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The quality apps will always stand out. I'd tried a bunch of note taking apps before vesper came along - and it put them all to shame. I think I've tried every podcast app out there - and they are all really, really cruddy. I spend 10-15 hours a week with iCatcher, and it reminds me of my Palm Treo 650 - It's the best of the bunch (for me), but it still manages to seriously annoy me every time I use it.

If marco gets good traction with his design team (Pacific Helm again?), I'm sure he's going to blow away the "quality" podcast-player market. Only problem is, the market for people who are looking for quality podcast players is probably in the tenths (or even hundredths) of a percent of the iOS users.

But, if he makes Overcast free....

I'm very interested in seeing how he manages to In-App charge for a free podcast player.



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