Alternatives to AntennaPod
Manage podcasts with an open-source Android application. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
AntennaPod
Manage podcasts with an open-source Android application.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as AntennaPod.
Apple Podcasts
Apple's podcast app for following, listening to and watching shows, with sync across Apple devices.
Apple Podcasts is closed source and runs on macOS and iOS instead of Android, adding video podcasts, device sync and editorial curation.
Snipd
A podcast app that uses AI to save highlights, transcribe snippets and summarise episodes.
Snipd is a proprietary freemium app for Android, iOS and web that adds AI highlights, transcripts and episode summaries through its own service.
Also worth comparing
These listings name AntennaPod as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Kasts
A KDE podcast app for desktop and mobile with a play queue and sync.
AntennaPod is an open-source GPL-3.0 podcast app for Android, so moving to it drops the Linux and Windows desktop versions Kasts offers.
Podcasts
A lightweight GNOME app for subscribing to, updating and listening to podcasts.
AntennaPod is an open-source GPL-3.0 podcast manager for Android, so moving to it means listening on a phone instead of the GNOME desktop.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Radio Recorder
Play and record internet radio from the command line.
Whisper
An open-source speech recognition model from OpenAI for transcribing and translating audio on your own machine.
Tuner
Discover internet radio stations through a simple desktop player.
Castopod
A free, open-source podcast hosting platform you can self-host, with fediverse interaction built in.
termusic
A terminal user interface music and podcast player written in Rust.
Funkwhale
A self-hosted, federated platform for storing, streaming and sharing music and podcasts.
