Overcast’s latest update (2022.2) brings the largest redesign in its nearly-eight-year history, plus many of the most frequently requested features and lots of under-the-hood improvements. I’m pretty proud of this one.
For this first and largest phase of the redesign, I focused on the home screen, playlist screen, typography, and spacing. (I plan to revamp the now-playing and individual-podcast screens in a later update.)
If Overcast isn’t my favorite iOS app ever, it’s at least in the top three, so I’m always excited when it gets a major update. As I used the new version of Overcast throughout my day, I struggled with the muscle memory of an app I used so much in its previous design, but the new design and features are intriguing. My one complaint is that the Now Playing screen doesn’t match the design of the rest of the app, but Arment mentions in his post that it will be revised in a forthcoming update.
Michael Miller 