Published by Steve Litchfield at 10:45 UTC, March 22nd 2018. Pocket Casts admits charging customers to download the app was antiquated and says making the app free is 'more closely aligned with the open-access model of its public media ownership. Pocket Casts as hosted web app on desktop, or in Edge on Windows 10 Mobile.

We're longtime fans of Pocket Casts, and while the company faced criticism here, the big news should be that the mobile app is now free. We're making it right with lifetime access to Pocket Casts Plus: We got it wrong with a 3 year Plus subscription for existing users. The paid subscription comes with cloud storage for audio and video files, and it includes 'exclusive app icons and themes.' You'll get access on macOS, Windows and the web. If you're new to Pocket Casts (or you only had the mobile version) and want to upgrade to Plus, it will cost you 99¢/month or $10/year. Now, the company says anyone who paid for the desktop version will be given lifetime access to the new Plus tier. That didn't go over well with existing customers, so Pocket Casts has backtracked. It said customers who previously paid for desktop access (a one-time fee of $9) would be given three years of access to the new Plus version. In addition to making the mobile app free, Pocket Casts unveiled a new paid subscription tier, Pocket Casts Plus. Earlier this week the popular podcast app Pocket Casts announced some big changes.

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