Release notes
What changed, build by build.
The latest PodMelody updates, from headline features to the smaller fixes that make everyday listening smoother.
Faster, everywhere
—Pre-processing gets through an episode up to four times faster, so episodes are ready at your speed sooner and the device spends far less time working
—The app does its heavy lifting away from the screen — launching, Home, Now Playing and downloads do a fraction of the foreground work they used to, routine upkeep waits until you stop tapping, and returning to Home no longer re-checks every feed
—Know what's running — the status button on Home now shows every pre-processing pass as it happens, including the ones PodMelody starts on its own; tap it during a pass and Device Activity offers Continue in background to ask iOS to keep the work going after you leave
—Ready for iOS 27 — in CarPlay the Now Playing clock keeps counting through Apple Music songs, handovers between songs and episodes are more reliable, there's a skip button while a song plays, and the Browse shelves fill the car's display without a gap underneath
—Clearer at speed — newly pre-processed episodes avoid a faint wobble that could make the odd word sound robotic, and keep pauses the length you set at higher speeds
—Fixes — a paused episode no longer creeps back a couple of seconds each time you reopen the app, or starts playing when you disconnect CarPlay; status badges stay readable at larger text sizes, the Queue makes better use of landscape, and long sleep timers stay on one line
More room to listen
—Landscape comes to iPhone — turn the phone and Now Playing spreads into two panes, the cover on one side and the timeline and Up Next on the other; Home, the browse grids and episode lists make proper use of the width too
—More room on iPad — the player and the queue now take the whole screen, and the app reflows more gracefully as you resize its window on a Mac
—PodMelody Plus: the System interface, finished — every screen in Apple's own design language, including music source ordering and the unplayed-only filter it used to skip
—Auf Deutsch — PodMelody's first translation, with CarPlay, Siri and accessibility labels included
—Sync and fixes — resuming on another device no longer drags you backwards, the iPad app on Mac no longer keeps the CPU busy with its window closed, and a round of smaller fixes
Stations, transformed
—Large podcast stations open dramatically faster and show their complete episode list straight away, with clearer station stamps and smarter automatic colours
—Faster everywhere — episode lists scroll smoothly through long shows, artwork appears sooner, and your Apple Music playlists and stations are ready the moment you open Home, the music shelves or CarPlay
—PodMelody Plus: transcripts you can search — jump straight to the moment you remember instead of scrubbing for it
—Editorial, refined — a warmer dark appearance, a smoother launch transition, clearer buttons, and a selection ring that stays legible against any cover
—Apple Music station slots now show the real station name, provider and artwork as soon as a mix is built, and CarPlay refreshes Now Playing when podcast artwork arrives late
—The sleep timer fades podcasts out instead of cutting them, the mini-player's skip controls match what's playing, and setting songs between podcasts to zero gives a podcast-only mix
—Reliability — large mixes rotate and save more efficiently, alerts no longer hide behind onboarding or open in the wrong iPad window, and crashes opening the player, queue or bookmarks in the iPad app on Mac are fixed
CarPlay, rebuilt
—Enhanced CarPlay artwork and Now Playing controls for every listener
—PodMelody Plus: Mix, Queue and Browse on the dash, with source changes reflected on your phone and separate car and per-show podcast speeds
—PodMelody Plus: podcast loudness levelling so episodes and music sit together more consistently
—More natural voice pitch at higher playback speeds
—Safer cross-device episode resuming and more reliable seeking while paused
—Faster, safer subscription import and export for large libraries
PodMelody launches
—On the App Store for iPhone and iPad (iOS & iPadOS 26)
—One blended queue: your podcasts and Apple Music, interleaved and rearrangeable
—Full podcast player — follow shows, OPML import, chapters and variable speed
—iCloud sync across your Apple devices, plus basic CarPlay playback controls
—Editorial and System themes
—PodMelody Plus: offline downloads and advanced audio tools, with a one-month free trial on the annual plan