I’d like to cut the PC, but IOS5 doesn’t improve podcasts at all. For being so keen on clouds and syncing, it’s surprising they still don’t offer a way to subscribe to podcasts without being shacked to iTunes.
However there is relief! There are quite a few podcast managers available now. I started with Podcaster but soon changed to my favorite, Downcast.
Downcast has been a very stable app with lots of options yet the interface still remains simple. That’s a hard balance to achieve. For each podcast you can override the global options, such as how many to keep. And the built in swipe-gesture controls are fantastic, because they make the app very usable in a car.
So really cut the PC and download one of these apps.
