The Castro podcast app and its web site are down

Longtime iOS podcasts app Castro has been down since Friday and its web site not exists a month after the staff behind Castro denied rumors that the app was shutting down. Customers began reporting on Friday that they’re unable to obtain new episodes or entry Castro’s web site. When The Verge reached out to the contacts that have been listed on Castro’s website, all of our emails have been returned as undeliverable as a result of the area couldn’t be discovered.

A Friday Reddit put up is stuffed with replies from individuals unable to make use of vital components of the app, and up to date opinions from its itemizing on the iOS App Retailer inform the identical story. After we downloaded the app to confirm, we have been unable to hook up with Castro’s servers to search out exhibits to hearken to.

The app has been visibly on the ropes since not less than November, when the app was down for just a few days due to a database downside that turned out to be extra difficult than the staff first anticipated. That very same month, some retailers and blogs reported that Castro’s shutdown was imminent, however Castro managed to get its service again up and working.

Shortly after that, the staff posted on X (previously Twitter) that any communications pertaining to its imminent demise have been “unofficial.” The put up linked to a December 1st weblog that’s not immediately accessible as its website is now down.

An archived model of the put up denied experiences that Castro was shutting down, however admitted the corporate is “searching for a brand new house for Castro with new homeowners” after an unspecified variety of worker departures. One such rumor got here from a former Castro staff member, Mohit Mamoria, who posted on November twenty seventh that the app can be “shut down over the following two months.”

The Verge reached out to Castro dad or mum firm Tiny, however didn’t obtain a response by press time.