Outcast Press Kit and Fact Sheet

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Fact sheet

App: Outcast (on the App Store as "Outcast for Watch")
What it is: a standalone podcast player for Apple Watch. You search, download or stream, and play podcasts on the watch over Wi-Fi or cellular, through AirPods or Bluetooth headphones, with no iPhone needed. A companion iPhone app browses and manages episodes.
Developer: Crunchy Bagel Pty Ltd, the makers of Streaks
First released: January 2018
Current version: 5.1, released October 2026. Version 5.0 (July 2026) rebuilt the Apple Watch app from the ground up in SwiftUI.
Requires: watchOS 10.6 or later; the iPhone app needs iOS 17.6 or later
Price: $2.99 (US), paid upfront. No subscription. Optional tips in the app.
Languages: English plus 15 others
App Store: apps.apple.com/app/id1326693810

Search, browse top charts and genres, subscribe, download and play, all on the watch.
Downloads and streams over Wi-Fi or cellular, with a setting to keep downloads off cellular.
Playlists that move on to the next episode in the background.
Chapters, playback from 0.5x to 3x, and skip intervals from 5 to 90 seconds.
A watch face complication with the current episode's artwork and progress.
On iPhone: top charts in 38 countries, adding podcasts by feed URL, OPML import and export, and 12 themes.
No account, no ads and no analytics. Its App Store privacy label lists crash data only.

You're welcome to use these in coverage of Outcast. The podcasts shown in the screenshots are made up.