CastKeeper: Podcast Player

Our quest for a personal and private podcast experience continues with our biggest update yet! DISCOVER Meet the all-new Discover. Search is now just the beginning. Browse curated daily themes, explore recommendations, and find your next favorite podcast to listen, watch, and save—all while maintaining your privacy. Discover becomes more personalized over time based on your choices. Simply press and hold any recommendation to tell CastKeeper to suggest more, suggest less, or hide podcasts entirely. Your recommendations remain yours. THEMES Make CastKeeper your own with 15 beautiful themes. Customize your app icon and accent colors to create an experience that's uniquely yours. MORE ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS We've added even more ways to make CastKeeper work for everyone: • Accessible Player – Larger touch targets throughout the full player for improved accessibility. • AirPods Haptic Mode – Haptic feedback now mirrors common AirPods controls: one tap for play/pause, two taps to skip forward, and three taps to skip back, helping users confidently navigate using touch. KNOW BEFORE YOU LISTEN CastKeeper now identifies podcasts that use Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI). When detected, a new indicator lets you know episode durations may vary after playback begins. Additional improvements include: • New dedicated Search button in Discover • Loading screen now reflects your selected theme and app icon • Improved Mini Player haptics • Bug fixes and performance improvements throughout the app Thank you for supporting independent software and helping us build a better podcast experience.

Podcasts should be forever — and for everybody. This release is dedicated to accessibility. A new Accessibility menu in Settings brings every option together in one place, synced automatically across all your devices. Accessibility in CastKeeper isn't an afterthought. It's built in. Hearing Accessibility: - Live Captions are here. Tap the CC button in the player to see real-time captions for any audio or video podcast, generated entirely on-device. Customize the position, number of lines, and color to fit your needs. If a transcript has been generated for the episode, captions use it automatically. You can also set captions on by default in Settings. - Transcripts now follow along in a lyrics-style view, making it easier to read as you listen. - Mono mode lets you downmix stereo audio and choose left or right channel — perfect for single-earbud listening. Sensory Accessibility - Haptic intensity can now be fine-tuned independently of your iOS system settings — dial it up or down to your preference. - A new Reduce Animations toggle removes most motion from the app for users sensitive to movement. - OpenDyslexic font support is now available across transcripts, show notes, CastKeeper notes, and Smart Summaries. Vision Accessibility - Monochrome mode removes color from the UI and renders everything in grayscale. - High Contrast mode sharpens lighter text for improved readability. - Full VoiceOver support has been implemented throughout the entire app.