Instacast

The one big omission in Apple’s reimagined Podcasts app is the ability to organize and create playlists for your podcasts. If this feature is still important to you, you may want to consider one of these third-party alternatives.

We've been fans of Instacast for a while now, as Vemedio's app offers more podcast functionality than iTunes and the stock iOS Music app put together. It just got updated to version 2.0, and it's a pretty significant overhaul — there are new features, a new interface, and a new pricing model. To start with that latter point, Instacast now costs $0.99 in its basic form (down from $1.99), and offers a $1.99 in-app purchase for a pro version of the app that enables all of 2.0's new features. These...

The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. DocAS - Annotate PDF, Take Notes and Handwriting (iTunes) Previously $4.99, now 99¢. DocAS for iPad aims to be your all-in-one app for reading, managing and annotating PDFs and other documents, as well as taking handwritten and voice notes. Get it for 99¢. (via LogicBuy) iOS iOS

Instacast, undoubtedly the best podcast manager for iOS, just got a whopping update that includes a long list of new features and improvements. In addition to a “revamped and improved” user interface, the update brings episode archiving, a sleep timer, a download manager, and lots, lots more.

Joey Flynn is the designer behind Facebook's Timeline for mobile, which means he works on one of the most popular apps in the world. His hands are on everything from the way your mobile profile looks to the way it reacts to your taps and swipes. And he's a really funny guy, too. Flynn took a few minutes to talk to The Verge about the challenges of designing for a tiny screen, hearing people talk about you behind your back, and even about his muse, children's horror author R.L. Stine. You can find Flynn...

2011 was a great year for iOS apps. The App Store officially passed the 500,000 app mark, and with iOS 5, developers are continuing to push the boundaries of what it means...

Looking for a quick last-minute gift? Not feeling up to fighting the holiday traffic, crowds and checkout lines? Just too lazy busy to shop? Then you may want to consider giving the gift of an iOS app. You can gift any paid app from iTunes on your computer or from the app’s description page on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Just scroll down past the screenshot and look for the “gift this app” button. All you’ll need is the recipient’s email address to complete the transaction.

Instacast has updated its podcast viewing and listening app for iOS, and it is getting a huge boost from the iOS 5 updates that came along with the new iCloud…

Podcasts are a great way of staying up to date with your favourite topics and expanding your mind by listening to new points of view or discovering new music. Your…

Everyone likes a good podcast—and if you don't you should!—but Apple doesn't exactly make it easy to make sure you're staying up to date. Instacast, essentially an RSS reader for podcasts, makes it super simple to find podcasts, listen to them at home, or download them for when you're out and about. Instacast, $2, iPhone. There's a lot not to like about the podcast manager that's built in to iOS. It relies heavily on iTunes and syncing. It doesn't make finding new podcasts particularly easy nor...