I've seen both AntennaPod and PocketCasts mentioned; I've used both over the years. I liked AntennaPod; the only reason that I stopped using it was because I switched to Spotify since that let me pick up listening from where I left off on my desktop. I moved to PocketCasts afterwards because I've been slowly trying to get off of Spotify (and because they open-sourced their mobile apps). I don't like that they require premium to have it sync with the webplayer, but it works.
this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2023
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I've been using it for years. I have the paid version of it.
I'm sure I barely use any of the features. At the end of the day it lets me download my podcasts and prunes them as I listen (as I've configure it).
I feel like I need to buy it again to give the dev some money.
I used the paid version of BeyondPod for many years, but it doesn't seem to be supported anymore. The last update was January 2021, and it doesn't play well with newer versions of android.
I finally switched to AntennaPod and it has been such a better experience.
I've been using podverse for a while now and it's been great except for a few quirks with the queue
If synchronising your episode progress and subscriptions is important, I'd use google podcasts for a commercial solution. I used it for a while and it worked great.
I've since moved on to audiobookshelf, for a self hosted option that achieves the same sync across devices.
Didn't Tidal end that program a few months ago? Or is it different than what this article is talking about: https://musically.com/2023/03/01/tidal-shuts-direct-artist-payouts-scheme-after-paying-500k/
I switched to Podcast Republic awhile ago because I like the playlist feature and being able to have different "channels" for similar types of podcasts. Very customizable too! They have the android app and a website, though I've never used the website
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Still love Pocketcasts and would use nothing less (though I have a lifetime membership since I beta'd the web player when it first launched, so YMMV)
I love pocket casts, but their recent price hikes are wild. AntennaPod is a nice open source alternative that I've been enjoying the last few weeks.
I use Stitcher
I’ve been very happy with Podurama for the last few months.
On Android I use Podcast Addict and on PC I use Podgrab running from Docker. I haven't found a.way to sync them
DoggCatcher for podcasts for Android is great
Guess not what you're after, but I switched from Spotify to Deezer which has podcasts built in. So I only need one app.
Spotify also has podcasts built in
I believe not all of them, and sometimes pod casts with e.g. music are removed. I am a big fan of the Uplifting Trance Sessions by DJ Phalanx and they got removed from Spotify quite often. The guy said that Spotify was removing them because of licensing issues or something like that.
With Deezer that has never been an issue.
Old post, but if you connect your phone to your PC using bluetooth, you can play audio to your PC from your phone, at least this works for me on KDE plasma. I use this to continue listening to music/podcasts from my phone without having to set up any sort of sync solution.
Previously, I was usin scrcpy, an adb based solution to route audio from my phone to my computer.
I use Playapod for Android. I've used it for years and haven't found anything better.
I didn't see it in the comments but I am very happy with Podcast Guru om android.
On desktop I use Tildes. It's fairly minimalistic in terms of features, but very smooth and attractive UI. It does what I need with no headaches and looks great doing it. Like many others here I use AntennaPod on mobile.
I’ve had good experiences with Castbox.