Alternatives to Apple Podcasts
Apple's podcast app for following, listening to and watching shows, with sync across Apple devices. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Apple Podcasts
Apple's podcast app for following, listening to and watching shows, with sync across Apple devices.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Apple Podcasts.
Snipd
A podcast app that uses AI to save highlights, transcribe snippets and summarise episodes.
Snipd runs on Android, iOS and web and adds AI highlights, transcripts and summaries, though those features depend on the Snipd service.
AntennaPod
Manage podcasts with an open-source Android application.
AntennaPod is free and open source under GPL-3.0 but runs only on Android, without Apple device sync or video podcast features.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Apple Podcasts 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.
Apple Podcasts syncs listening across Apple devices and supports video podcasts, but it is closed source and limited to macOS and iOS.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Apple Music
Apple's ad-free music streaming subscription with lossless audio and Spatial Audio in Dolby Atmos.
Whisper
An open-source speech recognition model from OpenAI for transcribing and translating audio on your own machine.
Radiola
Listen to internet radio from the macOS menu bar.
Castopod
A free, open-source podcast hosting platform you can self-host, with fediverse interaction built in.
Apple Books
Apple's app for buying, reading and listening to ebooks and audiobooks on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
termusic
A terminal user interface music and podcast player written in Rust.
