Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Luminary
The Netflix of podcasts with $100M in funding
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Luminary launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Overcast▲350The powerful, simple podcast app from Marco Arment
2014 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
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2018 · podflix.app · its alternatives →
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Brew.com▲329A new way for podcasters to monetize their content 🎙💰
2019 · hilcodigital.com · its alternatives →
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Podcast Gift▲191A curation of the best podcasts in business, design and tech
2014 · its alternatives →
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Lightcast▲69Just a simple podcast player, no recommendation algorithm
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, wanted to share a project that I’ve been working on recently. PodText allows users to find anything said on a podcast. You can also listen and share clips to a specific part of the podcast audio, simply by highlighting the text of that part. Currently there are just over 25k podcast episodes and I’m adding a lot more in the coming weeks (yes my GPU bill is painful). In order to monetize it, I’m building a sponsorship database to help sponsors find podcasts and vice versa. This will be sold in the form of a $99/month “PodText Business” subscription. I bet I could charge a lot more…
2023 · podtext.ai · its alternatives →
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Podcast Gift 2.0▲164Find the best podcast episodes. Share, upvote and comment.
2015 · its alternatives →
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Listen to podcasts without your iPhone
2018 · outcastapp.com · its alternatives →
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A marketplace to discover premium podcast subscriptions
2021 · apple.com · its alternatives →
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