This $4 podcast app is way better than Apple's - take a look

If you're anything like me, podcasts have long since replaced music as the backdrop of any long drive or commute to work. I'm subscribed to nearly a dozen podcasts, but I also listen to individual episodes of countless more.

I'd always assumed that the iPhone's native podcast app was the best way to listen to them, seeing as Apple did invent the podcast.

But a few weeks ago I took the plunge and bought the $4 Pocket Casts app from Australia-based startup ShiftyJelly. I haven't looked back since.

You might be wondering what spurred me to leave the birthplace of the podcast, and to spend money for the privilege, no less. Here are just some of Pocket Cast's draws: