Runcasts

Lynn
April 24, 2023 | Version 2023.03.6

I've used Runcasts for years. I even became an early subscriber, although I don't typically make monthly payments to subscription services. I love the portability of downloading podcasts to my Fenix 6s instead of lugging my phone on long treks and being tethered to WiFi or data. I don't get bored with the Runcasts selection because there is an incredible variety of podcasts, and the number of episodes available is epic. Podcast series often start with the first episode that was produced several years ago and continue to presently released podcasts. The developer continues to improve his software and is super responsive to customers. I reported a minor bug on a Sunday evening. Mr. Harris responded by email at 0400 Monday morning and had the bug fixed before I returned home from work Monday afternoon. He then sent another email to let me know the bug was fixed. I highly recommend this developer and this app.

Stephen Otto
March 11, 2023 | Version 2023.02.1

Just made the switch from the Playrun app. This app is FAR AND AWAY better.

Gareth Hann
January 27, 2023 | Version 2022.10.1

This app is great! I was initially a bit disgruntled about the £5 pcm charge, but actually I think it’s quite reasonable given the amount of use I get out of it: it’s the first podcatcher I’ve ever stuck with and regularly used for as long as I have this one, on any device (watch or phone). Given that this is always going to be a relatively low-volume product, it’s reasonable that a subscription model is the only sustainable way for the developer to make a decent return while ensuring ongoing support and improvements. No app is perfect (and I've contacted the developer with some feature requests with this in mind), but I would highly recommend this one!

Matt Needham
October 21, 2022 | Version 2022.07.1

I use this app on nearly every run, a couple times a week. I absolutely love it and have been a paid user for over a year. After initial setup, and occasionally adding new podcasts, I don't have to think about it at all. I know as long as I charge my watch at night, updated podcasts will be on my watch and ready to keep me entertained on my runs. Highly recommend.

David
September 5, 2022 | Version 2022.07.1

I've been using it for years and it's fantastic. They do all the things right, making it fast to keep feeds updated by using their own servers, and having an easy interface. A few things that I wish took fewer clicks/menus, but there's only so many buttons so I understand.

Dory Glad
September 5, 2022 | Version 2022.07.1

It crashes when i try too sync and get new episodes on my forerunner 955

Gareth Hann
September 1, 2022 | Version 2022.07.1

Good app. A little expensive - if anyone else produces a cheaper alternative that still allows sped-up playback I'd almost certainly give that a go, but given the limitations of the watches (i.e. the need for speed adjustment in the cloud) it does the job. One easy improvement would be to display the current time of day on the sync screen. There have been a few awkward moments when I've been asked the time while syncing and have had to concede that my amazing, crazy-priced smart watch can't tell me the time for another few minutes!

JOSEPH
July 20, 2022 | Version 2022.06.1

Price of Premium must be down to less than 3$.

Chris
July 9, 2022 | Version 2022.06.1

The advertised podcast wasn’t available, never got the app to work before the free trial expired and now I don’t want to pay $5/month to listen to free podcasts.

Herman
June 18, 2022 | Version 2022.06.1

Good shit. A must have for podcasts.

Ian 🌈 🇺🇦 🇺🇲
June 16, 2022 | Version 2022.06.1

Bad sound quality

Sergii
March 13, 2022 | Version 2022.03.1

Некоторое время пользовался с удовольствием, но сейчас при синхронизации с часами, Оттягивает на часы список новых подкастов, То есть связь есть, но потом выдает ошибку синхронизации. И что я ни делал, все впустую. Напрасно потраченные деньги на подписку и сырое приложение.

ɯıɥɔɐ
March 6, 2022 | Version 2022.02.1

The only Podcast app for Garmin that allows more complex setups like listening different podcasts from the beginning. Why is every other app limited to the latest episode or requires manual playlists? Runcasts works fine, syncs seemlessly and gets the most out of the limited Garmin platform. Great work! I still would prefer an open source app without being bound to a provider, but for now, there really is no alternative.

Maksim Solomennikov
February 20, 2022 | Version 2022.02.1

Impossible to use. Podcasts don’t pause when standard garmin notifications, like laps, heart rate, speed, etc

Kyle
January 31, 2022 | Version 2022.01.2

Awesome app with a very responsive dev to boot.

Sindri88
January 29, 2022 | Version 2022.01.2

By far the easiest way to manage and listen to podcasts on your watch. I've totally replaced my phone app with this one. Had some problems with syncing to my Fenix 7 initially that was fixed promptly. Support was very good!

Sergii
January 19, 2022 | Version 2021.10.3

Перебрал всё остальное для подкастов , куча проблем, неудобно слушать подкасты, закачивается с глюками. А это приложение просто безупречно, видно что вы разрабатывали под свои нужды, разрабатывали люди которые действительно этим пользуются и хотели сделать так как нужно сделать. Спасибо огромное! Очень удобно

Richard G. Riley
December 27, 2021 | Version 2021.10.3

Wont sync. Always get "wifi currently unavailable" despite it being on. Restarted watch. Re connected the wifi. etc. No improvement. Amazon music app working fine.

James Hsin
October 28, 2021 | Version 2021.10.2

Works well.

Jaclyn
June 21, 2021 | Version 2021.06.1

Works well for me. Solved the problem of Spotify failing to synch.

Jeff
April 20, 2021 | Version 2021.01.1

does not work for me. won't sync, gives error message can't uninstall

Andi Montaldi
April 3, 2021 | Version 2021.01.1

So excited to have podcasts on my Garmin. App is great, easy to use, and has all the podcasts I’m looking for. Once I sent a tech support email on a weekend and got an answer from a human (not auto email) within an hour! And my issue was fixed.

Rhiannon Zerbe
March 24, 2021 | Version 2021.01.1

Super easy to use on my Vivoactive 4s and has the podcasts I wanted. Great app!

Dishita
February 20, 2021 | Version 2021.01.1

I do not see any music on my watch, how do I do that?

Karen Stead
January 24, 2021 | Version 2021.01.1

This app has worked well. Even the free version allows me to upload podcasts to my watch. I recently had a question about my queue loading and I got an answer and fix within the hour. That was a Saturday as well!