Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to InstaPodz – I made this to turn my boring commute into learning session
I was tired of wasting time in traffic jams every day and wanted to use my commute to learn. I tried finding podcasts on specific topics, like explain MOE like i’m five or the pros and cons of TCA vs. MVVM in SwiftUI, but finding a single episode on niche subjects like these is kinda hard. I’ve tried tools like NotebookLM, but they require you to manually find and collect all the source material first. I wanted something simpler, that i can just ask a question and get an interesting discussion to listen to. So I spent the last three months working part-time to build InstaPodz. It's a simple…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Roads Audio▲161After college, my friends scattered across time zones. We tried starting a podcast to stay in touch, everyone would record updates, uploads them to Google Drive, and we planned to eventually publish episodes. We never published one. Turns out we didn't want a public podcast, but "the podcast" gave us a reason to keep in touch and share stories/thoughts. Google Drive was terrible for our needs. Record in one app, then upload. No notifications, bad organization. The worst part was when responding to something specific, I'd have to manually timestamp it and repeat their point before…
2024 · roadsaudio.com · its alternatives →
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Opinion▲144The first easy to use podcast maker for iPhone
2014 · opinionpodcasting.com · its alternatives →
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Listen To This▲151Paste an article to listen to it in your podcast app
Mar 2026 · listentothis.xyz · its alternatives →
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AppStories▲147A weekly podcast exploring of the world of apps.
2017 · macstories.net · its alternatives →
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Turn YT videos with chapters into courses & track progress
2023 · chapters-queue.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Instacast is the go-to podcast app for iPhone, iPad and Mac
2014 · its alternatives →
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iPhone batteries, WebKit on Apple TV, over-criticism of App…
2015 · hwcdn.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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I have always dreamed of learning Swift and creating apps for iOS, but I never found the motivation to do so. I was scared by the complexity and the learning curve of programming with UIKit and Storyboard. I thought they were too complicated and too boring for me. But then I discovered SwiftUI, the new framework for building user interfaces for Apple platforms. I was captivated by its simplicity and elegance. I watched some videos and read some articles about it and I was blown away by what it could do. I decided to give it a shot and see if I could learn it and make something with it. I set…
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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The gear I've used to create this here podthingy
2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →
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Discussion about latest Apple gadgets (iPad Pro, Apple TV, …
2015 · atp.fm · its alternatives →
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Hey HN — I'm Aaron, and I built Steadcast because I was frustrated that I listen to 15+ hours of podcasts a week and retain almost none of it. Steadcast is a native macOS podcast player (Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation — no Electron) designed around one idea: podcasts are how a lot of us learn now, but no podcast app actually treats them that way. What makes it different: • Learning domains, not genres. The app is organized around 10 knowledge domains (AI, science, history, philosophy, psychology, etc.) with 90+ editorially curated shows. No true crime, no celebrity gossip. * On-device…
Apr 2026 · steadcast.co · its alternatives →
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I had a successful startup exit five years ago (we got very lucky) but recently realized I'm most happy when building software products. I spend the last ~2 months building this as a fun way to get back into software development; and to find out what all the kids are up to these days. I am also a passionate life-long Japanese learner so this project was really fun. It's been nutz how different things are now with all the AI whatnot. This for sure would have taken me a year, without all the AI. I did not spend much time doing market analysis or any of that jazz. Mostly because I was…
2025 · seikai.tv · its alternatives →
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I curate ~10 minute snippets from the best tech podcasts of the week into a single episode for my friends to listen to. Here's an example - https://soundcloud.com/user-857781619/podcastcurated-scarcity-consumer-social-investment-thesis-39/s-ep1sI I love podcasts and take a lot of notes on them, but my friends/family just want the most interesting snippets of them because (1) they don't have the time to listen to all and (2) there are TOO many podcast episodes. It's fun for me to pick interesting sections and create a "compiled" episode, and so wanted to share…
2020 · its alternatives →
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Hey guys, I drive to work a lot, spending on average of 2 hours each day. So I have plenty of time to listen to Podcast and audiobook on my ride. And I think it would be nice to be able to do the same with my reading list, but I couldn't find any decent app on the market that doing this. So I set out to do it myself. Sooo this is the product: http://sendtopod.com/ You may ask why? The reasons are simple: - It's more convenient to listen to articles while you driving, running, or even before going to bed. - Listen take less effort than reading. - Your eyes need to rest after…
2022 · sendtopod.com · its alternatives →
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MyPodcast▲12We all save articles and videos for “later”—but later rarely comes. MyPodcast turns your saved content into narrated podcast episodes you can actually listen to, anywhere. - Save articles or YouTube videos via our lightweight browser extension - Get your personal podcast feed, delivered to your favorite app - Choose between full reads or TL;DL summaries - Great for commutes, chores, or walks Free up your reading list and stay informed—without adding more screen time.
2025 · mypodcast.cloud · its alternatives →
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tagp428-jeff-kim-app-acc
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi all, a few weeks ago I found myself in a situation without anything interesting to listen to. Been through all podcast recommendations from friends and the usual recos from itunes, etc were not cutting it for me. So I build myself a podcast search engine. Based on the data from podcastindex.org and some other available infos. It doesnt (yet) have all available podcasts, only the ones I could find some rating/engagement infos on. But its still around 60k podcasts to discover :) One can search / filter / sort by category, rating, popularity, episodes, language, update date,…
2024 · podbear.netlify.app · its alternatives →
- 19IB
Hey HN, I built a website where you can train Llama 3.1 8b & 70b (4bit) on your data. I use unsloth in the backend and the training is done on H100s which I rent programmatically from Runpod. I'd love some feedback. If you would be interested in using it feel free to book a chat with me: cal.com/hamada/tunellama-intro Happy to give you free credits :) P.S. I'm also looking for a co-founder as I have big plans for this.
2024 · tunellama.com · its alternatives →
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Hey folks, After a long workday, I'd automatically switch on Netflix and let reruns play in the background—almost mindlessly. I spend all day on screens, so the extra screen time before bed felt draining. I love Lenny's Podcast, but it often felt too intense right before sleep. I've tried reading books as a nighttime ritual, but as a mom of a young kid and a startup founder, it's tough to stay committed to one book over two weeks with so many interruptions and shifting contexts. So I built Tales.so—a platform that converts books into fun, conversational podcasts. It covers everything from…
2025 · tales.so · its alternatives →
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Hi HN - I love podcasts. I listen to them whenever I can. Yet I don’t know how people listen to more than a few per week, especially when the episodes are multiple hours long. I made Podmob so I don’t have to miss out on useful insights if I don’t have time to listen to every podcast I’d like to. Podmob uses AI to generate recaps for any podcast episode. You can choose between a few styles and lengths of the recaps you want to generate (paragraphs, chapters, bullet points, top quotes). Podmob sends a recap to your email as soon as a new episode is released for any podcast you follow or you…
2024 · podmob.com · its alternatives →
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I was listening to a few daily news podcasts every morning to try to keep up with what's going on in the world. I built fiveminutebrief so I can now get my own daily 5-minute podcast episodes for any topic. There are a handful of '5m Topics' that I created public podcast feeds for, so you can listen to those without even signing up in the app. Or if you sign up you can follow any 'Public Topic' for free. Create Custom Topics with a subscription. I would love any feedback!
Jun 2026 · fiveminutebrief.ai · its alternatives →
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150+ interactive exercises + online sandbox
2016 · weheartswift.com · its alternatives →
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In which I talk about more podcast and podcasting
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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