15+ Insanely Useful Best Chromecast Apps 2024

How many times have you been fiddling around internet and apps store to find apps for chromecast device to cast media to your tv and often come across “oh! this doesn’t work” “what to use for that situation” so on. We have covered most of the situation with free chromecast apps.

First things first, if you don’t have Chromecast yet you can get one from the official store.

Finding great apps that support Chromecast is now an easy task as we have listed great android and iOS apps that are compatible with Chromecast that will do possibly everything you want to do with Chromecast like playing music, movies, podcast, online radio or having fun by playing games.

Here are all the situations where you need to watch something on your beautiful tv without paying with free chromecast apps.

How to Setup Your Chromecast

First Install Google Home

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Google Home
Google Home
Developer: Google LLC
Price: Free
‎Google Home
‎Google Home
Developer: Google
Price: Free

It’s compulsory to have the app installed on device otherwise you can’t setup Chromecast with your Tv.

Surprisingly Google Home is more than just a setup app for chromecast.

  • You can Cast your Entire screen with inbuilt Cast Screen
  • Cast Popular YouTube Videos from the home screen of the app
  • Google Movies with just one tap
  • Setup multiple Cast devices and Manage within a single app smoothly

Easy Setup Process:

  • Connect your chromecast to your tv
  • Download and Open the App
  • You will see the device on your smartphone just follow the instruction it will setup the chromecast device to your wifi network
  • Next time it will automatically connect to that wifi network so make sure it stays on whenever you need chromecast
Google Home Android App

Best Chromecast Apps for Playing Video/Movies

Netflix

Netflix is a streaming platform that has content for everyone, you will always find something to watch on Netflix but just in case if you are not satisfied with suggestions from Netflix you can always browse all the titles on Netlfix using Netflix genre code list.

Right now Netflix originals and latest movies quality are great also latest Netflix originals are made by famous directors that make the content more diverse.

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Streaming Netflix content on the big screen is always great as content is available in higher quality and chromecast ultra supports 4k content streaming.

In recent years chormecast also got some hardware updates that makes it very easy to stream content.

Netflix
Netflix
Developer: Netflix, Inc.
Price: Free

Google Play Movies

Google Play Movies got all the latest and old movies that you can cast on your big tv.

Only thing is that you have to pay for each movie you want to watch, you can buy it or take on rent quality, you can always browse all the movies on the web to know which movies are available from here.

Since Google Play Movies is product of Google you can always expect great compatibility with chromecast.

Google TV
Google TV
Developer: Google LLC
Price: Free

Videostream

You must be having tons of movies and offline content on your desktop pc or laptop or external hard disks, Why not watch it on the big screen of your house.

  • Download Videostream Google chromecast extension from here or download native installed from here.
  • Connect to the same network on pc/laptop and chromecast
  • Launch Videostream it will open a tab in chrome browser
  • Open it and add directories where you have movies or media files.
  • Cast and Enjoy

Use the videostream android app to let the pc or laptop used by someone else,
Android app can be used as a remote control with all the media files listed and options like seek, rewind, play, pause.

VideoStream Android App

Local Cast

Play any Video, Music, Pictures stored on your Android device to your Chromecast Device just one click.

It comes with the both free and paid version,
I’ve been using free version it just works, never felt the need to upgrade.

LocalCast: Cast to TV
LocalCast: Cast to TV
Developer: Stefan Pledl
Price: Free
‎LocalCast: stream to TV
‎LocalCast: stream to TV
Developer: Stefan Pledl
Price: Free+
Local Cast Android app

Google Chrome

Yeah!! you read it right, Google Chrome browser works flawlessly to cast videos to your chromecast device

On Desktop or Laptop,
Press Three dot button on upper-right corner >> Cast Button(below print button)
Press Cast the tab
Drag and Drop any video in that video in the browser tab and It will play it straight away to your chromecast device connected tv

this is the simplest way to stream content right from the browser to chromecast without any complex setup the only downside is you need to kee that tab open on a system.

Google Chrome Desktop Browser

VLC Player

Finally, after a long time waiting they have added cast support into the app, you can download the app from google play store

Make sure to be connected to the same network and A cast button will show up, Cast whatever you have stored in your device onto your device, Just like you can do this with above mentioned Local Cast app but with your favourite media player.

VLC for Android
VLC for Android
Developer: Videolabs
Price: Free

YouTube

YouTube doesn’t need any introduction on how to use it,

Just be connected to the same network, Open the app and you will see a Cast button, Press it

And you are ready to go, Every video you select will be playing straight away on your TV

You can continue using your device for other work and apps, it will be playing in the background.

YouTube
YouTube
Developer: Google LLC
Price: Free
‎YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream
‎YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream
Developer: Google
Price: Free+
Youtube Android App

Google Photos

Google Photos has now become the go-to gallery app for everyone because its so easy to see all your photos in a single app and they are also easily backed up in the cloud with unlimited storage(when uploaded in high quality).

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When you are connected to a network on which chromecast is connected you will find Cast to Chromecast button on top right side of Google Photos, use that button to start casting your content to your tv.

Any photos or videos you have stored on your device. You can cast them to your tv in just one click and it’s fast, no clutter and always works.

The best part about casting images with Google Photos is it will show only images on the screen that are opened in-app so you can selectively click on images that you want to show on the big screen without showing all your gallery.

Google Photos
Google Photos
Developer: Google LLC
Price: Free
‎Google Photos: Backup & Edit
‎Google Photos: Backup & Edit
Developer: Google
Price: Free+
Google Photos Android App

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime is keeping up with other streaming content providers with original and regional content.

You can now cast the Prime original content on your tv anytime you like but users review tell that sometimes app refuses to cast media untill app is forced closed and reopened again, So keep that in mind and enjoy.

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video
Developer: Amazon Mobile LLC
Price: Free

Best Chromecast Apps for Playing Music

Spotify

The best music streaming service available with the limitless collection of songs curated and with the algorithm that gives you the next best songs you will probably like.

Spotify is Google Chromecast enabled, you just need to tap play on other device and select device,

The best part is while playing any song, its shows lyrics and useful information regarding the song.

Which makes the listening songs on tv even better not just a plain simple music player.

Spotify: Music and Podcasts
Spotify: Music and Podcasts
Developer: Spotify AB
Price: Free
‎Spotify - Music and Podcasts
‎Spotify - Music and Podcasts
Developer: Spotify
Price: Free

JioSaavn

Most famous music streaming service in India because of the regional song’s availability.

Any song you are playing on the device can be cast to Google Chromecast by tapping the cast button which will automatically show up while being on the same network of chromecast.

User Interface Looks completely soothing and simple, to play songs and catch up with your friends, family.

Saavn Android App

YouTube Music

Every Google app talks to their products, no exception here.

You can stream any music you are streaming on your device,

Google knows more about you than your friends so you can expect some great music recommendation from YouTube music,

You can always transfer your liked music and playlist to Spotify or Spotify to YouTube music using third party apps. I personally used tunemymusic You can use any other if you like.

YouTube Music
YouTube Music
Developer: Google LLC
Price: Free
‎YouTube Music
‎YouTube Music
Developer: Google
Price: Free+

Musixmatch

Beautifully designed music player with lyrics.

Just play any song and it will display lyrics on your device, whether it’s your offline mp3 files or Spotify.

You can cast your local stored music files directly to chromecast with lyrics on tv and beautiful design

A must-try app if you have chromecast in your house.

Musixmatch: lyrics finder
Musixmatch: lyrics finder
Developer: Musixmatch
Price: Free
‎Musixmatch Lyrics Finder
‎Musixmatch Lyrics Finder
Musixmatch Lyrics for music Android App

iHeartRadio

iHeartRadio is one place for listening to online Radio, Podcasts and Music on demand,

App also has a huge collection of music so you will always have something fresh to listen, iHeartRadio covers popular global radio stations so you will get variety in the online radio section.

More Music Players That supports casting:

Pocket Casts

Podcasts these days are going crazy viral. Everyone is starting podcasts to talk and discuss specific topics. Pocket casts is one of the most used app which happens to support Google Cast as well. So you can play a podcast on your TV and keep working on anything you like.

Pocket Casts - Podcast Player
Pocket Casts - Podcast Player
‎Pocket Casts: Podcast Player
‎Pocket Casts: Podcast Player

Best Chromecast Apps for Entertainment

Clocks on Chromecast

By default, you can select different kinds of wallpaper and details that appear on your TV when you are not using it to play something.

But if you like you can have different types of clock designs. You can select from 5 free available designs or pay 5$ to unlock more.

Clocks on Chromecast
Clocks on Chromecast
Developer: Cast Apps
Price: Free

Wordcast – Word Game for Chromecast

Wordcast is a great example of how game developers can use chromecast to make a board game fun again, Wordcast is available in 24 languages so there is no issue if don’t English. The game lets you play with 5 friends together.

Wordcast - Word Game for Chrom
Wordcast - Word Game for Chrom
Developer: minos_
Price: Free

Apps for Chromecast

By using this app you can find most of the apps which support chromecast. Listing all the apps in one single post is not possible that’s why for discovering new apps try apps for chromecast.

You can browse all the apps on the website here: Apps for Chromecast

Apps 4 Chromecast & Android TV
Apps 4 Chromecast & Android TV
Developer: i-art
Price: Free

More apps for Chromecast

Solid Explorer

Most widely used file manager among android users also comes with Google Cast support.

Solid Explorer File Manager
Solid Explorer File Manager
Developer: NeatBytes
Price: Free

With these free chromecast apps, you can cast almost all types of content to your Google Chromecast Device.

However Here are Paid or subscription-based apps that can enrich your experience while watching TV:

Most of the chromecast supported apps mentioned above are also available on the App Store for iPhone users.

Did I forget any important app for any particular situation? Let me know on the social media platform, I will try to update those here.

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