I'm delighted to announce that RSSRadio 4.0 is now available on the App Store almost exactly 6 years after the first version was released.

What a long way we've come, many of you have been on this journey with me.

RSSRadio 4.0 is not about revolution, but about evolving the product - trying to remove friction and make using the app more obvious. Where i've added features i've tried to ensure everything remains well organised and as easy as possible to understand.

Many of the changes and new features are as a direct result of user suggestions and even more are the result of thinking about the common things people have questions about, so please always do contact me with feedback.

4.0 (Aug 2016)

Themes:

Refreshed UI
Better performance and stability through updating to new API’s
Many user requested features implemented including listening history screen, DSP settings per podcast and cloud import/export/backup/restore
Many small friction and pain points removed / polished

Complete Notes:

Improved watch app performance
Improved database performance through moving large objects to separate tables
Watch quick launch complication
Improved spotlight indexing of shows
Users with very large numbers of downloaded files can now see their usage stats
Added screen to view recently listened shows
You can backup and restore RSSRadio’s data to any cloud drive service installed on your device
UI to Import a media file directly from a cloud drive service
New subscription setting - “End Playing At”
Added “mini player” on play queue screen
Ads have moved outside the main UI of the app, allowing free users to use the new mini player and enhanced landscape now playing view
Improved performance with large numbers of categories
You can view how many shows are in the database for each podcast in the usage report
RSSRadio will warn the user of various performance issues and provide advice on fixing them
Increased some font weights to look better with future iOS versions
The sleep timer remembers your last selections for quick access
A large refactoring to adopt more recent API’s means RSSRadio requires iOS9, the largest visual change is that show titles in lists are no longer truncated
Improved 3D Touch compatibility
If the app receives a push notification for a new show but the feed doesn’t show it yet (due to caching or internet weather) it can get the details direct from RSSRadio’s server to begin the download soonest
You can set custom DSP settings for a particular podcast
When you add something to the play queue, if it needs downloading RSSRadio will queue it automatically for you
Podcast directory search is right there on the main directory screen
‘Add to Play Queue’ screens now make filters more accessible and you can choose whether its divided by category or not
Show archive screens allow you to directly change the archiving setting for that podcast
You can share a link to a specific time in a show
For new users, archiving defaults to off to reduce confusion of shows "disappearing", when the database gets too full they will be prompted to turn it on
Listening Statistics has its own menu option in settings