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Pocketcasts pricing
Pocketcasts 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
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Pocketcasts 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 | 4 | Entry tier |
| Plus | $39.99/year | 4 | +$39.99/year, 4 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 unlimited podcasts, cross-device sync, playback effects, episode filters.
Plus
$39.99/yearOver Free, this tier adds:
- Desktop apps
- Cloud storage 10GB
- Extra themes
- Folder organization
Where Pocketcasts stops being free
Free, Free
- Unlimited podcasts
- Cross-device sync
- Playback effects
- Episode filters
Plus, $39.99/year
The first thing you pay for:
- Desktop apps
- Cloud storage 10GB
- Extra themes
- Folder organization
What the product covers
The full Pocketcasts 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 discovery
- Variable speed playback
- Silence trimming
- Cross-device sync
- Custom filters
Integrations
- Apple Watch
- Wear OS
- Sonos
- CarPlay
- Android Auto
Platform
- Ios support
- Android support
- Web support
- Windows support
- Macos support
People bring Pocketcasts in for podcast listening, audio content consumption, learning on the go. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Pocketcasts are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Podcast & Audio Publishing
Too few podcast & audio publishing tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocketcasts (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Buzzsprout | Free | freemium | - | vs Pocketcasts |
| Audioboom | Free | freemium | - | vs Pocketcasts |
| Adobe Podcast | $22.99/month | subscription | - | vs Pocketcasts |
| Apple Podcasts Connect | Free | free | - | vs Pocketcasts |
| Auphonic | Free, then $10/month | freemium | - | vs Pocketcasts |
| Acast | On request | quote | - | vs Pocketcasts |
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 Pocketcasts badges page.
Before you pay for Pocketcasts
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 $39.99/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.
Pocketcasts runs on ios, android, web, windows, macos, and is published by Automattic (Pocketcasts) of Adelaide, Australia. The full record is on the Pocketcasts review, and the rest of the category is under best podcast & audio publishing tools.
Pocketcasts pricing questions
- How much does Pocketcasts cost?
- Pocketcasts publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Free up to $39.99/year for Plus. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Pocketcasts have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers unlimited podcasts, cross-device sync, playback effects. Paying starts at $39.99/year for Plus.
- What is the difference between Free and Plus on Pocketcasts?
- Plus costs $39.99/year against Free, and adds desktop apps, cloud storage 10gb, extra themes, folder organization.
- Which podcast & audio publishing tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 podcast & audio publishing tools listed alongside Pocketcasts have a free tier: Buzzsprout, Audioboom, Apple Podcasts Connect, Auphonic.
- What am I actually paying for with Pocketcasts?
- The record lists 15 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for podcast listening, audio content consumption, learning on the go.
- Does Pocketcasts 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 Pocketcasts 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 Pocketcasts against before paying?
- The closest podcast & audio publishing tools in this directory are Buzzsprout, Audioboom, Adobe Podcast, Apple Podcasts Connect. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Pocketcasts covering price, platforms and features.