Steadcast – Free Mac podcast player for learning, not background noise
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…
Steadcast – Free Mac podcast player for learning, not background noise launched on April 10, 2026 with 7 votes, #1,538 of 21,248 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
A native macOS podcast player with on-device transcription, Apple Intelligence summaries, and memories. Built for knowledge workers. Keyboard-first. Free on the Mac App Store.
You listen. Steadcast remembers. Transcription, summaries, and memories — so when you need it later, it's there. You listen to learn — not just to pass the time. Steadcast was designed for that. Every episode you queue gets transcribed on your Mac using the built-in Speech framework. Apple Intelligence generates summaries that capture the key ideas. Every word becomes searchable. Intelligent silence trimming cuts the dead air so you hear more in less time. A live counter shows exactly how much time you've saved. One keystroke saves a memory with transcript context. Find any moment later by searching your notes, highlights, and AI summaries. Editorial picks, full transcripts, lists, and…from steadcast.co
In the maker’s words, at launch
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…
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