Overcast (app)

Arment was the Chief Technology Officer of Tumblr and founder of Instapaper^[3] before creating Overcast. He had created his own podcasts before launching the app.^[4] In March 2023, Arment told The Vergecast how he built and maintains Overcast by himself, and that he uses ad banners promoting podcasts to cover the costs of the free app.^[5]

In April 2019, Overcast introduced a feature that allowed users to share clips from podcasts to social media.^[6] In January 2020, Overcast was updated to allow users to skip the intros and outros of podcasts.^[7][8]

In 2014, Overcast received positive reviews from MacWorld^[9] and iMore.^[10] In 2015, The Verge^[11] and The Sweet Setup^[12] each named it the best podcast app for iOS that year. In 2017, Discover Pods gave an endorsement citing the "smart speed" feature, which shortens quiet gaps in a podcast.^[13]