Behind the scenes at Supertop as Pádraig and Oisín reflect on their work as indie developers.
In the finale of the Supertop Podcast we discuss Pádraig leaving Castro and look back over 7 years of Supertop, with a little help from our friends.
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Thanks to Myke Atkinson for the Supertop bloops at the end, and to Emily for sending in the clips of Ida.
This episode was edited by Quinn Rose and Oisín Prendiville.
Oisín and Pádraig discuss the new clip sharing feature in Castro, some changes to Castro Plus pricing, Panic’s Playdate console and WWDC.
Oisín and Pádraig discuss Top Picks, the new Castro feature that helps surface the best episodes in your inbox.
We talk about additional improvements to discovery in Castro, including featured collections. We also discuss Spotify’s complaint filed with the European Commission alleging that Apple uses anti-competitive business practices.
We discuss improvements to search and discovery in Castro, and what Spotify’s recent acquisitions might mean for the future of indie podcast apps.
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Pádraig and Oisín discuss selling a majority stake in Castro to Tiny.
Our direct emails if you’d like to talk with either of us: [email protected], [email protected].
This episode was edited by Jim Metzendorf.
We discuss how we can better introduce the features of Castro and improve the Castro Plus subscription pitch. To do that we need to better understand how people are using the app have better ways to measure whether changes we make are working.
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Padraig has a new CarPlay unit to debug with. We reflect on the work we did for Drag & Drop last summer. Castro 3.1 is out with Sideloading and Chapter Preselection. We discuss a new targeted marketing platform from Panoply, and the (in)accuracy of reporting podcast subscriber counts.
In this episode with discuss the just released Castro 3.0.4 and what’s coming in 3.1, as well as trying to improve Castro’s performance in China, and thoughts on Anchor.
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This episode was edited by Jim Metzendorf.
We discuss subscriber projections for Castro and things we’ve been doing at Supertop to keep us motivated on the road to sustainability.
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We discuss the launch of Castro 3: pre-launch drama, launch day emotions, subscription feedback, reviews, and thoughts about future updates.
This episode was edited by Jim Metzendorf.
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