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Fountain vs Podverse: catalog facts
Fountain	Podverse
Free Free to use. Payments to creators come from your own Lightning wallet.	Freemium Free and open source. Podverse Premium is a paid subscription; self-hosting is free.
Android, iOS, Web	Android, iOS, Web
Streams value-for-value payments to independent creators as you listen Full Podcasting 2.0 support including cross-app comments	Create and share clips and highlights from episodes Open source throughout, including the server, with self-hosting possible
The payment features assume familiarity with Bitcoin Lightning wallets Catalogue and polish trail the mainstream podcast apps	Queue sync and backups need the paid Premium tier or self-hosting Smaller catalogue features than the big commercial apps
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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