AntennaPod
Free, open-source podcast player app for Android.
HN commenters recommend AntennaPod as a great FOSS podcast player on Android,123 and one who switched to iPhone still misses it.4 The main complaint, from a former Pocket Casts user, is that it lacks silence trimming and audio normalization,5 though it does let you add RSS feeds locally without submitting them to an index.6
Why people recommend it
Great podcatcher · 3
Commenters call it a great, excellent podcast player that has exposed them to a wealth of content.
“Antenna Pod is a great podcast player!”
“excellent FOSS podcatcher.”
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“the wealth of information and interesting topics I've been exposed to via podcasts is hard to overstate.”
Android staple · 3
It is listed among trusted core Android apps, including on GrapheneOS setups, and missed after leaving Android.
“KOReader, Linux, AntennaPod on Android”
“AntennaPod for podcasts”
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“I still miss the apps I gave up - specifically AntennaPod and OpenTracks”
Free and open · 2
It is praised as FOSS and installed from F-Droid.
“excellent FOSS podcatcher.”
“Antennapod for podcasts on an old phone”
Local RSS feeds · 1
It can add a private RSS feed URL without submitting it to a public index.
“I've had to use AntennaPod for that, but it's missing all the silence clipping and audio normalising features”
Caveats and dissent
Missing audio features · 1
It lacks the silence clipping and audio normalizing features Pocket Casts offers.
“I've had to use AntennaPod for that, but it's missing all the silence clipping and audio normalising features”
No iPhone version · 1
A user who switched to iPhone had to give it up.
“I still miss the apps I gave up - specifically AntennaPod and OpenTracks”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Digital minimalism 1 mention
- Kobo can run apps now 1 mention
- Using an old Android phone as a music player 1 mention
- Software for One 1 mention
- item 48168669 1 mention
- David Pierce Tried a Bunch of Android Phones and Then Bought an iPhone Again 1 mention
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All comments 8
“the wealth of information and interesting topics I've been exposed to via podcasts is hard to overstate.”
“KOReader, Linux, AntennaPod on Android”
“Antennapod for podcasts on an old phone”
“I've had to use AntennaPod for that, but it's missing all the silence clipping and audio normalising features”
“Antenna Pod is a great podcast player!”
“I still miss the apps I gave up - specifically AntennaPod and OpenTracks”
“AntennaPod for podcasts”
“excellent FOSS podcatcher.”