Podcasts on your Apple Watch.

Outcast is a podcast player for Apple Watch: browse, download and play podcasts with no iPhone needed.

Download on the App Store

$2.99 once. No subscription and no account.

On your wrist

Leave your iPhone at home.

Search for a podcast, download or stream an episode over Wi-Fi or cellular, and listen through AirPods or any Bluetooth headphones. It all happens on the watch.

Features

Made for listening without your phone.

Search and browseFind podcasts on the watch by voice or Scribble, or browse top charts and genres.
Wi-Fi or cellularDownload or stream episodes on the watch. On a cellular Apple Watch, you can turn off downloading over cellular.
AirPods and BluetoothListen through AirPods or any Bluetooth headphones or speaker. Your headphone controls skip forward and back.
PlaylistsLine up episodes and the next one starts on its own, even with Outcast in the background.
ChaptersJump between chapters in downloaded episodes that include them.
Your speed, your skipsPlayback from 0.5x to 3x, and skip intervals from 5 to 90 seconds.
ComplicationsPut the current episode's artwork and progress on your watch face.
Audiobook filesPlays .m4b files from feeds, as well as MP3 and M4A.
No accountNothing to sign up for, no ads and no tracking.
iPhone

A companion app for your iPhone.

Browse and manage your podcasts on the bigger screen, and the watch downloads the episodes you pick.

  • Top charts in 38 countries, and 19 genres to browse
  • Add any podcast by its feed URL, including private feeds with a username and password
  • Import and export your podcasts as OPML, so moving from another app is easy
  • 12 themes and matching app icons
The Outcast iPhone app showing a list of episodes
Platforms and price

One purchase. Watch and iPhone.

Apple WatchWorks on its own, without your iPhone nearby. Needs watchOS 10.6 or later. Cellular downloads need a cellular Apple Watch with an active plan.
iPhoneA companion app for browsing and managing episodes. Needs iOS 17.6 or later. Episodes play on the watch.
$2.99, oncePaid upfront in the App Store, with no subscription. You can leave an optional tip in the app if you'd like to support it.
Guides

New to podcasts on Apple Watch?

How to listen to podcasts on Apple Watch without your iPhone Using Apple Podcasts or Outcast, what cellular adds over Wi-Fi, and getting your headphones connected.

Get Outcast.

The podcast player for Apple Watch, from Crunchy Bagel, the makers of Streaks.

Download on the App Store

Available in English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.