Description
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Manage your podcasts and RSS/news feeds with the first Podcatcher in the Google Market.
Highlights
-Easy import of feeds from Google Listen.
-Android Central's Editors' Choice podcatcher of the year
-Android Central's Readers' Choice runner up podcatcher of the year
-Lifehacker (Nov-2011) finds DoggCatcher to be "The Best Podcast Manager for Android"
-Easy to find new podcasts/feeds
-Fully automated download and cleanup of media files
-Offline playback of audio and video
-Categories for feeds
-Updated frequently - 100+ updates since first release in November 2008
-Active user community - 10000+ forum posts
-Highly configurable
-Variable speed playback (this requires the purchase of a third party audio library named Presto)
Automation
-Automatically updates feeds on a configurable interval
-Automatically download new media
-Automatically deletes media that has been listened to
Add feeds by
-Browsing Top 100 DoggCatcher feeds
-Getting recommendations based on your feed subscriptions
-Searching podcast and news directories
-Importing for Google Reader/Listen
-Importing from OPML
Integrated Audio/Video Player
-Plays downloaded audio/video
-Streams audio over network (wifi/cell)
-Remembers play position of media file
-Plays video formats supported by Android
Community and support
-Frequently updated
-Very active user community in forums
Playlists
-Audio playlist for continuous play of new media
-Video/News playlists for easy navigation of new media
RSS/News feeds
-Supports RSS 1.0, 2.0, and ATOM
-Displays inline images
Other
-Battery/data plan friendly - can limit downloads based on network/power connections
-Media download queue can be viewed and managed
-Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP)
-Supports authenticated feeds (username/password)
For any questions about application permissions, please see http://www.doggcatcher.com/permissions
Community and support at doggcatcher.com
Jerry
Apr 19, 2012 8:59:57 PM
Need improvements but ok If I could take the UI from PocketCast (PC) and the stability from DC I would have the perfect podcast app! The UI on DC just plain stinks having to long and/or search through tons of configuration options to complete a simple task is a pain. Downloading is so slow that you need to let it run over night to complete. Not being able to play video in portrait mode is major issue. It's difficult when I need to charge my phone and watch a video and landscape is my only option. Also, no video resume feature. On a positive note this does have more features and podcasts than PC and some some will take you to a website to play the latest episodes ie..Shark Tank. Overall this is a good app. I just hope they take the next 3 months or so to totally revamp the UI.
Jonathan
Apr 19, 2012 4:20:40 PM
Use it, but it keeps getting worse Controls are becoming more convoluted - different menus from each screen in the app, some are only tiny icons and are not available through the menus. Crashes a lot switching in and out of Bluetooth. Unprotected, by an Ok/Cancel pop-up, functions which apply to all podcasts.
Nate
Apr 18, 2012 1:48:06 PM
Aces Great app, great devs. Last update nuked my feeds. Emailed the devs and they worked for 2 weeks nonstop until it was fixed. Even sent me custom patches. Love DC!
Rob
Apr 17, 2012 5:54:12 PM
My favorite app Would like a more cutomizable widget. Last update was a step in the right direction. Perhaps more widget sizes with album art, etc.
Brodie
Apr 17, 2012 12:14:55 PM
The best. Really appreciate the Google Reader integration! Little annoyance for feeds with many items is that the GUI doesn't give the little thumb scroll tab so you're forced to paw your screen to get from top to bottom -little, but it gets tiresome by around the 5th time when you know a solution exists. Still, 5 stars!
Lee
Apr 16, 2012 9:53:32 PM
Finally an app that replaces.... Finally a proper app that replaces that crappy "Listen" app. Thank you.
Anonymous
Apr 16, 2012 8:49:18 PM
Used to be great. Went bad, real bad. This is the first app I ever purchased for Android and for quite a while it was my favorite as well. For the last few months and probably the last dozen releases it seems as though everything possible has been done in an attempt to make this my most aggravating app. Stability has fallen like a rock through the sky to the point I use an external player more often than not. On my Asus TFP this is the one and only app that manages to bring the Tegra 3 to it's knees until ICS eventually asks me if I'd like to kill it. I purchased both BeyondPod and Pocket Catcher in an attempt to find the glory that once was with Doggcatcher, but they both have issues of their own. Even so, I'd rather suffer from a missing feature or two than deal with crashes and hangs all day long.
michael
Apr 16, 2012 3:39:29 AM
Gave it a shot I bought it on sale but i prefer pocketcast in every way possible.
DarkHell
Apr 16, 2012 12:22:05 AM
Best app ever If I could give it 10 start I would have love it works fantastic with endless options
Rami
Apr 15, 2012 12:23:18 PM
Works as expected, can be made better... For a podcast Android tool, it does what it has to do, interface is easy to use, but some options are cumbersome, and are not very customizible as desired. There are many updates done each month, but there are some things on the todo list since long time. Still prefer BP on this one, but for $2 and having that money donated to EFF it is ok,