CastNook
— PODCAST PLAYER FOR ANDROID
Your Podcasts.
Quieter.
Yours forever.
A premium, ad-free podcast player built for late-night listening — with on-device AI discovery, smart offline downloads, and a bedtime fade-out timer. Pay once. No subscriptions, no account, no tracking.
$2.99
one-time no-monthly-fees
✓ Pay once, own forever ✓ No subscriptions
✓ No account required
⛨ 100% on-device — nothing leaves your phone % Zero ads, zero sponsors
✓ One $2.99 purchase, no renewals
— EVERYTHING YOU NEED
A full-featured player,
built for comfort & control
No compromises, no upsells. Every feature is included in the one-time price.
Bedtime comfort
Extra-quiet mode below Android's minimum, plus a smooth fade-out sleep timer (5–60m or end of episode).
Speeds & skips
Pitch-preserved 0.5x–2.0x saved per podcast, with custom forward/rewind skip intervals from 5–60s.
Playlists & queues
Named playlists, a drag-and-drop Up-Next queue, and a full listen history with starred favorites.
Yours to theme
Light, OLED pitch-black, or system. Six Material 3 accents, plus ambient cover-art backdrops.
1-tap OPML
Import and export your subscriptions to and from Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, or Overcast in seconds.
Home-screen widget
Glanceable cover art, track title, and playback controls — right on your home screen.
— ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE
Discovery that never leaves your phone
CastNook learns from how you actually listen and suggests your next favorite — powered by Gemini Nano running 100% on-device. Your taste profile is never uploaded.
✓ Private recommendations from your listening habits
✓ Top charts across News, Sports, Tech, Comedy & Science
✓ Instant directory search with live feed parsing
On-device AI needs a recent Android flagship (Pixel 8+). Charts & search work everywhere.
— OFFLINE STORAGE SHIELD
Never get stranded without audio
CastNook downloads new episodes on Wi-Fi automatically — inside customizable storage limits so it never eats your phone.
✓ Per-podcast caps — e.g. keep only the latest 3 episodes
✓ Global storage limit & cellular-data guard
✓ Auto-repair — lost signal? It plays what you already have and quietly finishes the rest in the background
— LISTENING STATS
See your habits,
kept to yourself
Weekly stats, total hours, and daily streaks — every one of them computed and stored on your phone.
✓ Weekly totals and hours listened
✓ Daily streaks to keep the habit going
✓ Never uploaded — no account needed to track progress
— MAKE IT YOURS
Themes & accents for every mood
Crisp light, deep OLED black, or match your system. Pick from six Material 3 accents.
✓ True-black OLED mode that saves battery
✓ Six accents — Teal, Blue, Purple, Sky, Amber, Green
✓ Ambient artwork backdrops on the player and episode screens
— PRIVACY IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Your listening stays
on your phone
No accounts
No sign-in, no password, no email. Install and start listening instantly.
100% on-device
Subscriptions, playlists, and stats live only on your phone. We can't see them.
Minimal Traffic
Only what's needed: search hits Apple's directory, audio streams straight from publishers.
— SIMPLE, HONEST PRICING
Buy it once. Use it forever.
ONE-TIME PURCHASE
$2.99
forever · no subscriptions · no in-app purchases
✓ Every feature included — nothing locked behind a tier
✓ No ads, no sponsors, no interruptions
✓ Free updates on the Google Play Store
— QUESTIONS
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Export an OPML file from Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, or Overcast, then import it into CastNook in one tap. Your whole subscription list comes across in seconds.
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None. CastNook is a single $2.99 purchase on the Google Play Store. No monthly fees, no annual renewals, no tiers, and no ads — ever.
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Extra Quiet mode applies a custom volume attenuation curve below Android's standard minimum volume step, allowing you to listen at night without waking up to loud audio spikes.
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On-device AI recommendations require a supported Android flagship (Pixel 8+ with compatible AICore hardware). Standard recommendations, top charts, and directory search work on all devices.
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CastNook requires Android 7.0 or newer. On-device AI recommendations require supported recent Android flagship devices (such as Google Pixel 8+ with compatible AICore hardware). Standard features like playback, playlists, and downloads work on all supported devices.
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