Any suggestions on good multi-platform alternatives? I’m using Apple Podcasts and it’s garbage.
For Android users and FOSS enthusiasts, AntennaPod is pretty great.
Made the switch from Podcast Addict recently and I’m pretty happy. It’s much more stable (especially with casting) and I like the queue system, but I do wish I had a bit more flexibility in applying download/update rules to whole categories instead of only one show at a time.
Man I’m glad I got grandfathered in to their lifetime license, that’s really expensive
I am too, but this makes me worry about how long that will last. Once they start needing money bad enough, they’ll be eyeing us.
Yeah :( I’d probably go the selfhosted route if I can find a good bit of software to use for it, or just use RSS if that happens
I wish plex would bring back plugin support. If my podcasts and audiobooks could live there easily I’d open their app a lot more. Maybe watch some of those old TV and movies they’re so excited about.
Yeah I’m really sad plex dropped podcast support, it used to work pretty well and it was nice to have everything in one spot
I really like antennapod. It works really well for all of my podcasts.
If you are already a subscriber it stays at 14.99. Its a glitch. You’re grandfathered to existing cost
But. If you are a new subscriber then yea you’re screwed.
Years ago I bought the app for android, iPhone, and web because for work I needed it on different devices. When they changed the pricing model I got a email saying because of my support and having paid them that many times, I was given lifetime premium for free. They were owned by a different company back then, but I really appreciated the move and have it to this day.
What’s wrong with Apple Podcasts? Just curious.
Pocket Casts is available as Android and Windows app; Apple Podcasts isn’t.
Pocket Casts syncs between MacOS, iOS, Android, Windows and web device that allows you to open the web player; Apple Podcasts doesn’t.
It’s not garbage per se, it just doesn’t fit the same use case.
Yeah but I guess I just don’t use podcasts on other devices. Too much headphone switching.
If you’re only listening to Podcasts on a single device, then there’s literally a ton of great podcast apps available.
The issue is really using several devices, with podcast downloads and listening status syncing across all devices. Spotify might be the closest, second-best option, but I find that really messy because it’s not optimized for podcasts, and because I don’t want to have podcasts mixed in with my music.
I just use Spotify for podcasts. Unless there’s something I’m missing from other podcast apps, Spotify works great for me.
Some podcasts have chapters, chapter art, show notes, etc. “Accidental Tech Podcast” is a good example. Spotify sucks for podcasts and they’re trying to kill podcasting so they can take it over.
Spotify is also trying to kill traditional RSS podcasts by buying them up and making them exclusive to Spotify.
