Swipe to manage your episodes

Tidying your library just got quicker. You can now swipe any episode row in Podtastic to act on it in a single gesture, with no menus and no long-press.

Two actions, one swipe

Drag an episode row to the left and two buttons slide in:

• Mark as played (the green tick) clears it from your unplayed list. Already played? The same spot flips to Mark as unplayed so you can bring it back.
• Delete the download (the red bin) frees up space without unsubscribing or losing your place.

A short swipe holds the buttons open so you can tap the one you want. A full swipe runs the outermost action straight away. The button you're heading toward grows to fill the row as you drag, so it's always clear what's about to happen.

Fast, and forgiving

Marking an episode played happens instantly, and a tap on Undo puts it right back. Deleting a download waits out a short undo window before it removes the file, so a stray swipe never costs you anything. The same swipe works inside your playlists too, where it lets you lift an episode out of the list.

It's live now on iOS and Android, across every podcast's episode list and in your playlists. Lining up a fresh batch of shows? Our June updates and the new CarPlay support go nicely with a tidier library.

Listen smarter with Podtastic

Want to try these improvements yourself? Podtastic is a fully featured podcast player for iOS and Android, built around Smart Features (the AI features) and Audio Enhancements (deterministic DSP tuned for spoken-word audio):

• Smart Skip — auto-skips commonly-skipped sections of an episode (intros, recaps, asides), powered by AI topic detection plus aggregated listening data; a single tap on any control surface jumps you to the next Smart Topic on demand
• Smart Summaries — AI summaries of every podcast and episode so you know what's coming before you hit play
• Smart Topics — key topics surfaced across your favourite shows so you can jump straight to what matters
• Skip Silence — auto-removes silences from speech so episodes flow without dragging
• Enhance Voices — a gentle EQ and compression preset that keeps voices clear in any room

Join the waitlist at podtastic.app to get early access.