I have Downcast for IOS and Downcast for Mac. Downcast for Mac was well worth the cost to me, but everyone will have a different opinion, as I think you can see from this thread.
Downcast for Mac is fully accessible and easy to use. The settings are all easy to configure, and the syncing works really well. The syncing and the playlist features are why I switched to Downcast from iTunes and Podcasts. I know Apple has now included smart playlists for podcasts in iTunes, though I haven't had a chance to use these. Not sure how syncing between iTunes and Podcasts is working now. A couple of people have reported problems with Downcast becoming busy and unusable. I haven't had this problem. I suspect it has something to do with very large numbers of subscribed feeds. I'm subscribed to around 45, and it works fine for me. I believe Robert Carter has over 60, and perhaps he can let you know if it works well for him. Given you already have Downcast for iOS, when you ask is it worth it I suppose you mean does it offer you anything the iOS version doesn't. People have already mentioned storage space, and that's a good point. I also find it easier and quicker to manage podcasts and podcast settings on the Mac. I am subscribed to a lot of feeds, and I don't always want to listen to every episode from every podcast. I can move through the episodes quickly on the Mac, marking as played or deleting those I'm not interested in. I also have my Mac hooked up to better speakers, so if I want to play the podcast out loud I prefer to use my Mac rather than my iPhone or iPad, as their speakers while good, are sometimes just not as loud as I'd like. So ultimately only you know whether you want to access your Downcast podcasts on your Mac and whether that's worth $10 to you. Cheers, Nic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
