Adblock for Podcasts
This is a small app that achieves surprisingly good podcast adblocking. It transcribes the podcast, identifies ad segments in the transcript, then creates a new version of the podcast without the ads.
Adblock for Podcasts launched on May 22, 2024 with 89 votes, #539 of 4,539 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Adblock for Podcasts is an app that removes advertisements from podcasts by transcribing the audio, identifying ad segments in the transcript, and generating an ad-free version. It is designed for podcast listeners who want to skip sponsorship messages and host-read ads. The tool stands out for achieving effective ad removal through transcript analysis rather than manual editing.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Ad-block for podcasts. Contribute to podly-pure-podcasts/podly_pure_podcasts development by creating an account on GitHub.
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drea – podcast ad blockerMay 2026 · drea.fm · ▲9Always 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…
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