AntennaPod
Made by podcast-enthousiast, AntennaPod is free in all senses of the word: open source, no costs, no ads.
All features:IMPORT, ORGANIZE AND PLAY
• Add and import feeds via the iTunes and gPodder.net directories, OPML files and RSS or Atom links
• Manage playback from anywhere: homescreen widget, system notification and earplug and bluetooth controls
• Enjoy listening your way with adjustable playback speed, chapter support (MP3, VorbisComment and Podlove), remembered playback position and an advanced sleep timer (shake to reset, lower volume and slow down playback)
• Access password-protected feeds and episodes
• Take advantage of paged feeds (www.podlove.org/paged-feeds)
KEEP TRACK, SHARE & APPRECIATE
• Keep track of the best of the best by marking episodes as favourites
• Find that one episode through the playback history or by searching (titles and shownotes)
• Share episodes and feeds through advanced social media and email options, the gPodder.net services and via OPML export
• Support content creators with Flattr integration including automatic flattring
CONTROL THE SYSTEM
• Take control over automated downloading: choose feeds, exclude mobile networks, select specific WiFi networks, require the phone to be charging and set times or intervals
• Manage storage by setting the amount of cached episodes, smart deletion (based on your favourites and play status) and selecting your preferred location
• Use AntennaPod in your language (EN, DE, CS, NL, NB, JA, PT, ES, SV, CA, UK, FR, KO, TR, ZH)
• Adapt to your environment using the light and dark theme
• Back-up your subscriptions with the gPodder.net integration and OPML export
Join the AntennaPod community!AntennaPod is under active development by volunteers. You can contribute too, with code or with comment!
GitHub is the place to go for feature requests, bug reports and code contributions:https://www.github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod
Our Google Group is the place to share your ideas, favourite podcasting moments and gratitude to all the volunteers:https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/antennapod
Have a question or want to give us feedback?https://twitter.com/@AntennaPod
Transifex is the place to help with translations:https://www.transifex.com/antennapod/antennapod
Check out our Beta Testing programme to get the latest features first:https://www.github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/wiki/Help-test-AntennaPod
Category : Video Players & Editors
Reviews (25)
This review is based on recent app behavior. I've been using AntennaPod problem-free for years but a month or two ago it began to have issues; it will regularly freeze up during playback. It won't respond in any way and I'll have to restart my phone to shut it off and then get it working again. Rinse, repeat. All other apps on my phone work fine, as AntennaPod used to. Please fix the app or undo whatever you did to screw it up. It used to work perfectly.
Disappointed by the unintuitive playback setup. I want to like this app but it just won't do what I want. Tried to start listening to a new series, first episode ends and it dumps me back out to the series overview with no option to play the next episode. I can't even find a way to add a whole series to the queue, just episodes one by one. This is standard functionality on everything other app I've tried, will be moving on to a new app.
Since there was a redesign, I have an idea: swiping up from the controls on the player screen to show the queue. There's probably a better way, but getting to the queue could be easier. Thank you for a wonderful app
The app has started being super glitchy for about the past month (it looks like since my last update potentially). The main issue is it just stops playing part way through and won't restart. I think this may only happen when streaming. Sometimes it also just won't play an episode from the start. I figure the best thing to do would be to reinstall it, but guessing I'll lose all my subscriptions if I do that? REPLY: Great, thanks, it didn't seem to be an issue before but I'll try it!
Generally a good podcast app after using it for just over a day. Many things done well, good aesthetics, many aspects can be customized. Unfortunately the app lacks one very important feature. Multiple playlists, or as termed in this app, queues. Devs are aware and have been for almost four years so it seems unlikely to ever be added, if it is even possible. Not sure I can continue to use this unfortunately.
Almost perfect for me. I wish it would automatically retry failed downloads and I would like multi select available on All menus, also a volume booster, not just a volume lowering function. Anyway great work, much appreciated, keep reading feedback and I am sure it will become the best podcast app. Thanks to all involved in the development of this app.
I have been using AntennaPod for long now, after trying many other options. It is, by far, the best podcasts player: rich in features, very customisable and reliable. It feels a bit old-school, functionality over visuals, but I wouldn't want it the other way around. A huge thanks to the developers!
All your podcasts in one place! This app is far superoir to relying on multiple players to harvest your data. One awesome feature is the autodownload exclusion and inclusion parameter. It allows you to filter out titles of casts that you dont want. (Ie one cast has a "best of" recast from the week while another condenses a 3hr show to a 1hr but posts both at the same time. By excluding or only including "best of" the player only downloads the ones i want.) Auto skip is neat as well.
When I get notifications, playback stops altogether sometimes, instead of pausing. Playback can't be restarted remotely (from a smart watch, which I have). This is ANNOYING!!
25/APR/2022 Using app for about 1 1/2 years. Every update generally makes it better. Would love more sophisticated filters (and/or switches). Also, being able to play podcasts on SD cards on multiple devices would be fantastic. (Wish there was a podcast graveyard on the interweb for defunct podcasts.) Free, no ads, :o)
The only issue I have is when you use android auto. One a podcast is complete and you unplug from Android auto, the plug back into Android auto, the podcast restarts and doesn't move to the next podcast in the queue,
A very simple and straightforward app to enjoy edifying audio content, free and open source software with no ads, no catching of your data. Thank you all the people involved in giving the world AntennaPod.
Just too glitchy. Sometimes they download, sometimes they don't. Works on other apps, so I have a different one when this one doesn't work, but what's the point... Shouldn't be that tough for the app to work every day, and definitely shouldn't get worse with an app update, or having to check MY settings when it worked fine before, or it's a free app, blah blah blah. And no I'm not going to post in a forum, send screenshots to someone, try to fix something that y'all know is broken.
Nearly flawless functionality. Extremely customizable. I thought I'd miss Apple podcasts when I switched to Android but I have to say I don't
I forgot to leave a review for the app, and, I've gotta say, this. is. BRILLIANT! I had a podcast that I was subscribed to, "7 Good Minutes", then a year later, antenna pod comes to save the day! Dvlopers plz respond to this.
It's generally very good, a few interface idiosyncrasies which are fine once you get used to them. Seems to be a bug currently where you can't remove podcasts from your subscription list - no error it just doesn't remove them which is annoying.
Excellent podcast app. I was able to find all my podcasts and discover more too. Has all the customization and features you could ever need (download, any playback speed, sleep timer, playlist, auto-download, etc). Best part: no ads & open source. Support the dev if you can.
Finally a podcast app that doesn't censor podcasts that question the government's propaganda. The App works well but takes a bit getting used to. It could use an overhaul in some areas, like better settings for how long podcasts stored.
ALMOST perfect! Had all the features I need except the volume is too low for some podcasts when in the car via Bluetooth. Only reason I went back to podcast addict is because it has a volume boost button.
Great app for podcasts, dev. Just keeps getting better. Can you add pausing downloads support? Seeing the last podcast I was listening to at the footer in a mini player without being able to swipe it away is mildly annoying.
Yeah, no ads! It let's me pick my podcasts and focuses on showing me my stuff instead of like the other greedy apps do, they try to promote so much other stuff it makes it difficult for me to find my own! Not this app. This one does what I want it to do!
Excellent app - really straightforward to use - just works perfectly! Please consider adding an option to rewind a (set in settings) number of seconds automatically when stopping & restarting a playing episode.
Solid interface. Love the open source approach and so thankful for an ad free experience. Happy to donate to keep it going!
Audio constantly drops. Garbage. UPDATE: Thank you for the response. The AntennaPod team have their ranks filled with tech wizards, obviously. The problem was solved by switching over to Podbean. Continue the fab work, AntennaPod!
Started using this when the Google Podcast app started to squash all my subscriptions at the top of the screen, instead of allowing me to display them over the whole screen (infuriating!). This app works flawlessly, and provides a reliable and customizable experience, without any unnecessary gimmicks. Recommended.