Alternatives

Products that do what I built a podcast app that skips over the ads does

1. 1PA
   Podcast API▲223

   2020 · listennotes.com

2. 2BA
   Built a Hacker News radio web app I can listen to▲315

   2013 · soundgecko.com

3. 3FT
   Full Text Search on Podcasts▲125

   2020 · atshpthmkhc-app.azurewebsites.net

4. 4
   Tung▲96

   A social podcast player

   2016

5. 5IS
   Instant Search on 10.8M Podcast Episodes▲18

   2017 · listennotes.com

6. 6RA
   Record a podcast completely in the browser▲51

   2015 · epishow.com

7. 7DA
   Dial-a-Podcast▲15

   2020 · dialapodcast.com

8. 8IM
   I made a tool to extract YouTube transcripts and skip the fluff▲6

   2025 · transcriptgenerator.org

9. 9IB
   I built an online bookmark and note manager for podcasts▲20

   2020 · podcastmarks.com

10. 10AP
    A podcast app for bookmarking and finding shows via guests▲6

    2020 · apps.apple.com

11. 11CA
    Chromecast app I built for a bunch of "video" sites▲15

    2014 · dabble.me

12. 12NP
    Network: Podcast App for iOS▲7

    2014 · itunes.apple.com

13. 13AA
    AI App to Simplify Podcasting Content Generation with a Single Click▲8

    2024 · podfyai.com

14. 14MA
    My Anti-Boredom App Project▲27

    2013 · alexiscreuzot.com

15. 15AR
    A radio/podcast adblocker featuring ML and Shazam-like fingerprinting▲8

    2018 · github.com

16. 16DP
    drea – podcast ad blocker▲9

    Always been annoyed by podcast ads. Searched and found a few apps that can detect and skip them, but they were all paid. So I made a free one. To my knowledge this is the first podcast app with free ad block. iOS (26+) only for now. If the app becomes popular I'll def think of doing an Android version as well. The app doesn't require a user account. I may open-source it at some point; still thinking about it. If anyone's suspicious about how it's able to be free, i.e. doesn't it cost money to run, are you selling my data (I'm not) etc. I'm happy to explain in the comments. From a technical…

    May 2026 · drea.fm

17. 17PE
    Podcasts – embedded auto ad skipping▲5

    Hello HN, Extremely nervous and proud to show auto ad skipping for embedded ads. I was tired to pressing +30 +30 +30 -10 to skip ads. So I wrote a pipeline, and co-wrote app with my best friend Alex to make this happen. Feedback, suggestions, all welcome. If you can't afford, please reach out and happy to give free lifetime subscription.

    Oct 2025 · hypercastapp.com

18. 18PA
    Podcats – a podcast discovery app▲11

    2014 · podcatsapp.com

19. 19BT
    Built this cool app for mixing podcasts and music into your workouts▲5

    2020 · shiftfm.app

20. 20EP
    Elastic Pod – In audio search for podcasts▲9

    2020 · elasticpod.com

21. 21PH
    Product Hunt for Niche Podcasts▲8

    2020 · listennotes.com

22. 22IG
    I got bombarded with ads by note sharing sites, so I created this in 1d▲12

    2020 · nnote.cc

23. 23RA
    Repod – A podcast discovery app (Apple Podcasts meets Twitter)▲7

    2020 · repod.io

24. 24
    Octopoddy▲2

    Automatically Skip the Ads Inside Your Podcasts

    Apr 2026

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