– You can schedule the app to run a search for new shows on your behalf at a set time every day, which is freaking cool. And makes listening to podcasts even more joyous. – That Google is only now paying to podcasting after it’s become cool (and potentially profitable).Īvailable on Android ( Download) | Free or a $1.99 download of premium They are finally treating podcasting as a thing worth paying attention to. – Finally Google is making an effort to vy for the title of best android podcast app. – Being able to customize your theme is cool. – How much they obviously care about designing an experience that we artsy podcast lovers can seriously dig (nod to the material design). – If you’re not already a user, you probably wouldn’t become one just for the podcasts because discovery isn’t great and you’re better off just getting the new Google Podcasts app.Īvailable on Android ( Download) | Free or a $2.99 download of premium – If you’re already a subscriber, it’s a no-brainer because you can manage all your music and podcast listening from within the one app (something you don’t get on podcast-only apps). – The recurring pricing strategy - we’d rather pay $9.99 in a one-off download than commit to it every year. If you’re a new podcast listener, it wouldn’t hurt to have this app on speed dial. – How simple it is and how focussed they are on discovery. Why pay for premium? No ads and access to advanced features. We reckon Apple Podcasts is the 10th best podcast app available right now.Īvailable on Android ( Download) | Free or premium upgrade for $9.99/year – It doesn’t have some of the cracking features the other premium apps have, like voice boost, trim silence, and extreme speed (if you’re into that kind of thing). What we hate about the Apple Podcasts app: – It has just about every podcast you’d ever want to listen to in its database. – What’s not to love? It’s the OG and (some think) still up there as the best iPhone podcast app on the market.

What we love about the Apple Podcasts app: In the list we’ve included both Android and iPhone compatible apps so it doesn’t matter if you’re looking for the best iPhone podcast app or the best Android podcast app - we’ve got you covered. We went hunting to find the best podcast app available right now and we found 20.

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