Try Pocket Casts too, much better for makingsure your regular Podcasts are downloaded before things go offline. I tried switching to Apple Podcasts and I found out the hard way that it didnt download my episodes before a 10 hour flight.

Although Overcast has some infuriating UI/UX nonsense (like not remembering where you are if you swap away from the app, searches not being sorted, etc.) and some weird bugs (sometimes when you play, it'll do a couple of seconds and then stop. Might be related to a previously downloaded episode being evicted from cache but handle that properly!)

On the other hand, it's the least worst podcast app I've tried on iOS thus far.

Seconded. Phenomenal app made by a single dev.

I wanted something for my computer. But yeah Overcast is solid for the phone