About Fast Cast: Podcast Player
Fast Cast(TM) is the podcast app built around how speech sounds. Its sound engine keeps voices clear at any speed, its transcripts are made to be read, and it never loses your place. SOUND FIRST . Full Auto listens to...
Fast Cast(TM) is the podcast app built around how speech sounds. Its sound engine keeps voices clear at any speed, its transcripts are made to be read, and it never loses your place. SOUND FIRST . Full Auto listens to each episode and sets the sound for you. . Tight Edit trims the silences so episodes finish sooner without sounding rushed. . Voice Polish brings quiet voices forward so every word carries. . Downloaded or streamed, every episode plays through the same sound engine. . The Sound sheet puts every control in one place: Sound Styles, profiles, and settings for this show or all shows. . Analysis graphs show what you are hearing and what each stage is doing, right now, and a blind A/B test lets you hear the difference for yourself. TRANSCRIPTS YOU CAN READ - FREE . Fast Cast makes its own transcripts on your iPhone. . Live captions follow every word as it is spoken, over the artwork. . The transcript reader lights the current line, keeps chapters inline, searches the whole episode, and a Now pill brings you back to the playhead. AD MARKS, SUMMARIES AND CHAPTERS - FREE . Fast Cast reads its own transcript and marks the ads in English episodes on every iPhone. . With Apple Intelligence devices it also writes a summary and titled chapters. . All of it happens on your device. Nothing leaves your phone. AUTO AD SKIP (BETA) . Skips the sponsor messages Fast Cast finds in the English episodes it has transcribed, only when it is very sure. Every skip shows Go Back. Off by default. THE PLAYER . Swipe left from the artwork for About, Chapters, Ads, Transcript, Bookmarks & Clips, Links, Sound, Your listening and Episode facts. Reorder or hide any of them. . Tap play on an episode and the full player opens. On a slow connection a ring shows it is buffering, never a frozen screen. . Bookmark a moment, clip it, and share it as a card. . A sleep timer that can stop at the end of the chapter. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY . New episodes land in the Inbox. Queue what you want to hear, archive the rest. . Playlists, and smart playlists that build themselves from your rules. . Binge Mode plays a show's back catalog in order, downloads ahead, and tracks your progress. . Downloads for offline listening, with a Library that sorts active shows first. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES . iCloud sync carries your shows, queue, playlists, Inbox and archive, and where you are in every episode. . A new install restores your library from iCloud. . Continue on this phone: the episode you were just playing on another device waits, paused, in the player. YOUR LISTENING . Stats, streaks and a yearly Wrapped, made from your own listening. . Achievements to earn along the way. . Home Screen widgets for Now Playing, the queue and your stats. PRIVATE BY DESIGN . No account to create. Fast Cast runs no servers of its own. . Sync and backups use your own iCloud, and only metadata, never audio. FAST CAST U . Lessons inside the app that explain every feature, with Help buttons that open the right one. FAST CAST PRO Full Auto, Tight Edit, Voice Polish, Sound Styles, profiles, live Analysis, Auto Ad Skip, iCloud sync, smart playlists, Binge Mode, themes and artwork looks, and deep stats with Wrapped are part of Fast Cast Pro, a monthly or yearly subscription. Playback, downloads, the Inbox and queue, playlists, transcripts, live captions, ad marks, summaries, chapters, stats and backups are free. Privacy Policy: https://sociallycs.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions or bugs: contact@sociallycs.com Requires iOS 26 or later.
Version History AUTO AD SKIP ON EVERY IPHONE (BETA) Ad marks no longer need Apple Intelligence: Fast Cast finds them on any iPhone with iOS 26 or later, in the English transcripts it makes itself. Auto Ad Skip skips only what it's very sure is an ad, so some breaks still play for now, and every skip shows Go Back. Summaries and titled chapters still use Apple Intelligence. Off by default, in Settings › Playback. STREAMS GET THE NEW SOUND Streamed episodes now play through the same sound engine as downloads, so Tight Edit and Voice Polish work on them too. When Fast Cast downloads as you play, the stream becomes the download: one fetch, not two. NO MORE FROZEN SCREEN When a slow connection makes you wait, a ring circles the play button and "Buffering…" shows until the sound starts. Tap play on an episode and the full player opens; turn off Open Player When Playing in Settings › Playback to keep the mini player. ICLOUD SYNC, REBUILT Your shows, queue, playlists, Inbox and archive, and where you are in every episode follow you between your devices, in your own iCloud. Only these details sync, never the audio. • A new install restores your library from iCloud and shows its progress as it goes. • Continue on this phone: open Fast Cast on your other device and, if it isn't playing, the episode you were just playing waits in the player, paused at the same moment. One tap plays it. HEAR THE DIFFERENCE The A/B button on the player's analysis page works with the new sound engine: hear the same passage with and without Fast Cast's sound, pick the one you like, then see which was which. FIXES & POLISH • Pull to refresh in the Inbox • Episodes archived by Keep in Inbox or by Archive All from a show now remove their downloads when your Delete Downloads setting says so • After the end-of-episode sleep timer, the next episode waits, loaded and paused; one tap plays it • Tapping the episode that's already playing no longer restarts it • Starting a binge hides the show from the Inbox instead of archiving its episodes, and End Binge brings them back • Unsubscribing from a show ends its binge too • Black-and-white show artwork takes your accent color for the app • A chapter tapped the moment an episode opens now plays from that chapter Full Auto, Tight Edit, Voice Polish, Sound Styles, profiles, live Analysis with the A/B test, Auto Ad Skip and iCloud sync are part of Fast Cast Pro. Thanks for listening. Questions or bugs: contact@sociallycs.com Requires iOS 26 or later. 27.2 4d ago OUR BIGGEST UPDATE EVER! A NEW SOUND ENGINE Downloaded episodes now play through Fast Cast's new sound engine: speech stays clear at every speed. Full Auto, Smart Speed and Voice Boost were rebuilt from the ground up. THE SOUND SHEET REMADE Every sound control in one place, from the speed pill or the Sound button: this show or all shows, Sound Styles, profiles, and Analysis graphs that say exactly what they measure. TRANSCRIPTS YOU CAN READ Transcripts and live captions stay free. The transcript is now a reader, with chapters inline, the current line lit as it's spoken, search, and a Now pill that brings you back. SUMMARIES, CHAPTERS AND AD MARKS On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, Fast Cast reads its own transcript and writes a summary, chapters and ad marks, right on your device. Free for everyone. AUTO AD SKIP (BETA) Skips the sponsor messages Fast Cast finds in episodes it has transcribed, only when it's very sure. Every skip shows Go Back. Off by default, in Settings › Playback. THE PLAYER'S MIDDLE PAGE Swipe left from the artwork: About, Chapters, Ads, Transcript, Bookmarks & Clips, Links, Sound, Your listening, Episode facts. Reorder or hide any of them. FAST CAST U 2.0 47 lessons that match this version, and Help buttons that open the right one. FIXES & POLISH • Play an episode you've finished and it starts from the beginning • Library: a New episodes only filter and an Active First sort • Backups have their own row in Settings, free for everyone • A new Words screen in Settings for transcripts, captions and summaries • Flip between an episode's or chapter's own artwork and the show's • Bookmarks and clips start right at their moment • Cleaner summaries Too many other fixes, new features, and improvements to list them all. Thanks for listening. Questions or bugs: contact@sociallycs.com Requires iOS 26 or later. 27.1 Sep 28 What's New in This Version: LIVE CAPTIONS — FREE FOR EVERYONE Word-by-word captions float over the artwork while you listen, lighting up each word as it's spoken. Tap the captions to open the full transcript. On by default — you can turn them off in Playback Settings. TRANSCRIPTS, NOW AUTOMATIC — AND FREE Transcription starts the moment you press play on a downloaded episode and stays ahead of you as you listen — jump anywhere and it follows. Everything is generated right on your iPhone: your audio never leaves your device. Transcripts and captions are now free for every listener. Generating transcripts requires iOS 26 and a downloaded episode. SMARTER SHOW SETTINGS • Reset All Show Settings — one button returns every show to your global defaults • New global episode limit — set it once and every show follows, unless you override it per show FIXES & POLISH • Playback survives a force-quit — reopen the app and pick up right where you stopped, paused and ready • Pull-to-refresh and foreground feed refresh are more reliable • The audio quality score is more honest: it re-measures after you seek and shows Analyzing while it works • The Effective Speed chart no longer spikes, and the listening-growth chart got its own 30-day / 90-day / all-time picker • A redesigned floating activity pill shows download, sync, and transcription progress — now visible inside the player too • Dozens of small refinements across Wrapped, Stats, and the player Thanks for listening. Questions or bugs: contact@sociallycs.com 26.5 Aug 13 Minor bug fixes and improvements 26.4 Jul 19 TRANSCRIPTS Read along while you listen. Fast Cast generates a full transcript right on your iPhone — your audio never leaves your device and never touches a server. Tap any line to jump straight to that moment in the episode. Requires iOS 26 and Fast Cast Pro. SIRI SHORTCUTS "Hey Siri, play my queue." Seven new shortcuts let you start playback, skip to the next episode, and control Fast Cast without ever opening the app. A NEW STATS TAB Your listening, finally worth looking at: • By Genre — see what you actually spend your time on • Effective Speed — how much faster you really get through episodes, not just the speed you set • Records — longest session, biggest day, biggest week • Listening by Time of Day — a 24-hour clock of when you tune in • Loyalty — the shows you keep coming back to 43 ACHIEVEMENTS The ladder grew from 25 to 43, with new holographic cards and a celebration worth earning. STORY CARDS Share an episode, a clip, or your Wrapped as a full-bleed card built for Instagram Stories. POLISH A redesigned spectrum analyzer with a mirrored reflection, a smoother flight into the player, and dozens of small refinements throughout the app. Thanks for listening. 26.3 Jul 14 This update sharpens playback and gives you more insight into your audio. • Audio quality grades now update correctly as episodes auto-play through a playlist or queue. • The audio quality view shows your Full Auto improvement at a glance — the before-and-after grade — plus a new Reanalyze button to re-run it on demand. • Skip buttons no longer disappear when set to longer intervals, and the mini player now follows your chosen skip amount. • When an episode finishes and nothing's up next, the player closes itself automatically. Thanks for listening with Fast Cast — lots more coming this year. 26.2 Jun 25 1.0 Mar 27
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Fast Cast: Podcast Player since it was posted on our website on 2026-07-09 17:29:34.
The latest version is 27.2 and it was updated on 2026-10-15 18:36:18. See below the changes in each version.
Fast Cast: Podcast Player version 27.2
Updated At: 2026-10-15
Changes: Version History AUTO AD SKIP ON EVERY IPHONE (BETA)
Ad marks no longer need Apple Intelligence: Fast Cast finds them on any iPhone with iOS 26 or later, in the English transcripts it makes itself. Auto Ad Skip skips only what it's very sure is an ad, so some breaks still play for now, and every skip shows Go Back. Summaries and titled chapters still use Apple Intelligence. Off by default, in Settings › Playback.
STREAMS GET THE NEW SOUND
Streamed episodes now play through the same sound engine as downloads, so Tight Edit and Voice Polish work on them too. When Fast Cast downloads as you play, the stream becomes the download: one fetch, not two.
NO MORE FROZEN SCREEN
When a slow connection makes you wait, a ring circles the play button and "Buffering…" shows until the sound starts. Tap play on an episode and the full player opens; turn off Open Player When Playing in Settings › Playback to keep the mini player.
ICLOUD SYNC, REBUILT
Your shows, queue, playlists, Inbox and archive, and where you are in every episode follow you between your devices, in your own iCloud. Only these details sync, never the audio.
• A new install restores your library from iCloud and shows its progress as it goes.
• Continue on this phone: open Fast Cast on your other device and, if it isn't playing, the episode you were just playing waits in the player, paused at the same moment. One tap plays it.
HEAR THE DIFFERENCE
The A/B button on the player's analysis page works with the new sound engine: hear the same passage with and without Fast Cast's sound, pick the one you like, then see which was which.
FIXES & POLISH
• Pull to refresh in the Inbox
• Episodes archived by Keep in Inbox or by Archive All from a show now remove their downloads when your Delete Downloads setting says so
• After the end-of-episode sleep timer, the next episode waits, loaded and paused; one tap plays it
• Tapping the episode that's already playing no longer restarts it
• Starting a binge hides the show from the Inbox instead of archiving its episodes, and End Binge brings them back
• Unsubscribing from a show ends its binge too
• Black-and-white show artwork takes your accent color for the app
• A chapter tapped the moment an episode opens now plays from that chapter
Full Auto, Tight Edit, Voice Polish, Sound Styles, profiles, live Analysis with the A/B test, Auto Ad Skip and iCloud sync are part of Fast Cast Pro.
Thanks for listening. Questions or bugs: contact@sociallycs.com
Requires iOS 26 or later. 27.2 4d ago OUR BIGGEST UPDATE EVER!
A NEW SOUND ENGINE
Downloaded episodes now play through Fast Cast's new sound engine: speech stays clear at every speed. Full Auto, Smart Speed and Voice Boost were rebuilt from the ground up.
THE SOUND SHEET REMADE
Every sound control in one place, from the speed pill or the Sound button: this show or all shows, Sound Styles, profiles, and Analysis graphs that say exactly what they measure.
TRANSCRIPTS YOU CAN READ
Transcripts and live captions stay free. The transcript is now a reader, with chapters inline, the current line lit as it's spoken, search, and a Now pill that brings you back.
SUMMARIES, CHAPTERS AND AD MARKS
On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, Fast Cast reads its own transcript and writes a summary, chapters and ad marks, right on your device. Free for everyone.
AUTO AD SKIP (BETA)
Skips the sponsor messages Fast Cast finds in episodes it has transcribed, only when it's very sure. Every skip shows Go Back. Off by default, in Settings › Playback.
THE PLAYER'S MIDDLE PAGE
Swipe left from the artwork: About, Chapters, Ads, Transcript, Bookmarks & Clips, Links, Sound, Your listening, Episode facts. Reorder or hide any of them.
FAST CAST U 2.0
47 lessons that match this version, and Help buttons that open the right one.
FIXES & POLISH
• Play an episode you've finished and it starts from the beginning
• Library: a New episodes only filter and an Active First sort
• Backups have their own row in Settings, free for everyone
• A new Words screen in Settings for transcripts, captions and summaries
• Flip between an episode's or chapter's own artwork and the show's
• Bookmarks and clips start right at their moment
• Cleaner summaries
Too many other fixes, new features, and improvements to list them all.
Thanks for listening. Questions or bugs: contact@sociallycs.com
Requires iOS 26 or later. 27.1 Sep 28 What's New in This Version:
LIVE CAPTIONS — FREE FOR EVERYONE
Word-by-word captions float over the artwork while you listen, lighting up each
word as it's spoken. Tap the captions to open the full transcript. On by default —
you can turn them off in Playback Settings.
TRANSCRIPTS, NOW AUTOMATIC — AND FREE
Transcription starts the moment you press play on a downloaded episode and stays
ahead of you as you listen — jump anywhere and it follows. Everything is generated
right on your iPhone: your audio never leaves your device. Transcripts and captions
are now free for every listener. Generating transcripts requires iOS 26 and a
downloaded episode.
SMARTER SHOW SETTINGS
• Reset All Show Settings — one button returns every show to your global defaults
• New global episode limit — set it once and every show follows, unless you
override it per show
FIXES & POLISH
• Playback survives a force-quit — reopen the app and pick up right where you stopped, paused and ready
• Pull-to-refresh and foreground feed refresh are more reliable
• The audio quality score is more honest: it re-measures after you seek and shows Analyzing while it works
• The Effective Speed chart no longer spikes, and the listening-growth chart got its own 30-day / 90-day / all-time picker
• A redesigned floating activity pill shows download, sync, and transcription progress — now visible inside the player too
• Dozens of small refinements across Wrapped, Stats, and the player
Thanks for listening. Questions or bugs: contact@sociallycs.com 26.5 Aug 13 Minor bug fixes and improvements 26.4 Jul 19 TRANSCRIPTS
Read along while you listen. Fast Cast generates a full transcript right on your iPhone — your audio never leaves your device and never touches a server. Tap any line to jump straight to that moment in the episode.
Requires iOS 26 and Fast Cast Pro.
SIRI SHORTCUTS
"Hey Siri, play my queue." Seven new shortcuts let you start playback, skip to the next episode, and control Fast Cast without ever opening the app.
A NEW STATS TAB
Your listening, finally worth looking at:
• By Genre — see what you actually spend your time on
• Effective Speed — how much faster you really get through episodes, not just the speed you set
• Records — longest session, biggest day, biggest week
• Listening by Time of Day — a 24-hour clock of when you tune in
• Loyalty — the shows you keep coming back to
43 ACHIEVEMENTS
The ladder grew from 25 to 43, with new holographic cards and a celebration worth earning.
STORY CARDS
Share an episode, a clip, or your Wrapped as a full-bleed card built for Instagram Stories.
POLISH
A redesigned spectrum analyzer with a mirrored reflection, a smoother flight into the player, and dozens of small refinements throughout the app.
Thanks for listening. 26.3 Jul 14 This update sharpens playback and gives you more insight into your audio.
• Audio quality grades now update correctly as episodes auto-play through a playlist or queue.
• The audio quality view shows your Full Auto improvement at a glance — the before-and-after grade — plus a new Reanalyze button to re-run it on demand.
• Skip buttons no longer disappear when set to longer intervals, and the mini player now follows your chosen skip amount.
• When an episode finishes and nothing's up next, the player closes itself automatically.
Thanks for listening with Fast Cast — lots more coming this year. 26.2 Jun 25 1.0 Mar 27
Fast Cast: Podcast Player version 27.1
Updated At: 2026-10-08
Changes: Version History OUR BIGGEST UPDATE EVER!
A NEW SOUND ENGINE
Downloaded episodes now play through Fast Cast's new sound engine: speech stays clear at every speed. Full Auto, Smart Speed and Voice Boost were rebuilt from the ground up.
THE SOUND SHEET REMADE
Every sound control in one place, from the speed pill or the Sound button: this show or all shows, Sound Styles, profiles, and Analysis graphs that say exactly what they measure.
TRANSCRIPTS YOU CAN READ
Transcripts and live captions stay free. The transcript is now a reader, with chapters inline, the current line lit as it's spoken, search, and a Now pill that brings you back.
SUMMARIES, CHAPTERS AND AD MARKS
On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, Fast Cast reads its own transcript and writes a summary, chapters and ad marks, right on your device. Free for everyone.
AUTO AD SKIP (BETA)
Skips the sponsor messages Fast Cast finds in episodes it has transcribed, only when it's very sure. Every skip shows Go Back. Off by default, in Settings › Playback.
THE PLAYER'S MIDDLE PAGE
Swipe left from the artwork: About, Chapters, Ads, Transcript, Bookmarks & Clips, Links, Sound, Your listening, Episode facts. Reorder or hide any of them.
FAST CAST U 2.0
47 lessons that match this version, and Help buttons that open the right one.
FIXES & POLISH
• Play an episode you've finished and it starts from the beginning
• Library: a New episodes only filter and an Active First sort
• Backups have their own row in Settings, free for everyone
• A new Words screen in Settings for transcripts, captions and summaries
• Flip between an episode's or chapter's own artwork and the show's
• Bookmarks and clips start right at their moment
• Cleaner summaries
Too many other fixes, new features, and improvements to list them all.
Thanks for listening. Questions or bugs: contact@sociallycs.com
Requires iOS 26 or later. 27.1 Sep 28 What's New in This Version:
LIVE CAPTIONS — FREE FOR EVERYONE
Word-by-word captions float over the artwork while you listen, lighting up each
word as it's spoken. Tap the captions to open the full transcript. On by default —
you can turn them off in Playback Settings.
TRANSCRIPTS, NOW AUTOMATIC — AND FREE
Transcription starts the moment you press play on a downloaded episode and stays
ahead of you as you listen — jump anywhere and it follows. Everything is generated
right on your iPhone: your audio never leaves your device. Transcripts and captions
are now free for every listener. Generating transcripts requires iOS 26 and a
downloaded episode.
SMARTER SHOW SETTINGS
• Reset All Show Settings — one button returns every show to your global defaults
• New global episode limit — set it once and every show follows, unless you
override it per show
FIXES & POLISH
• Playback survives a force-quit — reopen the app and pick up right where you stopped, paused and ready
• Pull-to-refresh and foreground feed refresh are more reliable
• The audio quality score is more honest: it re-measures after you seek and shows Analyzing while it works
• The Effective Speed chart no longer spikes, and the listening-growth chart got its own 30-day / 90-day / all-time picker
• A redesigned floating activity pill shows download, sync, and transcription progress — now visible inside the player too
• Dozens of small refinements across Wrapped, Stats, and the player
Thanks for listening. Questions or bugs: contact@sociallycs.com 26.5 Aug 13 Minor bug fixes and improvements 26.4 Jul 19 TRANSCRIPTS
Read along while you listen. Fast Cast generates a full transcript right on your iPhone — your audio never leaves your device and never touches a server. Tap any line to jump straight to that moment in the episode.
Requires iOS 26 and Fast Cast Pro.
SIRI SHORTCUTS
"Hey Siri, play my queue." Seven new shortcuts let you start playback, skip to the next episode, and control Fast Cast without ever opening the app.
A NEW STATS TAB
Your listening, finally worth looking at:
• By Genre — see what you actually spend your time on
• Effective Speed — how much faster you really get through episodes, not just the speed you set
• Records — longest session, biggest day, biggest week
• Listening by Time of Day — a 24-hour clock of when you tune in
• Loyalty — the shows you keep coming back to
43 ACHIEVEMENTS
The ladder grew from 25 to 43, with new holographic cards and a celebration worth earning.
STORY CARDS
Share an episode, a clip, or your Wrapped as a full-bleed card built for Instagram Stories.
POLISH
A redesigned spectrum analyzer with a mirrored reflection, a smoother flight into the player, and dozens of small refinements throughout the app.
Thanks for listening. 26.3 Jul 14 This update sharpens playback and gives you more insight into your audio.
• Audio quality grades now update correctly as episodes auto-play through a playlist or queue.
• The audio quality view shows your Full Auto improvement at a glance — the before-and-after grade — plus a new Reanalyze button to re-run it on demand.
• Skip buttons no longer disappear when set to longer intervals, and the mini player now follows your chosen skip amount.
• When an episode finishes and nothing's up next, the player closes itself automatically.
Thanks for listening with Fast Cast — lots more coming this year. 26.2 Jun 25 1.0 Mar 27
Fast Cast: Podcast Player version 27.1
Updated At: 2026-10-01
Changes: Version History OUR BIGGEST UPDATE EVER!
A NEW SOUND ENGINE
Downloaded episodes now play through Fast Cast's new sound engine: speech stays clear at every speed. Full Auto, Smart Speed and Voice Boost were rebuilt from the ground up.
THE SOUND SHEET REMADE
Every sound control in one place, from the speed pill or the Sound button: this show or all shows, Sound Styles, profiles, and Analysis graphs that say exactly what they measure.
TRANSCRIPTS YOU CAN READ
Transcripts and live captions stay free. The transcript is now a reader, with chapters inline, the current line lit as it's spoken, search, and a Now pill that brings you back.
SUMMARIES, CHAPTERS AND AD MARKS
On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, Fast Cast reads its own transcript and writes a summary, chapters and ad marks, right on your device. Free for everyone.
AUTO AD SKIP (BETA)
Skips the sponsor messages Fast Cast finds in episodes it has transcribed, only when it's very sure. Every skip shows Go Back. Off by default, in Settings › Playback.
THE PLAYER'S MIDDLE PAGE
Swipe left from the artwork: About, Chapters, Ads, Transcript, Bookmarks & Clips, Links, Sound, Your listening, Episode facts. Reorder or hide any of them.
FAST CAST U 2.0
47 lessons that match this version, and Help buttons that open the right one.
FIXES & POLISH
• Play an episode you've finished and it starts from the beginning
• Library: a New episodes only filter and an Active First sort
• Backups have their own row in Settings, free for everyone
• A new Words screen in Settings for transcripts, captions and summaries
• Flip between an episode's or chapter's own artwork and the show's
• Bookmarks and clips start right at their moment
• Cleaner summaries
Too many other fixes, new features, and improvements to list them all.
Thanks for listening. Questions or bugs: contact@sociallycs.com
Requires iOS 26 or later. 27.1 3d ago What's New in This Version:
LIVE CAPTIONS — FREE FOR EVERYONE
Word-by-word captions float over the artwork while you listen, lighting up each
word as it's spoken. Tap the captions to open the full transcript. On by default —
you can turn them off in Playback Settings.
TRANSCRIPTS, NOW AUTOMATIC — AND FREE
Transcription starts the moment you press play on a downloaded episode and stays
ahead of you as you listen — jump anywhere and it follows. Everything is generated
right on your iPhone: your audio never leaves your device. Transcripts and captions
are now free for every listener. Generating transcripts requires iOS 26 and a
downloaded episode.
SMARTER SHOW SETTINGS
• Reset All Show Settings — one button returns every show to your global defaults
• New global episode limit — set it once and every show follows, unless you
override it per show
FIXES & POLISH
• Playback survives a force-quit — reopen the app and pick up right where you stopped, paused and ready
• Pull-to-refresh and foreground feed refresh are more reliable
• The audio quality score is more honest: it re-measures after you seek and shows Analyzing while it works
• The Effective Speed chart no longer spikes, and the listening-growth chart got its own 30-day / 90-day / all-time picker
• A redesigned floating activity pill shows download, sync, and transcription progress — now visible inside the player too
• Dozens of small refinements across Wrapped, Stats, and the player
Thanks for listening. Questions or bugs: contact@sociallycs.com 26.5 Aug 13 Minor bug fixes and improvements 26.4 Jul 19 TRANSCRIPTS
Read along while you listen. Fast Cast generates a full transcript right on your iPhone — your audio never leaves your device and never touches a server. Tap any line to jump straight to that moment in the episode.
Requires iOS 26 and Fast Cast Pro.
SIRI SHORTCUTS
"Hey Siri, play my queue." Seven new shortcuts let you start playback, skip to the next episode, and control Fast Cast without ever opening the app.
A NEW STATS TAB
Your listening, finally worth looking at:
• By Genre — see what you actually spend your time on
• Effective Speed — how much faster you really get through episodes, not just the speed you set
• Records — longest session, biggest day, biggest week
• Listening by Time of Day — a 24-hour clock of when you tune in
• Loyalty — the shows you keep coming back to
43 ACHIEVEMENTS
The ladder grew from 25 to 43, with new holographic cards and a celebration worth earning.
STORY CARDS
Share an episode, a clip, or your Wrapped as a full-bleed card built for Instagram Stories.
POLISH
A redesigned spectrum analyzer with a mirrored reflection, a smoother flight into the player, and dozens of small refinements throughout the app.
Thanks for listening. 26.3 Jul 14 This update sharpens playback and gives you more insight into your audio.
• Audio quality grades now update correctly as episodes auto-play through a playlist or queue.
• The audio quality view shows your Full Auto improvement at a glance — the before-and-after grade — plus a new Reanalyze button to re-run it on demand.
• Skip buttons no longer disappear when set to longer intervals, and the mini player now follows your chosen skip amount.
• When an episode finishes and nothing's up next, the player closes itself automatically.
Thanks for listening with Fast Cast — lots more coming this year. 26.2 Jun 25 1.0 Mar 27
Fast Cast: Podcast Player version 26.5
Updated At: 2026-09-24
Changes: Version History What's New in This Version:
LIVE CAPTIONS — FREE FOR EVERYONE
Word-by-word captions float over the artwork while you listen, lighting up each
word as it's spoken. Tap the captions to open the full transcript. On by default —
you can turn them off in Playback Settings.
TRANSCRIPTS, NOW AUTOMATIC — AND FREE
Transcription starts the moment you press play on a downloaded episode and stays
ahead of you as you listen — jump anywhere and it follows. Everything is generated
right on your iPhone: your audio never leaves your device. Transcripts and captions
are now free for every listener. Generating transcripts requires iOS 26 and a
downloaded episode.
SMARTER SHOW SETTINGS
• Reset All Show Settings — one button returns every show to your global defaults
• New global episode limit — set it once and every show follows, unless you
override it per show
FIXES & POLISH
• Playback survives a force-quit — reopen the app and pick up right where you stopped, paused and ready
• Pull-to-refresh and foreground feed refresh are more reliable
• The audio quality score is more honest: it re-measures after you seek and shows Analyzing while it works
• The Effective Speed chart no longer spikes, and the listening-growth chart got its own 30-day / 90-day / all-time picker
• A redesigned floating activity pill shows download, sync, and transcription progress — now visible inside the player too
• Dozens of small refinements across Wrapped, Stats, and the player
Thanks for listening. Questions or bugs: contact@sociallycs.com 26.5 Aug 13 Minor bug fixes and improvements 26.4 Jul 19 TRANSCRIPTS
Read along while you listen. Fast Cast generates a full transcript right on your iPhone — your audio never leaves your device and never touches a server. Tap any line to jump straight to that moment in the episode.
Requires iOS 26 and Fast Cast Pro.
SIRI SHORTCUTS
"Hey Siri, play my queue." Seven new shortcuts let you start playback, skip to the next episode, and control Fast Cast without ever opening the app.
A NEW STATS TAB
Your listening, finally worth looking at:
• By Genre — see what you actually spend your time on
• Effective Speed — how much faster you really get through episodes, not just the speed you set
• Records — longest session, biggest day, biggest week
• Listening by Time of Day — a 24-hour clock of when you tune in
• Loyalty — the shows you keep coming back to
43 ACHIEVEMENTS
The ladder grew from 25 to 43, with new holographic cards and a celebration worth earning.
STORY CARDS
Share an episode, a clip, or your Wrapped as a full-bleed card built for Instagram Stories.
POLISH
A redesigned spectrum analyzer with a mirrored reflection, a smoother flight into the player, and dozens of small refinements throughout the app.
Thanks for listening. 26.3 Jul 14 This update sharpens playback and gives you more insight into your audio.
• Audio quality grades now update correctly as episodes auto-play through a playlist or queue.
• The audio quality view shows your Full Auto improvement at a glance — the before-and-after grade — plus a new Reanalyze button to re-run it on demand.
• Skip buttons no longer disappear when set to longer intervals, and the mini player now follows your chosen skip amount.
• When an episode finishes and nothing's up next, the player closes itself automatically.
Thanks for listening with Fast Cast — lots more coming this year. 26.2 Jun 25 1.0 Mar 27
Fast Cast: Podcast Player version 26.4
Updated At: 2026-07-24
Changes: Version History Minor bug fixes and improvements 26.4 4d ago TRANSCRIPTS
Read along while you listen. Fast Cast generates a full transcript right on your iPhone — your audio never leaves your device and never touches a server. Tap any line to jump straight to that moment in the episode.
Requires iOS 26 and Fast Cast Pro.
SIRI SHORTCUTS
"Hey Siri, play my queue." Seven new shortcuts let you start playback, skip to the next episode, and control Fast Cast without ever opening the app.
A NEW STATS TAB
Your listening, finally worth looking at:
• By Genre — see what you actually spend your time on
• Effective Speed — how much faster you really get through episodes, not just the speed you set
• Records — longest session, biggest day, biggest week
• Listening by Time of Day — a 24-hour clock of when you tune in
• Loyalty — the shows you keep coming back to
43 ACHIEVEMENTS
The ladder grew from 25 to 43, with new holographic cards and a celebration worth earning.
STORY CARDS
Share an episode, a clip, or your Wrapped as a full-bleed card built for Instagram Stories.
POLISH
A redesigned spectrum analyzer with a mirrored reflection, a smoother flight into the player, and dozens of small refinements throughout the app.
Thanks for listening. 26.3 Jul 14 This update sharpens playback and gives you more insight into your audio.
• Audio quality grades now update correctly as episodes auto-play through a playlist or queue.
• The audio quality view shows your Full Auto improvement at a glance — the before-and-after grade — plus a new Reanalyze button to re-run it on demand.
• Skip buttons no longer disappear when set to longer intervals, and the mini player now follows your chosen skip amount.
• When an episode finishes and nothing's up next, the player closes itself automatically.
Thanks for listening with Fast Cast — lots more coming this year. 26.2 Jun 25 1.0 Mar 27
Fast Cast: Podcast Player version 26.2
Updated At: 2026-07-06
Changes: Version History This update sharpens playback and gives you more insight into your audio.
• Audio quality grades now update correctly as episodes auto-play through a playlist or queue.
• The audio quality view shows your Full Auto improvement at a glance — the before-and-after grade — plus a new Reanalyze button to re-run it on demand.
• Skip buttons no longer disappear when set to longer intervals, and the mini player now follows your chosen skip amount.
• When an episode finishes and nothing's up next, the player closes itself automatically.
Thanks for listening with Fast Cast — lots more coming this year. 26.2 Jun 25 1.0 Mar 27
