, inbox/queue/archive, carplay support.
Castro Plus
$24.99/yearOver Free, this tier adds:
- Custom per-podcast settings
- Trim Silence
- Enhance Voices
- Skip Intros
- Variable speed
Where Castro stops being free
Free, Free
- Core podcast management
- Inbox/queue/archive
- CarPlay support
Castro Plus, $24.99/year
The first thing you pay for:
- Custom per-podcast settings
- Trim Silence
- Enhance Voices
- Skip Intros
- Variable speed
What the product covers
The full Castro feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Podcast app
- Inbox system
- Triage view
- Playback
- Discovery
Integrations
- Podcast services
- Apple services
Security
- Account security
- Privacy controls
Platform
- Ios support
- Web support
People bring Castro in for podcast management, listening. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Castro are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Media & Entertainment
Across the 5 media & entertainment tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $7.99/month. Castro starts at $24.99/year, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castro (this page) | Free, then $24.99/year | - | - | |
| Dailymotion | Free | free | - | vs Castro |
| Audible | $7.95/month | subscription | - | vs Castro |
| Castbox | Free | - | - | vs Castro |
| Criterion Channel | $10.99/month | - | - | vs Castro |
| Apple TV+ | $9.99/month | subscription | - | vs Castro |
| BritBox | $6.99/month | subscription | - | vs Castro |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Castro badges page.
Before you pay for Castro
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and $24.99/year, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Castro runs on ios, apple watch, ipad, and is published by Castro Inc of New York, NY. The full record is on the Castro review, and the rest of the category is under best media & entertainment tools.
Castro pricing questions
- How much does Castro cost?
- Castro publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Free up to $24.99/year for Castro Plus. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Castro have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers core podcast management, inbox/queue/archive, carplay support. Paying starts at $24.99/year for Castro Plus.
- What is the difference between Free and Castro Plus on Castro?
- Castro Plus costs $24.99/year against Free, and adds custom per-podcast settings, trim silence, enhance voices, skip intros.
- Is Castro expensive for a media & entertainment tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 5 media & entertainment tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $7.99/month; Castro starts at $24.99/year.
- Which media & entertainment tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 7 media & entertainment tools listed alongside Castro have a free tier: Dailymotion, Castbox, Crunchyroll.
- What am I actually paying for with Castro?
- The record lists 11 features across 4 areas: core, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for podcast management, listening.
- Does Castro charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Castro prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Castro against before paying?
- The closest media & entertainment tools in this directory are Dailymotion, Audible, Castbox, Criterion Channel. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Castro covering price, platforms and features.