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24 alternatives to Updates: Podcast Player

Clean Podcast app that puts fresh episodes front and center

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Overcast▲350
The powerful, simple podcast app from Marco Arment
2014 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
2
Overcast 2.0▲369
A powerful yet simple audio podcast player
2015 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
3
Overcast 3.0▲495
A powerful yet simple podcast player
2017 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
4
Pocket Casts 7▲257
The world's most powerful podcast platform, now updated
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
Podcast 9▲142
A powerful podcast app with audio snippets and transcripts
2019 · podcast9.com · its alternatives →
6
Listen App▲203
The first gesture-based podcast app for listeners on-the-go
2019 · listenapp.co · its alternatives →
7
Agora▲161
A special place for your podcasts
2017 · kotawisataecovia.id · its alternatives →
8
Spotify for Podcasters 7.0▲226
New Spotify for podcasters mobile app
2024 · creators.spotify.com · its alternatives →
9
Overcast 10▲236
Free, simple, award-winning podcast player
2024 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
10
Listening.io▲243
Turn articles into audio and listen in your podcast app
2022 · listening.com · its alternatives →
11
Overlap▲418
Curating the best podcast clips for you
2024 · overlap.ai · its alternatives →
12
Listen App▲293
The first social network for podcast listeners
2020 · listenapp.co · its alternatives →
13
Cleanvoice – Automated Podcast Editing▲221
Remove background noise, fillers, mouth sounds, silence & more from your podcast with Cleanvoice AI. Get studio-quality sound without hours of editing.
2021 · cleanvoice.ai · its alternatives →
14
GoodListen▲80
Find your next Podcast with the help of AI.
2023 · goodlisten.co · its alternatives →
15
Smart Podcast Player 2.0▲76
The best podcast player for serious podcasters
2016 · fusebox.fm · its alternatives →
16
Pocket Casts▲202
Powerful podcast manager for iOS & Android. New v.5 release.
2014 · pocketcasts.com · its alternatives →
17
Shadow▲100
Minimal podcast app with SharePlay on iOS
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
Simplecast▲187
The modern podcast management and metrics platform
2019 · simplecast.com · its alternatives →
19
Podcast API▲223
The best podcast API trusted by 13,544 companies and developers since 2017. Search 3,808,666 podcasts and 193,635,704 episodes by people or topics.
2020 · listennotes.com · its alternatives →
20
Roads Audio▲161
After 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 →
21
Listen To This▲151
Paste an article to listen to it in your podcast app
Mar 2026 · listentothis.xyz · its alternatives →
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I built a podcast app that skips over the ads▲124
2019 · adskippro.com · its alternatives →
23
UCast▲97
The best listening experience for podcasts
2016 · ucastapp.com · its alternatives →
24
Patch Slack App▲87
Turn Slack into a podcast player
2017 · patchfm.com · its alternatives →

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