CastCather Update Finally Approved by Apple

Last week, Apple rejected an update to CastCather Radio, an application that streamed shoutcast streams directly to one's device. The app's developer has now updated the company's blog with a message saying that Apple eventually gave its go-ahead to the app.

With Apple approving the third update to CastCatcher, return7 said: “Major thanks to Apple for approving CastCatcher 1.3.”

According to the developer, Apple didn't require return7 to make “substantial changes” for approving his update to the app, a CNet report shows. A message from Apple responding negatively to the update, said:

CastCatcher Internet Radio cannot be posted to the App Store because it is transferring excessive volumes of data over the cellular network, which as outlined in the iPhone SDK Agreement section 3.3.15, is prohibited.

So, clearly, Apple didn't just skim through the contents of this update, but actually looked deep into the release to find that something was in conflict with a particular section of its SDK agreement. What is now questionable is whether or not return7 is telling the whole story.

Upon receiving their negative feedback from Apple, return7 stated “Right. Except for the fact that every other radio app works over cell network as well AND Apple has approved THREE prior releases of CastCatcher. We’ve emailed them, and are hoping to resolve this quickly. CastCatcher does not burden cell networks any more than any other radio application. Ridiculous.”

CastCatcher Internet Radio is an iPhone app that streams shoutcast streams directly to the users' devices. It has a simple, intuitive interface, and comes loaded with several Internet radio stations, allowing users to add stations as they find new ones they like. The app's main features are the ability to stream Shoutcast, Icecast, or nicecast streams (pls) directly to one's iPhone or iPod touch, a buffer level indicator and the ability to works over Wi-Fi, 3G, and Edge (if the stream is of low bit rate). The app also supports direct playback of mp3 files.