Godcaster is a free listening app that brings Christian radio stations, livestreams, and on-demand podcasts into one place, so you can follow local stations and ministries without an algorithm deciding what you hear next.^1 The same platform gives churches and broadcasters a branded digital station of their own, with livestreams, podcasts, a web player, and an in-app presence that stays under their name.^1
Listeners open one app on iOS, Android, or the web and find featured stations, live streams, and programs they follow.^1^5 Stations and churches can customize their player, add donation links, use audio and banner inserts, and see first-party listener and giving attribution, and they can train together in the monthly GodcasterU sessions.^3^7 In October 2026, GodcasterU also unveiled the Godcaster Radio Network, which lets a church, ministry, or broadcaster run its own branded, professionally programmed 24/7 Christian music station, with local station IDs and promotions, weather, news, and music licensing included.^8
Godcaster grew out of a conversation. Broadcast veteran Gordon Marcy, who had built a podcast player for radio stations, came to Adam Curry after hearing him speak at the Spark Media Conference in Houston and kept asking about Podcasting 2.0.^9 Curry, the co-inventor of podcasting, and Dave Jones, the driving force behind Podcasting 2.0, formed Godcaster with Marcy, and senior developer Paul Bailey is part of the team behind it.^4 Curry has said of the work: "for Dave and I it has the added advantage of we're doing this for Jesus, so we're super happy about it."^9 The app launched in public beta in 2025.^5
Godcaster's promise to stations is that it does not insert third-party ads, does not compete with the stations it hosts, and keeps the audience relationship with the station.^6 The listener app is free. Churches and stations pay for the platform side through honor-based pricing tiers, and a free trial is offered on the site.^1
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